Here’s every soundtrack with 25 or more weeks in the top 10 since 1963, when separate mono and stereo charts were combined.
KPop Demon Hunters
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And then there were six…
KPop Demon Hunters, which rebounds from No. 16 to No. 7 on the Billboard 200 dated May 2, is one of only six soundtracks to land 38 or more weeks in the top 10 since separate stereo and mono charts were combined in August 1963. It gets better: KPop Demon Hunters is only the second soundtrack to an animated film to spend 38 or more weeks in the top 10. The other, as you can probably guess, is Frozen. Both films won Oscars for best animated feature film and best original song.
(Mary Poppins, which had more weeks in the top 10 than either of those films, blended live action and animation.)
KPop Demon Hunters spent its first 35 weeks on the Billboard 200 inside the top 10, becoming the first soundtrack to achieve that feat since the aforementioned chart overhaul in August 1963. It subsequently dropped out of the top 10 for a few weeks before moving back into the winners circle on the chart dated March 28 in the wake of the film’s double Oscar wins and the elaborately staged performance of “Golden” on the Oscar telecast. It remained in the top 10 on the chart dated April 4 before dropping out again for a few weeks prior to this week’s resurgence, which is due to two new vinyl variants of the album being released via independent record stores for Record Store Day (April 18).
By logging 38 weeks (so far) in the top 10, KPop Demon Hunters moves up our list of soundtracks that have logged 25 or more weeks in the top 10 since August 1963. This week, it pulls ahead of Prince & the Revolution’s Purple Rain, which logged 37 weeks in the top 10.
(The Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March 1956 but split into mono and stereo LP charts from 1959-63.)
Here’s an updated list of soundtracks with the most cumulative weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 since separate mono and stereo album charts were combined in August 1963:
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High School Musical Cast, High School Musical, 25 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 143
Date entered top 10: Feb. 11, 2006
Weeks at No. 1: 2
Notes: This is the only TV soundtrack with 25 or more weeks in the top 10 since 1963. It is followed on the TV leaderboard by Hannah Montana (23 weeks), Miami Vice (18 weeks) and High School Musical 2 (16 weeks). High School Musical received six Primetime Emmy nominations, winning for outstanding children’s program and outstanding choreography.
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Flashdance, 25 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 166
Date entered top 10: May 21, 1983
Weeks at No. 1: 2
Notes: This soundtrack interrupted Michael Jackson’s run at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Thriller. The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year (losing to Thriller). Two of its singles, Irene Cara’s “Flashdance…What a Feeling” and Michael Sembello’s “Maniac,” received Grammy nods for record of the year (losing to Jackson’s “Beat It”). Those two hits also received Oscar nods for best original song, with “Flashdance…What a Feeling” winning. The film received a total of four Oscar nods.
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The Graduate, 26 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 114
Date entered top 10: March 23, 1968
Weeks at No. 1: 9 weeks
Notes: The iconic Mike Nichols film received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture, but its only win was for Nichols as director. Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” won a Grammy for record of the year and was nominated for song of the year.
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Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born, 26 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 1
Date entered top 10: Oct. 20, 2018
Weeks at No. 1: 4
Notes: The Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga film received eight Oscar nominations, including best picture, but its only win was for “Shallow” as best original song. “Shallow” also received Grammy nods for record and song of the year. The following year, another song from the soundtrack, “Always Remember Us This Way,” received a song of the year nod.
Trivia Note: “Shallow,” which Gaga co-wrote with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, was the first song with as many as four songwriters to win the Oscar since “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” co-written by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen, in 1982. The soundtrack from the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson iteration of A Star Is Born logged 18 weeks in the top 10 in 1977, including six weeks at No. 1.
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The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, 28 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 12
Date entered top 10: July 25, 1964
Weeks at No. 1: 14 weeks
Notes: “A Hard Day’s Night” was the first rock song to receive a Grammy nod for song of the year, but it was passed over for an Oscar nod for best original song. The film received two Oscar nods, including scoring of music – adaptation or treatment – for legendary Beatles producer George Martin. A Hard Day’s Night had the longest run in the top 10 of the soundtrack to any Beatles film. Runners-up are Help! (15 weeks), Magical Mystery Tour (14 weeks) and Let It Be (11 weeks).
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Grease, 29 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 53
Date entered top 10: July 8, 1978
Weeks at No. 1: 12 weeks
Notes: This soundtrack from the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John blockbuster received a Grammy nod for album of the year but lost to the soundtrack to another Travolta film, Saturday Night Fever. “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” the torch ballad which John Farrar wrote as a solo showcase for Newton-John, received an Oscar nod for best original song, but lost to “Last Dance” (recorded by Donna Summer for Thank God It’s Friday). The soundtrack to a sequel, Grease II, in which Travolta and Newton-John did not take part, peaked at No. 71 in 1982.
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My Fair Lady, 30 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 108
Date entered top 10: Dec. 5, 1964
Weeks at No. 1: NA
Notes: The film adaptation of the 1956 Broadway musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe had everything, except its star Julie Andrews. Audrey Hepburn was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in the film, because she was a proven film star (having won an Oscar for Roman Holiday in 1954.) The casting decision caused an uproar. Andrews made her film debut in Mary Poppins instead, and won the Oscar for best actress. Hepburn wasn’t even nominated for her performance in My Fair Lady.
