‘Encanto’ soundtrack ousts Adele from no 1
Ben Sisario, The New York Times
Published: 11 Jan 2022 07:33 PM BdST Updated: 11 Jan 2022 07:33 PM BdST
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A poster of the Disney film Encanto. Photo taken from its Twitter account
The soundtrack to “Encanto,” the new Disney animated film, has reached No 1 on the Billboard chart, displacing Adele’s “30” after a six-week run at the top.
The “Encanto” album, with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda that draw on salsa and hip-hop and are performed on traditional Colombian instruments, came out in November — initially landing at No 197 — and has had a steady climb to the top. After the film’s streaming release on Disney+ on Christmas Eve, the soundtrack entered Billboard’s Top 10.
One of its numbers, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” is currently the most-streamed song on Spotify, beating out a slew of new tracks by the Weeknd. (The Weeknd’s surprise album, “Dawn FM,” released on Friday with just a few days’ notice, is expected to open with huge numbers on next week’s chart.)
The “Encanto” soundtrack, which also features pieces from the film’s score by Germaine Franco, had the equivalent of 72,000 sales in the United States last week, according to MRC Data, Billboard’s tracking arm. That total includes 88 million streams and 11,000 copies sold as a complete package. “Encanto” is the first soundtrack to reach No 1 on Billboard’s chart since “Frozen 2” in late 2019.
Adele’s “30” fell to No 2, while Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” is No 3 in its 52nd week out. While Wallen has been publicly snubbed by the music industry after being caught on video last year using a racial slur — he received no Grammy nominations — “Dangerous” has been an enormous success, with steady fan loyalty.
“Dangerous” was the most popular album of 2021, with the equivalent of 3.2 million sales in the United States, according to MRC — beating out “30” and other hits by Olivia Rodrigo and Drake by a wide margin. Since it came out last January, “Dangerous” has remained in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart every week except one, last month, when it was pushed out by a number of Christmas albums.
Wallen is scheduled to begin a tour of arenas in February, including a date at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Feb 9.
Also this week, Rodrigo’s “Sour” is No 4 and Taylor Swift’s Red “(Taylor’s Version)” is No 5.
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