MAMMA MIA! - The Movie Soundtrack and Original Cast Recording Rule the Charts!

NEW YORK, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In an astounding week of sales across
the board, both MAMMA MIA! The Movie Soundtrack and the MAMMA MIA! Original
Cast Album are runaway smashes, ruling the Billboard, iTunes and Amazon
charts.
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The Movie Soundtrack has garnered the #3 chart position on Billboard's Top
200, achieved #1 status overall on the iTunes Music Store, and #1 on the
Billboard Soundtrack chart, all in its third week of release.
Additionally, the Soundtrack's debut marked the highest charting week ever
in history for an ABBA recording. Eight years after its release, The Original
Cast Recording also currently holds the #1 position on Billboard's Broadway
Chart. The beloved musical has been seen by more than 30 million people in
170 cities and eight languages around the world.
Chris Roberts, President, Classics and Jazz International/Chairman, Decca
Label Group, commented, "The success of the MAMMA MIA! Soundtrack and Cast
Recording further solidify the power of the franchise, with its ever-growing
popularity. The music continues to resonate with audiences of all ages, and
these recordings have taken on a life of their own. We are proud and excited
to be part of this continued phenomenon."
Mixed, mastered and produced by ABBA's musical geniuses Benny Andersson
and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the soundtrack is the ultimate souvenir from the hit film.
Andersson and Ulvaeus reunited in Stockholm with the musicians who played on
the original ABBA songs to record the disc in February 2007. It was the first
time the musicians had played the songs together since ABBA toured more than
25 years ago. Along with producing the recording, Andersson also played
keyboards. He commented, "We didn't have to think about it -- it was in the
fingers."
Both MAMMA MIA! The Movie Soundtrack and Original Cast Album are available
now on Decca and Decca Broadway respectively.
www.mammamiamovie.com / www.deccarecords-us.com
SOURCE Decca Label Group

Olga Makrias, Decca Label Group, +1-212-333-1485, olga.makrias@umusic.com, or
Jodie Thomas, Decca Label Group, +1-212-333-8311, Jodie.thomas@umusic.com