YAHOO.COM: TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK STATISTICS
Yahoo has posted an article about the Twilight soundtrack with some very cool statistics about the CD. Here is an excerpt from the article:
The soundtrack to the upcoming teen vampire romance Twilight debuts at #1 on The Billboard 200. Twilight is the first soundtrack to hit #1 in advance of the movie’s release since 8 Mile six years ago. That album topped the Nielsen/SoundScan chart for the week ending Nov. 3, 2002. The Eminem movie was released on Nov. 8.Only five other soundtracks have ever hit #1 in advance of the movie’s release. In 1997, Private Parts hit #1 five days before the Howard Stern comedy opened. In 1994, Murder Was The Case hit #1 four months before the Snoop Dogg movie opened. In 1975, That’s The Way Of The World hit #1 one month before the little-seen Earth, Wind & Fire movie opened. In 1964, A Hard Day’s Night hit #1 two weeks before The Beatles movie opened. And in 1951 (hey, I said “ever”), Show Boat hit #1 six weeks before the MGM musical opened.
The Twilight soundtrack features two songs by Paramore plus songs by such other acts as Linkin Park, Collective Soul and Perry Farrell. Twilight is the first rock-oriented soundtrack to hit #1 since Armageddon rang the bell in its second week in 1998. That album spawned Aerosmith’s only #1 hit on the Hot 100 and also included tracks by the likes of ZZ Top and Journey. (I’m classifying the Juno soundtrack, which hit #1 earlier this year, as alternative, as opposed to rock).
Twilight is the third movie soundtrack to hit #1 so far this year, following Juno and Mamma Mia! This is the first year in which three movie soundtracks have gone all the way since 1998, when Titanic, City Of Angels and Armageddon all rang the bell.
Twilight is the first movie soundtrack to debut at #1 since Jack Johnson’s Curious George did it in 2006. It’s the first rock-oriented movie soundtrack to debut at #1 since Private Parts in 1997. Only four other movie soundtracks-Murder Was The Case, Gridlock’d, 8 Mile and Bad Boys-have opened in the lead position.
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(Thanks to Sally and Hugz)
These numbers shocked me! I knew the soundtrack was successful, but I had no idea it was this successful.
Were you surprised by these statistics? And do you think the success of the soundtrack sales will be a good reflection of what’s to come for the movie’s success?
