Beauty and the Beast is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast. The album, largely based on material from Disney's 1991 animated version, features score and songs composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and three new songs composed by Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The soundtrack album was released by Walt Disney Records on March 10, 2017.
The songs feature vocals from the film's ensemble cast including Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Mack, Clive Rowe, Gerard Horan, and Haydn Gwynne.
Track listing
Deluxe editions on streaming services open with tracks 17–19 on disc one, maintaining the same running order after that.
Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 units, 48,000 of which are traditional album sales. It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of July 2017.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI) 5Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 11 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 34 South Korean Albums International (Gaon) 1
Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 37 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 87 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 158Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)"Hot Albums Year End" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2018. 58 UK Albums (OCC) 63 US Billboard 200 45 US Kid Albums (Billboard)"Kid Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2018. 17 US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 3 Chart (2018) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) 21
Certifications
See also Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)
References