Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack) explained

Beauty and the Beast
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Various artists
Cover:BATB 2017 Soundtrack.jpg
Released:[1]
Recorded:2015–2016
Genre:Film soundtrack
Length:
(Deluxe Edition)
Label:Walt Disney

Beauty and the Beast is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast. The album, largely based on material from Disney's 1991 animated version, features songs and instrumental score composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and three new songs composed by Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The soundtrack album was released by Walt Disney Records on March 10, 2017.[1]

The songs feature vocals from the film's ensemble cast including Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Mack, Clive Rowe, Gerard Horan, and Haydn Gwynne.

Track listing

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 units, 48,000 of which are traditional album sales.[3] It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of July 2017.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[5] 5
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[6]
11
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[7] 34
South Korean Albums International (Gaon)[8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 158
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[12] 58
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 63
US Billboard 200[14] 45
US Kid Albums (Billboard)[15] 17
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[16] 3

See also

Notes and References

  1. Cline Dion to perform new song for live-action Beauty and the Beast . Entertainment Weekly . January 19, 2017 . January 26, 2016 . Coggan, Devan.
  2. Web site: Beauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition). Spotify. 29 April 2018.
  3. Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, 'Beauty and the Beast' Debuts at No. 3 . Billboard. Caulfield. Keith. March 19, 2017.
  4. Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' & Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' Lead Nielsen Music's Mid-Year 2017 Charts. Billboard. Caulfield. Keith. July 4, 2017. 4 July 2017.
  5. Web site: 'Beauty and the Beast (O.S.T.)' on the FIMI charts. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. April 6, 2018.
  6. Web site: Top Album - Semanal (del 24 de Marzo al 30 de Marzo). April 26, 2017. es. Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. https://web.archive.org/web/20170426195622/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/top-album.php. April 26, 2017.
  7. Web site: 2017년 10주차 Album Chart . ko . . March 18, 2017.
  8. Web site: 2017년 12주차 Album Chart . ko . . April 8, 2017.
  9. Web site: ARIA End of Year Albums 2017. Australian Recording Industry Association. January 5, 2018.
  10. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2017: Albums . nl. Ultratop Flanders. August 6, 2018.
  11. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2017: Albums . fr. Ultratop Wallonia. August 6, 2018.
  12. http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums_year&year=2017 "Hot Albums Year End"
  13. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2017. Official Charts Company. January 10, 2018.
  14. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. December 12, 2017.
  15. https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/kid-albums "Kid Albums – Year-End 2017"
  16. Soundtracks – Year-End 2017. Billboard. October 14, 2020.
  17. Soundtracks – Year-End 2018. Billboard. October 14, 2020.

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