HUNTR/X's 'Golden' Tops Hot 100 for Third Week, 'KPop Demon Hunters' Continues Attack

 

 

 

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"Golden," on Visva/Republic Records, tallied 35.3 million official streams (up 4% week-over-week), 19.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 21%) and 9,000 sold (up 11%) in the United States Aug. 22-28. The track scores a sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; jumps 42-29 on Radio Songs; and rises a spot for its first week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales. Gains for "Golden" were boosted by the film's Aug. 23-24 sing-along wide release in movie theaters and that version's Aug. 25 premiere on Netflix.

Plus, as Destiny's Child "Bootylicious" led the Hot 100 for two weeks in August 2001, "Golden" is the first song by an all-female act of three or more members to reign for at least three weeks since Destiny's Child's "Independent Women Part I" dominated for 11 weeks in November 2000-January 2001.

 

Elsewhere in the Hot 100's top 10, Alex Warren's "Ordinary" holds at No. 2, after 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June. It adds an 11th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (74 million, essentially no percentage change).

 

Teddy Swims' "Lose Control," which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and went on to become the year's No. 1 song, slips 7-8 — as it adds a record-extending 108th week on the chart overall and a record-furthering 76th week in the top 10.

 

Below HUNTR/X's "How It's Done," which concurrently claims a ninth week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With a Smile" rises 11-10, following five weeks at No. 1 beginning in January. It becomes just the fourth song to spend a milestone 50 weeks or more in the top 10, joining "Lose Control" (76; 2024-25), Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (66; 2024-25) and The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" (57; 2020-21).

 

STRAY KIDS Earn Seventh No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'KARMA'

 

 

1. STRAY KIDS - 'KARMA' 313,000

2. Various Artists - 'KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack From the Netflix Film)' 125,000 (872,000)

3. Morgan Wallen - 'I'm the Problem' 116,000 (2,852,000)

4. Laufey - 'A Matter of Time' 99,000

5. Deftones - 'private music' 87,000

6. Tyler, The Creator - 'Cherry Bomb' 52,000 (816,000)

7. BigXthaPlug - 'I Hope You're Happy' 47,000

8. Alex Warren - 'You'll Be Alright, Kid' 38,000 (1,186,000)

9. Gunna - 'The Last Wun' 38,000 (166,000)

10. Morgan Wallen - 'One Thing at a Time' 38,000 (9,579,000)

 

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Of KARMA's 313,000 first-week equivalent album units, album sales comprise 296,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart), SEA units comprise 16,000 (equaling 23.12 million on-demand official streams of the sets songs; it debuts at No. 34 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000. In 2025, the three largest weeks for albums, by units, are the opening frames of Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem (493,000), The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow (490,000)and KARMA (313,000). In traditional album sales, the two biggest weeks of 2025 belong to Hurry Up Tomorrow (359,000) and KARMA (296,000).

 

Laufey achieves her first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as A Matter of Time debuts at No. 4 with 99,000 equivalent album units earned — her biggest week ever. Of that sum, album sales comprise 71,000 (her best sales week; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 28,000 (equaling 38.57 million on-demand official streams of the set's songs; it debuts at No. 11 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

 

Deftones score their seventh top 10 effort on the Billboard 200 as private music premieres at No. 5 with 87,000 equivalent album units earned — the band's best week by units. Of that starting sum, album sales comprise 66,000 (the group's largest sales week since 2016's Gore bowed with 69,000; private music starts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 20,500 (equaling 26.72 million on-demand official streams of the set's songs, it debuts at No. 20 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise the remaining sum.

 

Tyler, The Creator's Cherry Bomb, first released in 2015, returns to the Billboard 200 following a 10th anniversary reissue. The set reenters the chart at No. 6 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned (up from a negligible sum in the previous week). For its 10th anniversary, the set was reissued on three vinyl variants, CD and in three deluxe boxed sets (each containing a piece of branded clothing and a copy of the CD). Album sales largely drive the set's reentry, comprising nearly 51,000 of the set's units for the week. Cherry Bomb debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the May 2, 2015-dated chart.

 

BigXthaPlug lands his highest-charting album, and second top 10, on the Billboard 200 with the No. 7 bow of I Hope You're Happy. The set earned 47,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with SEA units comprising 41,000 (equaling 54.59 million on-demand official streams of its tracks; it debuts at No. 3 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 5,000 (it debuts at No. 22 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

 

Edited September 2, 2025Sep 2 by Ger

Laufey nearly 100k?? MPGs are quaking

Typo: #3 should be "I'm the problem" 

not bots beating the ost

Poor demon hunters it was its week but slay kings came first

 

In other words, nothing to see here.

Laufey did it

Laufey outselling lorde oh...

Stray Global It's so satisfying to see them breaking records, achieving success, and proving haters wrong time after time

Edited August 31, 2025Aug 31 by Pluto6

Morgan is going to go Diamond before December omg 

Alex

Poor kpop. This is their week to snatch #1. Why dont stray kid release last week, kpop this week, Sabrina the next two week to block Morgan

56 minutes ago, chiliam said:

Poor kpop. This is their week to snatch #1. Why dont stray kid release last week, kpop this week, Sabrina the next two week to block Morgan

Someone predict KDH may finally get #1 on BB 200 on Sabrina MBF third week provided the soundtrack still keep the momentum and gaining traction by then

 

Laufey, Icelandic Queen 

Laufey 

Laufey is our modern day Norah Jones. So happy for her

Still havent un the mood for some jazz. But definitely will check out the album wheb im in that mood. 

I'm so happy for Laufey. Let You Break My Heart Again will always be that song

Ava #11 I guess 

Laufey 100k! 

Finally a busy and competitive week again, we love to see it  Stray Kids biggest K-pop group out right now IKTR

No H100 yet?

59 minutes ago, brianc33710 said:

No H100 yet?

Labor Day, it is going to be announced tomorrow.

When was the last time the top 3 was all 100k plus? Or top 4 since Laufey is so close to 100k?

deftones in the top 5 

Something in the milk ain't clean