Couch, couch, couch will have to wait, as HUNTR/X works its way to a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Golden,” from the soundtrack to the smash animated Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.
Upon the original ascent to No. 1 for “Golden,” HUNTR/X — the singing trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI (in the roles of the film’s characters Rumi, Mira and Zoey) — became the first female group associated with Korean pop to crown the Hot 100.
KPop Demon Hunters has also become the first soundtrack to generate four simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s over the chart’s 67-year history. The songs place in the bracket for a third week, with Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” and “Soda Pop” each down a spot from their respective Nos. 4 and 5 bests and HUNTR/X’s “How It’s Done” holding at its No. 9 high.
Also in the Hot 100’s top 10, Sabrina Carpenter charts two songs: “Tears” launches at No. 3 and former leader “Manchild” climbs 7-4. Both tracks are from her new album, Man’s Best Friend, which blasts in as her second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Browse the full rundown of this week’s top 10 below.
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‘Golden’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Golden,” on Visva/Republic Records, tallied 34.5 million official streams (down 2% week-over-week), 22.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 13%) and 9,000 sold (up 4%) in the United States Aug. 29-Sept. 4.
The track secures a seventh week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; rises 29-24 on Radio Songs — as it hits the top 10, lifting two spots to No. 10, on the Pop Airplay chart; and adds a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
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4 Weeks at No. 1 for ‘KPop’
Image Credit: Netflix “Golden” is the ninth song associated with Korean pop to rule the Hot 100, and the first by female lead vocalists with ties to the genre. (HUNTR/X singers EJAE and REI AMI were born in Seoul, South Korea; Nuna is from New Jersey.)
“Golden” becomes just the second such song to post at least four weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Here’s a recap:
- 10 weeks, BTS, “Butter,” beginning June 5, 2021
- 4, HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, “Golden,” beginning Aug. 16, 2025
- 3, BTS, “Dynamite,” beginning Sept. 5, 2020
- 1, Jung Kook, “Seven” (featuring Latto), July 29, 2023
- 1, Jimin, “Like Crazy,” April 8, 2023
- 1, BTS, “My Universe” (with Coldplay), Oct. 9, 2021
- 1, BTS, “Permission To Dance,” July 24, 2021
- 1, BTS, “Life Goes On,” Dec. 5, 2020
- 1, BTS, “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” (with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo), Oct. 17, 2020
Plus, “Golden” ties for the fourth-longest Hot 100 command for a song by an all-female group of three or more members, dating to the first four-week No. 1 in the category in 1963:
- 11 weeks, Destiny’s Child, “Independent Women Part 1,” beginning Nov. 18, 2000
- 7, TLC, “Waterfalls,” beginning July 8, 1995
- 5, The Emotions, “Best of My Love,” beginning Aug. 20, 1977
- 4, HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, “Golden,” beginning Aug. 16, 2025
- 4, TLC, “No Scrubs,” beginning April 10, 1999
- 4, TLC, “Creep,” beginning Jan. 28, 1995
- 4, Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian,” beginning Dec. 20, 1986
- 4, The Supremes, “Baby Love,” beginning Oct. 31, 1964
- 4, The Chiffons, “He’s So Fine,” beginning March 30, 1963
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Carpenter Be-‘Friend’s Top 5
Image Credit: Bryce Anderson Sabrina Carpenter scores two songs in the Hot 100’s top five: “Tears” debuts at No. 3 and former chart-topper “Manchild,” which led in its debut week in June, surges 7-4. Both cuts are from her new album, Man’s Best Friend, which arrives atop the Billboard 200.
“Tears” starts with 26.3 million streams (good for a No. 2 premiere on Streaming Songs), 11.9 million in airplay audience and 2,000 sold. Carpenter collects her fifth Hot 100 top 10, all since April of last year.
“Manchild” drew 19.5 million streams (up 86%) and 49.3 million in radio reach (up 2%) and sold 2,000 (up 129%). It charges 25-5 on Streaming Songs, which it led for one week, and climbs 5-3 for a new high on Radio Songs.
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Rest of Top 10: ‘Ordinary’ & More
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 tallies a 12th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (73 million, down 1%).
Below Carpenter and Saja Boys’ two Hot 100 top 10s apiece, Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, slides 3-7, after it debuted in May as Wallen’s fourth No. 1 and McRae’s first. It posts a 16th week at No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart.
Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” falls 6-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 5.
Below HUNTR/X’s “How It’s Done,” which concurrently adds a 10th week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart, 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, drops 8-10. It logs a record-extending 107th week on the chart overall and a record-furthering 77th week in the top 10.
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