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KPop Demon Hunters<\/a> <\/em>just went up, up, up to the top of the Billboard charts.<\/p>\n \u201cGolden\u201d by HUNTR\/X soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the fictional group\u2019s first chart-topper and a historic moment as the first K-Pop girl group to reach the milestone, per Billboard<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n During the tracking week of August 1-7, \u201cGolden\u201d racked up 31.7 million official streams, 8.4 million radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 7,000 copies in the U.S.<\/p>\n The track, sung by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami for the soundtrack to Netflix\u2019s smash animated film, also becomes the ninth song associated with K-Pop to reach the top spot of the Hot 100.<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n The newly minted hit was preceded by \u201cSeven\u201d by Jung Kook (featuring Latto)<\/a>, \u201cLike Crazy\u201d by Jimin, along with BTS<\/a> singles \u201cDynamite,\u201d \u201cLife Goes On,\u201d \u201cButter<\/a>,\u201d \u201cPermission to Dance,\u201d and collaborations \u201cSavage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)\u201d with Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo<\/a> plus \u201cMy Universe\u201d with Coldplay<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cGolden\u201d is also the first No. 1 from a fictional act since \u201cWe Don\u2019t Talk About Bruno\u201d from Disney\u2019s Encanto<\/em> in 2022, and the first by an all-women collective since Destiny\u2019s Child<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBootylicious\u201d in 2001.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the film\u2019s in-universe rivals, the Saja Boys, climbed up to the Hot 100 with \u201cYour Idol,\u201d performed by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, and Samuil Lee.<\/p>\n Netflix confirmed last month that KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> is now the streamer\u2019s most-watched original animated film<\/a> ever, amassing roughly 132.4 million views since its release on June 20, and surpassing 2023\u2019s Leo<\/em> starring Adam Sandler.<\/p>\n