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{{Short description|Indian actor and film director (1967–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| caption = Marimuthu in 2017
| name = G. Marimuthu
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1966|07|12}}
| birth_place = Pasumalaitheri, Theni district, [[Madras State]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|8|1966|7|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|Film director}}
| spouse = Bagyalakshmi
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 1993–2023
}}

'''Marimuthu Gurusamy Thevar''' (12 July 1966 – 8 September 2023) was an Indian actor and film director who worked in the Tamil film and TV industries. He made his debut as a director with ''[[Kannum Kannum]]'' (2008), followed by ''[[Pulivaal]]'' (2014). As an actor, he was best known for the TV series ''[[Ethirneechal (TV series)|Ethirneechal]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2023 |title=Marimuthu's Character In Ethirneechal Inspired By True Story, Says Director |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/marimuthus-character-in-ethirneechal-inspired-by-true-story-says-director-8179111.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712034817/https://www.news18.com/movies/marimuthus-character-in-ethirneechal-inspired-by-true-story-says-director-8179111.html |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=[[News18]]}}</ref> He was known for his humour and improvisation. He worked in Tamil film industry for a career spanning nearly three decades.

==Career==
In 1988<ref>{{Cite Av media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXc1I3B0LYM |script-title=ta:"இறப்பு பற்றி அன்றே ஞானி போல் பேசிய மாரிமுத்து – என் வாழ்க்கையே இதான்..." கலங்கவைக்கும் பேட்டி |trans-title="Marimuthu spoke like a sage about death - this is my life..." Disturbing interview |date=8 September 2023 |language=ta |publisher=Behindwoods O2 |time=5:28 |access-date=8 September 2023 |via=YouTube |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908160107/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXc1I3B0LYM |url-status=live}}</ref> or 1990,<ref name=":0" /> G. Marimuthu left home from the village of Pasumalaitheri in Theni and headed to [[Chennai]] to become a film director. He hailed from a family background whose livelihood was primarily linked with agriculture.<ref>{{Cite web |author=மை.பாரதிராஜா [M.Bharathiraja] |date=8 September 2023 |script-title=ta:Marimuthu: விவசாயக் குடும்பம்; 30 வருட திரைப்பயணம்; அன்னையர் தின வாழ்த்து – மிஸ் யூ மாரிமுத்து சார் |trans-title=Marimuthu: the farming family; 30 years of film career; Happy Mother's Day - Miss You Marimuthu Sir |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/memories-with-actor-marimuthu |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=cinema.vikatan.com |language=ta |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908185012/https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/memories-with-actor-marimuthu |url-status=live}}</ref> He was interested in entering film industry after watching [[Bharathiraja]]'s directorial ''[[Muthal Mariyathai]]'' which had its theatrical release in 1985. He was inspired to enter film industry also due to the fact that the crew members of ''Muthal Mariyathai'' including director Bharathiraja, music composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and lyricist Vairamuthu were hailing from [[Theni district]] as it was Marimuthu's birthplace. Prior to his ambition of entering into film industry, he pursued his higher studies at an engineering college in [[Sivakasi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |script-title=ta:மாரிமுத்துவின் வாழ்க்கையில் திருப்புமுனையாக அமைந்த பாரதிராஜாவின் திரைப்படம்..! |trans-title=Bharathiraja's film was a turning point in Marimuthu's life. |url=https://tamil.news18.com/entertainment/actor-director-marimuthu-passed-away-due-to-heart-attack-1146186.html |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=News18 Tamil |language=ta |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908183538/https://tamil.news18.com/entertainment/actor-director-marimuthu-passed-away-due-to-heart-attack-1146186.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

After initially working as a waiter in hotels, he became acquainted with lyricist [[Vairamuthu]] through their common interest in literature, before becoming an assistant director with [[Rajkiran]] for his films ''[[Aranmanai Kili]]'' (1993) and ''[[Ellame En Rasathan]]'' (1995).<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=16234&id1=3&issue=20191129 |script-title=ta:நான் இயக்கறதா இருந்த பிரபுதேவா, வடிவேலு படங்கள் டிராப் ஆச்சு... நடிகர் ஜி.மாரிமுத்துவின் ஸ்டோரி |trans-title=Bharathiraja's film was a turning point in Marimuthu's life. |magazine=Kungumam Tamil Weekly Magazine |language=ta |access-date=27 November 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418165733/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=16234&id1=3&issue=20191129 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In an interview with [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], he revealed that he wanted to work as an assistant director with [[Bharathiraja]], but insisted that since he was being an outsider he was often ignored and highlighted that those who enter into industry with nepotism and some sort of connection could get a chance to work as assistant director to Bharathiraja.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Marimuthu's Endearing Moments on Vanakkam Thamizha {{!}} A Tribute {{!}} Marimuthu {{!}} Ethirneechal |publisher=Sun TV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NukX0kK-d-0 |date=8 September 2023 |language=en |via=YouTube |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908185008/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NukX0kK-d-0 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Marimuthu then continued to work as an assistant director with filmmakers such as [[Mani Ratnam]], [[Vasanth]], [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]], [[Rajiv Menon]] and [[S. J. Surya]], before co-directing [[Silambarasan]]'s film ''[[Manmadhan (film)|Manmadhan]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQKRQPxdbEg |title=Kelvi Paathi Kindal Paathi – with Director Marimuthu |website=YouTube |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503002223/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQKRQPxdbEg&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live}}</ref> He notably worked as an assistant director for ''[[Aasai]]'' (1995), ''[[Nerrukku Ner]]'' (1997), ''[[Vaalee (1999 film)|Vaali]]'' (1999), ''[[Poovellam Kettuppar]]'' (1999), ''[[Kushi (2000 film)|Kushi]]'' (2000), ''[[Rhythm (2000 film)|Rhythm]]'' (2000), ''[[Udhaya]]'' (2004), ''[[New (film)|New]]'' (2004), and ''[[Anbe Aaruyire (2005 film)|Anbe Aaruyire]]'' (2005).<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |script-title=ta:மாரிமுத்து: ஆதி குணசேகரனாக தமிழக வீடுகளில் நீங்கா இடம் பிடித்தவர் |trans-title=Marimuthu: As Aadhi Gunasekaran, he is a household name in Tamil Nadu. |url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/c2edgqgre67o |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=BBC News தமிழ் |language=ta |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908183542/https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/c2edgqgre67o |url-status=live}}</ref>

