Netflix Anime “KPop Demon Hunters” OST Dominates Global Charts...Staying in Top Spot for 17 Weeks, Surpassing Taylor Swift

The OST for Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” is taking over global music charts. The film’s title track, “Golden,” has appeared on the Billboard 200 chart for 17 consecutive weeks, maintaining its position at number two after rising two spots from the previous week. Since debuting on the chart in late June at position 93, “Golden” held the top spot for a total of eight weeks last month. It continues to stay in the highest rankings even now that pop star Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” is at number one. During the most recent tracking week, the “KPop Demon Hunters” OST recorded 104,000 Equivalent Album Units, representing a 9% increase from the previous week. Other OSTs from “KPop Demon Hunters” also occupy top positions on the charts. “Your Idol” dropped to number 10, while “How It's Done” reentered the chart at number 12. These songs were performed by the film’s fictional girl group HUNTR/X and their rival boy band Saja Boys. The OST is setting records not only on music charts but also on streaming platforms. Last month, the aggregated streams of these tracks surpassed the Spotify records previously held by real K-pop superstars BTS and BLACKPINK. Additionally, the performance of “Golden” on the talk show “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” reached 23 million views on YouTube in just 12 days, overtaking Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback monologue (22.6 million views), and it also accumulated 55 million views on TikTok. “Golden” made history as the first female K-pop single to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, holding that position for six weeks, and it also topped the Billboard Global 200 chart for 10 weeks. Meanwhile, since its release in June, the film has become Netflix’s most-watched movie ever, accumulating over 350 million views worldwide and remaining at number one on the streaming platform’s Top 10 list for 17 consecutive weeks. The “KPop Demon Hunters” OST, available in vinyl and CD formats including a CE LP version, is currently a bestseller on Amazon. It is set to be released sequentially in major European markets such as the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and the Czech Republic, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.