i love talking about the skz guys so. hereβs why i consider them one of, if not the main, 4th gen leaders
stray kids hit 10B+ (around 13B) streams on spotify and they are the *only* 4th gen group in that category, in a little square holding pinkies with BTS, BLACKPINK and TWICE. (bts is around 47B, blackpink is at i believe !! around 16B, and twice with around 11B) but they are the ONLY four kpop *groups* to exceed 10 billion, to my knowledge. (there is a singular kpop soloist who exceeds 10B (again, to my knowledge) and heβs not in 4th gen so stray kids remains the only 4th gen artist in this category) (the soloist is jungkook if you were wondering)
stray kids has 17 daesangβs, followed by, i believe, aespa with somewhere around 10-12
as a group they have 20 ambassadorships/ endorsements, 22 if you want to separate gentle monster, tamburins and ATiiSSU out into 3, as well as numerous campaign appearances (if i counted right)
there was a time, iβm unsure for how long, where stray kids was second only to taylor swift for spotifyβs global chart records, which is crazy for a predominantly non-english speaking act
stray kids has approximately 31.8 million album sales as of right now, followed by txt with around 23m and enhypen with somewhere close to 20m!! (all tentative numbers, donβt flame me if you find theyβre incorrect, i googled it π«©)
iβm fairly certain stray kids is the only group to attend the met gala as a full group, and not singular members
YOU ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO CORRECT ME IF I AM INCORRECT ON *ANY* OF THESE STATEMENTS. most of this information comes from GOOGLE so please be lenient if you find inaccuracies !!