This is the only album on this list that didn’t top the Billboard 200. It peaked at No. 4, behind The Beatles’ Beatles ’65, The Supremes’ Where Did Our Love Go and the Mary Poppins soundtrack. My Fair Lady received 12 Oscar nominations and went on to win eight Oscars, including best picture and best actor for Rex Harrison, who was invited to reprise his Broadway role as Professor Henry Higgins.
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The Lion King, 31 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 13
Date entered top 10: June 18, 1994
Weeks at No. 1: 10
Notes: Hans Zimmer won his first Oscar for best original score for this film. Three songs from the film, all written by Elton John and Tim Rice, received Oscar nominations for best original song: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (which won), “Circle of Life” and “Hakuna Matata.” The Lion King was only the second film to spawn three best song nominees, following 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. Two more followed (Dreamgirls and Enchanted) before the Academy changed the rules, limiting films to just two nominations in the category. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life” also received Grammy nods for song of the year.
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Saturday Night Fever, 35 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 124
Date entered top 10: Jan. 14, 1978
Weeks at No. 1: 24
Notes: John Travolta received an Oscar nomination for best actor for his performance as Tony Manero. The Bee Gees were not nominated for their era-defining songs. The soundtrack won a Grammy for album of the year, while the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” was nominated for record and song of the year. The soundtrack to a sequel, Stayin’ Alive, logged six weeks in the top 10 in 1983, peaking at No. 6.
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The Greatest Showman, 36 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 71
Date entered top 10: Jan. 6, 2018
Weeks at No. 1: 2
Notes: Hugh Jackman played legendary showman P.T. Barnum in this film. “This Is Me” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul received an Oscar nod for best original song. The songwriters (and future EGOT recipients) had won in that category the previous year, for writing the lyric to “City of Stars” from La La Land.
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Prince & the Revolution, Purple Rain, 37 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 11
Date entered top 10: July 21, 1984
Weeks at No. 1: 24
Notes: “This is very unbelievable,” Prince said upon winning the Oscar for best original song score. “I could’ve never imagined this in my wildest dreams.” The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but lost to Lionel Richie’s hit-laden (although less legendary) Can’t Slow Down.
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KPop Demon Hunters, 38 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 8
Date entered top 10: July 5, 2025
Weeks at No. 1: 2
Notes: The film won Oscars for best animated feature film and best original song, making it this year’s only film that received two or more nominations to win in every category in which it was nominated. “Golden” won a Grammy for best song written for visual media and was nominated for song of the year.
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Frozen, 41 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 18
Date entered top 10: Dec. 28, 2013
Weeks at No. 1: 13
Notes: This had the longest run in the top 10 for a soundtrack to an animated film. The film won two Oscars: best animated feature and best original song for “Let It Go.” It was the second film to win in both of those categories, following Toy Story 3. (Coco has since equaled the feat. KPop Demon Hunters may join them this year.) The soundtrack from the sequel, Frozen II, topped the Billboard 200 in December 2019 and logged 10 weeks in the top 10. This marked just the second time that a soundtrack from a theatrically released film and its sequel both topped the Billboard 200; Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon had also both reached the summit, in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
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Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard, 42 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 2
Date entered top 10: Dec. 5, 1992
Weeks at No. 1: 20
Notes: The soundtrack won a Grammy for album of the year. Houston’s power-ballad treatment of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” won a Grammy for record of the year. This marked the first and so far only time that a soundtrack and a song from that soundtrack have walked off with the two highest-profile Grammy Awards. Two other songs from the film, “I Have Nothing” and “Run to You,” received Oscar nods for best original song.
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Dirty Dancing, 48 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 77
Date entered top 10: Oct. 10, 1987
Weeks at No. 1: 18
Notes: Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey starred in this coming-of-age tale. “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz won an Oscar for best original song. This soundtrack was such a big hit that a second album of songs from the film, More Dirty Dancing, was released. It logged 13 weeks in the top 10, peaking at No. 3.
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Mary Poppins, 48 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 140
Date entered top 10: Dec. 19, 1964
Weeks at No. 1: 14
Notes: The film received 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture for producer Walt Disney (his only nod for the top Oscar). It won five Oscars, including best actress for Julie Andrews, best song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and best original score. “Oh, this is lovely,” Andrews said in accepting her Oscar. “I know you Americans are famous for your hospitality but this is really ridiculous.” A soundtrack to a long-delayed sequel, Mary Poppins Returns, peaked at No. 34 in 2018.
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Doctor Zhivago, 71 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 139
Date entered top 10: June 4, 1966
Weeks at No. 1: 1
Notes: This film received 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture. It won five Oscars, including one for Maurice Jarre’s score. The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but lost to Frank Sinatra’s A Man and His Music. Its most famous song, “Somewhere, My Love” (also known as “Lara’s Theme”) was Grammy-nominated for song of the year.
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The Sound of Music, 109 weeks
Billboard 200 entry position: No. 109
Date entered top 10: May 1, 1965
Weeks at No. 1: 2
Notes: The film adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein received 10 Oscar nominations, including best actress for star Julie Andrews. (Mary Martin had originated the role of Maria on stage.) It won five Oscars, including best picture. The soundtrack received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but lost to Frank Sinatra’s September of My Years.
