KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix’s most-watched original animated film of all time, continues its record-breaking streak. Its fictional girl group Huntrix claimed No. 1 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart with their breakout hit Golden this week.
It became the first K-pop song that topped the chart since PSY’s Gangnam Style in October 2012, which was the first-ever Korean sngle to reach No. 1 in the UK.
The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack also extends its historic run, holding the top spot on the UK Official Compilations Chart for a sixth consecutive week.
“This week represents another landmark moment for the globally dominating South Korean genre,” Martin Talbot, chief executive officer of the Official Charts, said in a news release on Aug. 1.
“K-pop’s superstars are certainly giving the Gallaghers a run for their money,” Talbot said, referring to Liam Gallegher, the lead vocalist of the English rock band Oasis and his brother Noel Gallagher — among the UK’s best-selling music artists.
Formed around the Gallagher brothers in the 1990s, Oasis spearheaded ahe Britpop boom, scoring eight No. 1 singles on the UK Official Singles Chart over a decade before reuniting this year.
On the Billboard charts, Golden returned to No. 1 last week on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. US rankings.
Huntrix’s Golden also became the first track from a anime to claim No. 1 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart in three years.
In 2022, We don’t talk about Bruno, a track from Disney’s Encanto, became the first-ever original song from a Disney animation to became a UK No. 1 single.
By Yeonhee Kim
yhkim@hankyung.com
Jennifer Nicholson-Breen edited this article.
