| Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | 16 April 2001 | |||
| Length | 59:54 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Nick Angel | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. It was released on 16 April 2001 by Mercury Records.[1]
The film's soundtrack was composed by Patrick Doyle. It also features two hit songs that were released as singles, "Out of Reach" by Gabrielle and "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single on the UK Singles Chart and her most successful solo single to date.
Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics and experienced international success. In the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single in the UK, selling 155,000 units in its first week. Overall the single went on to sell 440,000 copies in Britain alone,[2] becoming the 13th best seller of 2001.[3] In France, it was certified Diamond by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).[4]
Following the success of the first soundtrack, a second soundtrack was released, titled Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs.
- ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting April 16, 2001: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 14 April 2001. p. 28. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Justin Myers (16 May 2014). "Official Charts Flashback 1999: Geri Halliwell – Look At Me". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "It's Raining Men". Foreverspice.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Certifications Singles Diamond - année 2002". Disque en France. Archived from the original on 12 December 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.