Marimuthu made his directorial debut with ''[[Kannum Kannum]]'' (2008), a romantic film starring [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]] and [[Udhayathara]]. The film did not perform well at the box office but won critical acclaim. The Behindwoods Movie Review Board wrote "G. Marimuthu, debuting with story, screenplay, dialogue and direction has provided us with one of the cleanest, most honest and endearing love stories of recent times".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/kannum-kannum-review.html |title=Kannum Kannum Movie Review – Behindwoods.com – Prasanna Udhayathara Vadivelu Vijayakumar stills picture image gallery |website=Behindwoods.com |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418165729/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/kannum-kannum-review.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Moviebuzz noted "Marimuthu is a welcome addition to the brave new directors in Tamil cinema, who are trying their best within the commercial format to give a different type of love story".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kannum-kannum-review-tamil-pclw7cbcecehi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116041342/http://www.sify.com/movies/kannum-kannum-review-tamil-pclw7cbcecehi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2017 |title=Kannum Kannum |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Marimuthu then directed ''[[Pulivaal]]'' (2014), developing the film's story from the Malayalam film ''[[Chaappa Kurishu]]'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2013/jul/30/puli-vaal-not-exactly-a-remake-501742.html |title='Puli Vaal' not exactly a remake |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417065718/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2013/jul/30/Puli-Vaal-not-exactly-a-remake-501742.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2010s after the failure of his directorial films, he focused on acting and featured in supporting roles in Tamil films. [[Mysskin]] introduced him as an actor in ''[[Yuddham Sei]]'' (2011), in which he played a corrupt police officer. The success of the film prompted him to star in films including ''[[Aarohanam (2012 film)|Aarohanam]]'' (2012), ''[[Nimirndhu Nil]]'' (2014), and ''[[Komban]]'' (2015), often featuring as police officer. His performance in ''[[Marudhu]]'' (2016) prompted [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] to sign him on to feature in ''[[Kaththi Sandai]]'' (2016).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/tamannah-to-play-the-heroine-in-vishal-vadivelu-kaththi-sandai-tamil-news-157818.html |title=Heroine of Vishal's 'Kaththi Sandai' – Tamil News |date=28 April 2016 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422211441/https://www.indiaglitz.com/tamannah-to-play-the-heroine-in-vishal-vadivelu-kaththi-sandai-tamil-news-157818.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He also rose to prominence for his acting in [[Mari Selvaraj]]'s directorial ''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]'' (2018) which became a cult classic.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=8 September 2023 |title=G Marimuthu (1967–2023): Remembering the Tamil actor-director through some of his memorable roles |url=https://scroll.in/video/1055652/g-marimuthu-1967-2023-remembering-the-tamil-actor-director-through-some-of-his-memorable-roles |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908172720/https://scroll.in/video/1055652/g-marimuthu-1967-2023-remembering-the-tamil-actor-director-through-some-of-his-memorable-roles |url-status=live}}</ref> He also played a minor role in [[Lokesh Kanagaraj]]'s directorial ''[[Vikram (2022 film)|Vikram]]'' (2022). He played negative role in [[Nelson Dilipkumar]]'s directorial ''[[Jailer (2023 Tamil film)|Jailer]]'' (2023), which eventually marked his last feature film prior to his untimely death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |title='Jailer' actor Marimuthu passes away |url=https://www.newswire.lk/2023/09/08/jailer-actor-marimuthu-passes-away/ |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=NewsWire |language=en-US |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908185010/https://www.newswire.lk/2023/09/08/jailer-actor-marimuthu-passes-away/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

He debuted in television serials in 2022 as the main antagonist in ''[[Ethirneechal (TV series)|Ethirneechal]]''. He was praised for his screen presence, dialogue delivery, punch dialogues and for his natural way of acting in the ''Ethirneechal'' serial as Aadhimuthu Gunasekaran.<ref>{{Cite AV media |script-title=ta:என்றும் மக்களின் மனம் கவர்ந்த "ஆதி குணசேகரன்" 💔💔 {{!}}A Tribute {{!}} Marimuthu {{!}} Ethirneechal |trans-title="Aadi Gunasekaran" who always captivated people's hearts 💔💔 {{!}}A Tribute {{!}} Marimuthu {{!}} Ethirneechal |publisher=Sun TV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJeWsWErvSw |date=8 September 2023 |language=ta |via=YouTube |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908185009/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJeWsWErvSw |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Death ==
Marimuthu died on 8 September 2023 due to cardiac arrest<ref name="ABP">{{Cite news |date=8 September 2023 |title=Ethirneechal Marimuthu Passes away |work=ABP News. |url=https://tamil.abplive.com/entertainment/ethirneechal-yemma-yei-fame-marimuthu-adhi-gunasekaran-passes-away-139399 |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908051136/https://tamil.abplive.com/entertainment/ethirneechal-yemma-yei-fame-marimuthu-adhi-gunasekaran-passes-away-139399 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2023 |title=Director-actor G Marimuthu dies of heart attack while dubbing for a TV show |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/director-actor-marimuthu-dies-of-heart-attack-while-dubbing-for-a-tv-show-2432806-2023-09-08 |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908063914/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/director-actor-marimuthu-dies-of-heart-attack-while-dubbing-for-a-tv-show-2432806-2023-09-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[pulmonary edema]]. The actor was dubbing for ''Ethirneechal'' when the heart attack occurred.<ref name="CinemaExpress">{{cite news |date=8 September 2023 |title=Actor, director G Marimuthu passes away |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2023/sep/08/actor-and-director-g-marimuthu-passes-away-47430.html |work=Cinema Express. |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908061847/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2023/sep/08/actor-and-director-g-marimuthu-passes-away-47430.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2023 |title=G Marimuthu: Indian film industry mourns popular actor |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66753082 |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908183927/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66753082 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Director ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|+ {{nowrap|List of G. Marimuthu film directing credits}}
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Kannum Kannum]]'' ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Pulivaal]]'' ||
|}

