''Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the
soundtrack album
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to the 2016
DreamWorks Animation
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film
''Trolls'', released on September 23, 2016 by
RCA Records
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. The soundtrack is produced primarily by singer
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and ac ...
,
Max Martin, and
Shellback. It features work from Timberlake himself, along with
Anna Kendrick
Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Satellite Award, five Teen Choice Awards, three MTV Movie Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award a ...
,
Ron Funches,
Zooey Deschanel and
Gwen Stefani
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, who all voice characters in the film, as well as
Earth, Wind & Fire and
Ariana Grande
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. The album was certified
Platinum
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Platinu ...
in Australia and
Double Platinum in the United States. The song "
Can't Stop the Feeling!" was nominated for an
Academy Award
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and won a
Grammy Award
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.
Background
After being announced as the voice to the lead character in the musical comedy ''
Trolls
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'' opposite
Anna Kendrick
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, ''
Billboard
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'' reported that
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and ac ...
also signed on to write and perform original music for the film. Timberlake said in an interview:
By the time Timberlake joined the project, there was still some original music needed to be written for the film. Timberlake planned to cover the
disco genre among the variety of pop songs present in the film.
For the soundtrack album,
Earth, Wind & Fire re-recorded "
September" with Timberlake and Kendrick.
Commercial performance
The soundtrack peaked at number one on the
ARIA Charts
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,
three on the US
''Billboard'' 200 album chart, four on the
New Zealand Albums Chart
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,
and four on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
It received Platinum certifications by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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and the
Australian Recording Industry Association
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,
and a Gold certification by the
British Phonographic Industry
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.
In the United States, it has sold 573,000 copies by April 2017,
and was the year's tenth highest selling album in the country with 522,000 sold throughout 2017.
The lead single, "
Can't Stop the Feeling!" performed by Justin Timberlake, was released on May 6, 2016, and reached number one on the official charts of 17 countries, including the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
In 2017, ''Trolls'' was ranked as the 11th most popular album of the year on the ''Billboard'' 200.
Two years after the soundtrack was released, it was ranked as the 80th most popular album of 2018 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
Accolades
''Trolls'' was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the
2016 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association. For his work on the soundtrack, Justin Timberlake was nominated for Outstanding Music Supervision – Film, along with Best Soundtrack From a Movie, at the 2016
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
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. At the ceremony, "Can't Stop the Feeling!" won Best Song Written for an Animated Film. The album was nominated at the
2017 Billboard Music Awards
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for
Top Soundtrack/Cast Album and at the
American Music Awards for Top Soundtrack.
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" won the
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
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Recipients
* Each year is linked ...
, and was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Original Song
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.
Timberlake received the Hollywood Song Award for "Can't Stop the Feeling!" at the 2016
Hollywood Film Awards
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. It was also nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song,
Critics' Choice Award for Best Song,
and
Satellite Award for Best Original Song
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.
Track listing
Score
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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