--- description: The film’s official soundtrack came in at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 title: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Marks Biggest Soundtrack Debut Since 2009 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47ae268447eef900/6987781d428a9e8a61cc662d/b4xz7ppiqaag56c.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyoncé and Sia Help Make _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Biggest Soundtrack Debut Since 2009 by [Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 18, 2015 10:00 PM CUT  Fifty Shades of Grey Fifty Shades of GreyUniversal Pictures by [Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 18, 2015 10:00 PM CUT Considering that Christian Grey claims to exercise control in all things, it’s safe to say he’d be more than happy with _Fifty Shades of Grey_’s release. After [controlling the box office](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/16/box-office-report-fifty-shades-grey "undefined") in its opening week, the film’s soundtrack has now gone on to make a statement of its own. According to [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6473126/billboard-200-drake-surprise-album-debuts-at-no-1-fifty-shades "undefined"), the film’s official soundtrack came in at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200, selling 258,000 units. And with 210,000 of those units being traditional album sales, it marks the largest sales debut for a soundtrack since 2009’s _Michael Jackson’s This Is It_, which sold 373,000. However, unlike _This Is It_, _Fifty Shades of Grey_ has a multi-artist soundtrack. Taking that into considering, the last multi-artist compilation to debut bigger than _Fifty Shades_ was 2005’s _Get Rich or Die Tryin’_, which sold 317,000 in its first week. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/18/fifty-shades-grey-lands-biggest-soundtrack-debut-2009?asdf&hootPostID=95f2aec3fa564a1b31f012d3a9b94b96 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3714230/fifty-shades-biggest-soundtrack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3714230/fifty-shades-biggest-soundtrack/"},"headline":"Beyoncé and Sia Help Make Fifty Shades of Grey Biggest Soundtrack Debut Since 2009","datePublished":"2015-02-18T22:00:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:31:56.531Z","description":"The film’s official soundtrack came in at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200","url":"https://time.com/3714230/fifty-shades-biggest-soundtrack/","keywords":["movies","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47ae268447eef900/6987781d428a9e8a61cc662d/b4xz7ppiqaag56c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Highfill / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47ae268447eef900/6987781d428a9e8a61cc662d/b4xz7ppiqaag56c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"B4XZ7ppIQAAG56C","caption":"Fifty Shades of Grey","creditText":"Universal Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3714230/fifty-shades-biggest-soundtrack/","name":"Beyoncé and Sia Help Make Fifty Shades of Grey Biggest Soundtrack Debut Since 2009"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Vanessa Bayer’s Fifty Shades of Grey Elevator Scene","description":"Vanessa Bayer’s Fifty Shades of Grey Elevator Scene","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1iFgMOoc/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T13:19:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1iFgMOoc.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3714230/fifty-shades-biggest-soundtrack/","duration":"PT1M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3714230/fifty-shades-biggest-soundtrack/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```