{"id":14676,"date":"2025-09-10T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/14676\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:17:08","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-golden-by-huntr-x-hits-pop-airplay-chart-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/14676\/","title":{"rendered":"‘KPop Demon Hunters’ ‘Golden’ by HUNTR\/X Hits Pop Airplay Chart Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t2025 continues to be a key year for K-pop on top 40 radio, as HUNTR\/X<\/a>\u2019s \u201cGolden\u201d reaches the top 10, rising two spots to No. 10, on Billboard\u2019s Pop Airplay<\/a> chart (dated Sept. 13).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song from the soundtrack to the smash<\/a> animated Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters is the sixth Pop Airplay top 10 by an act with ties to Korean pop, and the first since BLACKPINK\u2019s ROS\u00c9 and Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cAPT.,\u201d which became the chart\u2019s first such No. 1<\/a>, for five weeks, in February-March.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously reported, \u201cGolden\u201d crowns the multimetric, all-genre Billboard Hot 100<\/a> for a fourth week<\/a>, with HUNTR\/X \u2014 the singing trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI (in the roles of KPop Demon Hunters star characters Rumi, Mira and Zoey) \u2014 having become the first female group associated with Korean pop to top the chart. (EJAE and REI AMI were born in Seoul, South Korea; Nuna is from New Jersey.)<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the select six K-pop-associated Pop Airplay top 10s, beginning with PSY\u2019s \u201cGangnam Style\u201d in 2012:<\/p>\n

No. 1 (five weeks), \u201cAPT.,\u201d ROS\u00c9 & Bruno Mars, beginning Feb. 1, 2025<\/p>\n

No. 5, \u201cDynamite,\u201d BTS, Dec. 19, 2020<\/p>\n

No. 7, \u201cCupid,\u201d Fifty Fifty, Aug. 5, 2023<\/p>\n

No. 7, \u201cButter,\u201d BTS, Aug. 7, 2021<\/p>\n

No. 10 (to date), \u201cGolden,\u201d HUNTR\/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, Sept. 13, 2025<\/p>\n

No. 10, \u201cGangnam Style,\u201d PSY, Oct. 27, 2012<\/p>\n

\n\tPop Airplay chart reporter KMVQ (99.7 Now) San Francisco leads all panelists with nearly 1,000 plays to date for \u201cGolden,\u201d dating to its first spin in late June. SiriusXM\u2019s Hits 1 and KIIS (102.7 KIIS-FM) Los Angeles have also given the song prominent exposure.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on more than 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s free Billboard charts month! Through Sept. 30, subscribers to Billboard\u2019s Chart Beat<\/a> newsletter, emailed each Friday, can unlock access to Billboard\u2019s weekly and historical charts, artist chart histories and all Chart Beat stories simply by visiting the newly redesigned Billboard.com through any story link in the newsletter. Not a Chart Beat subscriber? Sign up for free here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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