Fez – The soundtrack to Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” has climbed to the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the week, marking its first time at the No. 1 ranking. This ranking follows the September 5 release of a deluxe edition featuring new tracks, alongside a wide launch of the CD version.
The achievement makes “KPop Demon Hunters” the first film soundtrack to top the Billboard 200 in more than three years, since “Encanto” spent nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 between January and March 2022.
The album’s success was also fueled by an impressive feature on the Billboard Hot 100, where four tracks from the soundtrack appeared in the top 10—making it the first film soundtrack in nearly three decades to reach such a milestone. It is also the first album to feature four simultaneous top-10 singles on the Hot 100.
The soundtrack reached peak popularity during its 12th week on the chart, the longest climb to No. 1 since Toby Keith’s “35 Biggest Hits” returned to the top in February 2024, following the artist’s passing. Only one soundtrack has taken longer to reach No. 1 than this one: 2002’s “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”. It topped the charts in its 63rd week, after winning a Grammy for Album of the Year.
“KPop Demon Hunters” had previously spent seven nonconsecutive weeks stuck at No. 2, the longest any album has remained in the runner-up position before finally reaching No. 1, in nearly half a century.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Justin Bieber’s “SWAG” surged from No. 17 to No. 4 following the release of a deluxe edition with 23 new tracks. Rising artist Somber also broke into the top 10, with his album “I Barely Know Her” climbing from No. 12 to No. 10 in its third week, following a live performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7. Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Man’s Best Friend” slipped to No. 2 after just one week at the top.
The film itself has also seen sustained success on Netflix. After premiering in limited U.S. theaters on June 20, the movie debuted on the streaming platform and later returned to select cinemas in late August in a sing-along format. That version hit Netflix on August 25.
Now in its 12th week on the platform, the film ranks No. 2 on Netflix’s Top 10 in the U.S., having held the No. 1 spot four times. It is currently Netflix’s most popular original film of all time.
