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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Climbs into Top 15 of Billboard Top 200 Album Chart.


Film Box Office Gross is Over $250 Million Worldwide to Date

NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- The original motion picture soundtrack ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS continues to buck the post-holiday sales slump by selling over 250,000 units to date. This week the soundtrack climbs to #13 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, #2 on the Billboard Soundtrack chart, and #5 on the Billboard Digital Sales chart. The album has sustained unparalleled digital sales and remains in the top 10 on the iTunes Top Album chart (climbing as high as #2 earlier this week)! Cumulative sales for individual tracks from the soundtrack are fast approaching 1 million. Celebrating their sixth decade on the charts, the Chipmunks are also the only artist with four songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, with more songs charting than Kanye West, Rihanna and Alicia Keys.

In the fourth week of release, the 20th Century Fox live action/CGI motion picture Alvin and the Chipmunks is still one of the Top 4 movies in the country with over $250 million box office gross worldwide. Both soundtrack sales and box office projections remain strong for the coming week. Alvin and the Chipmunks is now the highest grossing talking animal The talking animal or speaking animal term, in general, refers to any form of animal which can speak human languages. This can by itself be interpreted in several manners, as listed in the below sections.  or live action cartoon adaptation on record, grossing more than movies like Stuart Little and Scooby-Doo.

The original motion picture soundtrack showcases the Chipmunks' signature sound and modern takes on rock, pop, reggae and hip hop hip-hop   or hip hop
n.
1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents.

2. Rap music.

adj.
, produced by Ali Dee (Mya, Shakira). Included among the songs are renditions of classics such as "Funkytown," "Witch Doctor witch doctor: see medicine man; shaman. ," and "The Chipmunk chipmunk, rodent of the family Sciuridae (squirrel family). The chipmunk of the E United States and SE Canada is of the genus Tamias. The body of the common Eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is about 5 to 6 in.  Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)". Stand out new songs include "Get Munk'd," "Coast to Coast," "Follow Me Now," as well as a cover of the Top 40 hit "Bad Day."

A global phenomenon to generations of fans, Alvin and the Chipmunks have sold more than 43 million albums worldwide and won three Grammy awards Grammy Awards

Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958.
. The Chipmunks have engaged audiences for decades with animated television shows, feature films, album releases and video games See video game console. . In 2008, Alvin and the Chipmunks will celebrate their 50th Anniversary.
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