The shine hasn’t worn off KPop Demon Hunters or its music quite yet. According to Variety, the film’s soundtrack has hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the Huntr/x song “Golden” has held at #1 in the Hot 100 for the fifth week in a row.
As a result, it’s now the longest-running song by an animated band in charting history. That can be owed to a recently released deluxe edition that features the movie’s songs combined with sing-along, instrumental, and a cappella versions of each track. With this, Huntr/x has dethroned 1969’s “Sugar, Sugar” by the Archies and the Chipmunks’ 1958 hit “The Chipmunk Song,” which placed at #1 for four weeks each during their respective years. Its place in the Top 200 marks the first animated movie to lead since Encanto back in 2022, which it held for nine consecutive weeks.
If that weren’t enough, three other KPop songs placed in the Top 10 for the 100 bracket. Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” and “Soda Pop” stayed in the middle at numbers 4 and 5, respectively, and Huntr/x’s “How It’s Done” went up to number 8. The two fictional bands previously went to war on the charts earlier this summer and went back and forth as to which was charting better than the other, just like in the film.
That KPop Demon Hunters is continuing its momentum bodes well for Netflix and Sony, who are hoping to have a long-term franchise on their hands and possibly get some Oscars in the process. Until news on either breaks out, the only thing to do is keep listening to the music.
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