'High School Musical' Soundtrack Sells over 1 Million Digital Singles!

BURBANK, Calif. (By Maria Kleinman/ Walt Disney Records) - Sales for the platinum-selling "High School Musical" soundtrack continue to rise with an 8% increase over last week's sales. The 138,035 units scanned for the week of March 8th secured the No 3 spot on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Digital sales also were a huge component of the soundtrack's success. This week alone 64,208 single tracks were sold digitally, and to date over 1 million single tracks have been purchased digitally, primarily through Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store.

The "High School Musical" soundtrack has generated one platinum single, "Breaking Free," and four gold singles - "What I've Been Looking For," "We're All in This Together," "Start of Something New" and "Get'cha Head in the Game."

Additionally, this week "High School Musical" continues its reign at No 1 on both the Billboard Soundtrack Chart (a position it has held for five out of the past seven weeks) and the Billboard Kids Chart (where it has topped the chart for eight consecutive weeks).

"High School Musical," a contemporary musical comedy, has aired eight times (January 20-March 10) on Disney Channel. In its first six telecasts, it delivered 26.3 unduplicated Total Viewers, 8.4 million Kids 6-11 and 8.7 million Tweens 9-14.

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