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‘Golden’ Tops Billboard Hot 100 for 3rd Week

Billboard: "Golden," a track from the animated U.S. film "KPop Demon Hunters," has topped the Billboard's Hot 100 chart for a third consecutive week. Billboard announced in a preview of its upcoming main singles chart that "Golden" retained its No. 1 position this week, keeping Alex Warren's "Ordinary" at No. 2 for the second week in a row.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Stray Kids' "Karma" earlier took the top spot on the Billboard 200 main albums chart. With "Golden" holding onto No. 1 on the Hot 100 as well, the K-pop genre now dominates both the singles and albums charts this week. This marks the first time in about five years, since December 2020, when BTS simultaneously topped the two charts with its album "Be" and its lead track "Life Goes On," that the genre has simultaneously dominated the two charts.

The Hot 100 ranks the most popular songs in the United States across all genres, based on streaming, radio airplay, and sales data. "Golden" earned 35.3 million streams (up 4 percent), 19.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 21 percent), and 9,000 copies sold (up 11 percent) in the U.S. from Aug. 22-28.

"Golden" is performed by Korean American artists Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, who voice the fictional girl group Huntr/x in the film. Ejae, a composer who trained at SM Entertainment, and Rei Ami were both born in South Korea. Teddy and 24, known for their work with major K-pop agency The Black Label, are among the song's co-producers.

After debuting at No. 81, the song has climbed to No. 23, No. 6, No. 4, No. 2, and No. 1. It then slipped back to No. 2 before returning to the top last week.

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