Barbie the Album

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Dua Lipa (left) released the soundtrack's first single "Dance the Night", while Nicki Minaj (middle) and Ice Spice (right) released the third single "Barbie World".
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Charli XCX (left), Billie Eilish (middle), and Ava Max (right) released the soundtrack's fourth to sixth singles, "Speed Drive", "What Was I Made For?", and "Choose Your Fighter", respectively.

On May 22, 2023, English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa announced that her single "Dance the Night" would be released at midnight on Friday May 26 BST. [19] The accompanying music video was also released that day and included a cameo by Gerwig. [20] Ronson shared a screenshot of a direct message he sent to Lipa on Instagram in 2022, asking her to co-write and perform a song on the soundtrack for a "huge 60-person dance number", which would later become "Dance the Night". [21] [22] "Dance the Night" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the US Billboard Hot 100. [23] [24]

The following week on June 2, Colombian singer Karol G released the soundtrack's first promotional single "Watati". [25] Rolling Stone reported that Karol G had visited Ronson's studio to watch scenes from the film on April 15, 2023, the same day she performed on Saturday Night Live . [11] The accompanying music video for the single was released on June 15. [26] "Watati" charted in Spain and various Latin American countries, peaking at number two in Panama and number four in Honduras. [27] The soundtrack's second single, "Angel" by English singer PinkPantheress, was released one week later on June 9, and serviced to Italian radio stations the same day. [28] [29] [30]

On June 10, Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj and American rapper Ice Spice announced that their single "Barbie World" would be released on June 23. [14] The soundtrack's third single, it is performed by the two rappers and remixes the 1997 song "Barbie Girl" by Danish band Aqua, who are also credited as performers. [31] The music video, which featured Barbie likenesses of Minaj and Ice Spice, was also released on June 23. [32] "Barbie World" debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. [33] [34]

English singer Charli XCX released "Speed Drive" on June 29, which was serviced to Italian radio on June 30 as the soundtrack's fourth single. [35] [36] [37] The song peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. [38] On July 6, South Korean girl group Fifty Fifty released the soundtrack's second promotional single, "Barbie Dreams" featuring American rapper Kaliii. [39]

American singer Billie Eilish was revealed to be the first surprise artist of the soundtrack on July 6. That day, she announced that her song "What Was I Made For?" and its accompanying music video would be released as the soundtrack's fifth single on July 13. [5] [6] Eilish teased the single in a July 12 tweet previewing the music video. [40] "What Was I Made For?" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the UK Singles Chart. [41] [42]

The second surprise artist of the soundtrack was revealed to be English singer Sam Smith on July 10. [43] Their song "Man I Am" was released alongside the album as its third promotional single on July 21, peaking at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart. [44]

On July 28, "Choose Your Fighter" by American singer Ava Max was serviced to Italian radio as the sixth single from the soundtrack, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 90. [45] [46]

Best Weekend Ever Edition

On the same day as the soundtrack's release, a cover of Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine" performed by Brandi Carlile and her wife Catherine Carlile and a cover of Matchbox Twenty's "Push" performed by Ryan Gosling were released as part of the deluxe edition of the soundtrack, titled Best Weekend Ever Edition. [47] [48]

Critical reception

Barbie the Album
Barbie the Album Soundtrack.jpg
Cover used for the digital version and the limited edition sky blue LP
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedJuly 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)
Studio
Genre
Length44:05
Label Atlantic
Producer
Alternative cover
Barbie the Album CD.png
Cover used for the CD and LP versions and the Best Weekend Ever Edition
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.1/10 [49]
Metacritic 69/100 [50]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [51]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [52]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [53]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [54]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [55]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [56]
Paste 7.5/10 [57]
Pitchfork 5.4/10 [58]
Rolling Stone UK Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [59]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [60]

Barbie the Album received a score of 69 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 13 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [50] Many critics cited the album's diversity of sound. Jim Pollock of AP News called it an "eclectic sprawl of a soundtrack that can be enjoyed from start to finish." He also noted, "The soundtrack works because the contributors understood the assignment. Collectively, they deliver a dreamhouse of songs that are each at least a little better than they have to be. The tracks succeed both as cinematic elements and as standalone songs. The result is a worthy, danceable bookend to the classic Saturday Night Fever soundtrack of a generation before." On the contrary, some critics felt that the album lacked coherence. Adam White of The Independent called the soundtrack "erratic" and noted that tracks like "Home" by Haim and "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish felt "slightly jarring when surrounded by hot-pink boppery, like a pair of Negative Nancys showing up to spoil your birthday party." [53]

Some critics have emphasized the album as a commercial operation and not an artistic one. Shaad D'Souza of The Guardian found in the project an "union of art and advertising" writing that it "makes it clear that there are charts to beat, goals to reach, and, of course, dolls to sell" believing that "someone like PC Music head and Beyoncé collaborator A. G. Cook might have been able to do for the album what Gerwig has supposedly done for her film, bringing self-referential, existentialist pathos to mainstream art". D'Souza also points out that it is a "pretty good promo for many of the pop A-listers signed to Warner Music Group (Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Charli XCX), as well as some of the C-listers (Gayle, Ava Max)." [52]