=== Actor ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of G. Marimuthu film acting credits
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Vaalee (1999 film)|Vaali]]'' || Kodak shop owner || Uncredited
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Udhaya]]'' || Man praising Udhaya || Uncredited
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Kannum Kannum]]'' || ''Kungumam'' editor || Also director
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011 || ''[[Yuddham Sei]]'' || Esakki Muthu ||
|-
| ''[[Vandhaan Vendraan]]'' || Arjun and Ramana's teacher ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Aarohanam (2012 film)|Aarohanam]]'' || Vallimuthu || {{abbr|Nom.|Nominated}}{{Emdash}}[[Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2014 || ''[[His Wife (2014 film)|His Wife]]'' || Dealer ||
|-
|''[[Nimirndhu Nil]]'' || Traffic Inspector ||
|-
|''[[Jeeva (2014 film)|Jeeva]]'' || Jeeva's father ||
|-
| rowspan="4"|2015 || ''[[Komban]]'' || Pattasu ||
|-
|''[[Trisha Illana Nayanthara]]'' || Jeeva's father ||
|-
|''[[Kirumi]]'' || Mathiarasu ||
|-
|''[[Uppu Karuvaadu]]'' || Chinnavar ||
|-
| rowspan="8"|2016 || ''[[Pugazh (film)|Pugazh]]'' || Dass ||
|-
|''[[Mapla Singam]]'' || Elamaran ||
|-
|''[[Marudhu]]'' || Bhagyam's father ||
|-
|''[[Thirunaal]]'' || Police inspector ||
|-
|''[[Kuttrame Thandanai]]'' || Police officer ||
|-
|''[[Pagiri]]'' || Politician ||
|-
|''[[Kodi (film)|Kodi]]'' || Politician ||
|-
|''[[Veera Sivaji]]'' || Anjali's father ||
|-
| rowspan="9"| 2017 || ''[[Bairavaa]]'' || Dr. Pandurangan||
|-
|''[[Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal]]'' || Police Inspector ||
|-
|''[[Yaman (film)|Yaman]]'' || Manimaran ||
|-
|''[[Yaakkai]]'' || Kavitha's father ||
|-
|''[[Nagarvalam]]'' || Janani's father ||
|-
|''[[Rubaai (film)|Rubaai]]'' || Police officer ||
|-
|''[[Kootathil Oruthan]]'' || Arvind's father ||
|-
|''[[Magalir Mattum (2017 film)|Magalir Mattum]]'' || Rani's father ||
|-
|''[[Ippadai Vellum]]'' || Crime scene investigator ||
|-
| rowspan="7" |2018 || ''[[Madura Veeran]]'' || Pattaiyar ||
|-
|''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]'' || Malligai Manala Sendayar||
|-
|''[[Kattu Paya Sir Intha Kaali]]'' || Manager ||
|-
|''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]'' || Sri Ram ||
|-
|''[[Thuppakki Munai]]'' || Police Inspector ||
|-
|''[[Sandakozhi 2]]'' || Village head ||
|-
|''[[Silukkuvarupatti Singam]]'' || Ramalingam ||
|-
| rowspan = "7"| 2019 || ''[[Sarvam Thaala Mayam]]'' || Police Officer ||
|-
|''[[Dhilluku Dhuddu 2]]'' || Thalaivar ||
|-
|''[[Sathru (2019 film)|Sathru]]'' || S. Sankara Lingam ||
|-
|''[[Mehandi Circus]]'' || Raajangham ||
|-
|''[[Mr. Local]]'' || Mayilvaganam ||
|-
|''[[Puppy (2019 film)|Puppy]]'' || Prabhu's father ||
|-
|''[[Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu]]'' || Basha Bhai ||
|-
| rowspan="5"| 2020 || ''[[Shylock (2020 film)|Shylock]]'' || Chithappa || [[Malayalam]] film
|-
|''[[Naan Sirithal]]'' || Thangadurai ||
|-
|''[[God Father (2020 film)|God Father]]'' || Police inspector ||
|-
|''Alti'' || ||
|-
|''[[Thatrom Thookrom]]'' || Dhandapani ||
|-
| rowspan="15"|2021 || ''[[Bhoomi (2021 film)|Bhoomi]]'' || Gnanasambandam ||
|-
|''[[Pulikkuthi Pandi]]'' || Dhananchezhiyan ||
|-
|''[[Kalathil Santhippom]]'' || Kasi ||
|-
|''[[Sangathalaivan]]'' || Govindarajan ||
|-
|''[[Sulthan (2021 film)|Sulthan]]'' || Villager||
|-
|''[[Sarbath]]'' || Arivu and Anbu's father ||
|-
|''[[Laabam]]'' || Paraman ||
|-
|''[[Rudra Thandavam (2021 film)|Rudra Thandavam]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Doctor (2021 film)|Doctor]]'' || Police officer ||
|-
|''[[IPC 376]]'' || Arumugam ||
|-
| ''[[Enemy (2021 film)|Enemy]]'' || Eashwara Moorthy ||
|-
|''[[MGR Magan]]'' || Police Officer ||
|-
| ''[[Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Atrangi Re]]'' || Mandy's father || [[Hindi]] film
|-
| ''[[Plan Panni Pannanum]]'' || Sengalvarayar ||
|-
| rowspan="12"|2022 || ''[[Theal (film)|Theal]]'' || Raja's father ||
|-
| ''[[Anbarivu]]'' || Kayal's father ||
|-
| ''[[Carbon (2022 film)|Carbon]]'' || Subburayan ||
|-
| ''[[Marutha (film)|Marutha]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Veeramae Vaagai Soodum]]'' || Porus and Dwarka's father ||
|-
| ''[[Visithiran]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ayngaran (film)|Ayngaran]]'' || Minister ||
|-
| ''[[Vikram (2022 film)|Vikram]]'' || Nagaraj ||
|-
| ''[[Maayon (film)|Maayon]]'' || Selvadurai ||
|-
| ''[[Yenni Thuniga]]'' || Kathir's father ||
|-
|''Radha Krishna'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aruvaa Sanda]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="6"|2023 || ''[[Kodai (film)|Kodai]]'' || Thangamani ||
|-
| ''[[Kannai Nambathey]]'' || Azhagar ||
|-
|''[[Theera Kaadhal]]'' || Aaranya's father ||
|-
| ''[[Jailer (2023 Tamil film)|Jailer]]'' || Panneer ||
|-
| ''[[Red Sandalwood (film)|Red Sandalwood]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ulagammai]]'' || Marimuthu Nadar || rowspan="4"| Posthumous films
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2024 || ''[[Uyir Thamizhukku]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Indian 2]]'' || Chitra's uncle
|-
|''[[Veerayi Makkal]]''|| Balu
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of G. Marimuthu television credits
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Channel
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Queen (web series)|Queen]]'' || M. Natarajan || [[MX Player]]
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Kuruthi Kalam]]'' || Periasamy || [[MX Player]]
|-
|2022–2023
|''[[Ethirneechal (TV series)|Ethirneechal]]''
|Aadhi Gunasekaran
| rowspan="4" |[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|Won{{Emdash}}[[Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal]] Manam Kavarndha Villain<ref>{{cite web|date=23 June 2023|title=Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2023: Nominees and Winners List!|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/top-listing/sun-kudumbam-viruthugal-2023-nominees-and-winners-list-5-1411.html#sun-kudumbam-viruthugal-2023-who-stole-which-awards|work=[[Oneindia|Filmibeat]]|access-date=11 September 2023|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711135741/https://www.filmibeat.com/top-listing/sun-kudumbam-viruthugal-2023-nominees-and-winners-list-5-1411.html#sun-kudumbam-viruthugal-2023-who-stole-which-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
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Lokesh Cinematic Universe

