Armageddon: The Album Explained

Armageddon: The Album
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Various artists
Cover:	Armageddon, The Album.jpeg
Genre:	Rock
Length:	57:05

Armageddon: Music From the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film Armageddon, released by Columbia Records and Hollywood Records on June 23, 1998. The album features several songs recorded specifically for the soundtrack, including "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "What Kind of Love Are You On", performed by Aerosmith, "Remember Me", performed by Journey, and "Mister Big Time", performed by Jon Bon Jovi. Our Lady Peace's "Starseed" is a remixed version of the original. The album was commercially successful in Japan, and was certified double platinum for 400,000 copies shipped in 1999.^[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998–1999)! scope="col"

Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[2]	8

Year-end charts

1998 year-end chart performance for Armageddon: The Album!Chart (1998)!Position

Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	78
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[6]	35
US Billboard 200^[7]	15

1999 year-end chart performance for Armageddon: The Album!Chart (1999)!Position

Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[8]	73
US Billboard 200^[9]	72

Notes and References

1. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年7月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. July 1999 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . September 10, 1999 . 478 . 9 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116130756/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1999/199909.pdf . January 16, 2014 . January 18, 2014.
2. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
3. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1998. Australian Recording Industry Association. October 5, 2020.
4. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1998. austriancharts.at. October 5, 2020.
5. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German . GfK Entertainment. September 8, 2016.
6. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1998. hitparade.ch. October 5, 2020.
7. The Year in Music 1998: Top Billboard 200 Albums. Billboard. 36–38. December 26, 1998. January 9, 2021.
8. Web site: 1999年 アルバム年間TOP100. https://web.archive.org/web/20080108044518/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1999a.html. January 8, 2008. ja. Yahoo! GeoCities. Oricon. November 21, 1999. October 4, 2017.
9. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999. Billboard. 2 January 2013. June 24, 2021. January 24, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150124045933/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/the-billboard-200. live.