The songs that make up the music to Mary Poppins are some of the most beloved Disney movie songs ever, which is why film's soundtrack is among the highest-performing albums in Billboard history.
The legendary music at the heart of the 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning it a spot at No. 35 on the publication's list of the Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums.
The Mary Poppins soundtrack debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 140 in October 1964, working its way up to the Top 10 by the end of that year. It soared to the chart's summit in March 1965, where it tallied up a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks.
And Mary Poppins isn't the only film soundtrack featuring Andrews to make it into the Top 35 of the Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums, as The Sound of Music soundtrack is also included on the list.
The iconic Sound of Music soundtrack, which features Andrews on classic songs like "My Favorite Things" and "Do-Re-Mi," is considered one of the best albums to ever top the Billboard 200. It ranks at No. 2 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time list, behind only Adele's 21 album.
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A few other movie soundtracks also made the list, like 1965's Doctor Zhivago (No. 8), Frozen (No. 17), The Bodyguard (No. 23), Saturday Night Fever (No. 43).
As for Mary Poppins, the film was nominated for 13 Oscars and took home five wins, including Best Actress for Andrews, Best Original Score by the Sherman Brothers and Best Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Other enduring hits from the famous soundtrack include "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
More than 50 years after the original movie, the soundtrack for the long-awaited sequel, Marry PoppinsReturns, starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, reached No. 34 on the Billboard 200 in 2018.
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