It’s uncommon for an animated movie soundtrack to remain this excessive for this lengthy—however KPop Demon Hunters is proving to be something however odd. The unique soundtrack to Netflix’s blockbuster animated movie has now spent 4 consecutive weeks at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, demonstrating exceptional endurance in opposition to pop celebrity Taylor Swift.
In response to a Billboard preview revealed Sunday, the KPop Demon Hunters OST adopted carefully behind Swift’s The Lifetime of a Showgirl, which has held the highest spot for 4 straight weeks. The album has now logged 19 consecutive weeks on the chart.
After reclaiming No. 1 final month—its second time atop the Billboard 200—the soundtrack ceded the crown to Swift’s newest launch however has held agency at No. 2 ever since.
The Billboard 200 ranks the most well-liked albums in the US by mixing conventional album gross sales, streaming-equivalent albums (SEA), and track-equivalent albums (TEA) right into a single metric generally known as “album models.”
Through the newest monitoring week, the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack earned 84,000 album models—down 12 % from the earlier week but sturdy sufficient to comfortably retain its runner-up place.