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{{short description|Indian shared universe of action thriller films}}
{{Infobox media franchise
| italic_title = no
| title = Lokesh Cinematic Universe
| creator = [[Lokesh Kanagaraj]]
| origin = ''[[Kaithi (2019 film)|Kaithi]]'' (2019)
| owner = [[Raaj Kamal Films International]] [[Dream Warrior Pictures]]
| years = 2019–present
| films = {{ubl|''[[Kaithi (2019 film)|Kaithi]]'' (2019)| ''[[Vikram (2022 film)|Vikram]]'' (2022)}}
| atv =
| soundtracks = {{ubl|''[[Kaithi (2019 film)#Music|Kaithi (soundtrack)]]''|''[[Vikram (soundtrack)]]''}}
| color = Brown
| otherlabel1 = Budget
| otherdata1 = {{Estimation}} ₹145–175 crores (2 films)
| otherlabel2 = Box office
| otherdata2 = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}525–₹605 crores (2 films)
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'''Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU)''' is an Indian [[shared universe]] of [[action thriller|action thriller films]] created by [[Lokesh Kanagaraj]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=11 July 2022 |first=Shaurya |last=Thapa |title=Vikram's Lokesh Cinematic Universe and All Other MCUs of Indian Cinema |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vikram-s-lokesh-cinematic-universe-1974355-2022-07-11 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711212040/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vikram-s-lokesh-cinematic-universe-1974355-2022-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Athimuthu |first=Soundarya |date=14 June 2022 |title=What Is 'Vikram' Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's 'Lokesh Cinematic Universe'? |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/lokesh-kanagaraj-kamal-haasan-vikram-director-what-is-lokesh-cinematic-universe-lcu-suriya |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=TheQuint |language=en |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615182923/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/lokesh-kanagaraj-kamal-haasan-vikram-director-what-is-lokesh-cinematic-universe-lcu-suriya |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Lokesh Kanagaraj reveals the idea of a cinematic universe |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/lokesh-kanagaraj-reveals-the-idea-of-a-cinematic-universe/articleshow/92175231.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613115208/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/lokesh-kanagaraj-reveals-the-idea-of-a-cinematic-universe/articleshow/92175231.cms |archive-date=13 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=S |first=Srivatsan |date=3 June 2022 |title='Vikram' movie review: Kamal Haasan steps back to watch Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi have fun in Lokesh Cinematic Universe |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/vikram-movie-review-kamal-haasan-steps-back-to-watch-fahadh-faasil-and-vijay-sethupathi-have-fun-in-lokesh-cinematic-universe/article65490343.ece |access-date=2022-06-25 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608222221/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/vikram-movie-review-kamal-haasan-steps-back-to-watch-fahadh-faasil-and-vijay-sethupathi-have-fun-in-lokesh-cinematic-universe/article65490343.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Ghost and a prisoner – One-stop shop for all things that might connect Kaithi and Vikram |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/features/2022/jun/03/a-ghost-and-a-prisoner-one-stop-shop-for-all-things-that-might-connect-kaithi-and-vikram-31929.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=[[Cinema Express]] |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604024701/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/features/2022/jun/03/a-ghost-and-a-prisoner-one-stop-shop-for-all-things-that-might-connect-kaithi-and-vikram-31929.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The first feature of the universe [[Kaithi (2019 film)|''Kaithi'']] was released in 2019 and the second installment [[Vikram (2022 film)|''Vikram'']] was released on 3 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Athimuthu |first=Soundarya |date=3 June 2022 |title='Vikram' Review: Kamal, Fahadh & Vijay Sethupathi Shine in Lokesh's Universe |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/vikram-movie-review-kamal-haasan-vijay-sethupathi-fahadh-faasil-lokesh-kanagaraj |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=TheQuint |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605050444/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/vikram-movie-review-kamal-haasan-vijay-sethupathi-fahadh-faasil-lokesh-kanagaraj |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2022 |title=Vikram sequel to connect to Kaithi; Director Lokesh Kanagaraj planning crime cinematic universe [Exclusive] |url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/vikram-kamal-haasan-fahadh-faasil-starrer-to-connect-to-kaithi-in-its-sequel-lokesh-kanagaraj-planning-crime-cinematic-universe-exclusive-latest-tamil-film-news-2091982/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Bollywood Life |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604021104/https://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/vikram-kamal-haasan-fahadh-faasil-starrer-to-connect-to-kaithi-in-its-sequel-lokesh-kanagaraj-planning-crime-cinematic-universe-exclusive-latest-tamil-film-news-2091982/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2022 |title=Kamal Haasan confirms Lokesh Kanagaraj's cinematic universe while talking about 'Vikram'? – Tamil News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kamal-haasan-interview-about-vikram-part-3-suriya-cameo-role-lokesh-kanagaraj-kaithi-2-latest-update-tamil-news-315070 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613005651/https://www.indiaglitz.com/kamal-haasan-interview-about-vikram-part-3-suriya-cameo-role-lokesh-kanagaraj-kaithi-2-latest-update-tamil-news-315070 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the third [[List of highest-grossing Tamil films#Highest-grossing Tamil film franchises|highest grossing Tamil film franchise]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vikram director Lokesh Kanagaraj is building his own cinematic universe |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2022/06/18/vikram-director-lokesh-kanagaraj-is-building-his-own-cinematic-universe.html |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=The Week |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619071837/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2022/06/18/vikram-director-lokesh-kanagaraj-is-building-his-own-cinematic-universe.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Development ==
Lokesh Kanagaraj has stated that he wanted to do a shared universe of films since finishing his first feature film, ''[[Maanagaram]]''. He has stated that these kind of films have longevity. During the production of ''[[Kaithi (2019 film)|Kaithi]]'', he explored the idea and experimented with it, by having many open-ended plotlines in ''Kaithi'', which he then incorporated in ''[[Vikram (2022 film)|Vikram]]'', by working together with [[Dream Warrior Pictures]] and [[Raaj Kamal Films International]], as they own the properties. He established a shared universe and has announced that more projects will be releasing in the future, that will be set in it. Though the name "Lokesh Cinematic Universe" was coined by fans, he accepted it as official.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNVUTp4ERjg |title=NELSON-ஐ திட்டுறது கஷ்டமா இருக்கு! – Lokesh Kanagaraj Post Release Interview Part-1 {{!}} Vikram |date=9 June 2022 |last=Krishna |language=ta |publisher=[[Ananda Vikatan|Cinema Vikatan]] |access-date=10 June 2022 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610005238/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNVUTp4ERjg&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=9 June 2022 |title=Lokesh Kanagaraj spills a bean on the next film in his cinematic universe – 'Kaithi 2' confirmed! |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/lokesh-kanagaraj-vikram-kaithi-cinematic-universe-sequel-kaithi-2-karthi-kamal-haasan-arjun-das-latest-update-tamil-news-316983 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=IndiaGlitz |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613005652/https://www.indiaglitz.com/lokesh-kanagaraj-vikram-kaithi-cinematic-universe-sequel-kaithi-2-karthi-kamal-haasan-arjun-das-latest-update-tamil-news-316983 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spMj3clLSoI |title=Lokesh kanagaraj Interview With Baradwaj Rangan |date=10 June 2022 |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |language=ta |publisher=Galatta Plus |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |access-date=10 June 2022 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610002854/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spMj3clLSoI |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> [[Narain (actor)|Narain]] is the only actor to have reprised his roles in both the films in the universe in a major role.<ref>{{cite web |title=Narain: Vikram's stellar response and box office numbers are new to me |website=[[Cinema Express]] |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/interviews/2022/jun/19/narain-vikrams-stellar-response-and-box-office-numbers-are-new-to-me-32191.html |access-date=7 August 2022 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622141028/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/interviews/2022/jun/19/narain-vikrams-stellar-response-and-box-office-numbers-are-new-to-me-32191.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Films==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Film
!Release date
!Director(s)
!Dialogue(s)
!Producer(s)
!Status
|-
!{{center|''[[Kaithi (2019 film)|Kaithi]]''}}
|{{center|25 October 2019}}
| rowspan="3" |{{center|[[Lokesh Kanagaraj]]}}
|{{center|Lokesh Kanagaraj and Pon Parthiban}}
|{{center|S. R. Prakashbabu, [[S. R. Prabhu]] and Thiruppur Vivek}}
| rowspan="2"|{{center|Released}}
|-
!{{center|''[[Vikram (2022 film)|Vikram]]''}}
|{{center|3 June 2022}}
|{{center|Lokesh Kanagaraj and [[Rathna Kumar]]}}
|{{center|[[Kamal Haasan]] and R. Mahendran}}
|-
!{{center|''[[Leo (2023 Indian film)|Leo]]''}}
|{{center|19 October 2023}}
|{{center|Lokesh Kanagaraj, Rathna Kumar and Deeraj Vaidy}}
|{{center|S.S. Lalit Kumar}}
||{{center|Filming}}
|}

=== ''Kaithi'' (2019) ===
{{Main|Kaithi (2019 film)}}
The first installment of the LCU, it stars [[Karthi]] in the lead role, along with [[Narain (actor)|Narain]], [[Arjun Das]], [[Harish Uthaman]], [[George Maryan]] and [[Dheena (actor)|Dheena]] in pivotal roles. The story follows Dilli, an ex-convict, endeavors to meet his daughter for the first time after 10 years imprisonment. However, his attempts are interrupted due to a drug raid planned by [[Inspector]] Bejoy.

