KPop Demon Hunters reaches #1, Justin Bieber at #4, sombr at #10 on Billboard 200

[TaylorSwift 161,984]

• 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.

Of KPop Demon Hunters’ 128,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 103,000 (equaling 141.08 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it rises 2-1 on Top Streaming Albums for its first week on top), album sales comprise 23,000 (up 56%) and TEA units comprise 2,000.

In the tracking week, the soundtrack got a boost from its deluxe reissue as a digital download and streaming album on Sept. 5 with 23 additional tracks. The additional cuts are mostly sing-along, instrumental and a cappella versions of the album’s hit songs. The album’s sales gain was aided by the wide release of its standard 12-track CD to brick-and-mortar retailers. It is available in five CD variants, each containing a poster and randomized photocard. 

• Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend falls to No. 2 with 119,000 equivalent album units earned after debuting at No. 1 a week ago.

• Justin Bieber’s SWAG surges 17-4 with 80,000 equivalent album units (up 223%) after it was surprise reissued in a deluxe edition as a digital download and streaming album on Sept. 5 with 23 additional tracks. The deluxe edition is dubbed SWAG II and contains the original SWAG album’s 21 tracks, along with an additional 23 bonus tracks. The original SWAG album was also a surprise affair, arriving on July 11 with little notice; it debuted at its No. 2 best.
All versions of SWAG are combined for tracking and charting purposes. 
SWAG also gets an assist from the release of the standard 21-track album’s release on CD and via two deluxe CD boxed sets (each containing a branded T-shirt and a copy of the standard SWAG album).

• sombr’s debut studio album I Barely Know Her rises 12-10 in its third week on the chart — and its first week in the top 10. The set earned 29,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week (up 5%).

[Zombieboyyy 185]

Happy for sombr!! The other ones can explode

[TaylorSwift 161,984]

according to HDD, SWAG sold less than 5k despite the release of physical copies last week, it also includes SWAG II digital sales

[LadyxGaGa 3,213]

fingers crossed sabinny can nabbed the top spot again b4 tatay comes onto the charts or maybe they can share the top spots together 

[LadyxGaGa 3,213]

imma start streaming MBF again i think shes come down on AM some so we gotta help her out 

[Lucas 30,959]

Is KPop Demon Hunter the first kpop album to reach #1 on the Hot 200?

[lastpopicon 37,264]

1 minute ago, Lucas said:

Is KPop Demon Hunter the first kpop album to reach #1 on the Hot 200?

No, Stray Kids, BTS, ATEEZ, BLACKPINK, Twice, TXT, NewJeans and SuperM already achieved #1 on the Hot 200.

[NemoMyName 2,116]

Kpop Demon Hunter is not even Kpop, it's 100% an american production. It's more like a complex outsourcing situation.

Edited September 14, 2025 by NemoMyName