Disney Music Group Holds Three Titles in Billboard's Top 10 Album Sales Chart: Guardians of the Galaxy, Into the Woods And Frozen

Disney Music Group Holds Three Titles in Billboard's Top 10 Album Sales Chart: Guardians of the Galaxy, Into the Woods And Frozen

BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Unprecedented for the Disney Music Group, three soundtracks hold positions on Billboard's Top 10 Top Album Sales Chart for the week ending January 4, 2015. The Grammy®-nominated Guardians of the Galaxy is No. 2 with 70,000 units, Into the Woods is No. 3 with 51,000 units, and the Grammy®-nominated, triple Platinum Frozen is No. 10 with 29,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The last time one music company had three soundtracks in the Top 10 was in 1978 (RSO's Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band).

Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" has earned over $773 million worldwide, including $333 million in North America; it's the #1 film of 2014 at the domestic box office and the #2 film of the year globally. "Guardians of the Galaxy" opened domestically August 1 with $94.3 million to become the biggest August debut of all time and ultimately the biggest August release ever. After becoming the 10th straight Marvel Studios film to open at #1, "Guardians of the Galaxy" occupied the top spot domestically for four of its first six weekends in release. The soundtrack was the second chart-topping soundtrack of 2014 and was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 2 weeks.

Disney's "Into the Woods," with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, has earned over $91 million since its domestic debut on Christmas Day. The star-studded film, directed by Rob Marshall, posted the fourth-biggest Christmas Day opening ever and the biggest opening weekend ever for a Broadway musical adaptation.

The Academy Award®-winning "Frozen" is the fifth highest grossing film of all time and the highest grossing animated film with more than $1.27 billion globally. Released wide domestically on Nov. 27, 2013, "Frozen" posted the #1 industry all-time Thanksgiving debut and Walt Disney Animation Studios' biggest opening ever. The Frozen soundtrack is the top-selling album of 2014 to date and spent 33 weeks in the top 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, including 13 weeks at No. 1. It is certified triple Platinum, selling more than 3.8 million units. The "Let It Go" film clip from "Frozen" has been viewed nearly 400 million times on YouTube.

Disney Music Group is home to Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records, Disney Music Publishing, and DMG Nashville. The labels' genre-spanning rosters include Demi Lovato, ZZ Ward, Lucy Hale, R5, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Zendaya, Bridgit Mendler, Bea Miller, Sabrina Carpenter, Joywave, Olivia Holt, Fairfax Recordings, and more. DMG also release family music and film and television soundtracks such as the Oscar-winning and Grammy®-nominated "Frozen" soundtrack, the chart-topping and Grammy®-nominated "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Into the Woods," as well as upcoming soundtracks for "Teen Beach Movie 2" and "The Descendants."



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CONTACT: Maria Kleinman - Walt Disney Records/Disney Music Group Publicity, maria.kleinman@disney.com - 818.560.5867


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