‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Soundtrack Hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200

The soundtrack to Netflix’s animated movie KPop Demon Hunters hits No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 albums illustration for the archetypal time, rising 2-1 connected the illustration dated Sept. 20, aft 7 nonconsecutive weeks successful the runner-up slot. The acceptable earned 128,000 equivalent medium units successful the United States successful the week ending Sept. 11 (up 7%), according to Luminate, marking the album’s champion week yet. The surge to No. 1 follows the album’s deluxe reissue connected Sept. 5 with further tracks, positive the wide merchandise of its CD that day.

KPop Demon Hunters’ emergence to No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 was preceded by 4 apical 10-charted hits connected the Billboard Hot 100 songs illustration — the astir from a soundtrack successful nearly 30 years, with the soundtrack the archetypal ever with four simultaneous apical 10s. Among those is the No. 1 “Golden” by HUNTR/X — the trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI (the singing voices of the film’s characters Rumi, Mira and Zoey).

KPop Demon Hunters is the Billboard 200’s archetypal No. 1 soundtrack successful three-and-a-half years, since different animated film, Encanto, saw its companion medium walk 9 nonconsecutive weeks connected apical (Jan. 15-March 19, 2022).

Notably, arsenic KPop Demon Hunters climbs to No. 1 successful its 12th week connected the chart, it completes the longest hold to scope No. 1 since Toby Keith’s 2008 merchandise 35 Biggest Hits re-entered the illustration astatine No. 1 connected the Feb. 17, 2024-dated list, pursuing his decease that Feb. 5. The past medium with a longer continuous ascent to No. 1 than KPop Demon Hunters was The Kid LAROI’s F*ck Love, which jumped 26-1 successful its 53rd consecutive illustration week, connected the Aug. 7, 2021, list. The second vaulted to No. 1 pursuing 2 reissues during that tracking week.

Meawhile, the past soundtrack to instrumentality a longer travel to No. 1 was O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which rose 2-1 successful its 63rd continuous week connected the chart, connected the March 23, 2002-dated list. Its ascent to the apical was aided by its Grammy Award triumph for medium of the twelvemonth astatine the 44th yearly ceremonial that Feb. 27.

Plus, KPop Demon Hunters spent 7 nonconsecutive weeks astatine No. 2 connected the Billboard 200 earlier reaching No. 1. That’s the longest hold an medium endured successful the runner-up spot earlier starring the Billboard 200 successful astir a half-century: In October-November 1977, Linda Ronstadt’s Simple Dreams logged 9 weeks astatine No. 2 earlier topping the illustration astatine last. (Stray Cats’ Built for Speed holds the grounds for the astir weeks peaking astatine No. 2: 15 successful 1982-83.)

Also successful the apical 10 of the latest Billboard 200: Justin Bieber’s SWAG vaults 17-4 pursuing its deluxe enlargement with 23 further tracks, and sombr’s I Barely Know Her reaches the apical 10 for the archetypal time, rising 12-10 successful its 3rd week, pursuing the artist’s show connected the MTV Video Music Awards (Sept. 7).

The Billboard 200 illustration ranks the astir fashionable albums of the week successful the U.S. based connected multi-metric depletion arsenic measured successful equivalent medium units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise medium sales, way equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each portion equals 1 medium sale, oregon 10 idiosyncratic tracks sold from an album, oregon 3,750 ad-supported oregon 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand authoritative audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The caller Sept. 20, 2025-dated illustration volition beryllium posted successful afloat on Billboard‘s website connected Sept. 16. For each illustration news, travel @billboard and @billboardcharts connected some X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, and Instagram.

Of KPop Demon Hunters’ 128,000 equivalent medium units earned successful the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 103,000 (up little than 1%, equaling 141.08 cardinal on-demand authoritative streams of the set’s tracks — it rises 2-1 connected Top Streaming Albums ...