HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden,’ From ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Conquers Billboard Global Charts for 10th Week

HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s animated smash movie KPop Demon Hunters, dominates the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a 10th week each. In July, the opus became the archetypal No. 1 connected each database for the act, whose euphony is voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI.

“Golden” is conscionable the eighth of 72 No. 1s since the Global 200 began successful September 2020 to regularisation for double-digit weeks. On Global Excl. U.S., it’s lone the sixth of 63 leaders to scope the milestone.

Hits from KPop Demon Hunters relationship for fractional the Global 200’s apical 10 for a 5th week. Below “Golden,” Saja Boys clasp astatine No. 3 with “Soda Pop” and No. 4 with “Your Idol,” with some having reached No. 3; some are sung by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee. Plus, HUNTR/X’s “How It’s Done” drops a spot from its No. 5 precocious and “What It Sounds Like” keeps astatine No. 8, aft hitting No. 7.

Elsewhere, Olivia Dean’s breakthrough deed “Man I Need” surges to the apical 10 connected some the Global 200 (16-9) and Global Excl. U.S. (17-10).

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts fertile songs based connected streaming and income enactment culled from much than 200 territories astir the world, arsenic compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide information and the Global Excl. U.S. illustration comprises information from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based connected a weighted look incorporating official-only streams connected some subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video euphony services, arsenic good arsenic download sales, the second of which bespeak purchases from full-service integer euphony retailers from astir the world, with income from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Golden” crowns the Global 200 with 111.8 cardinal streams and 16,000 sold worldwide (down 5% week-over-week successful each metric) successful the week ending Sept. 18.

Two songs not from KPop Demon Hunters fertile successful the Global 200’s apical five: Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds astatine No. 2 aft 10 weeks connected apical opening successful May and sombr’s “Back to Friends” rises 7-5, surpassing its anterior No. 6 highest to go his archetypal apical 5 deed connected the chart.

Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” becomes her archetypal apical 10 connected some the Global 200 (16-9) and Global Excl. U.S. (17-10). The song, which has deed the apical 10 connected 9 rankings successful Billboard’s Hits of the World charts menu, boasts gains of 13% to 34 cardinal streams and 32% to 4,000 sold worldwide successful the tracking week. The Art of Loving, the English singer-songwriter’s debut LP, featuring the single, is owed Friday (Sept. 26).

“Golden” leads Global Excl. U.S. with 81 cardinal streams ...