Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture
Standard artwork
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	August 4, 1987 (1987-08-04) [1]
Recorded	1986–1987
Genre	Pop rock R&B soft rock
Length	39:25
Label	RCA
Dirty Dancing chronology
Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture (1987) More Dirty Dancing (1988)

Weekly charts Chart (1987–1988) Peak position Australian Albums (Australian Music Report) [9] [10] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 1 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [12] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 1 European Albums ( Music & Media ) [14] 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 34 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [17] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [18] 6 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [19] 48 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [20] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 1 UK Albums (OCC) [23] 4 US Billboard 200 [24] 1 Chart (2002) Peak position UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [25] 2 Chart (2011) Peak position French Albums (SNEP) [26] 102 Chart (2016) Peak position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [27] 5 Chart (2019–2025) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [28] 123 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [29] 98 Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [30] 28 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [31] 44

Year-end chart Chart (1988) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [32] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [33] 1 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) [34] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [35] 10 European Albums (Music & Media) [36] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [37] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [38] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [39] 1 UK Albums (OCC) [40] 14 US Billboard 200 [41] 2 Chart (2016) Position US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [42] 11

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [43]	11× Platinum	790,000 [44]
Austria	—	100,000 [45]
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [46]	Gold	100,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [47]	Diamond	1,000,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [48]	3× Platinum	60,000‡
France (SNEP) [49]	Diamond	1,200,000 [50]
Germany (BVMI) [51]	13× Gold	3,250,000‡
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [52]	Gold	10,000*
Italy (FIMI) [53]	Gold	100,000 [53]
Italy (FIMI) [54] sales since 2009	Gold	25,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [55]	Platinum	100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [56]	Platinum	15,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [57]	Gold	50,000*
South Africa (RISA) [58]	3× Platinum	150,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [59]	4× Platinum	400,000^
Sweden (GLF) [60]	Platinum	100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [61]	5× Platinum	250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [62]	10× Platinum	3,150,000 [63]
United States (RIAA) [4]	14× Platinum	14,000,000‡
Summaries
Worldwide	—	32,000,000 [5]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums in Australia
• List of best-selling albums in France
• List of best-selling albums in Germany
• List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
• List of best-selling albums in the United States
• List of diamond-certified albums in Canada

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