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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
HUNTR/X's ‘Golden' From ‘KPop Demon Hunters' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
HUNTR/X's 'Golden' goes up, up, up a spot for its first week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. More from Billboard Kid Cudi Didn't Want to Testify in Diddy Trial, But 'I Knew I Was Helping Cassie' Tyler, The Creator Has Had Enough of Timothée Chalamet in Fiery 'Marty Supreme' Trailer: Watch Charli xcx Explains Why People Are 'Envious' of Addison Rae The aspirational song is from the soundtrack to the smash animated Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters and glows as the first Hot 100 leader for the act, whose music is voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI. The set rules Billboard's Soundtracks chart for a seventh week. Notably, 'Golden' is the ninth song associated with Korean pop to conquer the Hot 100 — and the first by female lead vocalists. It joins 'Seven' by Jung Kook (featuring Latto) and 'Like Crazy' by Jimin, both of BTS, in 2023, and BTS' six No. 1s in 2020-21: 'Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),' with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo; 'Dynamite'; 'Life Goes On'; 'Butter'; 'Permission To Dance'; and 'My Universe,' with Coldplay. (HUNTR/X singers EJAE and REI AMI were born in Seoul, South Korea; Nuna is from New Jersey.) 'Golden' is also the first IRL Hot 100 No. 1 by any act with a fictional background since the ensemble No. 1 'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' which reigned for five weeks in February-March 2022. It, too, was released from a hit animated film, Disney's Encanto, and sung by multiple vocalists as their characters in the movie. As for all-women collectives of three or more members, HUNTR/X is the first to top the Hot 100 in 24 years — since Destiny's Child dominated with 'Bootylicious' for two weeks in August 2001. Plus, Chappell Roan's 'The Subway' pulls into the Hot 100 at No. 3, marking her highest debut and rank. The song starts as her fourth top 10. Browse the full rundown of this week's top 10 below. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Aug. 16, 2025) will update on Tuesday, Aug. 12. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published. 'Golden' Streams, Airplay & Sales 'Golden,' on Visva/Republic Records, tallied 31.7 million official streams (up 9% week-over-week), 8.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 71%) and 7,000 sold (up 35%) in the United States Aug. 1-7. The track slays for a third week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs and rises 5-3 for a new best on Digital Song Sales. It makes history in the former metric, as it's the Hot 100's greatest gainer in streaming for a record-breaking sixth straight week. (It surpasses the five weekly wins in a row for Migos' 'Bad and Boujee,' featuring Lil Uzi Vert, in early 2017.) 'Golden' debuted at No. 81 on the July 5 chart and began its streak the following week. Plus, 'Golden' is the first non-debuting title to clear 30 million weekly official U.S. streams since Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' in late March. (In between, two songs reached the mark in their first chart weeks: Playboi Carti's 'Evil J0rdan' and Morgan Wallen's 'What I Want,' featuring Tate McRae.) 'Gold' Medals Flying colors: 'Golden' is the fourth Hot 100 No. 1 with 'gold' or 'golden' in its title to shine atop the Hot 100. Here are all the glittering 'gold' records: 'Golden,' HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, one week at No. 1 to date, Aug. 16, 2025 'Gold Digger,' Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx, 10 weeks, beginning Sept. 17, 2005 'Sister Golden Hair,' America, one, June 14, 1975 'Heart of Gold,' Neil Young, one, March 18, 1972 Honorable mentions (silver medals?): 24kGoldn sparkled with 'Mood,' featuring iann dior, for eight weeks at No. 1 in 2020-21, and Bobby Goldsboro led with 'Honey' for five weeks in 1968. (While no songs with 'silver' in their names have led topped the Hot 100, 'Fly, Robin, Fly' by Silver Convention did for three weeks in 1975.) 'The Subway' Arrives at 3Chappell Roan's 'The Subway' rolls into the Hot 100 at No. 3, marking the singer-songwriter's highest career debut and rank as she earns her fourth top 10. All four have hit the top five: 'Good Luck, Babe!' and 'Pink Pony Club' each rose to No. 4 last September and this April, respectively, and 'The Giver' entered at its No. 5 peak in March. 