J.Y. Park’s Pricey Surprise for Stray Kids
When your group becomes the first artist ever to score seven consecutive No.1 albums on the Billboard 200—you don’t just get a cake. You get gold. Literally.
Stray Kids are on a record-breaking roll, and producer-entrepreneur J.Y. Park (aka Park Jinyoung, founder of JYP Entertainment) made sure they knew just how proud he was. On June 15, the eight-member K-pop group shared photos on Instagram holding one-of-a-kind trophies that J.Y. Park gifted them: custom-made golden shields worth around 100 million won—that’s roughly $70,000 USD.
Each Member Got a Golden Shield
The shields weren’t just symbolic. According to reports, each one was crafted with approximately 75 grams of gold—valued at $20 per gram. Multiply that by eight members and, well, you’re looking at a gift fit for Billboard royalty.
The photos show the Stray Kids smiling wide, gold shields in hand, with a caption that simply read, “Thank you”. Sometimes, gratitude really does shine bright.
Making Billboard History—One Album at a Time
So, why the golden treatment? Let’s talk numbers.
Stray Kids’ 4th full-length album, “KARMA,” sold approximately 313,000 units in the U.S. in its first week. That’s what landed them at the top of the Billboard 200 on the September 6 edition—yet again. Impressively, this marks seven consecutive albums hitting No.1, a feat no other artist in the 70-year history of the chart has accomplished.
Not even The Beatles, y’all.
Coming Up: A World Tour Homecoming
The next stop for these golden boys? Their home turf. Stray Kids will headline back-to-back performances on October 18–19 at the massive Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. It’s all part of the global sequel to their dominATE tour—appropriately called celebrATE.
International fans are already plotting flights. Korean fans? They’ve got their lightsticks charged.
Final Thoughts
Hard work pays off, but in Stray Kids’ case, it also comes gilded. With legendary stats and a dedicated fandom, they’re not just riding the Hallyu wave—they’re the ones making it crash. And if J.Y. Park has his way, that wave’s just getting started.
Can Stray Kids make it eight straight No.1s next time? With their momentum, we sure wouldn’t bet against them.
