Hannah Montana (album)
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Original and Holiday cover
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| Soundtrack by Various Artists | |||||||||||
| Released | October 24, 2006 December 19, 2006 (Holiday Edition) March 20, 2007 (Special Edition) |
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| Recorded | 2005 & 2006 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Pop Rock, Country Pop | ||||||||||
| Length | 42:26 44:48 (Holiday Edition) 45:52 (Special Edition) |
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| Label | Walt Disney Records | ||||||||||
| Producer | Antonina Armato, Andy Dodd, Matthew Gerrard, Jamie Houston, Robert Hugger, Tim James, Marco Marinangeli, Adam Watts, Eddie Galan | ||||||||||
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Hannah Montana is the soundtrack for the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana. It was released on October 24, 2006 by Walt Disney Records. The first eight songs on the album are sung by Miley Cyrus as her character Hannah Montana. There are also four songs by other artists, and another track, the last on the album, that is sung by Cyrus (out of her Hannah Montana character) and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus. The soundtrack was the eighth best selling album of 2006 in the U.S., with nearly two million copies sold that year.[1] The album has sold 3.2 million copies in the U.S and over 4 million worldwide.
The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200[2], where it remained for two weeks[3]. Eight songs from the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including the theme song, "The Best of Both Worlds". Subsequently, a Holiday Edition and a two-disc Special Edition were released.
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[edit] Holiday Edition
A holiday edition of the Hannah Montana Soundtrack was released to the iTunes Music Store on December 19, 2006. This version includes all the songs from the original soundtrack plus a cover of the song, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", sung by Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana. This song was performed by Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana at the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade in 2006 on Christmas Day 2006.
[edit] Special Edition
A 2-disc special edition of the soundtrack was released on March 20, 2007. It was put in a holographic silver box including:
- The original soundtrack
- Bonus track: "Nobody's Perfect" from the season 2 soundtrack.
- 4 autographed photos of Miley Cyrus
- A code number to download a ringtone of "This Is the Life"
- A DVD with a "Nobody's Perfect" music video, a special 30-minute long "Hannah Montana: Backstage Secrets," and a trailer for the new DVD, "Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile" It should be noted that two of the episodes advertised on the trailer were not on the final DVD. These episodes would be "You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Zit Is About You" and "O Say Can You Remember the Words"
[edit] Sales and chart positions
[edit] Album
The soundtrack debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 281,000 copies in its first week, beating out such artists as John Legend and rock band My Chemical Romance[2], and held its ground in its second week, remaining at #1 with 203,000 copies sold, edging out the debut of Barry Manilow's album The Greatest Songs of the Sixties.[3] The album was the first TV soundtrack to debut on the chart at number one, and the first from a TV series in more than 20 years to hold the number one position[4].
The album has maintained its presence on the Billboard 200, never falling below the top 100 albums until April 2008. It has been certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA[5] and went Gold in the UK in just 4 weeks. It has spent a total of 34 weeks on the UK Compilation Chart.
| Chart (2006) | Peak Position | Sales | Certifications |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 1 | 3,200,000+ | RIAA 3× Platinum[5] |
| Venezuela Album Chart[6] | 7 | 10,000+ | Gold |
| Spanish Promusicae Top100 Albums | 14 | 40,000+ | Gold |
| México Top 10[7] | 1 | 50,000+ | Gold |
| UK Compilation Chart | 1 | 100,000+ | Gold |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 35 | 35,000+ | Gold |
| Canadian Album Chart | 21 | 50,000+ | Gold |
| United World Chart | 4 | 4,000,000+ | 2× Platinum |
[edit] Songs
The album had a record six songs debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in the same week[4], while a seventh song, "Who Said", returned to the chart in the same week after falling off from an earlier debut.
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| 2006 | "This Is The Life" | 89 | 68 | — | ||
| 2006 | "The Other Side of Me" | 84 | 64 | — | ||
| 2006 | "I Got Nerve" | 67 | 51 | — | ||
| 2006 | "If We Were a Movie" | 47 | 38 | — | ||
| 2006 | "Pumpin' Up the Party" | 81 | 62 | — | ||
| 2006 | "Just like You" | 99 | 79 | — | ||
| 2006 | "Who Said" | 83 | 63 | |||
| 2006 | "The Best of Both Worlds" | 92 | 71 | 43 | ||
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc 1 (Audio CD)
| 1 | "The Best of Both Worlds" (Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 2:54 |
| 2 | "Who Said" (Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:15 |
| 3 | "Just like You" (Adam Watts, Andy Dodd) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:14 |
| 4 | "Pumpin' Up the Party" (Jamie Houston) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:10 |
| 5 | "If We Were a Movie" (Jennie Lurie, Holly Mathis) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:04 |
| 6 | "I Got Nerve" (Jennie Lurie, Ken Hauptman, Aruna Abrams) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:06 |
| 7 | "The Other Side of Me" (Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:08 |
| 8 | "This Is the Life" (Jennie Lurie, Shari Short) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 2:59 |
| 9 | "Pop Princess" (B. Romans) | The Click Five | 4:24 |
| 10 | "She's No You" (Matthew Gerrard, Jesse McCartney, Robbie Nevil) | Jesse McCartney | 3:33 |
| 11 | "Find Yourself in You" | Everlife | 3:35 |
| 12 | "Shining Star" (M. White, P. Bailey, L. Dunn) | B5 | 2:44 |
| 13 | "I Learned from You" | Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus | 3:26 |
| 14 | "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (Holiday Edition's bonus track) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 2:22 |
| 15 | "Nobody's Perfect" (Special Edition's bonus track) | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 3:23 |
[edit] Disc 2 (Music Video DVD)
| 1 | "The Best of Both Worlds" | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) |
| 2 | "Who Said" | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) |
| 3 | "Just like You" | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) |
| 4 | "Pumpin' Up the Party" | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) |
| 5 | "The Other Side of Me" | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) |
Special Edition's bonus DVD includes:
- 30 minutes of backstage secrets
- Live performance of "Nobody's Perfect"
- Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile DVD trailer
[edit] References
- ^ Paul Cashmere, "High School Musical Was Top Album of 2006", Undercover.com.au, January 5, 2007.
- ^ a b Katie Hasty, "'Hannah Montana' Trumps My Chem, Legend At No. 1", Billboard.com, November 1, 2006.
- ^ a b Katie Hasty, "'Montana' Zooms By Manilow For Second Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, November 8, 2006.
- ^ a b Fred Bronson, Chart Beat: "The State of 'Montana'", Billboard.com, November 2, 2006.
- ^ a b RIAA Gold and Platinum Searchable Database, retrieved 30-March-2008.
- ^ Americatop100.com
- ^ Amprofon.com
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Press Play by Diddy |
Billboard 200 number-one album November 11 - November 24, 2006 |
Succeeded by Now 23 by Various artists |
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