Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” has been a runaway hit since its late June premiere. Netflix reports it as the most-watched animated film in the platform’s history and its most popular English-language film, racking up over 236 million views.
The film’s success isn’t just on screen — its soundtrack is dominating the charts. In late August, four songs from the album simultaneously charted in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, “the first time that has happened for any soundtrack album in the history of the Hot 100,” as reported by Variety.
The album continues to break records, particularly the hit song “Golden,” which has now held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks, making it the Hot 100’s longest-leading hit by an animated group in its 67-year history. This streak makes it the longest-leading movie soundtrack of the decade, surpassing the “Encanto” hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which set the record in 2022, per Billboard.
The last soundtrack to dominate the Hot 100 for so long was Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth from “Fast & Furious 7,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2015.
When “Golden” first hit the top spot in August, it made singers Ejae, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of Rumi, Mira and Zoey in “KPop Demon Hunters,” the first female Korean pop group to reach No. 1 on the chart, as reported by Billboard.
What is the Billboard Hot 100?
The Billboard Hot 100 ranks the top songs across all genres in the U.S., using streaming, radio airplay, and sales data to determine the top 100 tracks each week.
What is ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ about?
By day, Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) are K-pop superstars. By night, they secretly hunt demons, protecting their fans from supernatural threats. Their latest challenge? A dangerous rival boy band.