Mötley Crüe’s "The Dirt Soundtrack" And Catalog Generate Outstanding Success

The Dirt Film has generated a significant increase in total consumption, not only for The Dirt Soundtrack but for Mötley Crüe’s entire catalog much like Bohemian Rhapsody has done for Queen.

Mötley Crüe released The Dirt Soundtrack on March 22nd and it's currently at #10 on Billboard’s Top 200. A first in over a decade. The Greatest Hits album also returned to the Top 200 and the soundtrack landed at #3 on Billboard’s Top Album and Digital Albums chart. It’s also at #1 on Current Hard Music Albums and Rock Albums charts and, #1 on the Soundtrack Albums chart. Upon its release, the soundtrack immediately went to #1 on the iTunes All Genres chart, ahead of the Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born Soundtracks. The cascade of success continues with 22 chart-topping singles and 7 albums on the iTunes 200 charts across the globe.

Mötley Crüe’s, The Dirt Soundtrack continues to remain at #1, on Top 10 charts worldwide, including: #1 on Canada’s Billboard Hard Rock Chart, #1 on the Official UK Rock Chart, #6 on Offizielle Deutsche Chart Germany and #10 on the ARIA chart in Australia.

The soundtrack continues to generate monumental success worldwide with huge daily streams and downloads for the band. The band currently has streaming increases of 626% on Spotify, 1,000% stream increases on Apple Music, and Apple iTunes downloads are up 2,000%. Amazon has triple digit streaminggrowth and Deezer streams are up 670%. In addition, Mötley Crüe currently has 8 tracks on the Spotify Viral 50 chart in 15 countries and, The Mötley Essentialsplaylist is now charting higher than Ariana Grande Essentials on Apple Music.

“Our strategy was to use both the film and music algorithmic echo chamber to have a virtuous circle, each propelling the other to greater heights. The new song is “The Dirt (Est. 1981) (feat Machine Gun Kelly),” the film is titled The Dirt, The Book is The Dirt. Audiences have voted on the music streaming platforms and on social media, critics are a thing of the past as Bohemian Rhapsody has shown” said Allen Kovac, CEO of Eleven Seven Label Group, Founder of 10th Street Entertainment and Mötley Crüe’s manager who also served as a co-producer on the film.

Additionally, after nearly two decades since its release in 2001, Mötley Crüe’s, New York Times bestselling autobiography, The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band written by Neil Strauss and published by HarperCollins returns as a New York Times Best Seller for the week ending April 14. It landed at #6 in Nonfiction Print Paperback Best Seller and #8 in Nonfiction Combined Print and E-Book Best Sellers list.

The 18-song soundtrack, a companion album to the band’s biopic, The Dirt, is an unflinching featuring a collection of Mötley Crüe classics mastered by GRAMMY winner Dave Donnelly, underscore the significant events that shape the film. Exclusively for the film and soundtrack, Mötley Crüe recorded four new songs with iconic Producer Bob Rock, featuring the single, “The Dirt (Est. 1981) (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)”. Additional tracks include, “Ride With The Devil,” “Crash And Burn” and the band’s own spin on Madonna’s, “Like A Virgin.” Most recently, “Home Sweet Home” from the soundtrack and catalog was featured in a trailer for Stranger Things 3.

The Dirt Soundtrack Tracklist:

1. The Dirt (Est. 1981) (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

2. Red Hot

3. On With The Show

4. Live Wire

5. Merry-Go-Round

6. Take Me To The ToP

7. Piece Of Your Action

8. Shout At The Devil

9. Looks That Kill

10. Too Young To Fall In Love

11. Home Sweet Home

12. Girls, Girls, Girls

13. Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)

14. Kickstart My Heart

15. Dr. Feelgood

16. Ride With The Devil

17. Crash And Burn

18. Like A Virgin