'Fifty Shades of Grey' official Motion Picture soundtrack certified gold in US

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ANI New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 17 2015 | 4:28 PM IST

The chart-topping and critically acclaimed Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Republic Records] has officially earned a Gold certification by the RIAA for physical and digital sales in excess of 500,000.

The album is also seeing incredible global success, reaching Platinum status in France, Poland, Russia and Greece and Gold in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Brazil, Ireland, Austria, Turkey and Taiwan.

In addition, the soundtrack has reached no. 1 on iTunes in sold over 90 countries and has amassed 2.5 million album equivalent sales worldwide in just 7 weeks. The companion album to the Universal Pictures and Focus Features blockbuster, which has brought in nearly 600 million dollars at the global box office since its mid-February release, has solidified itself as the hottest soundtrack of 2015.

In addition to the Gold certification in the US, two tracks from the soundtrack The Weeknd's 'Earned It' and Ellie Goulding's 'Love Me Like You Do' have reached platinum certification. "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" also reached no.1 on Spotify this past week. Just prior, it became the "no.1 Most Shazamed Song in the World," being Shazamed over 2.3 million times and occupying the Top 5 on the music discovery app for five weeks straight.

Standard Edition Track listing:

1 "I Put A Spell On You (Fifty Shades of Grey)" - Annie Lennox

2. "Undiscovered" - Laura Welsh

3. "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)" - The Weeknd

4. "Meet Me In The Middle" - Jessie Ware

5. "Love Me Like You Do" - Ellie Goulding

6. "Haunted (Michael Diamond Remix)" - Beyonce

7. "Salted Wound" - Sia

8. "Beast Of Burden" - The Rolling Stones

9. "I'm On Fire" - AWOLNATION

10. "Crazy In Love (2014 Remix)" - Beyonce

11. "Witchcraft" - Frank Sinatra

12. "One Last Night" - Vaults

13. "Where You Belong" - The Weeknd

14. "I Know You" - Skylar Grey

15. "Ana And Christian" - Danny Elfman

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First Published: Apr 17 2015 | 4:18 PM IST

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