The soundtrack was king in 2006!

Here's a fun statistic for movie-music-lovers like us: Although overall album sales were down 5% in 2006, the second fastest growing music category (behind "Classical") was Soundtracks. In fact, the number one best selling CD last year was a soundtrack. Can you guess which one? Come on, getcha head in the game, you know this! ;-)

Yeah, so High School Musical totally won out with a triple-platinum+ certification, but another soundtrack (Hannah Montana) slid into 8th place with just under 2 million sold. Now, you may say "those aren't soundtracks!" and I'd agree that they aren't the movie music I've come to love and appreciate. But they still fall under the "soundtrack" category alongside Hans Zimmer and John Powell offerings. Elite company!

Here are the complete top ten best-selling albums of 2006:

Rank Title/Artist Units Sold

10 Soundtrack / High School Musical 3,719,071

2 Me and My Gang / Rascal Flatts 3,479,994

3 Some Hearts / Carrie Underwood 3,015,950

4 All the Right Reasons/ Nickelback 2,688,166

5 Futuresex/Love … / Justin Timberlake 2,377,127

6 Back to Bedlam / James Blunt 2,137,142

7 B’day / Beyonce 2,010,311

8 Soundtrack/ Hannah Montana 1,987,681

9 Taking the Long Way/ Dixie Chicks 1,856,284

10. Extreme Behavior/ Hinder 1,817,350

Yeah, I bought...all of none of those CDs.....