Frozen (soundtrack) explained

Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Type:soundtrack
Artist:various artists
Cover:Frozen 2013 soundtrack.png
Alt:A graphic of the album title over a snowflake
Recorded:2012–2013[1]
Studio:[2] [3]
Genre:
  • Pop
  • musical theatre
Label:Walt Disney
Producer:

Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to Disney's 2013 film of the same name with eight songs written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and 22 score pieces composed by Christophe Beck. The soundtrack includes two versions of the critically acclaimed song "Let It Go", one performed during the film by Idina Menzel, and another performed over the end credits by Demi Lovato. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Two editions of the soundtrack were released by Walt Disney Records on November 25, 2013: a single-disc regular edition, and a two-disc digipak deluxe edition, containing original demo recordings of songs and score compositions, unused outtake recordings, and instrumental versions of the film's main songs.[4] On October 21, 2013, the soundtrack's lead single, Lovato's cover of "Let It Go" was released.[5] Subsequent releases have been accompanied by foreign language translations of "Let It Go".

The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart.[6] The soundtrack has topped the Billboard album chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks,[7] and has sold 4 million copies in the U.S. The album has been certified triple-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,[8] and peaked at number one on the aforementioned chart, becoming the fourth soundtrack album from an animated film to reach that milestone.[9] [10]

Commercial performance

As of December 11, 2014, the soundtrack for Frozen had had forty-three nonconsecutive weeks on top of Billboard Top Soundtracks.[11]

Notes and References

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  86. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2020. Ultratop. December 18, 2020. December 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201222205127/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a. live.
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  92. Peak chart positions for charted songs in the United States and Canada:
    • "Let It Go (Single)
  93. Australian Frozen peak positions:
    • "Let It Go" (single version), "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?", "For the First Time in Forever" and "In Summer": The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 20 January 2014. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140205203300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140206-0733/issue1247.pdf. dead. 2014-02-05. February 6, 2014. Australian Web Archive. 1247. September 10, 2014.
    • "Let It Go": The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 26 May 2014. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140620050900/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140620-1509/ARIA1265.pdf. dead. 2014-06-20. June 20, 2014. Australian Web Archive. 1265. September 10, 2014.
    • "Love Is an Open Door": The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 June 2014. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140620050900/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140620-1509/ARIA1268.pdf. dead. 2014-06-20. June 20, 2014. Australian Web Archive. 1268. September 26, 2014.
  94. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Ireland:
  95. Peak chart positions for charted songs in Japan:
    • "Let It Go (Single)" Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart. billboard. March 21, 2014. April 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140409052922/http://www.billboard.com/artist/300744/demi%2Blovato/chart?f=848. live.
    • "Let It Go" Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart. billboard. March 21, 2014. June 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609073818/http://www.billboard.com/artist/276493/Idina+Menzel/chart?f=848. live.
  96. Peak chart positions for charted songs in South Korea:
  97. Peak chart positions for charted songs in New Zealand:
    • "Let It Go (Single)" Web site: Demi Lovato - Let It Go . NZtop40 . nztop40.co.nz . January 10, 2014 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/6CSEGHOdE?url=http://nztop40.co.nz/ . November 26, 2012 . mdy .
    • "Let It Go" Web site: Idina Menzel - Let It Go . acharts . acharts.us . January 7, 2014 . January 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106205759/http://acharts.us/song/82419 . live .
  98. Peak chart positions for charted songs in the United Kingdom:
  99. Web site: Let It Go Certifications . June 13, 2023 . Recording Industry Association of America.
  100. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Singles . . September 10, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808111800/http://aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2014.htm . August 8, 2014 . mdy .
  101. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart . . March 21, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121130103734/http://nztop40.co.nz/ . November 30, 2012 . mdy .
  102. Web site: Certificeringer. IFPI Denmark. August 12, 2014. October 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151023044547/http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=certificeringer&page=64. live.
  103. Web site: Single Certification List - July 2014. Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 6, 2014. ja. August 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821205804/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w140820.html. live.
  104. Web site: BPI Certified Awards . . April 11, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315204844/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx . March 15, 2015 . mdy .
  105. Web site: RIAJ Certified Awards. RIAJ. April 11, 2014. April 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124310/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201403.html. live.
  106. Web site: Do You Want to Build a Snowman Certifications . June 13, 2023 . . mdy-all.
  107. Web site: For the First Time in Forever Certifications . June 13, 2023 . . mdy-all.
  108. Web site: Love is an Open Door Certifications . June 13, 2023 . Recording Industry Association of America.
  109. Web site: Frozen Heart Certifications . June 13, 2023 . Recording Industry Association of America.
  110. Soundtracks | Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 11, 2014|quote=Browse the Billboard Top Soundtracks Archives at the bottom of the page.|archive-date=December 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206002040/http://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks|url-status=live}} On the US Billboard 200, the album debuted at No. 18, the highest chart position for the soundtrack in an animated film since the 2006 film Cars.[11] It later moved up to No. 10, becoming the tenth soundtrack from an animated film to reach top 10.[12] The soundtrack subsequently moved to No. 4, which is the highest position for an animated film soundtrack since Disney's Pocahontas in 1995.[13] In the week ending January 5, 2014, Frozen reached No. 1, surpassing Beyoncé's self-titled album (which had previously held the No. 1 position for three weeks after its unannounced release in December 2013) to become the fourth animated film soundtrack in history to reach this position.[14] [15] It remained at number one for a second consecutive week, becoming the first theatrical film soundtrack to stay at No. 1 for multiple weeks since Dreamgirls (also featuring Beyoncé) in early 2007, and the first animated film to spend more than one week at No. 1 since Disney's The Lion King in 1994 and 1995.[16] With thirteen non-consecutive weeks at number one, Frozen earned the most weeks at No. 1 for an album since Adele's 21 (24 weeks) and the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since Titanic in 1998.[17] [18]

    Frozen was the fifth best-selling soundtrack album in the US in 2013 with 338,000 copies sold for the year.[19] Frozen continued to be the best-selling album in the US and the only album to sell more than a million units in the first half of 2014 with nearly 2.7 million units.[20] The song "Let It Go" performed by Idina Menzel also finished at No. 15 on the digital song chart with 2.8 million copies sold in the first six months of 2014. The soundtrack reached its 3 million sales mark in the US in July 2014.[21] Nearly half these were digital sales, making the album the best-selling soundtrack in digital history.[22] Frozen was Billboard Year-End number one album of 2014, becoming the sixth soundtrack in history and the first soundtrack to earn this position since Titanic, as well as the second Disney album to reach this position (the first one is the soundtrack to Mary Poppins).[23] It became the second best-selling album of 2014 with 3,527,000 sold for the year. As of April 2015, it had sold 4 million copies in the US.[24] In Canada, the album has sold 202,000 copies in 2014 as of November 26, 2014.[25] The album sold a total of 226,000 copies in Canada in 2014.[26]

    Worldwide, Frozen sold over 10 million copies in 2014 alone. It was the year's best-selling album globally.[27] An exclusive vinyl LP edition of the soundtrack was released in March 2014.[28] A version of the soundtrack featuring only the first ten tracks was released under the name Frozen: The Songs.[29]

    Awards and recognition

    At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, the Frozen soundtrack was nominated in two categories – Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (with credits going to Christophe Beck as composer) – and won the former; the song "Let It Go" won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, with credits going to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as songwriters and Idina Menzel as performer.[30] [31] [32] [33] The Academy Award for "Let It Go" led Robert Lopez to become the youngest person to have achieved an EGOT.[34]

    Track listing

    All songs are written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. All scores are composed by Christophe Beck, with tracks 11 and 31 co-composed by Frode Fjellheim

    Charts

    Weekly charts

    Weekly chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2013–2015)Peak
    position
    Chinese Albums (Sino Chart)[35] 1
    Irish Compilations (IRMA)[36] 1
    Italian Compilations (FIMI)[37] 2
    Japanese Albums (Oricon)[38] 1
    Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[39] 3
    South Korean Albums (Gaon)[40] 2
    US Kid Albums (Billboard)[41] 2

    Year-end charts

    2014 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2014)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[42] 3
    Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[43] 24
    Canadian Albums (Billboard)[44] 1
    Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[45] 17
    French Albums (SNEP)[46] 18
    German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[47] 32
    Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[48] 3
    Japanese Albums (Oricon)[49] 2
    Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[50] 16
    New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[51] 5
    Polish Albums (ZPAV)[52] 31
    Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[53] 31
    US Billboard 200[54] 1
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[55] 1
    Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[56] 1
    2015 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2015)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[57] 19
    Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[58] 13
    Canadian Albums (Billboard)[59] 47
    Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[60] 6
    German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[61] 29
    Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[62] 14
    New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[63] 33
    Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[64] 42
    US Billboard 200[65] 30
    US Kids Albums (Billboard)[66] 4
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[67] 3
    2016 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2016)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[68] 80
    Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[69] 23
    Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[70] 55
    German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[71] 50
    Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[72] 27
    US Kids Albums (Billboard)[73] 5
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[74] 7
    2017 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2017)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[75] 95
    Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[76] 46
    Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[77] 92
    US Kids Albums (Billboard)[78] 11
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[79] 13
    2018 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2018)Position
    US Kids Albums (Billboard)[80] 16
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[81] 18
    2019 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2019)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[82] 92
    US Kids Albums (Billboard)[83] 15
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[84] 20
    2020 year-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2020)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[85] 94
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[86] 183
    US Billboard 200[87] 169
    US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[88] 6

    Decade-end charts

    Decade-end chart performance for Frozen
    Chart (2010–2019)Position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[90] 16
    US Billboard 200[91] 4

    Tracks

    TitlePerformer(s)Peak chart positionCertifications
    US
    [92]     		Demi Lovato Version" Web site: Demi Lovato - Let It Go. acharts. acharts.us. January 7, 2014. December 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131220181244/http://acharts.us/song/82418. live. CAN
    		AUS
    [93]     		IRE
    [94]     		JPN
    [95]     		KOR
    [96]     		NZ
    [97]     		UK
    [98]
    "Let It Go" Demi Lovato3831253451501342
    "Let It Go"Idina Menzel518167413411
    • RIAA: 9× Platinum
    • ARIA: 4× Platinum
    • BPI: Platinum[104]
    • MC: 2× Platinum
    • RIAJ: Gold[105]
    "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, Katie Lopez51614535—5—26
    • RIAA: 4× Platinum[106]
    • ARIA: Gold
    • BPI: Silver
    • MC: Platinum
    "For the First Time in Forever"Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel57706254144—38
    • RIAA: 2× Platinum[107]
    • ARIA: Gold
    • BPI: Silver
    "Love Is an Open Door"Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana49—89—3621—52
    "In Summer"Josh Gad104—90——67—84
    "Fixer Upper"Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen—————94——
    • RIAA: Platinum
    "Frozen Heart"Cast of Frozen————————
    • RIAA: Gold
    "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"Jonathan Groff————————
    • RIAA: Gold
    "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

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