Where Does ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Rank Among Soundtracks With Most Weeks in Billboard 200 Top 10?

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 143

Date entered top 10: Feb. 11, 2006

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: This is the only TV soundtrack with 25 or more weeks in the top 10 since 1963. It is followed on the TV leaderboard by Hannah Montana (23 weeks), Miami Vice (18 weeks) and High School Musical 2 (16 weeks). High School Musical received six Primetime Emmy nominations, winning for outstanding children’s program and outstanding choreography.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 166

Date entered top 10: May 21, 1983

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: This soundtrack interrupted Michael Jackson’s run at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Thriller. The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year (losing to Thriller). Two of its singles, Irene Cara’s “Flashdance…What a Feeling” and Michael Sembello’s “Maniac,” received Grammy nods for record of the year (losing to Jackson’s “Beat It”). Those two hits also received Oscar nods for best original song, with “Flashdance…What a Feeling” winning. The film received a total of four Oscar nods.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 114

Date entered top 10: March 23, 1968

Weeks at No. 1: 9 weeks

Notes: The iconic Mike Nichols film received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture, but its only win was for Nichols as director. Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” won a Grammy for record of the year and was nominated for song of the year.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 1

Date entered top 10: Oct. 20, 2018

Weeks at No. 1: 4

Notes: The Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga film received eight Oscar nominations, including best picture, but its only win was for “Shallow” as best original song. “Shallow” also received Grammy nods for record and song of the year. The following year, another song from the soundtrack, “Always Remember Us This Way,” received a song of the year nod.

Trivia Note: “Shallow,” which Gaga co-wrote with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, was the first song with as many as four songwriters to win the Oscar since “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” co-written by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen, in 1982. The soundtrack from the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson iteration of A Star Is Born logged 18 weeks in the top 10 in 1977, including six weeks at No. 1.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 12

Date entered top 10: July 25, 1964

Weeks at No. 1: 14 weeks 

Notes: “A Hard Day’s Night” was the first rock song to receive a Grammy nod for song of the year, but it was passed over for an Oscar nod for best original song. The film received two Oscar nods, including scoring of music – adaptation or treatment – for legendary Beatles producer George Martin. A Hard Day’s Night had the longest run in the top 10 of the soundtrack to any Beatles film. Runners-up are Help! (15 weeks), Magical Mystery Tour (14 weeks) and Let It Be (11 weeks).

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 53

Date entered top 10: July 8, 1978

Weeks at No. 1: 12 weeks

Notes: This soundtrack from the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John blockbuster received a Grammy nod for album of the year but lost to the soundtrack to another Travolta film, Saturday Night Fever. “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” the torch ballad which John Farrar wrote as a solo showcase for Newton-John, received an Oscar nod for best original song, but lost to “Last Dance” (recorded by Donna Summer for Thank God It’s Friday). The soundtrack to a sequel, Grease II, in which Travolta and Newton-John did not take part, peaked at No. 71 in 1982.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 108

Date entered top 10: Dec. 5, 1964

Weeks at No. 1: NA

Notes: The film adaptation of the 1956 Broadway musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe had everything, except its star Julie Andrews. Audrey Hepburn was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in the film, because she was a proven film star (having won an Oscar for Roman Holiday in 1954.) The casting decision caused an uproar. Andrews made her film debut in Mary Poppins instead, and won the Oscar for best actress. Hepburn wasn’t even nominated for her performance in My Fair Lady.

This is the only album on this list that didn’t top the Billboard 200. It peaked at No. 4, behind The Beatles’ Beatles ’65, The Supremes’ Where Did Our Love Go and the Mary Poppins soundtrack. My Fair Lady received 12 Oscar nominations and went on to win eight Oscars, including best picture and best actor for Rex Harrison, who was invited to reprise his Broadway role as Professor Henry Higgins.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 13

