The last time a K-pop artist topped the Official Singles Chart was all the way back in 2012, when PSY’s Gangnam Style made history as the UK’s first-ever K-pop Number 1.
Martin Talbot, Chief Executive Officer, Official Charts, comments:
“It’s 13 years since PSY’s Gangnam Style became the first K-Pop Number 1 in the UK, way back in October 2012, but this week represents another landmark moment for the globally dominating South Korean genre.
“While the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack tops the Official Compilations Chart again this week, the film also claims Number 1 in the Official Singles Chart through HUNTR/X’s Golden.
“For the many music fans who have been to their enormous concerts, bought their merch and streamed their iconic songs, this will forever be the summer of Oasis – but K-pop’s superstars are certainly giving the Gallaghers a run for their money.”
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The last time a track from an animated picture topped the Official Singles Chart was 2022, when We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Disney’s Encanto became the first ever original song from a Disney animation to become a UK Number 1 single.
Some other animated characters/puppets who have topped the UK Official Chart over the years include:
The Archies – Sugar, Sugar (1969)
Spitting Image – The Chicken Song (1986)
The Simpsons – Do The Bartman (1991)
Mr Blobby – Mr Blobby (1993)
Teletubbies – Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh (1997)
Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) (1998)
Peter Kay’s Animated All-Star Band – The Official BBC Children In Need Medley (1999)
Bob The Builder – Can We Fix It (1999) & Mambo No.5 (2000)
Crazy Frog – Axel F (2005)
Gorillaz – DARE (2005)
Cast of Encanto – We Don’t Talk About Bruno (2022)
Two more tracks from Kpop Demon Hunters make the Top 20 – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi and Neckwav’s Your Idol jumps four to break the Top 10 for the first time (10), as Soda Pop leaps six (11).
This week’s highest new entry comes courtesy of Drake and Central Cee, whose team-up Which One earns the pair a 47th and 11th Top 10 single respectively.
It’s a second Top 10 for Tinashe, as Disco Lines’ reworking of No Broke Boys catapults four (8). The Kentucky-born star last saw Top 10 success with Snakehips and Chance The Rapper collab All My Friends (5).
With Ozzy Osbourne laid to rest in his beloved Birmingham this week, the Black Sabbath legend’s catalogue continues to surge this week. Sabbath’s Paranoid lifts 12 places into the Top 20 (20), Ozzy’s Crazy Train claims a new peak (25), while Black Sabbath’s Iron Man secures the overall highest climb on this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 100, up 45 places to Number 48.
A sombr summer? New York native Shane Boose secures three singles inside this week’s Top 40 concurrently: latest cut 12 to 12 (31), undressed (32) and back to friends (33).
And finally, ahead of the release of third album I’m Only F**king Myself, Lola Young lands her third Top 40 single with d£aler (34).
See the Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full here from 5.45pm.