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Huntrix from 'KPop Demon Hunters.' Photo courtesy of Netflix

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'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' reaches No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1754970473766KPOP_mktg005_8KHigh_Lyrs_lm_v15 (1) (1).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Huntrix from &#x27;KPop Demon Hunters.&#x27; <em>Photo courtesy of Netflix</em></span></span></span></div><p>Huntrix went up, up, up to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.</p><p>The inspirational pop track from the film &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; reached No. 1 on the chart dated Aug. 16, based on a preview released Tuesday, rising one spot from its position in the previous week.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1954984451894653181&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-08-12T04%3A05%3A30.031595%3Aea324149-a27f-4e39-8fbd-ee0ca87e0912%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=fe22a62ec95fab94468df26a3df608ce7f294b13&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:825px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1954984451894653181"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;Golden&quot; is the ninth song related to K-pop to top the Hot 100 chart, following six BTS songs &quot;Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)&quot; with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo, &quot;Dynamite,&quot; &quot;Life Goes On,&quot; &quot;Butter,&quot; &quot;Permission To Dance&quot; and &quot;My Universe&quot; with Coldplay as well as Jungkook&#x27;s &quot;Seven (featuring Latto)&quot; and Jimin&#x27;s &quot;Like Crazy,&quot; Billboard <a href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/huntrx-golden-kpop-demon-hunters-number-1-hot-100/"><strong>reported</strong></a>.</p><p>Among female acts, the fictional Huntrix is the first to top the Hot 100 in 24 years, since Destiny&#x27;s Child led the chart with &quot;Bootylicious&quot; in 2001, according to Billboard.</p><p>The Hot 100 ranks the most popular songs across all genre based on streaming, radio airplay and sales data.</p><p>This marks the latest milestone for the film, coming shortly after &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/8/6/-kpop-demon-hunters-debuts-at-no-4-on-netflix-s-most-popular-english-movies-0952"><strong>debuted</strong></a> at No. 4 on Netflix&#x27;s list of the most popular English-language films of all time.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yebNIHKAC4A?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>&quot;Golden,&quot; performed by voice actors Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, has also recently inspired numerous K-pop artists to release covers of the song, known for its soaring chorus.</p><p>The entire soundtrack, meanwhile, has peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart,  making it the highest-charting soundtrack of 2025.</p><p>Released on June 20, &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; tells the story of the female trio Huntrix as they balance their superstar careers with a secret life fighting demons.</p><p>Their double life gets complicated when they face off against the Saja Boys, a rival boy band whose members are actual demons.</p>