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〕 | rev2 = ''Detroit Free Press'' | rev2Score = | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = B+ |noprose=yes }} ''High School Musical 2'' is the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name. It was the best-selling album of 2007 worldwide, in addition to being the third best-selling in the U.S. Debuting at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, Amazon.com, and iTunes Store, 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.〔Katie Hasty, ("'High School Musical 2' Blasts In At No.1" ), Billboard.com. August 22, 2007.〕 It is the first soundtrack of a television movie to debut at the ''Billboard'' summit.〔(''Business Wire'' report on the ''High School Musical'' phenomenon )〕 The album also shipped double platinum (2,000,000) copies in the U.S. in its first week of release.〔("Disney's High School Musical 2 Soundtrack Debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, a First for a TV Movie Soundtrack" ), Walt Disney Records press release. August 22, 2007.〕 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 album won Favorite Soundtrack Album at The American Music Awards of 2007. The Wal-Mart 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. ==Chart performance== The album was the number-one most downloaded album on iTunes and Amazon.com on its first day of release, and remained so a week later.〔(iTunes Music Store )〕〔(Amazon.com Best Sellers )〕 The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 with sales of 615,000 copies, the fourth best first-week sales of 2007 (trailing behind Linkin Park's ''Minutes to Midnight'', 50 Cent's ''Curtis'', and Kanye West's ''Graduation'').〔 The set also claims the biggest first-week sales for a television soundtrack.〔David Jenison, ("Charts: High School Rules!" ). August 22, 2007.〕 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.〔Katie Hasty, ("'High School Musical 2' Hangs On Atop Billboard 200" ), Billboard.com. August 29, 2007.〕〔Jonathan Cohen, ("'High School Musical 2' Starts Third Week At No. 1" ), Billboard.com. September 5, 2007.〕〔Katie Hasty, ("'High School Musical 2' Still Tops On Billboard 200" ), Billboard.com. September 12, 2007.〕 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 Kanye West's ''Graduation'', 50 Cent's ''Curtis'', and Kenny Chesney's ''Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates'', respectively.〔Katie Hasty, ("Album Sales Down 9% Despite Huge Kanye, 50 Tallies" ), Billboard.com. September 19, 2007.〕 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''.〔Katie Hasty, ("'Oprah' Visit Helps Groban Soar To No. 1" ), Billboard.com. November 28, 2007.〕 However, Daughtry held onto the spot, becoming 2007's biggest selling album 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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