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Golden’ From KPop Demon Hunters Logs Fifth Week at No. 1 on U.K. Singles Chart

The Netflix film behind the hit now ranks as the service’s most-watched movie with 236 million views.

Overview

  • The track records a fourth straight week at the summit and five weeks total, the first U.K. No. 1 for a K-pop song since Psy in 2012, according to the Official Charts Company.
  • Golden” also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this week, extending the soundtrack’s global chart run.
  • Other songs from the soundtrack crowd the U.K. Top 100, with “Soda Pop” at No. 5, “Your Idol” at No. 8, and “Takedown” at No. 24.
  • In the U.S., the soundtrack sells 18,300 copies for the week, up 235%, rising to a new peak of No. 5 on Top Album Sales while holding at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and Top Streaming Albums, per Billboard and Luminate data cited by Forbes.
  • The hit is credited to the film’s fictional group Huntr/x and performed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, with Forbes noting the sales surge followed a limited theatrical run featuring sing-along events.