”Stray Kids” ranks second in CD sales in the US in the first half of the year... Half of the top 10 are K-POP

In the first half of this year, half of the top 10 in physical album (CD) sales in the United States were held by K-pop groups.
Luminate, an American music and entertainment analytics company
According to the "2025 First Half Report" released by Data on the 16th (local time), the group "Stray
Kids' "HOP" becomes the top CD in America with CD sales of 149,000 copies.
This is the highest ranking for an Asian artist, including K-POP, and is the second highest ranking for "Stray Kids".
This made the worldwide popularity of "Stray Kids" clear.
Kids” became the first artist to chart in this category three years in a row with a different album each year, making it even more significant.
Previously, they made it into the top 10 in CD sales in the US for 2023 and the first half of 2024 with their mini-albums "MAXIDENT" and "Raku-STAR," respectively.
A total of five K-POP groups, including Stray Kids, appeared on this chart.
3rd place was "DESIRE:UNLEASH" by "ENHYPEN", and 4th place was "GOLDEN" by "ATEEZ".
In seventh place was "HAPPY HOUR: Part.3" by "SEVENTEEN" which sold 79,000 copies.
BURSTDAY" and 9th place was "HOT" by "LE SSERAFIM" with 73,000 copies sold.
In the "Rika Top 10 Albums" ranking, Stray Kids' "HOP" ranked 8th and ENHYPEN's "Designer: Unless" ranked 9th.
In the "Global Top 10 Songs" chart, which is based on streaming numbers worldwide, BLACKPINK's ROSE's song "APT.
" ranked second. "APT." recorded 1.624 billion streams.