Barbie movie soundtrack breaks UK singles chart file

The soundtrack for the brand new Barbie film has taken over the UK singles charts by breaking earlier data, the Official Charts Company has stated.

Barbie: The Album, which accompanies the Greta Gerwig-directed comedy has change into the primary movie soundtrack to land three prime 5 songs on the similar time.

American singer Billie Eilish’s contemplative What Was I Made For? has reached quantity three this week, whereas Dua Lipa’s Dance The Night is now at quantity 4 and in fifth place is the remodeling of Aqua’s Barbie World by rappers Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice.

The film concerning the Mattel doll, which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was some of the highly-anticipated movies of the yr, hit UK cinemas final week and has taken field workplaces by storm.

The Barbie album, which encompasses a star-studded line-up, additionally has Charli XCX’s energetic Speed Drive, whereas Gosling’s dramatic ballad which brings some Kenergy, titled I’m Just Ken and Lizzo’s bouncy bop Pink characteristic within the prime 40.

Vue International has stated it had the greatest weekend for UK cinema ticket gross sales in 4 years following the discharge of Barbie and Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s biographical thriller on physicist J Robert Oppenheimer.

The firm stated greater than 2,000 of Vue’s screenings for Barbie have been offered out.

But the movie’s success shouldn’t be restricted to the UK, because the film made a record-breaking debut in cinemas final weekend, with $162m in ticket gross sales within the United States and Canada.

Speaking on the European premiere in London, Robbie, who performs the beloved title character, instructed Sky News why Barbie’s on-screen world is so particular.

“To really do something unexpected and fun and clever and silly on such a big scale, it feels like a very unique opportunity,” she stated.

“Barbieland feels like a female utopia. But you do, by the end of the film, see the flaw in that – I mean, a hierarchy in anyone’s power is not necessarily the best thing. But it is fun, it’s very pretty.”

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Meanwhile, her co-star Gosling, who performs Barbie’s arm sweet, stated he was impressed by his personal kids to do the movie.

He instructed Sky News: “All things Barbie landed in my house at the same time – Barbie the doll and also the film.

“It was simply form of like a Barbie avalanche, I needed to reckon with it.”