Best Selling Soundtrack of All Time

Recorded here is a list of the Top 10 selling soundtracks of all time as best I can tell from Amazon.com.  Please read through for some information on each album and then follow the directions at the bottom to reveal the #1 soundtrack.  Enjoy!

10. Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album

The album was released the same year as the movie and includes all Afriacan American performers.  Talent on this ablum includes Whitney Houston, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Mary J. Blige, SWV and TLC.  The album went seven times platinum.

9.  Grease: Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack


It is funny to note that the album actually credits John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, the two main cast members, even though they only sing on seven on the 24 tracks.  The rest of the album is sung by other cast members and Sha Na Na, with the title track recorded by Frankie Valli, who had no other connection with the film.  The most successful songs from the soundtrack are "You're the One That I Want" and "Summer Nights".  The songs went to #1 and #3 respectively and feared even better in the UK.  "You're the One That I Want" was in 1st for nine weeks and "Summer Nights" for seven.  Overall the ablum has sold over 28 million copies.

8. Top Gun: Soundtrack

"RIGHT INTO THE DANGER ZONE"!! Danger Zone = Awesome song! The original album was released in 1986 with a special edition being released in 1999 that included five additional songs.  Bryan Adams was approached to included his song "Only the Strong Survive" but declined because he felt it glorified war and didn't want to be associated with it.  Judas Priest was also asked to include a song but declined because they thought the film would be a flop (interestingly, they went on to record the title track for the movie Johnny Be Good which did flop).  Toto was supposed to record "Danger Zone" but due to legal conflicts the song was passed to Kenny Loggins. Total sales are over $353,816,701.00

Interesting Note: On the Special edition there are a few songs by Steve Stevens! Great name.

7. Footloose

Not much to say, the album has reach #1 numerous times through several re-releases.  How can you go wrong with Kevin Bacon.

6. The Lion King: Special Edition

The album which was record in three countries: the US, the UK and South Africa did very well on the charts and even won several awards including Academy awards for Best Original Score and Original Song and Golden Globes for the same.  In international editions, the Elton John versions of all but "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" are replaced.  The album has since gone 12 times platinum.

5. Titanic: Music From the Motion Picture

The films signature song "My Heart Will Go On" sung by Celine Dion was written by James Horner and was never meant to be played during the end credits.  Unbeknownst to director James Cameron, Horner went ahead and recorded the song with Dion and Cameron changed his mind as soon as he heard it.  Go Canadian talent (Dion of course)!!  Since a review in 1997, the album has gone on to sell over 30 million copies.

4. Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack

Not only did the original album do well on the charts, it also spawned a second album entitled More Dirty Dancing released in 1988.  The original though has sold over 42 million copies worldwide and even still appears in some Irish charts spending a total of 230 weeks in the Top 30.

3. Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture

Purple Rain has topped Greatest Soundtrack charts as well as being hailed one of the best rock albums in rock music history.  Who doesn't like Prince (or the "artist now represented by a symbol, formally called Prince").  As of 2008, the album was ranked #1 by Entertainment Weekly on their Top 100 best albums in the last 25 years.  The RIAA states the album has gone platinum 13 times over.

2. Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack

The album has gone platinum over 15 times and along with the original movie, revived the disco phenomenon in the US.

To reveal the final entry in our count down simply HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT BELOW.  The number one best selling sound track of all Time according to Amazon.com is:

1. The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack


The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. Houston sold more than a million copies of an album in a single week.  This would be the first act (solo or group, male or female) to  achieve this.  The soundtrack later went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the the RIAA has certified it 17 times Platinum as of November 1, 1999, making it the best-selling soundtrack of all time. To date, it has sold over 44 million copies worldwide.