{"id":172121,"date":"2025-12-28T00:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=172121"},"modified":"2025-12-28T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:09:49","slug":"christmas-music-cant-dethrone-golden-as-kpop-demon-hunters-smash-remains-1-on-global-youtube-music-videos-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2025\/12\/28\/christmas-music-cant-dethrone-golden-as-kpop-demon-hunters-smash-remains-1-on-global-youtube-music-videos-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Music Can&#8217;t Dethrone &#8220;Golden&#8221; as KPop Demon Hunters Smash Remains #1 On Global YouTube Music Videos Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The videos for Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You&#8221; and Wham&#8217;s &#8220;Last Christmas&#8221; predictably received ample YouTube interest during the December 19-25 tracking period.<\/p>\n<p>Neither, however, received more views than the official music video for HUNTR\/X&#8217;s &#8220;Golden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the KPop Demon Hunters smash retains its #1 position on the Global YouTube Music Videos Chart, courtesy of the 35.8 million plays it received during the tracking week.<\/p>\n<p>The Carey video, which rises to #2 this week, received 31.8 million. &#8220;Last Christmas&#8221; improves to #3 with 25.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>A classification issue prevented &#8220;Golden&#8221; from charting until September, but it has dominated the listing since. 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