Stray Kids’ “THIS & THAT” commands near-certain market consensus for the Billboard 200 dated August 22 because the eight-track mini album, released August 7, posted first-week consumption of roughly 369,000 equivalent units—driven overwhelmingly by 357,000 pure sales—according to Luminate data. That figure marks the group’s largest week ever and easily outpaces every other release in the tracking period, extending Stray Kids’ streak of No. 1 debuts. Traders see little room for an upset unless an unforeseen late surge in streaming from a competing project or a major catalog re-entry materializes, both of which historical patterns suggest are improbable given the sales gap. The chart will lock later this week with final numbers confirming the outcome.