The soundtrack to Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time, rising 2-1 on the chart dated Sept. 20, after seven nonconsecutive weeks in the runner-up slot. The set earned 128,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Sept. 11 (up 7%), according to Luminate, marking the album’s best week yet. The surge to No. 1 follows the album’s deluxe reissue on Sept. 5 with additional tracks, plus the wide release of its CD that day.

KPop Demon Hunters’ rise to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was preceded by four top 10-charted hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart — the most from a soundtrack in nearly 30 years, with the soundtrack the first ever with four simultaneous top 10s. Among those is the No. 1 “Golden” b

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