'The Subway' tallied 25.1 million streams, 787,000 in airplay audience and 6,000 sold in its first full week of tracking (no pun intended), following its July 31 release as a recording. Chappell Roan premiered the song live during her Governors Ball set on June 7, 2024, and built buzz for it by playing it regularly in concert since. (The song becomes the highest charting Hot 100 hit with 'subway' in its title. Petula Clark rode her classic 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' to No. 5 in July 1967.) Rest of Top 10: 'Ordinary' & More Alex Warren's 'Ordinary' drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June. It claims an eighth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (73.6 million, essentially even) and an 11th week atop the Songs of the Summer chart, having led each week since the survey made its seasonal return after Memorial Day. Morgan Wallen's 'What I Want,' featuring Tate McRae, dips 3-4 on the Hot 100 after it debuted in May as Wallen's fourth No. 1 and McRae's first. It posts a 12th week at No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. Justin Bieber's No. 2-peaking 'Daisies' falls 4-5 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it debuted at its No. 2 high. It's the chart's top gainer in airplay for a second week (20.9 million, up 23%). Ravyn Lenae's 'Love Me Not' is steady at its No. 6 Hot 100 best, and Wallen's 'Just in Case' descends 5-7 after reaching No. 2. Saja Boys, HUNTR/X's targets in KPop Demon Hunters, climb 9-8 for a new Hot 100 high with 'Your Idol.' Teddy Swims' 'Lose Control,' which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024 and closed as the year's No. 1 song, backtracks 7-9 as it adds a record-extending 103rd week on the chart overall and a record-boosting 73rd week in the top 10. Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' stumbles 8-10, following its record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 beginning in July 2024. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100 Solve the daily Crossword
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Audrey Nuna, who plays Mira on KPop Demon Hunters?
Audrey Nuna is making headlines as one of the performers – alongside Ejae and Rei Ami – on the viral hit 'Golden', the lead single from the original soundtrack of Netflix's hit animated feature KPop Demon Hunters. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on August 12. Audrey Nuna, Ejae and Rei Ami pose with a poster of their animated Netflix film Kpop Demon Hunters. Photo: @cartoonsonthemoon/Instagram KPop Demon Hunters tells the story of a popular K-pop girl group called Huntr/x, who secretly serve as demon hunters protecting the world from a demon king and his demon boy band, Saja Boys. Nuna voiced the character Mira from Huntr/x and performed several other songs from the film's soundtrack, including 'How It's Done', 'Takedown' and 'What It Sounds Like'. Advertisement Recognised for her unique blend of pop, R&B, rap and experimental trap, Nuna is captivating fans worldwide on her Trench tour, where she's performing songs from her critically acclaimed second album released in late 2024. The global tour is taking her to across continents this year, including Asia and Australia. Here is everything you need to know about this rising star. She's a Korean-American musician Korean-American musician Audrey Nuna was born in New Jersey to Korean immigrant parents. Photo: @audreynuna/Instagram Nuna, 26, was born in New Jersey to Korean immigrant parents. She began making music as a teenager and had an Instagram page where she uploaded videos of herself in the bathtub playing keyboard and doing covers of artists like Childish Gambino or rewriting Drake's verses. Those videos caught the eye of producer Anwar Sawyer, who was signed to Roc Nation and became her manager. While enrolled at the renowned Clive Davis Institute at New York University, Nuna balanced her studies with late-night studio sessions at Sawyer's place, often taking early morning buses back to campus to get some sleep before class. Ultimately, she decided to drop out and fully focus on her music, independently releasing tracks such as '80 deg, Honeypot' in 2018 to launch her career. She's a rapper who has released two albums Audrey Nuna has released a string of successful singles since 2020. Photo: @audreynuna/Instagram
BBC News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Kpop Demon Hunters breaks another chart record
We're going up, up, UP to No1 in the charts!Kpop Demon Hunters has broken yet another record, shooting to to top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the song 'Golden' by Huntr/x - the fictional k-pop group from the movie, sung by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami - hit the top spot, becoming the first all-women group to hit No.1 in 24 years, since Destiny's only is the second song from an animation to reach No.1 this decade - with the first being "We Don't Talk About Bruno," from the Disney movie this month, 'Golden' climbed to the number one spot in the Official UK Singles ChartBut, we want to know, is 'Golden' the top movie song? Is it your favourite?Or do you think the best sing-a-long bop is from a completely different film? Take a look at the list below and rank your fave! And if it's not there let us know in the comments!
