According to the year-end chart released by the US Billboard on the 9th (local time), "Stray Kids" is
Kids World Tour” will be ranked as the top K-pop artist of the year on the “Top Tours 2025” chart (based on calculations from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025).
The group's 31 shows in Hong Kong, five cities in Latin America, ten cities in North America, and six cities in Europe sold approximately 1.3 million tickets.
In addition to Stray Kids, the chart also includes other globally popular artists such as Coldplay, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar & Caesar, The Weeknd, and Shakira.
Many artists made it onto the list. Stray Kids set a new record for the first time for various K-POP artists with this tour, which they boast is their "largest scale ever."
Of the 31 shows included in the "Top Tours 2025" chart, 29 were held in 21 regions across Latin America, North America, and Europe, and were performed at mega stadiums representing each region.
The concert was held in 11 stadiums, and they were the first K-pop artists to enter 11 of them. In particular, the Stade de France in Paris was the largest and most crowded stadium in the history of K-pop.
In October, American concert magazine Pollstar announced that "Stray Kids" was one of the top 20 global concert tours.
Kids" is ranked second, the highest ranking for a K-pop artist. The chart, which ranks artists based on average ticket sales by region, places them second only to Beyoncé.
Recently, the American music magazine Rolling Stone also mentioned Stray Kids in an article titled "10 Moments that Defined 2025, the Best Year in K-Pop History."
The Rolling Stone magazine article stated, "The success of 'Stray Kids' has been a major focus of attention.
Kids broke new records this year. According to Pollstar, the Dominate tour is the second-biggest in the world after Beyoncé in 2025.
It was a successful global tour. With each album release, they continue to break their own records.
With 'IT', they became the only group in the history of the Billboard 200 to have eight consecutive number one albums after debuting at number one on the chart."
By minmin 2025/12/12 08:39 KST
