KPop Demon Hunters: Fictional K-pop bands beat BTS and Blackpink in US charts

Songs from the film KPop Demon Hunter have surpassed the success of real-life K-pop bands BTS and Blackpink.
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KPop Demon Hunters is currently the most streamed movie on Netflix globally, clocking up more than 33 million views in just two weeks.
On Friday the song Your Idol by a boy band in the film, Saja Boys, topped the US Spotify chart. This makes them the highest charting male K-pop group in US Spotify history - surpassing kings of K-pop BTS.
Golden, a track by the film's fictional girl group Huntr/x, hit number two on the chart, surpassing Blackpink as the highest-charting female K-pop group.
The film's soundtrack shot into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in the US, making it the highest debut for a soundtrack so far this year.
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