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High School Musical is the soundtrack of the Disney Channel Original Movie, of the same name, it was released on January 10, 2006 and was the best selling album of 2006,[1] selling 6,469 copies in its first week and climbed to #1 on the Billboard album chart in early March and again in late March of 2006. It has been certified 4x Platinum.[2]

The album has also reached #1 on both the iTunes Best Selling Albums and on Amazon.com's Top Sellers for Music, as well as producing five songs on the iTunes Top 10 Best Selling Songs, and also producing five Top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100. The High School Musical soundtrack is also the first TV soundtrack to be No.1 in the Billboard since Miami Vice.

A 2-disc special edition version of the soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on May 23, 2006. It features all of the track listings from the original release, plus karaoke versions of all the songs.

Track listing

  1. "Start of Something New" (Gabriella & Troy) – 3:16
  2. "Get'cha Head in the Game" (Troy and the Wildcats) – 2:27
  3. "What I've Been Looking For" (Sharpay & Ryan) – 2:03
  4. "What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)" (Gabriella & Troy) – 1:19
  5. "Stick to the Status Quo" (High School Musical Cast) – 4:28
  6. "When There Was Me and You" (Gabriella) – 3:00
  7. "Bop to the Top" (Sharpay & Ryan) – 1:47
  8. "Breaking Free" (Gabriella & Troy) - 3:29
  9. "We're All in This Together" (High School Musical Cast) – 3:51
  10. "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" (Gabriella , Troy, Sharpay, and Ryan) – 2:51
  11. "Get'cha Head in the Game (Pop Version)" (B5) – 2:43
  12. "Start of Something New (Karaoke Instrumental) [*]" – 3:31
  13. "Breaking Free (Karaoke Instrumental) [*]" – 3:42

[*] Only featured on one-disc soundtrack

Mainstream success

In the soundtrack's first week, it debuted at #143 on the Billboard 200. In its second week, it jumped 85 spots to #58 on the Billboard 200 chart and was labeled Pacesetter by Billboard. In its third week, it jumped 48 spots to #10 and has since reached #1 for two nonconsecutive weeks. It is certified 4x Platinum.[3] According to Billboard.com, High School Musical is the best selling album of 2006 with sales of over 3 million records. However, it is one of the lowest selling albums to be a top seller of its year since Nielsen SoundScan began recording data in 1991.

As of July 30, 2006, the soundtrack has peaked at #1 on the Australian ARIA top 50 albums chart. It stayed in that position for 2 consecutive weeks and has been certified platinum. It also peaked at #1 on the New Zealand RIANZ top 40 albums chart and has been certified platinum. Also, as of September 10, 2006, the soundtrack has peaked at #1 on the Argentinian CAPIF albums chart. The soundtrack debuted at 28 on the Brazilian Top 40 CD Sales chart and was #1 for the week ending October 7, 2006.

The album peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA charts, and two singles were released. "Breaking Free" only peaked in the low teens, but hung around in the charts for close to three months. "We're All In This Together" failed to debut inside the top 50.

Worthy of mention is most of-if not all-the songs on the soundtrack received little to no airplay on conventional radio stations within the US. The success of the album is largely due to so many of the cuts being in heavy rotation on The Walt Disney Company's owned and operated Radio Disney outlet.

  • US Chart Position: #1 (2 weeks)
  • US Sales:

RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum (according to this week's issue of billboard charts, week of January 27-February 3, 2007)

  • On some cd's there is a misprint,on the side of the cd it says "WALT DISNEY RECORDS PRESEN" the T is missing from PRESENT.
  • Another misprint can be found in the inside booklet of the album where Lucas Grabeel's name is mispelled to read "Lucas Gabreel"