=== ''Vikram'' (2022) ===
{{Main|Vikram (2022 film)}}
The second installment in the LCU, it stars [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Vijay Sethupathi]] and [[Fahadh Faasil]] with [[Kalidas Jayaram]], [[Narain (actor)|Narain]] and [[Chemban Vinod Jose]] in supporting roles and [[Suriya]] in a cameo role. The film is a [[spiritual successor]] of [[Vikram (1986 Tamil film)|Vikram]] (1986).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' shatters box-office records, check out his other hit films |url=https://www.wionews.com/photos/kamal-haasans-vikram-shatters-box-office-records-check-out-his-other-hit-films-497258 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=WION |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714115200/https://www.wionews.com/photos/kamal-haasans-vikram-shatters-box-office-records-check-out-his-other-hit-films-497258 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3" /> The story follows a [[black ops]] squad led by Amar, who is assigned to track down a group of ruthless [[vigilantes]]. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing, but war between everyone involved.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=5 reasons why you shouldn't miss Lokesh Kanagaraj's 'Vikram' |url=https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/06/04/5-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-miss-lokesh-kanagarajs-vikram |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604152714/https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/06/04/5-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-miss-lokesh-kanagarajs-vikram |archive-date=4 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=DT next |language=en}}</ref>

=== ''Leo'' (2023) ===
{{Main|Leo (2023 Indian film)}}
The third installment in the LCU, Leo is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language gangster action film. Leo manufactures cocaine for rolex

== Cast and characters ==
{{Cast indicator|appeared=Lokesh Cinematic Universe|C|V|Y|M}}

*m refers to the character being mentioned.

{| class="wikitable" width ="100%" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"|Characters
! colspan="3" |Films
|-
! align="center" |''[[Kaithi (2019 film)|Kaithi]]'' (2019)
!''[[Vikram (2022 film)|Vikram]]'' (2022)
|-
!Commander Arun Kumar Vikram / Karnan
|[[Kamal Haasan]]{{ref|mentioned|M}}
|[[Kamal Haasan|Kamal Hassan]]
|-
!Dilli
|[[Karthi]]
| [[Karthi]]{{ref|voice only|V}}
|-
!Rolex
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Suriya]]{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
!Agent Amar
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Fahadh Faasil]]
|-
!Sandhanam
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Vijay Sethupathi]]
|-
!Anbu Doss
| [[Arjun Das]]
| [[Arjun Das]]{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
!Inspector Bejoy
| colspan="2" | [[Narain (actor)|Narain]]
|-
!Stephen Raj
|[[Hareesh Peradi]]
| [[Hareesh Peradi]]{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
!Adaikalam
| [[Harish Uthaman]]
| [[Harish Uthaman]]{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
!Kamatchi
| [[Dheena (actor)|Dheena]]
| [[Dheena (actor)|Dheena]]{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
!Gayathri Amar
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Gayathrie Shankar]]
|-
!Amudha
|Baby Monica
|Baby Monica{{ref|cameo|C}}
|-
! Napoleon
| [[George Maryan]]
| [[George Maryan]]{{ref|mentioned|M}}
|-
!ACP Prabhanjan
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Kalidas Jayaram]]
|-
! Jose
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Chemban Vinod Jose]]
|-
! Cutting Plier
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Jaffer Sadiq
|-
!Agent Tina
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| Vasanthi
|-
!Agent Lawrence
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Elango Kumaravel]]
|-
!Agent Uppiliappan
| style="background :#d3d3d3;" |
| [[Santhana Bharathi]]
|-
!Vikram Jr.
| style="background :#d3d3d3;" |
| Baby Darshan
|-
|}

== Reception ==

=== Box office performance ===
The Lokesh Cinematic Universe is one of the highest-grossing Tamil film franchises.
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Release
!Budget
!Box office
!Ref(s)
|-
![[Kaithi (2019 film)|''Kaithi'']]
|25 October 2019
|{{INRConvert|25|c|}}
|{{INRConvert|105|c|}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2019 |title=Bigil, Petta, Viswasam, Kanchana 3, Nerkonda Paarvai, Kaithi power Kollywood's theatrical takings in 2019 to Rs 1000 cr-Entertainment News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bigil-petta-viswasam-kanchana-3-nerkonda-paarvai-kaithi-power-kollywoods-theatrical-takings-in-2019-to-rs-1000-cr-7736851.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228120405/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bigil-petta-viswasam-kanchana-3-nerkonda-paarvai-kaithi-power-kollywoods-theatrical-takings-in-2019-to-rs-1000-cr-7736851.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
![[Vikram (2022 film)|''Vikram'']]
|3 June 2022
|{{INRConvert|120|c|}}–{{INRConvert|150|c|}}
|{{INRConvert|420|c|}}–{{INRConvert|500|c|}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=manimegalai.a |title=வெற்றிகரமாக 75 நாட்களை நிறைவு செய்த விக்ரம்..! இதுவரை வசூல் செய்தது மட்டும் எத்தனை கோடி தெரியுமா? |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/vikram-movie-completed-75-days-and-latest-box-office-collection-details-here-rgpt9q |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=[[Asianet News Network]] |language=ta |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826060026/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/vikram-movie-completed-75-days-and-latest-box-office-collection-details-here-rgpt9q |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2022 |title=Vikram: Here's how many crores Kamal Haasan, Fahadh Faasil & others charged for their roles in the movie made on a budget of Rs 120 Crores |url=https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/vikram-heres-how-many-crores-kamal-haasan-fahadh-faasil-and-others-charged-for-their-roles-in-the-film-made-on-a-budget-of-rs-120-crores |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=GQ India |language=en-IN |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605171220/https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/vikram-heres-how-many-crores-kamal-haasan-fahadh-faasil-and-others-charged-for-their-roles-in-the-film-made-on-a-budget-of-rs-120-crores |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2022 |title=Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' to hit theatres tomorrow. Can it beat 'Pushpa', 'RRR' and 'KGF: Chapter 2'? |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/box-office/story/kamal-haasans-vikram-to-hit-theatres-tomorrow-can-it-beat-pushpa-rrr-and-kgf-chapter-2-336117-2022-06-02 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Business Today |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602110330/https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/box-office/story/kamal-haasans-vikram-to-hit-theatres-tomorrow-can-it-beat-pushpa-rrr-and-kgf-chapter-2-336117-2022-06-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
|{{INRConvert|145|c|}}–{{INRConvert|175|c|}}
|{{INRConvert|525|c|}}–{{INRConvert|605|c|}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lokesh Kanagaraj}}

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[[Category:Indian film series]]
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[[Category:Shared universes]]

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== Asking for your opinion ==

Hello, @[[User:HitroMilanese|HitroMilanese]], may I ask for a favor? Can you please see Draft:''Overload'' (EP)? May I ask for your opinion about the mentioned draft? Thanks! '''[[User talk:Jpmagabo9|- jampol]]''' 02:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Jpmagabo9|Jpmagabo9]]
:Hello there, it appears that the draft has been already moved to mainspace. It appears notable though. Regards [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 11:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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== asking for your suggestions ==

Hello, @HitroMilanese,
May I ask for your opinion about the Draft:psychologs?
Thanks! [[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]] ([[User talk:Gauravdelhi.wiki|talk]]) 12:56, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]]
:Hello there,
:For acceptance of this draft you need to demonstrate [[WP:GNG|notability]]. Please point out [[WP:THREE|top three sources]] where this topic has received significant coverage. The sources must be [[WP:IRS|reliable and independent of the subject]]. You may list those sources on the talk page of the draft. Reviewers will consider those sources before taking any decision. Please let me know when you do so. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:57, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::@[[User:HitroMilanese|HitroMilanese]]
::Thank you for for time and opinion. I have added top three resources on talk page of Draft:psychologs. Kindly review. Thanks! [[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]] ([[User talk:Gauravdelhi.wiki|talk]]) 07:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

