The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack climbs 3-2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated July 19 — a brand new peak — in its third week on the listing. The set earned 75,000 equal album models (up 21%) in the USA within the monitoring week ending July 10, in accordance with Luminate. It’s the primary soundtrack to debut within the prime 10 on the Billboard 200 after which see unit will increase in its second and third weeks for the reason that Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Superior Combine Vol. 2 album in 2017.
Within the 2020s, solely 4 soundtracks have reached the highest two on the Billboard 200: KPop Demon Hunters, Depraved (which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2024), Barbie (additionally No. 2 debut and peak, in 2023) and Encanto (9 weeks at No. 1 in 2022).
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most well-liked albums of the week within the U.S. primarily based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album models, compiled by Luminate. Items comprise album gross sales, observe equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks bought from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The brand new July 19, 2025-dated chart might be posted in full on Billboard’s web site on July 15
Of the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack’s 75,000 models earned in its third week, SEA models comprise 70,000 (up 24%, equaling 96.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it holds at No. 2 on Prime Streaming Albums), album gross sales comprise 4,000 (down 6% — it rises 21-9 on Prime Album Gross sales) and TEA models comprise 1,000 (up 6%). (The album continues to solely be obtainable to buy as a digital obtain album. A CD version of the album is due in August, whereas a vinyl version is slated for an October launch.)
Because the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack racked up 96.33 million streams for its songs in its third week, it scores the largest streaming week for a soundtrack in additional three years. The final soundtrack to publish an even bigger streaming determine was Encanto, on the March 12, 2022-dated chart, when it rang up 101.16 million streams for its songs in its eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
KPop Demon Hunters premiered on June 20 in a restricted theatrical launch within the U.S., and on Netflix, alongside its soundtrack launch. Within the monitoring week ending July 6, KPop Demon Hunters held at No. 2 in its third week on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in United States chart.