By E Cha
All eight original songs from “KPop Demon Hunters” climbed up the Billboard Hot 100 this week!
On July 15 local time, Billboard revealed that the entire original soundtrack to Netflix’s hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” had risen on the Hot 100, its weekly ranking of the most popular songs in the United States.
Fictional girl group HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (sung by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami) entered the top 10 of the Hot 100, jumping to No. 6 from last week’s No. 23. According to Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), the song racked up 18.8 million streams, garnered 950,000 radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 3,000 downloads in the week ending on July 10.
Meanwhile, fictional boy band Saja Boys’ song “Your Idol” (sung by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, U-KISS’s Kevin Woo, and samUIL Lee) broke into the top 20, surging to a new peak of No. 16.
HUNTR/X’s “How It’s Done” rose to No. 29, Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” to No. 35, Rumi and Jinu’s duet “Free” (sung by EJAE and Andrew Choi) to No. 41, HUNTR/X’s “What It Sounds Like” To No. 43, “Takedown” to No. 51.
Finally, TWICE’s Jeonghyeon, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung’s version of “Takedown” debuted at No. 86 on this week’s chart.
Earlier this week, Billboard also announced that the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack had risen to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 after achieving the biggest streaming week for a soundtrack in over three years.
Congratulations to the cast and crew of “KPop Demon Hunters”—as well as Jeonghyeon, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung!