Stray Kids were honored at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards (hereinafter referred to as the 2023 BBMAs).

Stray Kids won the Top K-Pop Album category with their third full-length album "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" (Five Star) at the 2023 BBMAs held on the 19th (local time). As a result, Stray Kids showed off their power as a "global trend" by lifting the "BBMAs" trophy, the first of the fourth-generation K-pop boy groups and the second of the all-time boy groups after BTS.

In response, the members said, "We sincerely thank STAY all over the world (Fandom name: STAY) and everyone who supports us." Without your love and support, I think we would not have reached this place and our music would not have reached the world. Thanks to the fans who showed a lot of love for Stray Kids' stubborn music, we were able to receive a valuable award. I will do my best to show better performances and great performances in the future," he said.

In addition, they became the second group in the history of K-pop boy groups to decorate the stage of 2023 BBMAs. Immediately before the ending stage, he performed a total of two songs, the title song of his third full-length album "Special" and the new song "Rock (樂)" and showed off his "performance major." In particular, it gave thrill to fans around the world with its powerful performance, solid live skills, and explosive energy to dominate the stage with an exciting sound-weather multi-in-one dancer who mashed up "Special" and "Rock (樂)."

The 2023 BBMAs award gave Stray Kids a stronger boost to its global trend. Following his remarkable achievement of winning the Billboard main chart 'Billboard 200' for the fourth consecutive time, he faced a double celebration. Stray Kids topped Billboard's main chart "Billboard 200" with their mini album "ODDINARY" in March last year, followed by "MAXIDENT" in October last year, "★★★★★" (5-STAR) in June 2023 and "樂-STAR" released on November 10th. "樂-STAR" topped Billboard's main chart "Billboard 200" on Nov. 25 with 224,000 records and 213,000 streams in its first week of release, making history as the first K-pop group to top all four albums that entered the charts from its debut album "Billboard 200."

According to Billboard, the record follows pop stars Alicia Keys and One Direction. In addition, it is the fastest pace in terms of K-pop and the second record in the world to reach the top of "Billboard 200" in 20 months, following Taylor Swift, who took 16 months to spare.

In September, he also appeared at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for the first time and was selected as the winner of the Best K-Pop category with the title track "Special" of "★★★★★ (5-STAR), proving his hot global popularity. In July, K-pop artists launched as the first "Lollapalooza Paris" headliner, wowing more than 60,000 spectators, and from August to October, they successfully launched the 10th large-scale dome tour "Stray Kids 5-STAR Dome Tour 2023" (Five Star Dome Tour 2023) in five regions in Korea and Japan for the first time as a fourth-generation K-pop boy group. He will appear on NHK's "Red and White Song Contest," Japan's representative year-end special broadcast, which will air on December 31, to shine a bright global trend.

Recently, Stray Kids has been prominent on various overseas charts with their new mini album "樂-STAR" and title track "Rock (樂)" and has been showing off their extraordinary popularity. On November 17, the UK's official chart, which is considered one of the world's top three music charts with its new song "Rock (樂)," entered the 44th place of the "Official Single Chart Top 100" and broke the highest ranking of the chart itself. In Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, the new song recorded the most streaming in its first week with 13,198,613 streaming, ranking 47th in the "Weekly Top Songs Global Chart" (2023.11.10~11.16). Spotify's "Top Album Debut Global Chart" and "Top Album Debut USA Chart" (2023.11.09~11.12), ranked first and fourth, respectively, are gaining popularity.