Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists/John Travolta | ||||
Released | July 10, 2007 | |||
Recorded | September 2006–January 2007 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop, rock and roll, swing, soul, broadway, jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel | |||
Length | 66:05 | |||
Label | New Line | |||
Producer | Marc Shaiman, Lucian Piane, Paul Broucek, Jason Lynn | |||
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Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 New Line Cinema musical film Hairspray. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, itself adapted from John Waters's original 1988 film. It features performances from the film's cast, which includes John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, and Nikki Blonsky as the lead character of Tracy Turnblad.
The album has sold upwards of 1,200,000 copies in the USA, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.[1]