HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’ Ties ROSÉ & Bruno Mars’ APT.’ for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart

HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s record-breaking animated movie KPop Demon Hunters, adds a record-tying 19th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.

The song, which in July became the first leader on the list for the act — whose music is voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI– ties ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” for the longest command since the survey began in September 2020.

Meanwhile, five holiday songs light up the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, led by Wham!’s “Last Christmas.”

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Golden” leads Global Excl. U.S. with 70.8 million streams (down 5%) and 5,000 sold (down 8%) beyond the U.S. Dec. 5-11.

Here’s a recap of the chart’s longest-leading titles:

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” is steady at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. after three weeks at No. 1 starting in October; “Last Christmas” lifts 4-3, after reaching No. 2; “All I Want for Christmas Is You” slips 3-4; and Brenda Lee does some caroling as “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” rises 8-5, after hitting No. 2.

The other Yuletide tracks in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10: Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” (11-7, after hitting No. 5) and Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” (10-9; No. 4 peak).

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Dec. 20, 2025) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Dec. 16. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.