A week after two songs from the hit Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, 5 extra tracks from the film enter the July 12-dated record, whereas the opposite two break into the rating’s high 40.
“Golden,” credited to the film’s fictional woman group HUNTR/X alongside real-life vocalists EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, leads the best way, leaping from No. 81 to No. 23. “Your Idol,” by fictional boy band Saja Boys and vocalists Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee, jumps to No. 31 after debuting at No. 77.
Within the week ending July 3, “Golden” earned 13.6 million official U.S. streams and offered 3,000 downloads, in keeping with Luminate, whereas “Your Idol” boasted 12.7 million streams and a couple of,000 downloads. The previous is now being promoted to pop radio.
The highest debut on the July 12 tally, in the meantime, belongs to “How It’s Performed,” credited once more to HUNTR/X and its vocalists. It begins at No. 42 because of 10 million streams and a couple of,000 downloads.
Saja Boys reduce “Soda Pop” (No. 49) and HUNTR/X’s “What It Sounds Like” (No. 55) and “Takedown” (No. 64) additionally make the Sizzling 100, as does “Free,” credited to Rumi, JINU, EJAE and Andrew Choi, at No. 58. (EJAE gives Rumi’s singing voice within the movie, whereas Choi does vocals for JINU.)
Six of the seven songs are additionally on the Streaming Songs chart, led by “Golden,” which debuts at No. 7. The music turns into the primary credited to a fictional act (HUNTR/X) to achieve the highest 10 within the Streaming Songs tally’s 12-year historical past.
“Golden” can also be the primary music from an animated movie to achieve the Streaming Songs high 10 since tracks from Encanto, the hit 2021 Disney film, did so, paced by the five-week Sizzling 100 No. 1 “We Don’t Speak About Bruno,” which spent its closing week within the Streaming Songs high 10 on the Could 7, 2022-dated survey.
As previously reported, the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters concurrently reaches a brand new No. 3 excessive on the Billboard 200 through 62,000 equal album items. The set, which options 12 songs, turns into the highest-charting soundtrack on the survey this yr.