Lady Gaga’s 'A Star Is Born’ Soundtrack Set for Chart-Topping First-Week Sales The album is expected to debut with more than 200,000 br copies sold. This would give the soundtrack br the biggest week in pure album br sales for a movie musical br soundtrack since Frozen in 2014. If the album does surpass 200,000, it would also have the best opening for any 2018 soundtrack. Black Panther: The Album br currently holds that title. Aside from the single “Shallow,” the ‘A Star is Born’ soundtrack was not released until the day of the movie’s release. The expected chart-topping sales should place the album in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart. The official sales count will not be announced until Sunday.