Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soudtrack is the soundtrack to the late 2013 Disney animated film, Frozen It features the song "Let It Go", film version perfomed by Idina Menzel and single version performed by Demi Lovato, which has received critical acclaim. The soundtrack has received widespread critical accalim by music critics, and has already sold over + 1,152,000 copies worlwide and has charted in 17 different countries, has topped the US Billboard album chart for 5 weeks and peaked at #1 on the chart becoming the fourth soundtrack from an animated film to reach that milestone.
COMERICAL PERFORMANCE
Frozen debuted at #18 on the US, becoming the highest charted soundtrack for an animated film since the 2006 film Cars. The album was the fifth best-selling soundtrack album in 2013 in the US with 338,000 copies sold for the year.also topped the iTunes chart at #1 for album sales with over 165,000 copies sold, as well as reaching #1 on the Billboard 200 in the week ending January 5, 2014, surpassing Beyoncé’s self-titled album to become the fourth animated film soundtrack in history to reach this position. It remained at number one for a second consecutive week, becoming the first theatrical film soundtrack to stay at #1 for multiple weeks since Dreamgirls spent two weeks at #1 in early 2007. The last animated film to spend more than one week at #1 was Disney’s The Lion King, which placed for 10 non-consecutive weeks in 1994 and 1995. Spending four non-consecutive weeks at number one, Frozen is the first theatrical film soundtrack to spend at least four weeks at No. 1 since Bad Boys II, which reigned for four weeks in August 2003. It has sold 1,052,000 copies in the U.S. as of February 19, 2014. An exclusive vinyl LP edition of the soundtrack will be released in March 2014.Frozen topped the Billboard 200 for a fifth week, the most weeks at #1 for a soundtrack since Titanic racked up 16 straight weeks at #1 in 1998.
NOTABLE SONGS:
LET IT GO (Idina’s version)
THE RECEIPTS
"Let It Go" is a song from Disney’s 2013 animated feature film, Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The song was performed in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel in her role as Queen Elsa. The song appears after an ostracized Elsa abandons her kingdom soon after the public discovers her magical ability to create and control ice. Realizing that she no longer needs to hide her incredibly powerful ice abilities, Elsa declares herself free from the obstacles that she’s been faced with since childhood and rejoices in using her powers without fear.
CHART PERFORMANCE
"Let It Go" is the third song by Idina to crack the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 her first entry on the chart since her cover of "Constant Craving" by K.D. Lang and her sixth entry on the chart overfall. The song has currently peaked at 18 position in a run of 13 weeks on the chart. Its the actress/singer highest peaking song in the UK, peaking at 18. it has also charted in Australia #19, Canada #34, Ireland #13, New Zeland #35, Scotland #14, South Korea #1 and Sweden #15 by now. It has also charted on the US Adult Contemporay charts peaking at #24.
SALES
"Let It Go" has already sold over 1,200,000 digital copies sold in the US alone, the biggest selling track from the "Frozen" soundtrack and the biggest selling song by Idina to date. The song has already been certified Gold in Australia for selling over 35,000 copies there. In South Korea, the song has already sold over 1,072,840 digital copies and is now there the biggest-selling foreign OST song in South Korea. Worldwide the song has already sold over more than 2,307,840 digital copies.
LET IT GO (Demi’s version)
THE RECEIPTS:
Anderson-Lopez said that Lovato was chosen because of the singer’s own personal life; "She had a past that shes pretty open about that is similar to Elsas journey of letting a dark past and fear behind and moving forward with your power."Lovato indeed identified herself with the song’s context, stating "It’s so relatable. Elsa is finding her identity; she’s growing into who she is and she’s finally accepting her own strength and magical powers. Instead of hiding it, like she’s done all her life, she’s letting it go and embracing it."
CHART PERFORMANCE
Demi’s version of "Let it Go" peaked at #38 in the USA in a run of 13 weeks in the chart, its also her first top forty hit since her 2013 "Heart Attack". Its also the singer sixth entry on the top 40 and nineth entry on chart overfall. The song has also peaked iin Australia at #25, Belgium at #15/#21, Canada at #31, Denmark at #26, France at #156, Germany at #91, Ireland at #34, Netherlands at #70, Scotland at #32, South Korea at #7, Sweden at #25 and UK at #42.
SALES
The song has already been certified Gold in Australia for selling over 35,000 copies there. In South Korea, Demi’s version has sold over 253,242 digital copies. Worldwide the cover has already sold over + 288,242 copies.
Worldwide Frozen has sold over + 3,611,566 digital tracks.
SOURCES
ATRL – Charts
