High School Musical 2 (soundtrack) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

High School Musical 2 is the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name. It is the third best selling album of 2007, behind Josh Groban

Josh Groban

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's Noël
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and Daughtry's Daughtry

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in the U.S.

Debuting at number one on the Billboard 200

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chart, Amazon.com

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, and iTunes Store

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, the album sold 615,000 copies in its initial week of release. As of September 2007, this figure amounted to the fourth-biggest first week sales of the year. It is the first soundtrack of a television movie

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to debut at the Billboard summit. The album also shipped double platinum (2,000,000) copies in the U.S. in its first week of release. As of December 2007, the album has shipped 3 million copies in the U.S. and more than 6 million worldwide. And as of February 2011, the album has sold nearly 7 million copies worldwide.

The Wal-Mart

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Exclusive of the album was released on August 14, 2007, and contained the original soundtrack (albeit in a slightly different order) and an extra DVD, which seemingly contains most (if not all) episodes of "Road to High School Musical". The 2-disc Collector's edition version of the album released in Singapore on December 3, 2007.

Critical reception

Chart performance

The album was the number-one most downloaded album on iTunes

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and Amazon.com

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on its first day of release, and remained so a week later.

The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200

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with sales of 615,000 copies, the fourth best first-week sales of 2007 (trailing behind Linkin Park

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, 50 Cent

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, and Kanye West

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). The set also claims the biggest first-week sales for a television soundtrack. It remained at number-one in its second, third, and fourth weeks, selling 367,000 copies in its second, 210,000 copies in its third, and 165,000 copies in its fourth. The soundtrack is the first album in over two years to spend four consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200.

After spending four consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, the album dropped to number four, following the releases of 50 Cent

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Kanye West

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.

In its fifteenth week on the Billboard 200, during November 2007, High School Musical 2 returned to the top 10 with a 130% sales increase (183,000 copies), bringing it to #6 and making it 2007's best-selling album, ahead of Daughtry
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. Unfortunately, Daughtry held onto the spot, becoming 2007's biggest selling album

Track listing

Notes:

Olesya Rulin
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Olesya Rulin is a Russian-American actress and singer who is perhaps best known for co-starring in the first three films of the High School Musical franchise as Kelsi Nielsen. She also starred in the films Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous and Flying By .-Early life:Rulin was born Olesya...

is featured in the song "You Are the Music in Me", but her name isn't officially credited.
Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Stephen Grabeel is an American actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, director and producer. As a performer, he is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in Disney Channel Original Movie's High School Musical and its sequels High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year , and as...

recorded a song "You Got It
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"You Got It" is a single from American Actor/Singer, Lucas Grabeel. It was released on iTunes on August 19, 2007. It was set to be released as the free single of the week on the US iTunes Store, but the plans were cancelled and the song was released normally. Grabeel wrote the song during the...

" that is played in the movie. The song plays when Sharpay and Ryan pull up to the country club. The song is available to buy on iTunes
ITunes
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. However, it was never released physically. The song was first heard on Lucas Grabeel's MySpace page, but the song is a demo.
The song Gotta Go My Own Way sound similar to South Korean singer BoA
BoA
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's Everlasting
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On November 18, 2007, High School Musical 2 was awarded Best Soundtrack Album at the 35th Annual American Music Awards.

Brazilian version

2-disc Collector's edition

For a limited time, Wal-Mart

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retailer stores only released an exclusive two-disc collector's edition of High School Musical 2. It included the soundtrack and a bonus DVD. The collector's edition is now available in the Philippines on the same release date of the soundtrack of High School Musical 3: Senior Year after Universal Music Limited became the newest licensee of Walt Disney Records in the said country. It includes:
Bonus:

Featuring exclusive footage of the cast recording and rehearsal sessions (45 minutes).
High School Musical 2 Cast autographed mini-cards
Special foil package with special insert lyric booklet

High School Musical 2 Non-Stop Dance Party

Walt Disney Records released a remix album of all the High School Musical 2 tracks. It was released on December 26, 2007 in the U.S. and on December 24, 2007 in the UK and Southeast Asia. All songs are remixed by Jason Nevins

Jason Nevins

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. High School Musical 2: Non-Stop Dance Party reached number-one in the U.S. Top Electronic Albums

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chart in January 2008.

