List of soundtrack albums that reached number one in the German charts
The list of soundtrack albums that reached number one in the German charts includes all soundtracks and film music that took top position in the album charts for Germany determined by GfK Entertainment (previously Media Control ) . Already in the first chart edition for albums on July 15, 1962 a soundtrack reached the top of the chart. It was a recording of a performance of the musical My Fair Lady in the Theater des Westens , Berlin . So far, 27 soundtracks have made it to the top. These include several of the best-selling music albums in Germany .
List of number one albums
| year | title | Performer (s) | Weeks in 1st place | Weeks on the charts | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | My Fair Lady - German original recording | Karin Huebner & Paul Hubschmid | 91 | 295 | |
| 1963 | My Fair Lady - Musical | Julie Andrews & Rex Harrison | 4th | 39 | |
| 1964 | West Side Story | Leonard Bernstein | 4th | 186 | |
| A hard day's night | The Beatles | 13 | 30th | ||
| 1965 | Help! | The Beatles | 9 | 50 | |
| 1967 | Forget Me Not | Various Artists | 4th | 30th | |
| 1969 | Hair - The American Tribal Rock Musical | Various Artists | 4th | 82 | |
| 1967 | 3 × 9 | Various Artists | 13 | 69 | |
| 1978 | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track | Bee Gees | 11 | 39 |
 3 × platinum
|
| Grease | Various Artists | 11 | 50 |
2 × platinum
|
|
| 1980 | Xanadu | Electric Light Orchestra & Olivia Newton-John | 1 | 30th |
 gold
|
| 1983 | Flashdance | Various Artists | 8th | 32 |
platinum
|
| 1986 | Top gun | Various Artists | 12 | 26th |
platinum
|
| 1987 | Who's that girl | Madonna | 1 | 18th |
gold
|
| 1988 | Dirty Dancing | Various Artists | 7th | 95 |
4 × platinum
|
| More Dirty Dancing | Various Artists | 1 | 34 |
platinum
|
|
| 1990 | Pretty woman | Various Artists | 6th | 36 |
platinum
|
| 1993 | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Whitney Houston | 11 | 60 |
3 × platinum
|
| 1995 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Vangelis | 4th | 52 |
5 × gold
|
| 1997 | Bandits | Various Artists | 3 | 26th |
gold
|
| 1998 | Titanic | James Horner | 4th | 51 |
5 × platinum
|
| City of Angels | Various Artists | 3 | 21st |
gold
|
|
| 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | Ry Cooder & Juan de Marcos González | 9 | 151 |
platinum
|
| 2003 | 8 mile | Various Artists | 3 | 32 | |
| 2010 | Iron man 2 | AC / DC | 1 | 29 |
platinum
|
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Gray | Various Artists | 1 | 29 |
gold
|
| 2016 | Bibi & Tina: girls against boys | Peter Plate , Ulf Leo Sommer and Daniel Faust | 2 | 68 |
2 × platinum
|
| 2018 | Fifty Shades Freed | Various Artists | 1 | 18th |
Soundtrack albums in the list of the best-selling music albums in Germany
| rank | year | title | Artist | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1987 | Dirty Dancing (OST) | Various Artists | 4 × platinum | 2 million |
| 29 | 1977 | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track |
Various artists / Bee Gees 
|
3 × platinum | 1.5 million |
| 1992 | Bodyguard (OST) |
Various artists / Whitney Houston
|
3 × platinum | ||
| 47 | 1978 | Grease (OST) | Various Artists | 5 × gold | 1.25 million |
| 1992 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise |
 Vangelis
|
5 × gold | ||
| 1997 | Titanic (OST) |
James Horner
|
5 × gold |
See also
- German album charts
- List of number one albums in Germany
- List of the top 10 albums in Germany
- List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart placements: Search on OfficialCharts.de
- ↑ Awards: Search at Musikinindustrie.de