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Its two singles, the Goo Goo Dolls' ' Iris' and Alanis Morissette's ' Uninvited', were released to U.S. It has been certified Platinum in Japan and multi-Platinum in Australia. Įlsewhere, the soundtrack also performed well, reaching number one in Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland. Additionally, it peaked at number three on the Canadian charts and has sold over 700,000 copies in the country. To date the soundtrack has sold 5.5 million units in the United States and has been certified five times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. City of Angels finished the year as the seventh highest-selling album of 1998. The following week it entered the top ten at number seven and eventually reached the runner-up position for three weeks until it topped the charts in early June, selling 165,000 copies. The City of Angels soundtrack debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart on the issue dated 18 April 1998. has been a successful tactic for creating a buzz around the album while highlighting the musical artist'. Robert Scally wrote of 'Uninvited', 'Placing exclusives on soundtracks. He said of the Goo Goo Dolls that the soundtrack 'helped to re-establish them. That's the case with both Morissette and the Goo Goo Dolls and it's not a mere coincidence.' Bob Bell, a new release buyer for the Wherehouse Entertainment chain of stores in Torrance, California, said the marketing of the album was 'amazing' and attributed its early strong sales to 'Uninvited'. Record executives and managers love big hits from soundtracks, especially when they dovetail into a new release by one of their artists. Yahoo! Music's Craig Rosen, who called the album 'a stroke of marketing genius', speculated that executive producer Rob Cavallo, who was head of Morissette and the Goo Goo Dolls' management firm, 'was instrumental in making sure the soundtrack provided a nice set-up for the forthcoming Morissette and Goo Goo Dolls albums.

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