{"id":144640,"date":"2025-07-03T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=144640"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:09:27","slug":"katseye-lorde-and-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-set-to-battle-for-billboard-chart-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseye-lorde-and-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-set-to-battle-for-billboard-chart-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE, Lorde, and Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters set to battle for Billboard chart spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<strong> Billboard 200<\/strong> charts will be a three-way fight between<strong> Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong>, rising girl group<strong> KATSEYE<\/strong>, and pop queen <strong>Lorde<\/strong>. Billboard spilled the tea on this chart battle on July 2, 2025, with each act pushing for big numbers and fans racing to see who lands where.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1940159972412711412\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lorde\u2019s &#39;Virgin&#39; aiming for #2 debut on the Billboard 200 with 63K units first week (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HITSDD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HITSDD<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4MhRaxby2P\">pic.twitter.com\/4MhRaxby2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chart data (@chartdata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1940159972412711412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lorde\u2019s fourth album <strong>Virgin<\/strong>, which dropped June 27, is leading early projections with around 150,000 units thanks to multiple vinyl variants, signed copies, and strong digital downloads. Critics are loving its lyrics and stripped-back sound. But don\u2019t get too comfortable \u2014 the<strong> KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack<\/strong> is quietly making massive moves with over 220 percent streaming growth last week and five songs climbing the Spotify charts. And that&#8217;s without physical copies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1940160573746159981\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;KPop Demon Hunters&#39; aiming for new peak of #3 on the Billboard 200 with 48K units second week (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HITSDD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HITSDD<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/538MexFNY6\">pic.twitter.com\/538MexFNY6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chart data (@chartdata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1940160573746159981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s KATSEYE, whose second EP <strong>Beautiful Chaos<\/strong> dropped the same day as Lorde\u2019s. They\u2019re backed by HYBE and Geffen and already have two tracks on the Hot 100. With exclusive CD covers and vinyl drops, they\u2019re projected to hit about 70,000 units \u2014 not bad for a rookie group. Next Tuesday\u2019s Billboard update? Drama guaranteed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Billboard 200 charts will be a three-way fight between Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters, rising girl group KATSEYE, and pop queen Lorde. Billboard spilled the tea on this chart battle on July 2, 2025, with each act pushing for big numbers and fans racing to see who lands where. Lorde\u2019s fourth album Virgin, which dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":144646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353,2264,16],"tags":[3392,1004],"class_list":{"0":"post-144640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charts","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-katseye","11":"tag-netflix"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}