Date entered top 10: June 18, 1994

Weeks at No. 1: 10

Notes: Hans Zimmer won his first Oscar for best original score for this film. Three songs from the film, all written by Elton John and Tim Rice, received Oscar nominations for best original song: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (which won), “Circle of Life” and “Hakuna Matata.” The Lion King was only the second film to spawn three best song nominees, following 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. Two more followed (Dreamgirls and Enchanted) before the Academy changed the rules, limiting films to just two nominations in the category. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life” also received Grammy nods for song of the year.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 124

Date entered top 10: Jan. 14, 1978

Weeks at No. 1: 24

Notes: John Travolta received an Oscar nomination for best actor for his performance as Tony Manero. The Bee Gees were not nominated for their era-defining songs. The soundtrack won a Grammy for album of the year, while the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” was nominated for record and song of the year. The soundtrack to a sequel, Stayin’ Alive, logged six weeks in the top 10 in 1983, peaking at No. 6.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 71

Date entered top 10: Jan. 6, 2018

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: Hugh Jackman played legendary showman P.T. Barnum in this film. “This Is Me” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul received an Oscar nod for best original song. The songwriters (and future EGOT recipients) had won in that category the previous year, for writing the lyric to “City of Stars” from La La Land.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 11

Date entered top 10: July 21, 1984

Weeks at No. 1: 24

Notes: “This is very unbelievable,” Prince said upon winning the Oscar for best original song score. “I could’ve never imagined this in my wildest dreams.” The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but lost to Lionel Richie’s hit-laden (although less legendary) Can’t Slow Down.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 8

Date entered top 10: July 5, 2025

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: The film won Oscars for best animated feature film and best original song, making it this year’s only film that received two or more nominations to win in every category in which it was nominated. “Golden” won a Grammy for best song written for visual media and was nominated for song of the year.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 18

Date entered top 10: Dec. 28, 2013

Weeks at No. 1: 13

Notes: This had the longest run in the top 10 for a soundtrack to an animated film. The film won two Oscars: best animated feature and best original song for “Let It Go.” It was the second film to win in both of those categories, following Toy Story 3. (Coco has since equaled the feat. KPop Demon Hunters may join them this year.) The soundtrack from the sequel, Frozen II, topped the Billboard 200 in December 2019 and logged 10 weeks in the top 10. This marked just the second time that a soundtrack from a theatrically released film and its sequel both topped the Billboard 200; Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon had also both reached the summit, in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 2

Date entered top 10: Dec. 5, 1992

Weeks at No. 1: 20

Notes: The soundtrack won a Grammy for album of the year. Houston’s power-ballad treatment of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” won a Grammy for record of the year. This marked the first and so far only time that a soundtrack and a song from that soundtrack have walked off with the two highest-profile Grammy Awards. Two other songs from the film, “I Have Nothing” and “Run to You,” received Oscar nods for best original song.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 77

Date entered top 10: Oct. 10, 1987

Weeks at No. 1: 18

Notes: Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey starred in this coming-of-age tale. “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz won an Oscar for best original song. This soundtrack was such a big hit that a second album of songs from the film, More Dirty Dancing, was released. It logged 13 weeks in the top 10, peaking at No. 3.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 140

Date entered top 10: Dec. 19, 1964

Weeks at No. 1: 14

Notes: The film received 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture for producer Walt Disney (his only nod for the top Oscar). It won five Oscars, including best actress for Julie Andrews, best song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and best original score. “Oh, this is lovely,” Andrews said in accepting her Oscar. “I know you Americans are famous for your hospitality but this is really ridiculous.” A soundtrack to a long-delayed sequel, Mary Poppins Returns, peaked at No. 34 in 2018.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 139

Date entered top 10: June 4, 1966

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This film received 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture. It won five Oscars, including one for Maurice Jarre’s score. The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but lost to Frank Sinatra’s A Man and His Music. Its most famous song, “Somewhere, My Love” (also known as “Lara’s Theme”) was Grammy-nominated for song of the year.

Billboard 200 entry position: No. 109

Date entered top 10: May 1, 1965

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: The film adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein received 10 Oscar nominations, including best actress for star Julie Andrews. (Mary Martin had originated the role of Maria on stage.) It won five Oscars, including best picture. The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but lost to Frank Sinatra’s September of My Years.