Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

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Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture
Drtydancingsoundtrack.jpg
Standard artwork
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedAugust 4, 1987 (1987-08-04) [1]
Recorded1986–1987
Genre
Length39:25
Label RCA
Dirty Dancing chronology
Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture
(1987)		 More Dirty Dancing
(1988)

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [41] 11× Platinum790,000 [42]
Austria—100,000 [43]
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [44] Gold100,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [45] Diamond1,000,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [46] 3× Platinum60,000‡
France (SNEP) [47] Diamond1,200,000 [48]
Germany (BVMI) [49] 13× Gold3,250,000‡
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [50] Gold10,000*
Italy (FIMI) [51] Gold100,000 [51]
Italy (FIMI) [52]
sales since 2009 		Gold25,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [53] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [54] Platinum15,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [55] Gold50,000*
South Africa (RISA) [56] 3× Platinum150,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [57] 4× Platinum400,000^
Sweden (GLF) [58] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [59] 5× Platinum250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [60] 10× Platinum3,150,000 [61]
United States (RIAA) [4] 14× Platinum14,000,000‡
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.

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