Karma (Stray Kids album)
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Karma is the fourth Korean-language studio album by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released on August 22, 2025, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. The album is the follow-up to the group's previous Korean ninth extended play Ate (2024), and serves as their first full-length Korean studio album since 5-Star (2023). Inspired by their Dominate World Tour, Karma reflects Stray Kids' achievements, unwavering faith, growth, evolution, hope, challenges, and introspection. 3Racha—Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han—worked on the album during the tour, with collaborators DallasK, Jun2, Millionboy, Ronnie Icon, and Versachoi. To support the album, the group promoted "Ceremony" as its lead single, appeared in various television and online shows, and held the encore shows of the tour, the Dominate: Celebrate, in October at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. Commercially, Karma topped the national album charts in various regions: South Korea, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Portugal, and the United States, and reached the top five in Australia, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland. The album was certified triple million by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) and gold by the Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album won Album of the Year at the 2025 MAMA Awards and Best Music 10 and Best Selling Album at 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards.
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| IZM | |
| Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
| Billboard | The 25 Best K-Pop Albums of 2025: Staff Picks | 8 |
| Ceremony | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2025 | Album of the Year | Won | |
| Asian Pop Music Awards | 2025 | Best Group | Pending | |
| Golden Disc Awards | 2026 | Best Album | Pending | |
| Korea Grand Music Awards | 2025 | Best Music 10 | Won | |
| Best Selling Album | Won | |||
| MAMA Awards | 2025 | Album of the Year | Won |
| Chart (2025) | Peakposition |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 3 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 1 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 1 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 1 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 11 |
| Croatian International Albums (HDU) | 1 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) | 14 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten) | 5 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 3 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 11 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 1 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 1 |
| Greek Albums (IFPI) | 1 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) | 1 |
| Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) | 4 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) | 52 |
| Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) | 6 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) | 3 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 1 |
| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) | 1 |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) | 6 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) | 9 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 7 |
| Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) | 34 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV) | 1 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP) | 1 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 18 |
| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) | 5 |
| South Korean Albums (Circle) | 1 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 6 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 5 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 2 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 22 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 32 |
| US Billboard 200 | 1 |
| US World Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
| Chart (2025) | Position |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 1 |
| South Korean Albums (Circle) | 1 |
| Chart (2025) | Position |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 31 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 15 |
| Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan) | 49 |
| US Billboard 200 | 128 |
| US World Albums (Billboard) | 2 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | 50,000‡ |
| South Korea (KMCA) | 3× Million | 3,000,000^ |
| South Korea (KMCA) Nemo | Platinum | 250,000^ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000‡ |
| ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
| Various | August 22, 2025 | Digital downloadstreaming | Standard | JYPRepublic | |
| CD | Limitedstandard | ||||
| South Korea | Nemo | SKZoo | |||
| United States | Vinyl | Vinyl | |||
| Digital download | Exclusive digital |
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