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Stray Kids’ Thunderous trends as NOEASY tops charts worldwide, fans 'beyond proud'

Stray Kids' 2nd album 'NOEASY' and its lead single 'Thunderous' break records and top charts in just a day of its release

Stray Kids’ latest album ‘NOEASY’ has been talked about ever since the news about it was dropped. The boys introduced it in the most fun way possible by releasing a meta, fourth-wall-breaking, Deadpool-style cinematic trailer followed by mini music video teasers for almost every track in the album. The lead single ‘Thunderous’ also had fans excited as we got a glimpse of the chorus in the teaser and the full music video met expectations.

It should also be noted that last week, the pre-orders reached 830K sales and on the very last day before the release, ‘NOEASY’ garnered a total of 930K pre-orders. This broke their own record of best-selling albums which previously belonged to their repackaged album ‘In Life’. ‘NOEASY’ is also the album with the highest pre-orders in JYP Entertainment. And since its release on August 23, the album continues to top charts and break records.

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'NOEASY' and 'Thunderous' top charts

It has only been a day since Stray Kids' ‘NOEASY’ was released, but it hasn’t stopped Stays from hyping and streaming the album, including the music video of the lead single ‘Thunderous’ on South Korean platforms and iTunes. In fact, the music video topped on YouTube worldwide and trended in 69 countries. It reached 10.7 million YouTube views and 1.5M likes in the first 24 hours making it the most viewed and liked YouTube music video by a fourth-gen boy group.

On the first day of the release, ‘NOEASY’ also topped the iTunes Album Chart worldwide and in 41 countries like USA and Australia. Even ‘Thunderous’ ranked #1 on iTunes Songs Chart in 51 countries and worldwide which is a personal record for Stray Kids. The track also debuted at #9 on iTunes US making it their highest debut on this particular chart and peaked at #4.

‘NOEASY’ also did well on South Korean charts as it topped Gaon and Hanteo’s real-time charts and ‘Thunderous’ topped Bugs, ranked #2 on VIBE and #3 on Genie. The album had more than 355K sales. All the b-side tracks also entered Bugs, Genie, MelOn, and USA, European and Worldwide’s iTunes Songs charts. Stray Kids are also the first fourth-gen group to top iTunes’ Global Digital Artist Ranking in 2021. 

And as of day 2, ‘Thunderous’ music video has 11M views on YouTube. It has also topped the iTunes Songs Chart in 52 countries. This makes them the highest fourth-gen group to have the most #1s on iTunes. Stray Kids have also entered the top 10 of the highest first week sales of 2021 according to Hanteo Chart with the sales of ‘NOEASY’ having increased to a total of 460K copies.

Watch the fun and energetic music video below.

'Beyond proud'

Fans cheered and were impressed with the records made on the first day itself, “Stays!! We did really well and SKZ broke many records in only the first 24 hours since #NOEASY dropped! But do always remember to always take care of yourself and rest when you need!” Another fan added, “WE DID GREAT CONGRATS STRAY KIDS!!” One Stay added, “MY LOVELY STRAY KIDS BEST SELLING ALBUM IN JYP ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY!!!!!!! YOU DESERVE THIS SO MUCH. HOLY SHIT PROUD IS NOT EVEN THE CORRECT WORD TO USE I AM JUST BEYOND PROUD.”