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KPop Demon Hunters’ Soundtrack Reaches No. 1 on Billboard 200 as ‘Golden’ Rules for a Fifth Week

A deluxe reissue with new physical formats plus sing-along events drove the project’s biggest U.S. week.

Overview

  • The album logs 128,000 equivalent units in the U.S. for the week ending Sept. 11, its best frame to date, according to Luminate.
  • It is the first animated film soundtrack to lead the Billboard 200 since Encanto in 2022 after seven nonconsecutive weeks stuck at No. 2, the longest runner-up stretch since 1977.
  • HUNTR/X’s “Golden” is No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a fifth week and tops the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts for a ninth week.
  • The soundtrack places three additional tracks in the Hot 100’s top 10—Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” (No. 4), “Soda Pop” (No. 5) and HUNTR/X’s “How It’s Done” (No. 8)—while accounting for half of the Global 200 top 10.
  • Billboard credits the surge to a Sept. 5 deluxe reissue and U.S. sing-along screenings, as “Golden” also climbs at radio, entering Pop Airplay’s top 10 and debuting on Dance/Mix Show Airplay.