Walt Disney Records Scores Big with Three Soundtracks in the Top 25 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart; Soundtracks Capture the Top 3 Positions on the Billboard Soundtrack Chart.BURBANK, Calif. -- Walt Disney Records Walt Disney Records is a record company and part of The Walt Disney Company. The label was established in 1956 under the name Disneyland Records; its first release was A Child's Garden of Verses. The company changed to its current name in 1989. enjoys a new label best with three soundtracks - High School Musical, Disney/Pixar Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest - ranking in the Top 25 on the Billboard Top 200 chart while simultaneously occupying the top three positions on the Billboard Soundtrack chart. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nielsen SoundScan, sales for the week ending July 22, 2006 put High School Musical at #8 (over 52,000 units) and Disney/Pixar Cars at #14 (almost 40,000 units) in the Top 200, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest debuting at #24 (over 30,000 units). On the Billboard Soundtrack chart, High School Musical, Disney/Pixar Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest secure the #1, #2 and #3 spots respectively. Walt Disney Records previously held the top 3 positions on the Billboard Soundtrack Chart during the week of November 22, 2003, when The Cheetah Girls, Brother Bear and The Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire is a Disney Channel Original Series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents. Movie topped the chart. The Walt Disney Records soundtrack to the blockbuster Disney Channel  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Original Movie High School Musical is 2006's #1 top-selling
album according to Nielsen SoundScan. The triple-platinum soundtrack
also is the #1 best-selling children's title since Nielsen
SoundScan debuted back in 1992 and boasts 6 gold singles.
The Disney/Pixar Cars Original Motion Picture Soundtrack debuted in June at #8, making it the first Pixar soundtrack to enter the Billboard Top 10 and to ship gold. The soundtrack features music by Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Brad Paisley, James Taylor and score by Oscar(R)-winning composer Randy Newman. The soundtrack to Walt Disney Pictures' record-breaking mega-hit, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, also debuted at #10 on the Digital Album chart. The CD features a new score by internationally-renowned composer Hans Zimmer. Walt Disney Records is part of The Buena Vista Music Group
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