Stray Kids has achieved another historic feat with one of its iconic music releases. The achievement drew attention in the K-pop community, causing STAYs to express their congratulatory remarks to the fourth-gen leader.

Earlier on August 19, Stray Kids' 2021 song "Thunderous" officially received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The achievement was secured since the song has finally sold over 500,000 units in the United States.

"Thunderous" was released way back on August 23, 2021, and is the title track from Stray Kids' second studio album "NOEASY." The song has now followed previous songs "God's Menu," "MANIAC," and "Back Door," making it the group's fourth song to be certified gold by RIAA.

 

Stray Kids(스트레이 키즈) "소리꾼 (Thunderous)"
RIAA Gold Certified

"소리꾼 (Thunderous)"이 RIAA 골드 인증을 받았습니다!
벌써 6번째 골드 인증이라니! 너무 감사해요 스테이💕
"Thunderous" has earned a RIAA gold certification!📀
This is already our 6th time, thank you so much STAY💕… pic.twitter.com/dvccnubMET

— Stray Kids (@Stray_Kids) August 19, 2024

The single is also the sixth overall release from Stray Kids to receive a gold certification, which trailed their RIAA achievements with "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" and "ROCK-STAR" in 2023.

With this feat that was achieved with four different songs, Stray Kids has now become the second K-pop artist in RIAA history to receive gold certifications, following BTS.

STAYs congratulated Stray Kids for their achievement on social media and expressed how proud they were of the group. Read their reactions below:

• "Thunderous, my queen. You'll always be that era!"
• "Such queen behavior. Welcome to the club, thunderous."
• "Congratulations to our kids, let's achieve and break more achievements together."
• "I am so proud of you my Stray Kids! So proud."
• "Ate and left no crumbs once again."
• "Absolutely deserved. Congrats, my beloveds."
• "Queen Thunderous. It must be added to all playlists they perform.
• "Congratulations @Stray_Kids! We're so proud of you. The Thunderous Ones keep writing a glorious story."
• "Thunderous you'll always be iconic."

CONGRATULATIONS 🥹🥹🥹🥹 https://t.co/xDzo7lzVkQ

— Comeback Nowadays, Day6, Onew, Xikers soon 🔥🔥 (@Ishinewiththem) August 19, 2024

 

CONGRATULATIONS to our OT8. More achievements to come .... https://t.co/Pr8O4ROHVu

— MJ-STAY (@marjd01) August 21, 2024

 

i love coming back to good news https://t.co/7ZtK814HmO pic.twitter.com/wvRHZXIdOd

— JJAM ︎🍒 (@gucciknows) August 19, 2024

 

Congratulations my loves!! You deserve it! I am so proud of you! 6 is such a huge achievement!! You've done so well ❤️ I love you all so much https://t.co/mfXKP29e58

— nicole Ⓥ🐺🖤🥠| 🍉 (@NicoleJuniper_) August 19, 2024

 

thunderous you will always be that BITCH ! https://t.co/JQ3srBtDGs pic.twitter.com/bzbFswQB5q

— dani 🥠 (@hyun_verse) August 19, 2024

 

alright alright best title track ever 🙂‍↕️ https://t.co/tI91qjoRZR

— milkaru 🍉 (@mellowdent) August 19, 2024

  

Congratulations to Stray Kids for their impressive accomplishment!

In other news, Stray Kids' ninth mini album "ATE" entered Billboard's Top 200 Albums at No. 1. According to data platform Luminate, the album managed to gather 232,000 equivalent album units on the week ending of July 25.

The breakdown consisted of "ATE" having collected 218,00 traditional album sales, 13,000 streaming equivalent album units, 19.05 audio streams, and 1,000 track equivalent album units.

The achievement also led Stray Kids to become the first group to debut five different releases at No. 1 on Billboard 200. The fourth-gen act also became the overall second artist to claim the success, which was achieved by rapper DMX from 1998 to 2003.

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Written by Israel Monte