Original Soundtrack from Season 1 of Empire

Original Soundtrack from Season 1 of Empire

Sony Music Entertainment is pleased to announce the release of Original Soundtrack from Season 1 of Empire out Friday 8^th May, 2015. Entering into the Billboard 200 chart at #1 the Empire Soundtrack was the first television soundtrack to debut on top of the chart in five years; the last to do so was in 2010, when three different Glee albums debuted at #1. EMPIRE has also reached an astonishing milestone with over 1 million digital US single sales to date.

The release is the first in a series of soundtracks that will feature original music from the critically acclaimed television drama EMPIRE, and showcases cast members Jussie Smollett (Jamal Lyon) and Bryshere Gray a.k.a. Yazz (Hakeem Lyon), alongside Terrence Howard (Lucious Lyon) and guest stars Courtney Love, Juicy J, Jennifer Hudson, Estelle, Mary J. Blige and Rita Ora. The Original Soundtrack from Season 1 of Empire includes the emotional ballad -Good Enough', up-tempo track -No Apologies', the beautiful duet -Conqueror' and soul-stirring song -What Is Love'.

Since its premiere earlier this year, EMPIRE's meteoric debut season has broken records in the U.S and critics cannot stop raving about it as ratings grow week over week making it the #1 new series with adults 18-49 and the #1 broadcast drama overall in the US. In the season finale, Jamal and Lucious are on their way to forming a music-centered relationship, but once again, Lucious has a secret that's about to change everything. Hakeem decides to flirt with the enemy, while trying to figure out what the best move is for his career. Meanwhile, Cookie is cooking up a plan of her own in the all-new, special two-hour Die -But Once/Who I AM' Season Finale episode of EMPIRE airing soon on Eleven In Australia.

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About Twentieth Century Fox Television

A 21st Century Fox company, Twentieth Century Fox Television is one of the industry's most prolific suppliers of primetime television programming and entertainment content, including this season's smash sensation Empire from Lee Daniels, Danny Strong and Brian Grazer, the five-time Emmy Award winning blockbuster comedy Modern Family, the pop culture phenomenon anthology series American Horror Story, and the longest running primetime scripted series in the history of television, The Simpsons. The studio's cable production division, Fox 21, is responsible for the Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Homeland, the critically acclaimed Sons of Anarchy (with FX Productions) and Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk's upcoming anthology series American Crime Story. Eagerly anticipated new series include Last Man on Earth starring Will Forte and Scream Queens from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto. Twentieth Century Fox Television is a division of Fox Television Group, led  by Chairmen and CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden.

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