Disney’s unstoppable soundtrack to “Frozen” returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, collecting its fifth non-consecutive week atop the list.
“Frozen” has now earned the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since “Titanic” racked up 16 straight weeks at No. 1 in 1998. It ruled the list on the charts dated January 24 through May 9 that year.
This week’s Billboard 200 reflects the tracking week ending February 23, where the “Frozen” album sold 89,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A week ago, it was No. 2 with 100,000. Last week’s No. 1 album, Eric Church’s “The Outsiders,” falls to No. 2 in its second week with 74,000.
Since the Billboard 200 began using SoundScan sales data on May 25, 1991, only five soundtracks have spent at least five weeks at No. 1: “Frozen,” “Titanic,” “Waiting to Exhale” (five weeks in 1996), “The Lion King” (10 weeks in 1994 and 1995) and “The Bodyguard” (20 weeks in 1992 and 1993).
(The last film soundtrack to net four weeks at No. 1 was “Bad Boys II” in 2003.)
The “Frozen” soundtrack is currently in its 13th week on the Billboard 200, and has spent the last eight straight weeks lodged in one of the top two positions.
