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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Has Led Billboard’s Top Soundtracks Chart for 54 Weeks: Only One Soundtrack Has Led Longer (Full List)
The animated film soundtrack "KPop Demon Hunters" has spent 54 weeks at number one on Billboard's Top Soundtracks chart, putting it just eight weeks behind the all-time record. The chart, launched on 30 June 2001, tracks soundtrack albums' commercial performance, and a run this long underlines the unusual staying power of the film's music with listeners.
Of its 58 weeks on the chart, the soundtrack has topped the list for all but four, briefly losing the top spot to Wicked: For Good, the perennial holiday favourite A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charli xcx's Wuthering Heights, and the soundtrack to this year's TV miniseries Heated Rivalry. Billboard also published a wider list of the 12 soundtracks that have led the chart for 25 weeks or more since 2001, noting that the five longest-running number ones are all from animated films; current record-holders include Barbie: The Album (33 weeks) and A Charlie Brown Christmas (31 weeks), with Twisters: The Album, High School Musical and A Star Is Born also featuring.
In short
- "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack nears the all-time Billboard chart record.
- It has led for 54 of 58 weeks since its release.
- Top five longest-running number ones are all animated film soundtracks.
Explained simply
Billboard’s Top Soundtracks chart ranks soundtrack albums by their commercial performance in the US. It began in 2001 and includes music from films and television, so its long-running leaders can reflect listeners’ continued interest in a story’s songs.
KPop Demon Hunters is an animated film whose soundtrack features K-pop-inspired music. Its chart run places it among a small group of soundtracks that have spent many weeks at number one; several of the longest-running leaders are also from animated films.
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