Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to Disney's 2013 film of the same name with eight songs written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and 22 score pieces composed by Christophe Beck. The soundtrack includes two versions of the critically acclaimed song "Let It Go", one performed during the film by Idina Menzel, and another performed over the end credits by Demi Lovato. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Two editions of the soundtrack were released by Walt Disney Records on November 25, 2013: a single-disc regular edition, and a two-disc digipak deluxe edition, containing original demo recordings of songs and score compositions, unused outtake recordings, and instrumental versions of the film's main songs. On October 21, 2013, the soundtrack's lead single, Lovato's cover of "Let It Go" was released. Subsequent releases have been accompanied by foreign language translations of "Let It Go".

The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart. The soundtrack has topped the Billboard album chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks, and has sold 4 million copies in the U.S. The album has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, and peaked at number one on the aforementioned chart, becoming the fourth soundtrack album from an animated film to reach that milestone.

Commercial performance As of December 11, 2014, the soundtrack for Frozen had had forty-three nonconsecutive weeks on top of Billboard Top Soundtracks. On the US Billboard 200, the album debuted at No. 18, the highest chart position for the soundtrack in an animated film since the 2006 film Cars. It later moved up to No. 10, becoming the tenth soundtrack from an animated film to reach top 10. The soundtrack subsequently moved to No. 4, which is the highest position for an animated film soundtrack since Disney's Pocahontas in 1995. In the week ending January 5, 2014, Frozen reached No. 1, surpassing Beyoncé's self-titled album (which had previously held the No. 1 position for three weeks after its unannounced release in December 2013) 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 No. 1 for multiple weeks since Dreamgirls (also featuring Beyoncé) in early 2007, and the first animated film to spend more than one week at No. 1 since Disney's The Lion King in 1994 and 1995. With thirteen non-consecutive weeks at number one, Frozen earned the most weeks at No. 1 for an album since Adele's 21 (24 weeks) and the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since Titanic in 1998.

Frozen was the fifth best-selling soundtrack album in the US in 2013 with 338,000 copies sold for the year. Frozen continued to be the best-selling album in the US and the only album to sell more than a million units in the first half of 2014 with nearly 2.7 million units. The song "Let It Go" performed by Idina Menzel also finished at No. 15 on the digital song chart with 2.8 million copies sold in the first six months of 2014. The soundtrack reached its 3 million sales mark in the US in July 2014. Nearly half these were digital sales, making the album the best-selling soundtrack in digital history. Frozen was Billboard Year-End number one album of 2014, becoming the sixth soundtrack in history and the first soundtrack to earn this position since Titanic, as well as the second Disney album to reach this position (the first one is the soundtrack to Mary Poppins). It became the second best-selling album of 2014 with 3,527,000 sold for the year. As of April 2015, it had sold 4 million copies in the US. In Canada, the album has sold 202,000 copies in 2014 as of November 26, 2014. The album sold a total of 226,000 copies in Canada in 2014.

Worldwide, Frozen sold over 10 million copies in 2014 alone. It was the year's best-selling album globally. An exclusive vinyl LP edition of the soundtrack was released in March 2014. A version of the soundtrack featuring only the first ten tracks was released under the name Frozen: The Songs.

Awards and recognition At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, the Frozen soundtrack was nominated in two categories – Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (with credits going to Christophe Beck as composer) – and won the former; the song "Let It Go" won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, with credits going to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as songwriters and Idina Menzel as performer. The Academy Award for "Let It Go" made Robert Lopez the youngest person to achieve an EGOT.

Track listing

All songs are written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. All scores are composed by Christophe Beck, with tracks 11 and 31 co-composed by Frode Fjellheim.

Charts

Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Frozen Chart (2013–2015) Peakposition Chinese Albums (Sino Chart) 1 Irish Compilations (IRMA) 1 Italian Compilations (FIMI) 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 1 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) 3 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 2 US Kid Albums (Billboard) 2

Year-end charts + 2014 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2014) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 24 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 17 French Albums (SNEP) 18 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 32 Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI) 3 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 2 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 16 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 5 Polish Albums (ZPAV) 31 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 31 US Billboard 200 1 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 1 Worldwide Albums (IFPI) 1

+ 2015 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2015) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 19 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 13 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 47 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 6 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 29 Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI) 14 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 33 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 42 US Billboard 200 30 US Kids Albums (Billboard) 4 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 3

+ 2016 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2016) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 80 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 23 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 55 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 50 Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI) 27 US Kids Albums (Billboard) 5 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 7

+ 2017 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2017) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 95 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 46 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 92 US Kids Albums (Billboard) 11 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 13

+ 2018 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2018) Position US Kids Albums (Billboard) 16 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 18

+ 2019 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 92 US Kids Albums (Billboard) 15 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 20

+ 2020 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2020) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 94 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 183 US Billboard 200 169 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 6

+ 2021 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2021) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 15

+ 2022 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2022) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 23

+ 2023 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2023) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 16

+ 2024 year-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2024) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 25

Decade-end charts + Decade-end chart performance for Frozen Chart (2010–2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 16 US Billboard 200 4

Tracks Title Performer(s) Peak chart position Certifications USPeak chart positions for charted songs in the United States and Canada: "Let It Go (Single)|Demi Lovato Version" "Let It Go" "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" "For The First Time In Forever" "Love Is an Open Door" "In Summer" CAN AUSAustralian Frozen peak positions: "Let It Go" (single version), "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?", "For the First Time in Forever" and "In Summer": "Let It Go": "Love Is an Open Door": IREPeak chart positions for charted songs in Ireland: "Let It Go (Single)" "Let It Go" "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?" "For The First Time In Forever" JPNPeak chart positions for charted songs in Japan: "Let It Go (Single)" "Let It Go" KORPeak chart positions for charted songs in South Korea: "All Songs" NZPeak chart positions for charted songs in New Zealand: "Let It Go (Single)" "Let It Go" UKPeak chart positions for charted songs in the United Kingdom: "Let It Go (Single)" "Let It Go" "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" "Love Is an Open Door" "Let It Go" Demi Lovato 38 31 25 34 51 50 13 42 RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum IFPI DEN: Gold RIAJ: Gold "Let It Go" Idina Menzel 5 18 16 7 4 1 34 11 RIAA: 11× Platinum ARIA: 8× Platinum BPI: 5× Platinum MC: 8× Platinum RIAJ: Gold RMNZ: 4× Platinum "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, Katie Lopez 51 61 45 35 — 5 — 26 RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "For the First Time in Forever" Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel 57 70 62 54 14 4 — 38 RIAA: 4× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Love Is an Open Door" Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana 49 — 89 — 36 21 — 52 RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "In Summer" Josh Gad 104 — 90 — — 67 — 84 RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold"For the First Time in Forever (reprise)"Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel———————— RIAA: Platinum "Fixer Upper" Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen — — — — — 94 — — RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold"Frozen Heart"Cast of Frozen———————— RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"Jonathan Groff———————— RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

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