Debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the album sold 625,000 copies in its initial week of release. As of September 2007, this figure amounted to the fourth-biggest first week sales of the year.[7] It was the first soundtrack of a television movie to debut at the Billboard summit.[8] The album also shipped double platinum (2,000,000) copies in the U.S. in its first week of release.[9] It was the best-selling album of 2007, with sales of over 2.96 million copies in the United States and 6 million copies worldwide.[10][11] The album won Favorite Soundtrack Album at The American Music Awards of 2007.
Commercial performanceedit
The album was the number-one most downloaded album on iTunes and Amazon.com on its first day of release, and remained so a week later.[12][13]
The album debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with sales of 615,000 copies, the fourth best first-week sales of 2007 (trailing behind Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight, 50 Cent's Curtis, and Kanye West's Graduation).[7] The set also claimed the biggest first-week sales for a television soundtrack.[14] It remained at number-one in its second, third, and fourth weeks, selling 367,000 copies in its second, 210,000 copies in its third, and 165,000 copies in its fourth.[15][16][17] The soundtrack is the first album in over two years to spend four consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard 200.[17]
After spending four consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, the album dropped to number four, following the releases of Kanye West's Graduation, 50 Cent's Curtis, and Kenny Chesney's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, respectively.[18] In its fifteenth week on the Billboard 200, during November 2007, High School Musical 2 returned to the top 10 with a 130% sales increase (183,000 copies), bringing it to number 6 and making it 2007's best-selling album, ahead of Daughtry.[19] However, Daughtry held onto the spot, becoming 2007's biggest selling album.[20] To date, it has sold 3.4 million copies in the US.[10]
^a"Humuhumunukunukuapua'a" appears as track 5 on the extended music edition of the album.
Olesya Rulin is featured in the song "You Are the Music in Me", but isn't credited.
Lucas Grabeel recorded a song "You Got It" that is played in the movie. The song plays when Sharpay and Ryan pull up to the country club and has since been released as a digital single.[24]
Other releasesedit
High School Musical 2 Non-Stop Dance Partyedit
Walt Disney Records released a remix album of all the High School Musical 2 tracks. It was released on December 26, 2007, in the U.S. and on December 24, 2007, in the UK and Southeast Asia. All songs are remixed by Jason Nevins. High School Musical 2: Non-Stop Dance Party reached number-one in the U.S. Top Electronic Albums chart in January 2008.
Box setedit
A box set called High School Musical: The Complete Collection, was released on November 20, 2007. It includes six discs. They include the High School Musical original soundtrack, High School Musical 2 original soundtrack, High School Musical Karaoke Vol. 1, High School Musical 2 Karaoke Vol. 2 and the High School Musical: The Concert CD/DVD.
Times Music from India, launched a special Hindi 2-disc Special Edition Soundtrack of the original High School Musical 2 soundtrack. It contains an extra special disc with three special inspired songs from the famous music director trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. These include "All for One" ("Aaaja Nachle"), "Ud Chale" and "Chhoti Si". These songs were also remixed by DJ Suketu and arranged by Aks. The soundtrack was released (as two disk collection) on October 26, 2007, and the movie (dubbed in Hindi) was aired on Disney Channel India on December 7, 2007. Two music videos from the special disc aired on Disney Channel India. The two are Ud Chale and "All for One" ("Aaja Nachle"). The music video for Ud Chale has three friends and together they explore the night sky. In All for One, many people bring their emotions to dance.
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
International versionsedit
These are international versions of the songs of High School Musical 2.
Song
Original title
Language
Singer(s)
"¿Qué Viene Aquí?"
"What Time Is It?"
Spanish
High School Musical: La Selección (Argentina) finalists
"¿Qué Viene Aquí?"
Spanish
High School Musical: La Selección (Mexico) finalists
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