Peak position and certification

Chart (2006) Providers Peak
position 		Certification Sales
The Billboard 200 (U.S.) Billboard 1   4x Platinum 3,800,716
Worldwide Mediatraffic 2[4]   - 5,800,000+
UK Top 200 Albums BPI 1[citation needed]   Platinum[citation needed] 300,000[citation needed]
Mexican Top 100 Albums Universal 1[5]   2x Platinum, 1x Gold   250,000
Argentine Top 100 Albums Universal 1[6]   2 x Platinum   80,000
Chilean Top 100 Albums Universal 1[7]   2 x Platinum   40,000
Colombian Top 100 Albums Universal 1[8]   Gold   10,000
German Album top 100 IFPI 23   Gold 100,000
Spain Top 100 Albums Pro MusicaE 7   2 x Platinum   160,000
French Album top 100 IFPI [9]   Gold 105,300
Brazil Top 100 Albums Universal 1[10]   Platinum   125,000
Australia Top 50 Albums ARIA 1[11]   Platinum   70,000
Venezuelan Top 40 Albums CAPROFONO 1 (5 weeks)[12]   Platinum 20,000
New Zealand Top 50 Albums RIANZ 1[13]   3 X Platinum   45,000
Canada Top 100 Albums CRIA ?   2 X Platinum[14]   140,000
Year Single Singer(s) Chart Peak
2006 Bop To The Top Pop 100 45
Bop To The Top Lucas Grabeel & Ashley Tisdale Billboard Hot 100 61
Breaking Free Zac Efron, Andrew Seeley* & Vanessa Anne Hudgens Billboard Hot 100 4
Breaking Free Pop 100 6
Breaking Free UK Top 75 9
Get'cha Head In The Game Andrew Seeley* Billboard Hot 100 23
Get'cha Head In The Game Pop 100 23
Start Of Something New Zac Efron, Andrew Seeley* & Vanessa Anne Hudgens Billboard Hot 100 28
Start Of Something New Pop 100 30
Stick To The Status Quo Pop 100 37
Stick To The Status Quo High School Musical Cast Billboard Hot 100 43
We're All In This Together Pop 100 32
We're All In This Together High School Musical Cast Billboard Hot 100 34
What I've Been Looking For Pop 100 34
What I've Been Looking For Lucas Grabeel & Ashley Tisdale Billboard Hot 100 35
What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) Pop 100 54
What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) Andrew Seeley, & Vanessa Anne Hudgens Billboard Hot 100 67
When There Was Me and You Pop 100 55
When There Was Me and You Vanessa Anne Hudgens Billboard Hot 100 72
2007 Stick To The Status Quo UK Top 75 74
We're All In This Together UK Top 75 40
  • "Breaking Free" went from number #86 to #4 in its second week, an 82 point jump on the Hot 100.
  • "Get'cha Head in the Game" went from number #100 to #23 in its second week, a 77 point jump.
  • Andrew Seeley sang in several of the songs, his voice being blended with Zac Efron's. He originally wasn't given credit for singing.

Composers

Six composing teams were hired to write the music. The score was written by David Lawrence, and the songs' respective composers are as follows:

  • "Start of Something New" and "We’re All in This Together" by Matthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil
  • "Stick to the Status Quo" by David Lawrence & Fay Greenberg
  • "Get'cha Head in the Game" by Ray Cham, Greg Cham, and Andrew Seeley
  • "Bop to the Top" by Randy Petersen & Kevin Quinn
  • "What I’ve Been Looking For" by Andy Dodd & Adam Watts
  • "Breaking Free" and "When There Was Me & You" by Jamie Houston

See also

References

  1. ^ http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=1216 Retrieved at 04-11-07 with over 3.8 million copies sold. It debuted at #143 on the Billboard 200
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Albums Billboard.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  3. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Albums Billboard.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  4. ^ http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm Mediatraffic.de Retrieved at 04-11-07
  5. ^ http://www.universal.com.mx/noticias/octubre/02_hsm.html Universal.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  6. ^ http://www.universal.com.mx/noticias/septiembre/08_hsm.html Universal.com
  7. ^ http://www.universal.com.mx/noticias/septiembre/08_hsm.html Universal.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  8. ^ http://www.universal.com.mx/noticias/septiembre/08_hsm.html Universal.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  9. ^ http://fanofmusic.free.fr/ParcoursAlbum-D.php Fanofmusic.free.fe Retrieved at 04-11-07
  10. ^ http://www.universal.com.mx/noticias/septiembre/08_hsm.html Universal.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  11. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1A50 Ariacharts.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  12. ^ http://www.cadenaglobal.com/Default.asp?pgm=Detail&Not=124347&Sec=%201 Cadenaglobal.com Retrieved at 04-11-07
  13. ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp Rianz.org.nz Retrieved at 04-11-07
  14. ^ http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php CRIA.com Retrieved at 04-11-07


Preceded by Billboard 200 Number 1 Album
March 11, 2006 - March 17, 2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard 200 Number 1 Album
April 1, 2006 - April 7, 2006 		Succeeded by
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