With the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Sept. 20) after seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2, it completes the longest wait an album has endured in the runner-up spot before hitting No. 1 in nearly a half-century.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Soundtrack Hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200

The last No. 1 album to wait as long or longer at No. 2 before ascending to the top was Linda Ronstadt’s Simple Dreams in late 1977. The set debuted at No. 43 on the chart dated Sept. 24 of that year and then spent its next nine weeks locked at No. 2 (Oct. 1-Nov. 26) before finally hitting No. 1 on the Dec. 3 chart.

For all nine weeks Simple Dreams was at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 before hitting No. 1, it was blocked from the top by Fleetwood Mac’s monster hit Rum

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