Stray Kids 'KARMA' — Official Album Chart's Debuts | US #1; Japan #1; Germany #1; France #1; South Korea #1; Canada #11; UK #22

Top 10 Markets (Official Album Chart):

1. USA: #1

2. Japan: #1

3. UK: #22

4. Germany: #1

5. China: No Official Chart

6. France: #1

7. South Korea: #1

8. Canada: #11

9. Brazil: No Official Chart

10. Mexico: No Official Chart

Others (Official Album Chart):

Austria: #1

Belgium (Flanders): #1

Belgium (Wallonia): #1

Portugal: #1

Hungary: #1

Poland: #1

Switzerland: #2

Croacia: #2

Netherlands: #3

Australia: #4 (peak #3)

Iceland: #4

Denmark: #5

Sweden: #5

Slovakia: #5

Spain: #6

New Zealand: #7

Czech Republic: #7

Lithuania: #9

Finland: #17

Scotland: #18

Greece: #23 (peak #1)

Norway: #34

Ireland: #52

Italy: #59 (peak #3)

To be updated.

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Netherlands

Lithuania

Sweden

I'm not being able to incorpore Norway's link, the xenophobia

Quote from Elliah

#1 in Germany is amazing. 2nd kpop group to ever!

I was prepared for another #2

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Wdym? https://topplista.no/charts/albums/

When I was trying It happens

Wait, I was trying to put on image I guess that's why it wasn’t working

My ADHD ass...

Finland #17

Quote from jeyikal307

The "pure digitals" thing... Is that a distribution thing? That is.. Are the albums that fans in the UK buy actually imports? Is that why?

Their album is distributed on UK since 2023 with '5-STAR'. However, UK Charts have strict rules to count the physical albums: It can't have gifs inside the album and such things like photocards, photobook, postcards, posters etc count as gifs. So even when K-pop albums have UK distribution, unless they release specific versions that follow UK Charts rules, the physicals won't be eligible.

For the first time in their career, Stray Kids released Vinyl versions of their album and the Vinyls count towards UK Charts, so It was their only version eligible. Otherwise, they would chart again with only digital sales + streaming.

Quote from jeyikal307

That's so interesting. I've been wondering for a while why k-pop albums do so poorly on our charts.

It's kind of a weird rule though. Even regular jewel case CDs and digipaks can get elaborate. I have a copy of Future Sound of London's Dead Cities that has liner notes that are basically... a 200 page book, telling a fictional story. Like would that count??

Not me teaching about UK Charts to a british person directly from an island in Brazil, I'm feeling so important omg /s

To be fair, not many K-pop acts have Europe (and UK) distribution. You can really count them in your hands. And even less K-pop acts release exclusive versions for UK — I can only count 3 on the top of my head. Charting with only digitals and streaming is hard.

Some digipaks and jewel cases don't count. It depends on what is included on the album. But about The Future Sound of London's album, I believe your copy counted. Since they are a british band, It's more likely for them to produce their physical albums respecting UK Charts' rules, It's more important for them than for K-pop groups.

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Czech

Canada

Denmark

Hungary

Slovakia

Spain

Poland

Poland #1... the dominate date that could've happened

They reached a new peak of #3 (+1) in Australia

They reached a new peak of #3 (+56) in Italy

Quote from Elliah

Should've happened* even. JYP flop

It would be the perfect date to cover up their demand in eastern europe, instead of a second one in Madrid

I wonder what happened in Italy. I thought their debut was terrible, given the fact they've been debuting on Top 10. Maybe the physical sales were delayed for week 2 (?)

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Really good 2nd week on BB200!

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Norway 2nd week: #60 Norway (their 2nd album to spend multiple weeks)

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France 2nd week they also did great

Quote from Elliah

Omg yes! I knew there was something I had seen but forgot about in my post

I remember 5-STAR spent around 6-7 weeks on SNEP's Top 10. I wonder how many weeks KARMA can

Croacia

Greece

The position in greek chart I expected better. The same problem as Italy, maybe?