BusinessToday
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- BusinessToday
K-pop Demon Hunters Break Records with Golden at No. 1
The fictional girl group HUNTR/X has made history by becoming the first female collective to top the Billboard Hot 100 in nearly 24 years. Their song 'Golden,' from the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters, hit number one on the chart on August 11, 2025. Before HUNTR/X, the first female collective to top the Billboard Hot 100 was Destiny's Child, whose Bootylicious reigned in August 2001. Voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, Golden is the ninth K-pop-associated track to reach No. 1 and the first led by female vocalists. It is also only the second song from an animated film this decade to top the chart, following Disney's We Don't Talk About Bruno from Encanto. With this, K-pop Demon Hunters becomes the first non-Disney animated feature to achieve such a feat. Released on June 20, the film's track climbed to the top in just seven weeks, fuelled by 31.7 million official US streams in the August 1–7 tracking week, alongside an impressive 71% boost in radio airplay and 7,000 digital sales. On streaming platforms, 'Golden' has consistently outperformed many real-world pop acts, even rivalling numbers from BTS, Rosé and Katseye. This has made 'Golden' not just a chart-topper but a serious contender for music awards, elevating its status in the soundtrack and K-pop spheres. The soundtrack's reach isn't limited to HUNTR/X. Rival fictional boy band Saja Boys has also scored chart success, with 'Your Idol' climbing to No. 9 on the Hot 100. Nearly every track from the film's OST—aside from a couple of B-sides and score pieces—has entered the main chart. The success of 'Golden' has extended beyond the US. In the UK, the track has topped the Official Singles Chart, making it the first K-pop song to do so since PSY's Gangnam Style in 2012. It's also reached No. 1 on Amazon Music, Apple Music's global and US charts, and US Spotify. For an animated soundtrack, this level of crossover appeal is rare—Let It Go from Frozen famously peaked at No. 5 in 2014, despite its cultural ubiquity.
7 days ago
- Entertainment
'KPop Demon Hunters' heads to select theaters for sing-along event
Get ready to sing your hearts out and seal the Honmoon with a "KPop Demon Hunters" sing-along. The hit Netflix animated film is coming to select theaters for one weekend this month, the streaming platform announced Tuesday. A series of screenings of the film will take place across the U.S. and Canada on Aug. 23 and 24. The limited theatrical screening event will be a sing-along version of the movie, according to a press release. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 6 a.m. PT. News of the sing-along event comes one day after the film's viral song, "Golden," reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, which is by the fictional K-pop girl group Huntr/x and performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, made history as the first No. 1 Hot 100 hit by a female K-pop group, with nearly 32 million streams, 7,000 sales, and 8.4 million radio airplay impressions in the United States, according to Billboard. The track also continues to rise on the charts for a seventh consecutive week, surpassing 3 billion global streams to date, according to a press release. The achievement also marks the first Hot 100 No. 1 by any act with a fictional background since "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Encanto in March 2022, as well as the first female group track to do so since Destiny's Child in 2001. The soundtrack has also claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Soundtracks chart, dominating for a seventh week. The "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack continues to hold steady at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, recording its best week yet with 100,000 equivalent album units. The album, associated with the animated action-fantasy film of the same title, has grown in popularity each week since its release. The action-packed film, which premiered June 20, follows a world-renowned K-pop girl group balancing their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters. The film has become a global streaming sensation on Netflix, with 158.8 million views since its debut, ranking among the streamer's most popular titles ever. It's been in the Netflix Top 10 for seven weeks, according to Variety. The movie stars Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong and Ji-young Yoo. Knowing how important the soundtrack would be, directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans collaborated with experienced K-pop producers. "Because we wanted the music to be really incredible and really speak to the K-pop fans and be legitimately fit into the K-pop space, we felt that it was important to partner with a Korean label," Kang said during a Netflix press interview, per BBC.
