“Your Idol” by Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO & samUIL Lee from the KPop Demon Hunters OST rise to a new peak of #9 on the Billboard Hot 100
“Your Idol” by Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO & samUIL Lee from the KPop Demon Hunters OST rise to a new peak of #9 on the Billboard Hot 100
>“Golden” by HUNTR/X repeats at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. It simultaneously tops Streaming Songs for a second week, up 13% to 28.9 million streams — as it’s the Hot 100’s top gainer in streaming for a fifth consecutive week.
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>The song, from the hit Netflix animated movie *KPop Demon Hunters*, also sports surges of 31% to 4.9 million in radio audience and 19% to 5,000 sold, boosted by a remix by David Guetta, released July 25.
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>Meanwhile, Saja Boys, HUNTR/X’s foes in the film, bound 12-9 on the Hot 100 with “Your Idol.” The song is driven largely by streams, with 19 million (up 1%) in the tracking week.
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>Despite their on-screen differences, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys team up to make *KPop Demon Hunters* the first movie to spin off two Hot 100 top 10s since another animated hit: In 2022, Disney’s *Encanto* yielded the ensemble smash “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (No. 1 for five weeks) and “Surface Pressure” by Jessica Darrow (No. 8 peak), with both written solely by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Early projections show Golden being behind about 1% behind Ordinary for #1. It looks like the race between it and Ordinary is going to be neck and neck and this may be its best and last chance at #1 even though it is way ahead on Streaming but Ordinary is being absolutely carried by radio and thanks to its already blocked both Drake and Justin Bieber from #1
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**KPop Demon Hunters tidbit from the article:**
>“Golden” by HUNTR/X repeats at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. It simultaneously tops Streaming Songs for a second week, up 13% to 28.9 million streams — as it’s the Hot 100’s top gainer in streaming for a fifth consecutive week.
>
>The song, from the hit Netflix animated movie *KPop Demon Hunters*, also sports surges of 31% to 4.9 million in radio audience and 19% to 5,000 sold, boosted by a remix by David Guetta, released July 25.
>
>Meanwhile, Saja Boys, HUNTR/X’s foes in the film, bound 12-9 on the Hot 100 with “Your Idol.” The song is driven largely by streams, with 19 million (up 1%) in the tracking week.
>
>Despite their on-screen differences, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys team up to make *KPop Demon Hunters* the first movie to spin off two Hot 100 top 10s since another animated hit: In 2022, Disney’s *Encanto* yielded the ensemble smash “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (No. 1 for five weeks) and “Surface Pressure” by Jessica Darrow (No. 8 peak), with both written solely by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Early projections show Golden being behind about 1% behind Ordinary for #1. It looks like the race between it and Ordinary is going to be neck and neck and this may be its best and last chance at #1 even though it is way ahead on Streaming but Ordinary is being absolutely carried by radio and thanks to its already blocked both Drake and Justin Bieber from #1