Los angeles: The soundtrack for the animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" rose to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in its second week, driven by the global success of the U.S.-produced film featuring a fictional K-pop girl group.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Billboard announced that the album jumped five spots from No. 8 last week, making it the highest-charting soundtrack of 2025 to date. This achievement also marks it as the highest-ranking soundtrack for an animated film since "Encanto," which spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 2022.
The "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack features tracks such as "Take Down" and "Golden" by HUNTR/X, the fictional girl group at the center of the film, and "Soda Pop" by rival group Saja Boys. Additionally, it includes an alternate version of "Take Down" performed by Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung of the K-pop girl group TWICE.
The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States, measured by equivalent album units, which include physical album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. During the latest tracking week, the soundtrack earned 62,000 equivalent album units, with 45,000 from physical sales.
Meanwhile, "Beautiful Chaos," the second EP from Hybe's U.S.-based multinational girl group Katseye, debuted at No. 4, marking the group's first appearance in the chart's top 10. The EP logged 44,000 album units, with 30,000 coming from physical sales. It features five tracks, including "Gnarly" and "Gabriela" - both of which entered the Hot 100 following their prerelease - and the lead single "Gameboy."