‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Attack Billboard Hot 100 With Seven Hits, Led by ‘Golden’
The hit soundtrack’s haul increases thanks to five Hot 100 debuts.
A week after two songs from the hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, five more tracks from the movie enter the July 12-dated list, while the other two break into the ranking’s top 40.
“Golden,” credited to the movie’s fictional girl group HUNTR/X alongside real-life vocalists EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, leads the way, leaping from No. 81 to No. 23. “Your Idol,” by fictional boy band Saja Boys and vocalists Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee, jumps to No. 31 after debuting at No. 77.
In the week ending July 3, “Golden” earned 13.6 million official U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads, according to Luminate, while “Your Idol” boasted 12.7 million streams and 2,000 downloads. The former is now being promoted to pop radio.
The top debut on the July 12 tally, meanwhile, belongs to “How It’s Done,” credited again to HUNTR/X and its vocalists. It starts at No. 42 thanks to 10 million streams and 2,000 downloads.
Saja Boys cut “Soda Pop” (No. 49) and HUNTR/X’s “What It Sounds Like” (No. 55) and “Takedown” (No. 64) also make the Hot 100, as does “Free,” credited to Rumi, JINU, EJAE and Andrew Choi, at No. 58. (EJAE provides Rumi’s singing voice in the film, while Choi does vocals for JINU.)
Six of the seven songs are also on the Streaming Songs chart, led by “Golden,” which debuts at No. 7. The song becomes the first credited to a fictional act (HUNTR/X) to reach the top 10 in the Streaming Songs tally’s 12-year history.
“Golden” is also the first song from an animated film to reach the Streaming Songs top 10 since tracks from Encanto, the hit 2021 Disney movie, did so, paced by the five-week Hot 100 No. 1 “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which spent its final week in the Streaming Songs top 10 on the May 7, 2022-dated survey.
As previously reported, the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters concurrently reaches a new No. 3 high on the Billboard 200 via 62,000 equivalent album units. The set, which features 12 songs, becomes the highest-charting soundtrack on the survey this year.
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