Billboard Explains: When A Soundtrack Smashes the Charts

Encanto is the first soundtrack to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200. With the surprise success of ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ which has now become the highest-charting song from a Disney animated film on the Hot 100 in over 25 years. Let’s take a look at the history of hit soundtracks? What factors create soundtrack success? This is Billboard Explains: When a soundtrack smashes the chart.



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Billboard Explains: When A Soundtrack Smashes the Charts

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[heidichristensen]

No need for billboard to explain. Encanto’s success can be explained in three words - Lin Manuel Miranda.

[johnnyaldana]

I think Encantó is a sucessful because Disney and Hand to Hand Lin Manuel Miranda every song was created to become in a Broadway piece that Tells stories about the characters and the family Madrigal that enters into the Casita"of each one who listen the complete album'👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎵🎶🎼🎼🎶🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎼

[prettygracie]

okay ngl, i didnt even know some of these songs were actually soundtracks 💀💀

[AManOf_Culture]

I've been listening to all this without knowing that they were ost's .. 🙃

[TheMoises]

This was incredible loved it!!! Long live Saturday night fever and The Bee Gees!!!

[monsternationpawsup]

Big single strategy 😂 Shallow wasn't even planned to be the single and the fact that the others weren't released worldwide damaged a little its sales