Pretty Woman (soundtrack)

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Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedMarch 13, 1990
Recorded1988–1989
Genre
Length43:36
LabelEMI
ProducerVarious
Singles from Pretty Woman
  1. "Wild Women Do"
    Released: February 1990
  2. "It Must Have Been Love"
    Released: March 1990
  3. "King of Wishful Thinking"
    Released: May 1990

Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1990 film Pretty Woman, released on March 13, 1990, by EMI.[1][2] The album contains the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison, which inspired its title, "Wild Women Do" by Natalie Cole and Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love", which was originally released in December 1987 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1990,

The soundtrack has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3]

The album does not contain any tracks from the original score composed by James Newton Howard.

Track listing

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a remixer
  • ^[c] signifies a co-producer

Charts

Weekly charts

1990–1991 weekly chart performance for Pretty Woman
Chart (1990–1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6] 2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 13
European Albums (Music & Media)[9] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 13
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 39
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 1
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[13] 2
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[14] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[17] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 2
UK Compilation Albums (Gallup)[20] 2
US Billboard 200[21] 4
2005 weekly chart performance for Pretty Woman
Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[22] 3

Year-end charts

1990 year-end chart performance for Pretty Woman
Chart (1990) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 6
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[25] 7
European Albums (Music & Media)[26] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 15
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 11
US Billboard 200[30] 18
1991 year-end chart performance for Pretty Woman
Chart (1991) Position
US Billboard 200[31] 56

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Pretty Woman
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[32] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[33] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[34] 5× Platinum 500,000^
France (SNEP)[35] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[36] Platinum 500,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[37]
Special edition 		Gold 7,500^
Japan (RIAJ)[38] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[39] Gold 7,500^
Spain (Promusicae)[40] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Sweden (GLF)[41] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[42] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[3] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 7,000,000[44]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  6. "Top RPM Albums: Image 1279". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  7. "Top 3 Albums in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 44. November 3, 1990. p. VII. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack – Pretty Woman" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  9. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 35. September 1, 1990. p. VIII. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  10. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  11. "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2022. Select "B.O.F." from the drop-down menu and click "OK".
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – Pretty Woman" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  13. "Ísland (LP-plötur)". DV (in Icelandic). June 8, 1990. p. 33. ISSN 1021-8254 – via Timarit.is.
  14. "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved July 4, 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Pretty Woman" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
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  25. "Top 100 Albums of 1990". RPM. Vol. 53, no. 6. December 22, 1990. p. 12. ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  26. "European Top 100 Albums – 1990" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 51. 22 December 1990. p. 38. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  27. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1990" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
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  29. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved April 8, 2022.
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  32. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 310.
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  36. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Diverse; 'Pretty Woman')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  37. "The Irish Charts - 2006 Certification Awards - Gold". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  38. "Japanese album certifications – オリジナルサウンドトラック – プリティ・ウーマン" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved April 1, 2021. Select 1991年7月 on the drop-down menu
  39. "New Zealand album certifications – Various – Pretty Woman OST". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  40. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 931. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  41. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. October 15, 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
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