Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans have made the world go loopy with their progressive, imaginative, and ingenious animated creation, KPop Demon Hunters. When the English-language movie first dropped on June 20, its massively optimistic response couldn’t have been anticipated. Whereas the visuals have been a feast, the music for the Okay-pop-inspired launch has discovered its personal huge fan following. Songs like Soda Pop and Your Idol have grow to be the earworms that followers have been awaiting for a very long time. Now, the soundtrack has debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 8, proving its world recognition.
KPop Demon Hunters on world music charts
Beforehand, KPop Demon Hunters challenged South Korean titans BTS for a spot on the International Spotify Chart and finally surpassed them with a spot at No. 13. Million of listens raked in for the multi-talented report of songs, led by Golden, the identify which is apparently additionally shared by a chart-topping music from Jungkook of BTS. The newest report exhibits an upward climb within the coming days, and it appears to be solely a matter of time earlier than a few of these tracks find yourself on the Billboard Scorching 100.
The US chart for the movie noticed one other spectacular debut, rating at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. It’s the first soundtrack launched in 2025 to discover a Prime 10 spot on the checklist, and the best rating this 12 months. It has been reported that the album recorded 27,000 streaming equal album items, 3,000 bodily album gross sales and 1,000 monitor equal album items. Earlier, it was Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s Depraved soundtrack album which landed on the chart, sustaining a excessive rating since 2024, by way of to this 12 months.
Contributions to the KPop Demon Hunters album includes TWICE members Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung. Different singers embrace the fictional teams from the movie, HUNTRIX and Saja Boys, amongst others.
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