Stray Kids ‘HOP’ to No. 1 (And No. 2) on Year-End World Albums Chart: Countdown to Billboard’s 2025 Year-End Charts
We’re about to unveil the full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts on Tuesday (Dec. 9), but until then, we’re dropping select year-end rankings’ top 10s in the lead-up to the big reveal — and today we’re announcing the year-end top 10 World Albums recap.
Tomorrow, hundreds of year-end charts will be posted on Billboard’s website, following the conclusion of the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski, which will broadcast on the Billboard News YouTube channel and BillboardTV on Samsung TV Plus starting at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, as special surprise guests stop by to celebrate the year in chart-toppers.
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Today we’re showcasing the top 10 of the 2025 World Albums chart below – led by Stray Kids.
The group tops the roundup with their 2024 album HOP, which debuted at No. 1 on the weekly World Albums chart dated Dec. 28, 2024, and spent seven weeks atop the list during the 2025 chart year (Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025). Stray Kids are also at No. 2 on the recap, with the 2025 release KARMA, which opened at No. 1 on the weekly version of the chart, dated Sept. 6, 2025.
For the top 10 of the 2025 year-end World Albums list, scroll below. The full depth of the ranking (beyond the top 10) will be posted Dec. 9 alongside the complete menu of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts.
Billboard’s year-end music charts represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the entries appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
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