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Jaehwa Bernardo

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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/1757980970482KpopDemonHunters_ProRes422HQ_SDR_2ch_20250424.00_06_07_19.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>The soundtrack of the hit animated film &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; climbed to No. 1 on Billboard&#x27;s main albums chart, the music magazine said Tuesday. </p><p>The album rose one spot from the previous week to top the Billboard 200, based on the chart dated September 20 posted by Billboard on X (formerly Twitter).</p><div><br/></div><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=1967657848541966624&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%3A2025-09-16T00%3A35%3A24.546125%3A836f145f-3ef3-4c9b-b403-56549ebbfe1c%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=0d73cdfec30a375a5a02e105d7b00beb77683d02&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:801px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1967657848541966624"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>It had previously spent seven non-consecutive weeks at No. 2 before finally claiming the top spot, dethroning Sabrina Carpenter&#x27;s &quot;Man&#x27;s Best Friend,&quot; which slipped to No. 2, Billboard <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-number-one-billboard-200-1236066167/"><strong>reported</strong></a>.</p><p>The set hit No. 1 after earning 128,000 equivalent album units during the week ending on September 11, marking the album&#x27;s &quot;best week yet,&quot; Billboard said<strong></strong>, citing data from Luminate.</p><p>According to Billboard, &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; is the first soundtrack to top the albums chart since Disney&#x27;s 2021 film &quot;Encanto,&quot; which topped the chart in 2022. It is also the seventh animated film soundtrack to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following &quot;Encanto,&quot; &quot;Frozen II,&quot; &quot;Frozen,&quot; &quot;Curious George,&quot; &quot;Pocahontas&quot; and &quot;The Lion King.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/8/23/kpop-demon-hunters-craze-hits-theaters-after-topping-netflix-music-charts-1912"><strong>READ: &#x27;KPop Demon Hunters&#x27; craze hits theaters after topping Netflix, music charts</strong></a></div><p>The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular album in the United States based on a multi-metric consumption that blends traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums.</p><p>Meanwhile, &quot;Golden,&quot; a track from the soundtrack, remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Sept. 20, its fifth week at the top of the songs chart.</p><div><br/></div><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-1" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1967657950316728584&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%3A2025-09-16T00%3A35%3A24.546125%3A836f145f-3ef3-4c9b-b403-56549ebbfe1c%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=0d73cdfec30a375a5a02e105d7b00beb77683d02&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:801px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1967657950316728584"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>Three other songs from the soundtrack also landed in the Hot 100&#x27;s top 10: &quot;Your Idol&quot; at No. 4, &quot;Soda Pop&quot; at No. 5 and &quot;How It&#x27;s Done&quot; at No. 8.</p><p>The Hot 100 lists the most popular songs across all genres, based on streaming activity, radio airplay and sales.</p><p>Released in June, &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; follows a trio of female K-pop superstars who secretly live double lives as demon hunters, facing off against a new boy band of demons in disguise.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><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/4zCShbCxSXU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><strong></strong><br/></div>

<p>The soundtrack of the hit animated film 'KPop Demon Hunters' has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard's main albums chart.</p>

The soundtrack of the hit animated film 'KPop Demon Hunters' has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard's main albums chart.

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'KPop Demon Hunters' soundtrack tops Billboard 200

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published September 16, 2025 09:51 AM PHT

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