''Beauty and the Beast'' is the

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to the 2017 film ''

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''. The album, largely based on material from Disney's 1991 animated version, features songs and instrumental score composed by

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with lyrics by

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and three new songs composed by Menken with lyrics by

Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ...

. The soundtrack album was released by

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on March 10, 2017. The songs feature vocals from the film's ensemble cast including

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, Nathan Mack,

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, and

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Track listing

*Deluxe editions on

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open with tracks 17-19 on disc one, maintaining the same running order after that.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 units, 48,000 of which are traditional album sales. It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of July 2017.

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

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