HUNTR/X’s “Golden” Holds Top Spot on Billboard Global 200 for 5 Consecutive Weeks; “KPop Demon Hunters” OST Dominates Charts

K-pop musicians are dominating Billboard’s global charts. HUNTR/X’s “Golden” continues to show strong performance by maintaining first place on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Global Exclusives U.S. chart for five weeks in a row. Although HUNTR/X and LUCY compete against each other in the Netflix series “KPop Demon Hunters,” they collaborate musically to secure top positions on the Global 200 chart. Featuring vocals from EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI, “Golden” first reached number one on these two charts in July. As of August 14 this week, it leads the Global 200 with 117.8 million streams (a decrease of less than 1% from the previous week) and 14,000 units sold (a 7% increase). It also holds first place on the Global Exclusives U.S. chart with 86.1 million streams (a 1% decline) and 7,000 units sold (an 8% rise). Thanks to the success of “Golden,” HUNTR/X now has two top-tier hits on the Global 200. “How It’s Done” rose eight places to land in fifth place. Meanwhile, LUCY — consisting of Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, and samUIL Lee — moved up from fourth to third place with “Soda Pop,” while “Your Idol” also climbed from fifth to fourth place, reaching its highest-ever ranking of third. Since the introduction of the Global 200 chart in September 2020, it has been extremely rare to see multiple songs simultaneously occupy such high positions. Similar cases include Taylor Swift’s achievement of dominating all five top spots in the first week of releasing three albums, and Drake’s success of occupying positions 2 through 5 on the chart in a single week. The Billboard Global chart ranks songs based on streaming and sales data collected from over 200 regions around the world.