‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Simply Cannot Cease Breaking Billboard Data

The shine hasn’t worn off KPop Demon Hunters or its music fairly but. Based on Variety, the movie’s soundtrack has hit #1 on the Billboard Prime 200, and the Huntr/x tune “Golden” has held at #1 within the Sizzling 100 for the fifth week in a row.

Because of this, it’s now the longest-running tune by an animated band in charting historical past. That may be owed to a just lately launched deluxe version that options the film’s songs mixed with sing-along, instrumental, and a cappella variations of every observe. With this, Huntr/x has dethroned 1969’s “Sugar, Sugar” by the Archies and the Chipmunks’ 1958 hit “The Chipmunk Track,” which positioned at #1 for 4 weeks every throughout their respective years. Its place within the Prime 200 marks the primary animated film to steer since Encanto again in 2022, which it held for 9 consecutive weeks.

If that weren’t sufficient, three different KPop songs positioned within the Prime 10 for the 100 bracket. Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” and “Soda Pop” stayed within the center at numbers 4 and 5, respectively, and Huntr/x’s “How It’s Achieved” went as much as quantity 8. The 2 fictional bands beforehand went to war on the charts earlier this summer season and went backwards and forwards as to which was charting higher than the opposite, similar to within the movie.

That KPop Demon Hunters is continuous its momentum bodes properly for Netflix and Sony, who’re hoping to have a long-term franchise on their fingers and probably get some Oscars within the course of. Till information on both breaks out, the one factor to do is maintain listening to the music.

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