== Blocking of the Subject of Concert musicians ==

Why did HitroMilanese block an article of a legit musician with standing? [[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]] ([[User talk:Musiceditorguild|talk]]) 16:45, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]]
:Hello there,
:If you are referring to [[Draft:Congyu Wang]] then please check my comment on the submission. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:59, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::Where is the comment? There are sufficient verified sources on national news agencies that published numerous articles about this artist. Is there a way you can unblock this submission? We are trying to re-edit and cite this article [[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]] ([[User talk:Musiceditorguild|talk]]) 09:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]]
:::Comment is just below the decline notice. The time when I declined the draft it appeared like [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Congyu_Wang&oldid=1124297269 this].
:::There is nothing like blocking or unblocking of the submission. Anyone is free to edit the draft and submit it for review. At present, the draft is already submitted for review and sooner or later any reviewer will review it.
:::Apart from that, it appears that you have a "Conflict of Interest" with the subject. Who are "we"? Are you a group of editors trying to publish this article? Before making further edits see [[WP:ROLE]] as well as [[WP:CONFLICT]] and disclose your association with the subject as per Wikipedia guidelines. I have left elaborated notice about COI editing on your talk page too. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:21, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::::Thank you! We haven no relation with any specific artists. I am writing from a foundation based in France. Where can we prove our identity on wikipedia? [[Special:Contributions/154.67.92.212|154.67.92.212]] ([[User talk:154.67.92.212|talk]]) 02:33, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

== Declining a biography page ==

Hi HitroMilanese, I seek your help is understanding the reasons behind the rejection of the draft Ashwani Kr Sharma ([[Draft:Ashwani Kr Sharma]]) and how can I improve it to get it approved. [[User:Bejaay|Bejaay]] ([[User talk:Bejaay|talk]]) 07:12, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Bejaay|Bejaay]]
:Hello there,
:I am not able to determine why the topic is notable. I suggest you to check [[WP:CCS]] and demonstrate that the topic is worthy of inclusion. Please introduce references where the subject has received significant coverage. Also see [[WP:RS]] and [[WP:GNG]] for more information. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

== delete the speedy deletion box ==

Please delete the speedy deletion box from this page:

[[Draft:Shamim Frotan]]

and let the admin decide to be kept or be deleted and I am sure they will accept it, but this speedy deletion box should not be there

Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/151.83.11.177|151.83.11.177]] ([[User talk:151.83.11.177|talk]]) 14:44, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

== The Real Jane Austen ==

Hey, thanks for dropping the note on my talk page. I noticed your account is as old as mine, the only difference is that I rarely edit Wikipedia. I was into helping wiki's a decade ago, but now the process just feels bafflingly complex.

But when I was watching through all of Jane Austen adaptations, and finished with her dramatized biographies, I almost missed The Real Jane Austen because it doesn't have a Wikipedia page! I thought, that's a tragedy; it was a really well done biography. And it's very notable, being one of only three dramas about Austen's life. It's got decent actors and everything!

So I spent like an hour or two creating a page that seemed like a good start, only to have it semi-deleted because it didn't have sources. So I tried again, adding two sources. I don't know what else I can do, but this process is not friendly towards the uninitiated, it feels like you have to be "in the club" to create a page, and I have no desire to invest the time to join.

I just created the page as a public service. Can you just tell me what else I need to do to get it to stay? Or just do it? I feel like it will take me several more hours to figure out what I need to do, whereas a pro can have it done in ten minutes. This whole process has just pushed me away from ever wanting to contribute to Wikipedia, not pulled me further in.

Thanks,

[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 06:46, 13 December 2022 (UTC) (Hopefully the ~ signature thing still works)

:@[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]]
:Hello,
:Thank you for your message. I do agree that you have put in lots of effort while creating this draft but it is still missing one of the main aspect of a Wikipedia article i.e. referencing. Unless notability is asserted with help of external reliable sources, the drafts will not be accepted. Please see [[Wikipedia:Notability (films)]]. Demonstration of notability is the priority.
:I will do some research via Google Books and look out for the sources later. If you can add some reviews about the film then it will certainly help. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
::Thank you, I would greatly appreciate any assistance you have to offer. The [[Jane Austen in popular culture]] page set me off on my quest to watch every English adaptation. The page is very comprehensive, and I know the "what about X" argument is frowned upon, but it's a little frustrating that every other available English Jane Austen period adaptation has it's own page, with this singular exception. Especially since some of them have the exact same "notability" issues. This adaptation really is a gem, and deserves the publicity of a Wikipedia page so people know just what they're missing out on.
::Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist. I've found a few reviews since, but mainly on blog pages since this has flown under the radar a little. And every review I have found has been positive. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 05:49, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
:::I've added even more references, cleaned them up, and resubmitted. Maybe 10 references will be enough? [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 17:49, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

== OCS 1 ==

Oh Sees are a huge band:
[[Osees]]

Their first record should have a Wikipedia page, and if you look at their Wiki page it is the ONLY release without one:
[[Osees#Discography]] [[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]] ([[User talk:WhipItGoodRealGood|talk]]) 06:06, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

:Seems like a bands first record should be included since it's their first record. That's kind of a major thing for a band that ultimately becomes as popular and culturally important. The Guardian is a good enough source? [[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]] ([[User talk:WhipItGoodRealGood|talk]]) 06:07, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
::@[[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]]
::Hello there,
::[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:OCS_1&oldid=1127522861 The version of the draft] that I declined did not contain any reference to ''The Guardian'', to be honest it was unreferenced and appeared like a test edit. Anyhow, in order to demonstrate notability you need to fulfill criteria listed in [[WP:NALBUM]]. Please add some album reviews and resubmit.
::Secondly, I do not see any purpose of the track listing where there is no song name. I'll recommend you to remove it. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:43, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

== Eren Efe Erkan ==

Hello, I'm Yasir. I opened two topics named Eren Efe Erkan and Joyce Teknoloji, but both were rejected. I read about individuals and businesses. this person, Eren Efe Erkan, produced an electric vehicle that was the first in Turkey. There are 2, 3 other types of vehicles in his projects and he presents them in newspapers and in the fairs. According to the rules of people notability, this man has both invented something new. It has been awarded by the state and exhibited both at one major technology fair. Joyce Teknoloji or Eren Efe Erkan find it useful to open at least one page on wikipedia; because it's a new generation business and it's helpful to have it here so people can easily access information when they're wondering who this guy is. Also, everyone can do research and make impartial arrangements so that we write the truth. but its rejection is unfair, it is a subject that thousands of people wonder about, you can search 'Eren Efe Erkan' on google or 'Joyce Teknoloji' I would like to remind you again about the qualifications I have read on wikipedia. Kind regards.

creative professions

Scientists, faculty, economists, professors, writers, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers and other creative professionals.

The person is considered an important personality or is often referred to by colleagues or successors.

A person is recognized for developing a new concept, theory, or technique.

The person has created or played an important role in the creation of an important or well-known work with or in partnership with others, that work has been the subject of a standalone book or feature film, or more than one magazine article.