Negative reviews also felt that the album contained several weak links. Outside of "a few cute selections" like PinkPantheress's "Angel" and Dua Lipa's "Dance the Night" and "more clever than the rest of Barbie’s selections" Charli XCX's "Speed Drive", Cat Zhang of Pitchfork stated that "these throwaway products should largely be left on the shelf". [58] Tomás Mier of Rolling Stone stated that Khalid's "Silver Platter" and The Kid Laroi's "Forever & Again" "felt out of place on the record and [didn't] enhance the LP’s Kendom portion." [61] Madeline Roth of The Daily Beast wrote, "It's not as excellent or as fine-tuned as it could have been, thanks to a few busted interlopers, but there’s plenty to enjoy as the Summer of Barbie rages on." [62] Alex Rigotti of NME wrote, "The soundtrack has some wonderful highs and some miserable lows – but then again, it’s not all rosy in Barbie Land." [55]

Reviewing the film, Courtney Howard of The A.V. Club wrote, "Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt's pop soundscape bolsters the synthetic atmosphere in Barbie Land, but they thread the needle perfectly in the Real World, blending musical themes from Billie Eilish's ballad 'What Was I Made For?' to land the palpably moving moments." [63]

In September, Rolling Stone listed the soundtrack as one of the best albums of 2023 so far. [64]

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the Official Compilations Chart and had six songs enter the Top 40 on the Official Singles Chart. It also become the first soundtrack album to have three songs on the Top 5 of the Singles Charts simultaneously: "What Was I Made For?" (3), "Dance the Night" (4), and "Barbie World" (5). [65] In the United States, the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the issue dated August 5, 2023. The album opened with 126,000 album-equivalent units, of which 70,000 were streaming equivalent album, 53,000 were pure album sales, and 3,000 were track equivalent album. [66]

Accolades

Barbie the Album awards and nominations
AwardYear [lower-alpha 1] CategoryResultRef.
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2023 Best Soundtrack AlbumWon [67]
Billboard Music Awards 2023 Top Soundtrack Won [68]
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best SoundtrackWon [69]
Grammy Awards 2024 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Won [70]

Track listing

Barbie the Album track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Pink" (Lizzo)
2:23
2."Dance the Night" (Dua Lipa)
2:56
3."Barbie World" (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua)
RiotUSA1:49
4."Speed Drive" (Charli XCX)
Easyfun1:57
5."Watati" (Karol G featuring Aldo Ranks)
Ovy on the Drums2:46
6."Man I Am" (Sam Smith)
  • Frederic
  • Ronson
  • Sam Smith
  • Ronson
  • Ricky Reed
3:07
7."Journey to the Real World" (Tame Impala) Kevin Parker Parker1:27
8."I'm Just Ken" (Ryan Gosling)
  • Wyatt
  • Ronson
  • Wyatt
  • Ronson
3:42
9."Hey Blondie" (Dominic Fike)
  • Dominic Fike
  • Henry Kwapis
  • Ronson
  • Ryan Raymond Raines
Ronson2:21
10."Home" (Haim)
3:46
11."What Was I Made For?" (Billie Eilish)
3:42
12."Forever & Again" (The Kid Laroi)
  • Watt
  • Bell
2:19
13."Silver Platter" (Khalid)
  • Worrell
  • Kosiak
  • Kellner
2:45
14."Angel" (PinkPantheress)
  • BloodPop
  • Count Baldor
  • PinkPantheress
2:03
15."Butterflies" (Gayle)
Berin2:16
16."Choose Your Fighter [lower-alpha 2] " (Ava Max)
 Cirkut 2:17
17."Barbie Dreams [lower-alpha 3] " (Fifty Fifty featuring Kaliii)
 Space Primates 2:29
Total length:44:05
Best Weekend Ever Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Push" (Ryan Gosling)
3:23
19."Closer to Fine" (Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile) Emily Saliers Brandi Carlile5:52
Total length:53:31
Bonus Track Edition and Character Editions bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
20."Pink (Bad Day)" (Lizzo)
  • Wyatt
  • Frederic
  • Ronson
  • Jefferson
  • Wyatt
  • Ronson
  • Ricky Reed
1:04
Total length:54:35
VMP Designer Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Pink (Bad Day)" (Lizzo)
  • Wyatt
  • Frederic
  • Ronson
  • Jefferson
  • Wyatt
  • Ronson
  • Ricky Reed
1:04
Total length:45:09

Notes

Personnel

All credits are adapted from CD liner notes. [71]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Barbie the Album
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [114] Gold35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [115] Gold40,000‡
France (SNEP) [116] Gold50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [117] Platinum15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [118] Gold100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Barbie the Album
RegionDateFormat(s)Edition(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousJuly 21, 2023Standard Atlantic [119] [120]
CDKen: The Album [121]
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Best Weekend Ever Edition [122]
August 11, 2023CD
September 22, 2023LPLimited edition repress [lower-alpha 4] [123]
October 12, 2023CDBonus Track Edition [124] [125]
February 9, 2024LPKen: The Album [126]
March, 2024VMP Designer Edition [127]

Notes

    1. ↑ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
    2. ↑ "Choose Your Fighter" was omitted from the original pressing of the limited edition blue LP, but was added on the second pressing and is present on all other editions.
    3. ↑ "Barbie Dreams" appears on all digital versions of the album; the Ken: The Album edition; the listening party exclusive edition; the Best Weekend Ever Edition CD; the second pressing of the blue LP; the Bonus Track/Character Edition; and the VMP Designer Edition. It does not appear on other CD, vinyl, or cassette editions.
    4. ↑ The repress version of the limited edition sky blue LP feature "Choose Your Fighter" and "Barbie Dreams", which were not featured on the original pressing.

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