Stray Kids’ ‘HOP’ Notches Third Week at No. 1 on Top Album Sales

Stray Kids’ HOP spends a third week in a row at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Jan. 11), as the set sold 27,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 2 (down 46%), according to Luminate. The effort debuted atop the chart dated Dec. 28 and has yet to depart the top slot.

With a third week at No. 1, HOP now has the most weeks atop the Top Album Sales chart of Stray Kids’ six leaders. The act’s first four No. 1s all spent one week in charge, and then ATE logged two in August of 2024, followed by HOP’s three week reign.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.

The chart-topping Wicked film soundtrack rises one rung to No. 2 on Top Album Sales (21,000; down 52%), Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess moves 4-3 (13,000; down 52%), Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 The Tortured Poets Department falls 2-4 (nearly 13,000; down 73%) and Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is steady at No. 5 (just over 12,000; down 45%).

ROSÉ’s rosie rockets 20-6 with nearly 12,000 sold (up 9%). Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft slips 6-7 (10,000; down 50%), Tyler, the Creator’s chart-topping Igor jumps 11-8 (9,000; down 38%) and TWICE’s STRATEGY is a non-mover at No. 9 (nearly 9,000; down 43%).

Rounding out the top 10 is Charli XCX’s Brat, moving 8-10 (8,000; down 48%).