The person's work is either (a) presented in a major exhibition or a monument to it, or (b) has received significant critical attention from critics, or (c) is in the permanent collection of an important (non-local) museum or gallery. [[User:Yasirazeri|Yasirazeri]] ([[User talk:Yasirazeri|talk]]) 15:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Yasirazeri|Yasirazeri]]
:Hello there,
:Thank you for your message. Your draft has been declined solely for one reason i.e. it is not written in English language. You were informed about this in the past too. Please click on the link below to access Turkish Wikipedia.
:[https://tr.wikipedia.org/ Turkish Wikipedia]
:You can submit your article in Turkish language there. If you want to create article or draft on English Wikipedia then you have to use only English language. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:48, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

== Beauty and the Beast musical and other draft reviews ==

Could you review the [[Draft:Beauty and the Beast (Original Broadway Cast Recording)]] [[Special:Contributions/223.178.87.188|223.178.87.188]] ([[User talk:223.178.87.188|talk]]) 11:20, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

:Also could you review [[Draft:Steven Universe soundtracks]], [[Draft:Cha Cha Real Smooth (EP)]] and [[Draft:The Banshees of Inisherin (score)]] [[Special:Contributions/223.178.87.188|223.178.87.188]] ([[User talk:223.178.87.188|talk]]) 12:26, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

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== Asking for your opinion ==

Hello, @[[User:HitroMilanese|HitroMilanese]], may I ask for a favor? Can you please see Draft:''Overload'' (EP)? May I ask for your opinion about the mentioned draft? Thanks! '''[[User talk:Jpmagabo9|- jampol]]''' 02:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Jpmagabo9|Jpmagabo9]]
:Hello there, it appears that the draft has been already moved to mainspace. It appears notable though. Regards [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 11:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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== asking for your suggestions ==

Hello, @HitroMilanese,
May I ask for your opinion about the Draft:psychologs?
Thanks! [[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]] ([[User talk:Gauravdelhi.wiki|talk]]) 12:56, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]]
:Hello there,
:For acceptance of this draft you need to demonstrate [[WP:GNG|notability]]. Please point out [[WP:THREE|top three sources]] where this topic has received significant coverage. The sources must be [[WP:IRS|reliable and independent of the subject]]. You may list those sources on the talk page of the draft. Reviewers will consider those sources before taking any decision. Please let me know when you do so. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:57, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::@[[User:HitroMilanese|HitroMilanese]]
::Thank you for for time and opinion. I have added top three resources on talk page of Draft:psychologs. Kindly review. Thanks! [[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]] ([[User talk:Gauravdelhi.wiki|talk]]) 07:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

== Blocking of the Subject of Concert musicians ==

Why did HitroMilanese block an article of a legit musician with standing? [[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]] ([[User talk:Musiceditorguild|talk]]) 16:45, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]]
:Hello there,
:If you are referring to [[Draft:Congyu Wang]] then please check my comment on the submission. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:59, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::Where is the comment? There are sufficient verified sources on national news agencies that published numerous articles about this artist. Is there a way you can unblock this submission? We are trying to re-edit and cite this article [[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]] ([[User talk:Musiceditorguild|talk]]) 09:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]]
:::Comment is just below the decline notice. The time when I declined the draft it appeared like [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Congyu_Wang&oldid=1124297269 this].
:::There is nothing like blocking or unblocking of the submission. Anyone is free to edit the draft and submit it for review. At present, the draft is already submitted for review and sooner or later any reviewer will review it.
:::Apart from that, it appears that you have a "Conflict of Interest" with the subject. Who are "we"? Are you a group of editors trying to publish this article? Before making further edits see [[WP:ROLE]] as well as [[WP:CONFLICT]] and disclose your association with the subject as per Wikipedia guidelines. I have left elaborated notice about COI editing on your talk page too. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:21, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::::Thank you! We haven no relation with any specific artists. I am writing from a foundation based in France. Where can we prove our identity on wikipedia? [[Special:Contributions/154.67.92.212|154.67.92.212]] ([[User talk:154.67.92.212|talk]]) 02:33, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

== Declining a biography page ==

Hi HitroMilanese, I seek your help is understanding the reasons behind the rejection of the draft Ashwani Kr Sharma ([[Draft:Ashwani Kr Sharma]]) and how can I improve it to get it approved. [[User:Bejaay|Bejaay]] ([[User talk:Bejaay|talk]]) 07:12, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Bejaay|Bejaay]]
:Hello there,
:I am not able to determine why the topic is notable. I suggest you to check [[WP:CCS]] and demonstrate that the topic is worthy of inclusion. Please introduce references where the subject has received significant coverage. Also see [[WP:RS]] and [[WP:GNG]] for more information. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

== delete the speedy deletion box ==

Please delete the speedy deletion box from this page:

[[Draft:Shamim Frotan]]

and let the admin decide to be kept or be deleted and I am sure they will accept it, but this speedy deletion box should not be there

Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/151.83.11.177|151.83.11.177]] ([[User talk:151.83.11.177|talk]]) 14:44, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

== The Real Jane Austen ==

Hey, thanks for dropping the note on my talk page. I noticed your account is as old as mine, the only difference is that I rarely edit Wikipedia. I was into helping wiki's a decade ago, but now the process just feels bafflingly complex.

But when I was watching through all of Jane Austen adaptations, and finished with her dramatized biographies, I almost missed The Real Jane Austen because it doesn't have a Wikipedia page! I thought, that's a tragedy; it was a really well done biography. And it's very notable, being one of only three dramas about Austen's life. It's got decent actors and everything!

So I spent like an hour or two creating a page that seemed like a good start, only to have it semi-deleted because it didn't have sources. So I tried again, adding two sources. I don't know what else I can do, but this process is not friendly towards the uninitiated, it feels like you have to be "in the club" to create a page, and I have no desire to invest the time to join.

I just created the page as a public service. Can you just tell me what else I need to do to get it to stay? Or just do it? I feel like it will take me several more hours to figure out what I need to do, whereas a pro can have it done in ten minutes. This whole process has just pushed me away from ever wanting to contribute to Wikipedia, not pulled me further in.

Thanks,

[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 06:46, 13 December 2022 (UTC) (Hopefully the ~ signature thing still works)

:@[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]]
:Hello,
:Thank you for your message. I do agree that you have put in lots of effort while creating this draft but it is still missing one of the main aspect of a Wikipedia article i.e. referencing. Unless notability is asserted with help of external reliable sources, the drafts will not be accepted. Please see [[Wikipedia:Notability (films)]]. Demonstration of notability is the priority.
:I will do some research via Google Books and look out for the sources later. If you can add some reviews about the film then it will certainly help. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
::Thank you, I would greatly appreciate any assistance you have to offer. The [[Jane Austen in popular culture]] page set me off on my quest to watch every English adaptation. The page is very comprehensive, and I know the "what about X" argument is frowned upon, but it's a little frustrating that every other available English Jane Austen period adaptation has it's own page, with this singular exception. Especially since some of them have the exact same "notability" issues. This adaptation really is a gem, and deserves the publicity of a Wikipedia page so people know just what they're missing out on.
::Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist. I've found a few reviews since, but mainly on blog pages since this has flown under the radar a little. And every review I have found has been positive. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 05:49, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
:::I've added even more references, cleaned them up, and resubmitted. Maybe 10 references will be enough? [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 17:49, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

== OCS 1 ==

Oh Sees are a huge band:
[[Osees]]

