By Xu Aiying
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The soundtrack of the hit Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" and the groups TWICE and ATEEZ have each placed an album in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, the main albums chart of the New York-based music and entertainment magazine.

Billboard on July 20 said the movie's soundtrack ranked fifth on the Billboard 200, while TWICE's "This Is For" placed sixth and ATEEZ's "Golden Hour: Part 3 In Your Fantasy Edition" seventh.

The soundtrack had entered the chart at No. 8 and rose to third in its second week, second in its third and now fifth. Its sales of 85,000 album units marked a 14% increase from the previous week during the chart aggregation period.

Billboard said, "KPop Demon Hunters is the only soundtrack to debut in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 and then see unit increases in its second, third and fourth weeks since the chart began ranking titles by equivalent album units in December 2014."

TWICE's fourth full-length album "This Is For" was sixth on the Billboard 200 with sales of 80,000 album units. ATEEZ's "Golden Hour: Part 3" reentered the chart at seventh through the release of the "In Your Fantasy Edition."

BLACKPINK (left) and TWICE (YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment)

In addition, BLACKPINK's new song "Jump" on July 17 topped the weekly global chart of Spotify, the world's largest streaming platform.

The hit is the girl group's second No. 1 on the chart after "Shut Down," the title track from its second full-length album, making BLACKPINK just the only K-pop act to top the chart twice.

xuaiy@korea.kr