Stray Kids Claim Two Top Spots on Circle Chart 2025—Redefining the Album Game

Stray Kids Just Made Circle Chart History—Twice in One Year

The numbers alone stop you mid-scroll. Stray Kids didn’t just top the 2025 album chart once. They did it twice, in the same year, with two separate releases.

On January 9, Circle Chart revealed its official 2025 year-end album rankings. Stray Kids’ fourth studio album “Karma” took the No.1 spot with 3.39 million copies sold worldwide. That figure reflects sustained global demand, not a short-term spike.

Then came the second shock. Their follow-up album “Do It”, released in November 2025, ranked No.3 with 2.31 million copies sold. Two releases, three months apart, both inside the year’s top three.

“Stray Kids didn’t just win 2025. They reshaped what dominance looks like.”

HYBE Quietly Took Over the Entire Top Five

The chart gets even more telling once you zoom out. HYBE artists occupied four of the top five positions on the year-end list. This wasn’t scattered success—it was concentrated control.

No.2 went to Seventeen’s “Happy Versus Day”, which sold 2.55 million copies after its May 2025 release. Even more notable, Seventeen placed six different albums on the year-end chart, including unit releases.

No.4 belonged to Enhypen’s “Desire: Unleash” with 2.16 million copies, followed by Tomorrow X Together’s “The Book of Stars: Together” at No.5 with 1.8 million. Positions two through five all traced back to the same label.

Why These Numbers Matter

Stray Kids’ performance proves something structural about today’s K-pop market. Releasing “Karma” in August and “Do It” in November—and landing both in the top three—shows extraordinary fandom scale and purchasing consistency.

Seventeen’s six-chart presence highlights another layer: diversified releases without sales dilution. Fans didn’t choose one album. They supported all of them.

Zoomed out, 2025 reads less like competition and more like consolidation. HYBE didn’t just lead the market—they defined its ceiling.

“Five top albums, one ecosystem. That isn’t luck—it’s infrastructure.”

The Takeaway Going Into 2026

2025 will be remembered as the year Stray Kids and HYBE set the pace. 3.39 million copies for “Karma” and 2.31 million for “Do It” aren’t just big totals—they’re benchmarks.

If you’re tracking where K-pop’s power centers actually are, this chart made it clear. The conversation heading into 2026 won’t be about who’s catching up. It’ll be about who can even compete.