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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
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'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.
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12-08-2025
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KPop Demon Hunters' Golden debuts at No 1 on Billboard Hot 100 chart but fans call out Asian erasure, demand correction
The KPop Demon Hunters craze is unlikely to die down anytime soon. Adding to the many accolades the show is expected to gain over time, the original soundtrack from the show, Golden, has become a viral sensation. After steadily climbing music charts, it has successfully achieved the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. And what should otherwise be a celebratory moment has invited criticism from fans and viewers around the world, as many continue to cheer for the achievement. The problem has been placed under the crediting of the fictional group HUNTRIX for the feat, instead of the actual singers behind the voices- EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI. KPop Demon Hunters' HUNTRIX: Real or not? Debate continues Voicing Rumi, Mira, and Zoey, respectively, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI have earned a lot of praise for their work. The official announcement of the Hot 100 ranking of the track Golden has made it to internet debate rounds where many are demanding that credit be given to the singers and not the animated group of the Netflix film. Notably, Billboard mentions the team name and the singers' credits separated by only a colon in the announcement post that went up on August 11. HUNTRIX is being called a 'fictional group' and not an actual K-pop team, especially due to the limited background involvement of the singers and not the voice actors of the actual characters. Some fans have taken the time to point out how the credits for film Wicked's musical achievements went to the singers and not the characters of Elphaba or Glinda. They claim that it's an attempt at Asian erasure. It is to be noted that Arden Cho, May Hong, and Yoo Ji Young voice the characters in the film. With there being distinct separation for the singers and the voice actors, many see it as all the more reason to credit the singers and not the group. There are continued fears of how this may also promote AI artists and voice recording, with concerns about the music industry losing its human touch.
11-08-2025
- Entertainment
'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' hits No. 1 on Billboard, surpasses 3 billion streams
"Golden," the soundtrack from Netflix 's "KPop Demon Hunters" by the fictional K-pop girl group Huntr/x, has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the track makes 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 climb the charts for a seventh straight week, with over 3 billion global streams to date, "reclaiming #2 on the Billboard 200, and continuing to be the highest charting soundtrack of the year," according to a press release. This achievement also marks the first fictional act to top the chart since Encanto and the first female group to do so since Destiny's Child in 2001. The soundtrack also claims 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. Premiered on June 20, the action-packed film 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. 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.