Box set

A box set called High School Musical: The Complete Collection, was released on November 20, 2007. It includes six discs. They include the High School Musical original soundtrack, High School Musical 2 original soundtrack, High School Musical Karaoke Vol. 1, High School Musical 2 Karaoke Vol. 2 and the High School Musical: The Concert CD/DVD.

High School Musical 2: Hindi Version

Times Music from India

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, launched a special Hindi

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2-disc Special Edition Soundtrack of the original High School Musical 2 soundtrack. It contains an extra special disc with three special inspired songs from the famous music director trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy. These include "All for One" ("Aaaja Nachle"), "Ud Chale" and "Chhoti Si". These songs were also remixed by DJ Suketu and arranged by Aks. The soundtrack was released (as two disk collection) on October 26, 2007 and the movie (dubbed in Hindi) was aired on Disney Channel India

Disney Channel India

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on December 7, 2007. Two music videos from the special disc aired on Disney Channel India. The two are Ud Chale and "All for One" ("Aaja Nachle"). The music video for Ud Chale has three friends and together they explore the night sky. In All for One, many people bring their emotions to dance.

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position	Certifications	Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1	3x Platinum	3,299,880+
Canadian Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... Top 100 Albums Chart	1		150,000+
UK Compilation Albums Chart*	1		300,000
German Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... Top 100 Albums Chart	5	Platinum	200,000+
Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... Albums Chart	4
Belgium IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... Albums Chart	48		-
European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	6	Platinum	1,000,000+
Greek Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... International Albums Chart	10		-
Italian Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... Compilations Chart	1		80,000+
French France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... Albums Chart	12		75,000+
Mexican Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... Top 100 Albums Chart	2		100,000+
New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... Albums Chart	3		30,000+
Norwegian Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... Top 40 Albums Chart	4		10,000+
Polish Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... Top 50 Albums Chart	2		35,000+
Swedish comprehensive chart Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	10		20,000
Swiss Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... Top 100 Albums Chart	6		30,000+
Argentine Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... Top 50 Albums Chart	1		80,000+

* In the UK, multi-artist compilations are not eligible to the Top 200 Artist Albums chart.

Year-end charts

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Country
! Chart
! Rank
|-
| 2007
| rowspan="2"| Germany
| rowspan="2"|IFPI
| #69
|-
| 2008
| #49

International versions

These are international versions of the songs of High School Musical 2.

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Original title
!align="left"|Language
!align="left"|Singer(s)
|-
|align="left"|"¿Qué Viene Aquí?"
|align="left" rowspan="4"|"What Time Is It?"
|align="left"|Latin Spanish
|align="left"|High School Musical: La selección cast
|-
|align="left"|"1+1=11"
|align="left"|Mandarin
|align="left"|GoGoClub (兄弟联)
|-
|aling="left"|"Que Tempo È Esse?"
|aling="left"|Portuguese (Brazil)
|aling="left"|High School Musical: A Seleção cast
|-
|align="left"|"Szerelemnyár"
|align="left"|Hungarian
|align="left"|Zentai Mark & Rozman Alexandra
|-
|align="left"|"Du Er Mit Livs Melodi"
|align="left" rowspan="16"|"You Are the Music in Me"
|align="left"|Danish
|align="left"|Rebekka & Simon Matthew
|-
|align="left"|"Ez A Mi Dalunk Már"
|align="left"|Hungarian
|align="left"|Zentai Mark & Rozman Alexandra
|-
|align="left"|"Du Er Musikken I Meg"
|align="left"|Norwegian
|align="left"|Julia Geitvik & Lars Berteig Andersen
|-
|align="left"|"Eres La Música En Mí"
|align="left"|Latin Spanish
|align="left"|Valeria Gastaldi

Valeria Gastaldi

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Vince Chong

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& Jaclyn Victor

Jaclyn Victor

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Nami Tamaki

is a Japanese pop singer. She has various commercial tie-ins with the anime and games industry, and has also performed in a stage musical and a movie. Her musical influences include American singers such as Britney Spears, Madonna, and Janet Jackson....

Keremcem

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I Don't Dance

"I Don't Dance" is a song performed by actor/singers Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu in the television movie High School Musical 2, released in 2007. It is one of seven songs from the soundtrack High School Musical 2 to reach the Billboard Hot 100...

"
|align="left"|Portuguese
|align="left"|Expensive Soul

Expensive Soul

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Mota

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Nikki Gil

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Nikki Yanofsky

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Lââm

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Show Luo

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