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Stray Kids' 'THIS & THAT' Wins Billboard New Music Poll With 85% of Vote

Kiran MachadoPublished 5d ago3 min readBased on 8 sources
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Stray Kids' 'THIS & THAT' Wins Billboard New Music Poll With 85% of Vote
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Stray Kids' eight-song mini album 'THIS & THAT' has won Billboard's weekly new music poll, taking 85% of the vote. The poll, published on Friday 7 August and closing on Sunday, asked readers to choose their favourite new release of the week. Billboard

The same poll week saw new releases from Karol G, Madonna featuring Kylie Minogue, FLO, Role Model and Alex Warren. Stray Kids' margin left every competitor far behind.

'THIS & THAT' arrived on Friday 7 August 2026 at 1PM KST via JYP Entertainment and the REPUBLIC Collective, according to the group's label announcement. Pre-orders had opened a month earlier, on 8 July. The release was preceded by the digital album 'SKZ-REPLAY 2026 Pt.1,' which dropped on 1 August. The Korea Times

The track listing runs: 'RUN IT,' 'This & That,' 'After You,' 'FARMING,' 'I Do,' 'Way Out,' 'Back Then' and 'This & That — Festival Version.' The music video for the title track, released the same day, has amassed more than 62 million views on YouTube.

What makes this stand out is how routine Stray Kids' poll victories have become. In November 2025, their single 'DO IT' won the same Billboard readers' poll with 86% of the vote. In August 2025, 'KARMA' topped a fan-voted new music poll with 50.22% of the vote, narrowly edging Doja Cat's 'Jealous Type' at 47.37%. In October 2022, their mini-album 'MAXIDENT' won with 62%. Billboard

The group's chart history tells a parallel story. Every Stray Kids album that has entered the Billboard 200 — the US album chart that ranks the most-consumed releases across sales and streaming — has debuted at No. 1, a streak running from 'ODDINARY' in 2022 through to 'DO IT' in 2025.

For fans, the poll result lands as another confirmation of the group's pull among the readership that follows Billboard's weekly releases. The new music poll is a reader vote, not a chart position; it measures enthusiasm in a survey, not sales or streams. But it sits alongside a Billboard 200 streak that does.

The group's 2026 discography, per JYP Entertainment's catalogue, also includes the singles 'RUN IT' (June), 'back to life' (June) and 'Star, Light (STAY)' (March), making 'THIS & THAT' their fifth release of the year.

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