With Seventh Week Atop Hot 100, HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’ Now Among All-Time Top 10 Longest-Leading No. 1s From Movies 

“Golden,” on Visva/Republic Records, tallied 33.8 million official streams (up 5% week-over-week), 33.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 11%) — new weekly highs for the song in each metric — and 8,000 sold (up 2%) in the United States Sept. 19-25. (Helping its profile in the tracking week: contestant Jourdan Blue covered “Golden” in the final round of the latest season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent on Sept. 23.)

The track adds a 10th week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; jumps 16-9 on Radio Songs; and rebounds 3-2 after two weeks atop Digital Song Sales. Since Streaming Songs began in 2013, “Golden” is just the 20th of 170 total No. 1s to lead for double-digit weeks. Plus, it’s the first Radio Songs top 10 ever by an animated act, having outperformed cartoon tunes that hit the chart’s top 40 by Gorillaz in the 2000s and (hopefully he doesn’t have a cow if learning this) Bart Simpson in the ‘90s.

With a seventh week leading the Hot 100, “Golden” ties two other hits as the ninth-longest-ruling No. 1s from movies all-time, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, start.

Here’s a look at the longest-leading movie songs in the Hot 100’s history (as defined by qualifications used for Billboard’s Top 75 Movie Songs of All Time recap, which is based on weekly performance on the chart):

Plus, “Golden” ties TLC’s “Waterfalls” for the second-longest Hot 100 command by an all-female group (of three or more members).

Here’s a recap of the 10 longest-ruling songs by that measure:

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds at No. 2, after 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June. It tacks on a 15th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (75.6 million in audience, down 1%).

Also from KPop Demon Hunters, Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” buzzes 5-3 for a new Hot 100 high and their “Your Idol” rises 6-5, after reaching No. 4. (Both are sung by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee.) Thanks to “Golden” and those songs, three tracks from the film chart in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously for a fourth week. (The only other soundtrack to generate three concurrent top five hits, Saturday Night Fever, did so for two weeks in 1978.)

Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after it led in its first week in May. It adds a 19th week atop the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild,” which topped the Hot 100 in its debut week in June, drops 3-6.

Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and went on to become last year’s No. 1 song, rises 9-7. It logs a record-extending 110th week on the chart overall and a record-furthering 79th week in the top 10.

Justin Bieber’s No. 2-peaking “Daisies” climbs 10-8 on the Hot 100; Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” descends 7-9, after hitting No. 5; and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” bumps 11-10, following five weeks at No. 1 beginning in January.

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