'KPop Demon Hunters' Smash 'Golden' by Huntr/x Tops Billboard Hot 100

The soundtrack's standout track becomes the first single by an all-women collective in 24 years to top the chart, following Destiny's Child in 2001.

August 11, 2025

Three animated characters pose confidently against a golden background, with the text "GOLDEN" and "HUNTRX" displayed prominently.

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KPop Demon Hunters just went up, up, up to the top of the Billboard charts.

“Golden” by HUNTR/X soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the fictional group’s first chart-topper and a historic moment as the first K-Pop girl group to reach the milestone, per Billboard.

During the tracking week of August 1-7, “Golden” racked up 31.7 million official streams, 8.4 million radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 7,000 copies in the U.S.

The track, sung by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami for the soundtrack to Netflix’s smash animated film, also becomes the ninth song associated with K-Pop to reach the top spot of the Hot 100.

The newly minted hit was preceded by “Seven” by Jung Kook (featuring Latto), “Like Crazy” by Jimin, along with BTS singles “Dynamite,” “Life Goes On,” “Butter,” “Permission to Dance,” and collaborations “Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)” with Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo plus “My Universe” with Coldplay.

“Golden” is also the first No. 1 from a fictional act since “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s Encanto in 2022, and the first by an all-women collective since Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious” in 2001.

Meanwhile, the film’s in-universe rivals, the Saja Boys, climbed up to the Hot 100 with “Your Idol,” performed by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, and Samuil Lee.

Netflix confirmed last month that KPop Demon Hunters is now the streamer’s most-watched original animated film ever, amassing roughly 132.4 million views since its release on June 20, and surpassing 2023’s Leo starring Adam Sandler.

The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is available for pre-order at Complex in a variety of formats—including standard black vinyl, double-sided picture disc vinyl, and CD.

Also available are Huntr/x’s “Golden” on gold seven-inch vinyl, Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” on seven-inch purple vinyl, and Twice’s version of “Takedown” on violet seven-inch vinyl.

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