"That's massive"- Fans proud as Stray Kids' Maxident certified RIAA Gold

On January 31, 2025, the Recording Industry Association of America certified Stray Kids' extended play Maxident as Gold on their official website for selling over 500,000 units. The band informed fans about their latest milestone through their official X account and captioned the post as:

"MAXIDENT has been certified RIAA GOLD! Stay, who has already achieved the 8th gold certification, thank you so much as always. We've earned our 8th RIAA gold certification with Maxident! We really can't thank you enough STAY."

For those unversed, Maxident was the seventh mini-album released on October 7, 2022, with CASE 143 as the title track. It was dropped through JYP Entertainment, Dreamus, and Republic Records. The piece featured eight tracks, including CASE 143, CHILL, Give Me Your TMI, Super Board, 3RACHA, TASTE, Can't Stop, and Circus (Korean Version).

Subsequently, Stray Kids' latest milestone circulated on social media and went viral among the fandom. They took to the internet sharing multiple congratulatory snippets for the band. An X user tweeted:

"That's massive omg! Stray Kids continues to prove their worldwide impact."

The fandom stated that all the tracks from Maxident were of high quality. Many expressed pride in the group's latest feat.

"All the songs of "Maxident" are top notch. Also, the mashup was fire. Deserved," a fan reacted.

"Remember two years ago when fandom were making fun of skz bc they don’t have a RIAA just bc their fav have one now look at SKZ HAVE 8!!! IM SO PROUD OF YOU MY BOYS YOU DESERVE IT," a fan shared.

"MAXIDENT RIAA certified gold with 500k sales in the US! SKZ’s 8th certification, 4th for album congratulations maxident, my first comeback, you will always hold a special place in my heart!!" a fan commented.

The fandom, STAY, stated that Maxident was finally getting the due recognition.

"My queen Maxident getting the recognition she deserves," a user reacted.

"YAYYYY! Congrats Stray Kids!! Maxident was my first comeback and it was an amazingly crazy and fun time, so it's extra special to me," a user shared.

"MAXIDENT MY BABY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH Sooooo well deserved! The album is amazing!!!" a user commented.

Stray Kids announced additional dates for World Tour <dominATE ARLINGTON>

On January 29, 2025, Stray Kids announced the additional dates for new shows scheduled to be held in North America and Europe. The updated list of locations, according to the official website, Stray Kids World Tour, has been provided below:

March 27, Santiago, Chile- Estadio Bicentenario La Florida
March 28, Santiago, Chile- Estadio Bicentenario La Florida
April 1, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil- Estadio Bicentenario Nilton Santos
April 5, Sao Paulo, Brazil- Estadio MorumBIS
April 6, Sao Paulo, Brazil- Estadio MorumBIS
April 9, Lima, Peru- Estadio San Marcos
April 12, Mexico City, Mexico- Estadio GNP Seguros
April 13, Mexico City, Mexico- Estadio, GNP Seguros
May 24, Seattle, WA- T-Mobile Park
May 28, San Franciso, CA- Oracle Park
May 31, Los Angeles, CA- SoFi Stadium
June 1, Los Angeles, CA- SoFi Stadium
June 6, Arlington, TX- Globe Life Field
June 7, Arlington, TX- Global Life Field
June 10, Atlanta, GA- Truist Park
June 14, Orlando, FL- Camping World Stadium
June 18, New York City, NY- Citi Field
June 19, New York City, NY- Citi Field
June 23, Washington, DC- Nationals Park
June 26, Chicago, IL-Wrigley Feild
June 29, Toronto, ON- Rogers Stadium
July 11, Amsterdam, Netherlands- Johan Cruijff Arena
July 15, Frankfurt, Germany- Deutsche Bank Park
July 18, London, UK- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
July 19, London, UK- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
July 22, Madrid, Spain- Riyadh Air Metropolitano
July 23, Madrid, Spain- Riyadh Air Metropolitano
July 26, Paris, France- Stade de France
July 27, Paris, France- Stade de France
July 30, Rome, Italy- Stadio Olimpico

Stray Kids embarked on the Dominate World Tour to support their ninth Korean-language extended play ATE. It was released on July 19, 2024 through Republic Records and JYP Entertainment.

The tickets for the newly added shows will be available from February 5, 2025, at 3 pm KST.

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Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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