Their first record should have a Wikipedia page, and if you look at their Wiki page it is the ONLY release without one:
[[Osees#Discography]] [[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]] ([[User talk:WhipItGoodRealGood|talk]]) 06:06, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

:Seems like a bands first record should be included since it's their first record. That's kind of a major thing for a band that ultimately becomes as popular and culturally important. The Guardian is a good enough source? [[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]] ([[User talk:WhipItGoodRealGood|talk]]) 06:07, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
::@[[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]]
::Hello there,
::[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:OCS_1&oldid=1127522861 The version of the draft] that I declined did not contain any reference to ''The Guardian'', to be honest it was unreferenced and appeared like a test edit. Anyhow, in order to demonstrate notability you need to fulfill criteria listed in [[WP:NALBUM]]. Please add some album reviews and resubmit.
::Secondly, I do not see any purpose of the track listing where there is no song name. I'll recommend you to remove it. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:43, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

== Eren Efe Erkan ==

Hello, I'm Yasir. I opened two topics named Eren Efe Erkan and Joyce Teknoloji, but both were rejected. I read about individuals and businesses. this person, Eren Efe Erkan, produced an electric vehicle that was the first in Turkey. There are 2, 3 other types of vehicles in his projects and he presents them in newspapers and in the fairs. According to the rules of people notability, this man has both invented something new. It has been awarded by the state and exhibited both at one major technology fair. Joyce Teknoloji or Eren Efe Erkan find it useful to open at least one page on wikipedia; because it's a new generation business and it's helpful to have it here so people can easily access information when they're wondering who this guy is. Also, everyone can do research and make impartial arrangements so that we write the truth. but its rejection is unfair, it is a subject that thousands of people wonder about, you can search 'Eren Efe Erkan' on google or 'Joyce Teknoloji' I would like to remind you again about the qualifications I have read on wikipedia. Kind regards.

creative professions

Scientists, faculty, economists, professors, writers, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers and other creative professionals.

The person is considered an important personality or is often referred to by colleagues or successors.

A person is recognized for developing a new concept, theory, or technique.

The person has created or played an important role in the creation of an important or well-known work with or in partnership with others, that work has been the subject of a standalone book or feature film, or more than one magazine article.

The person's work is either (a) presented in a major exhibition or a monument to it, or (b) has received significant critical attention from critics, or (c) is in the permanent collection of an important (non-local) museum or gallery. [[User:Yasirazeri|Yasirazeri]] ([[User talk:Yasirazeri|talk]]) 15:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Yasirazeri|Yasirazeri]]
:Hello there,
:Thank you for your message. Your draft has been declined solely for one reason i.e. it is not written in English language. You were informed about this in the past too. Please click on the link below to access Turkish Wikipedia.
:[https://tr.wikipedia.org/ Turkish Wikipedia]
:You can submit your article in Turkish language there. If you want to create article or draft on English Wikipedia then you have to use only English language. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:48, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

== Beauty and the Beast musical ==

Could you review the [[Draft:Beauty and the Beast (Original Broadway Cast Recording)]] [[Special:Contributions/223.178.87.188|223.178.87.188]] ([[User talk:223.178.87.188|talk]]) 11:20, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

:Also could you review [[Draft:Steven Universe soundtracks]], [[Draft:Cha Cha Real Smooth (EP)]] and [[Draft:The Banshees of Inisherin (score)]] [[Special:Contributions/223.178.87.188|223.178.87.188]] ([[User talk:223.178.87.188|talk]]) 12:26, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Beauty and the Beast (musical)

2022-12-19T12:23:55Z

223.178.87.188: /* Recordings */ linked Beauty and the Beast (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

{{Short description|Stage musical, based on the 1991 animated Disney film of the same}}
{{About|the stage musical adaptation|the live show at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park|Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage}}

{{Infobox musical
|name = Beauty and the Beast
|image = Beauty and the Beast (cover art) – The Broadway Musical.jpg
|caption = Vocal Selections cover art
|book = [[Linda Woolverton]]
|music = [[Alan Menken]]
|lyrics = [[Howard Ashman]] [[Tim Rice]]
|basis = ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' by [[Linda Woolverton]]
|productions = 1993 [[Houston]] (tryout) 1994 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] 1995 US tour 1997 [[West End theatre|West End]] 1999 US tour 2001 UK tour 2001 US tour 2010 US tour 2021 UK tour 2022 West End
|awards = [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical]]
}}

'''''Beauty and the Beast''''' is a Disney stage musical with music by [[Alan Menken]], lyrics by [[Howard Ashman]] and [[Tim Rice]], and a book by [[Linda Woolverton]]. Adapted from [[Walt Disney Pictures]]' [[64th Academy Awards|Academy Award-winning]] [[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|1991 animated musical film of the same name]] – which in turn had been based on the [[Beauty and the Beast|classic French fairy tale]] by [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]] –<ref name=":19">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPLaDAAAQBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA155|title=The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals|last=Dietz|first=Dan|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|isbn=9781442272149|location=United States|pages=154–156|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''Beauty and the Beast'' tells the story of an unkind prince who has been magically transformed into an unsightly creature as punishment for his selfish ways. To revert into his true human form, the Beast must learn to love a bright, beautiful young lady who he has imprisoned in his enchanted castle before it is too late.

Critics, who hailed the film as one of the year's finest musicals, instantly noted its Broadway musical potential when it was first released in 1991, encouraging Disney CEO Michael Eisner to venture into Broadway. All eight songs from the animated film were reused in the musical, including a resurrected musical number which had been cut from the motion picture. Original songwriter Menken composed six new songs for the production alongside lyricist Rice, replacing Ashman, who died during the production of the film. Woolverton, who was writing the film's screenplay, adapted her own work into the musical's [[libretto]], and specifically expanded upon the characterization of the Beast. Woolverton expanded the storylines of the castle staff from servants who would already have been transformed into household objects referring to the 1991 animation. To have humans slowly turning into inanimate objects. Costumes were designed by [[Ann Hould-Ward]], who based her creations on both the animators' original designs as well as the Rococo art movement after researching how clothing and household objects looked during the 18th century.

After completing tryouts in Houston, ''Beauty and the Beast'' premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on April 18, 1994, starring [[Susan Egan]] and [[Terrence Mann]] as the eponymous [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]] and [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]], respectively. The musical opened to mixed reviews from theater critics, but was a massive commercial success and well received by audiences. ''Beauty'' ran on Broadway for 5,461 performances for thirteen years (1994 - 2007),<ref>{{Cite book|title=Theater, Film, And Their Hideous Progeny: Adaptation and ElasTEXTity|last=Grossman|first=Julie|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|year=2015|isbn=978-1-137-39902-1|pages=127}}</ref> becoming Broadway's [[List of the longest-running Broadway shows|tenth longest-running production]] in history. The musical has grossed more than $1.7 billion worldwide and played in thirteen countries and 115 cities.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} It has also become a popular choice for junior, amateur and high school productions.<ref>[[Richard Zoglin|Zoglin, Richard]] (May 15, 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080521023327/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1806792,00.html "Bye Bye, Birdie. Hello, ''Rent''"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Reported in its May 15, 2008 issue that this musical ranked as the fourth most frequently produced musical by U.S. high schools in 2007.</ref>

== Background and inception ==
Still recovering from [[Walt Disney]]'s demise,<ref name=":29">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PA808|title=America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry|last=Eagan|first=Daniel|publisher=A&C Black|year=2010|isbn=9780826429773|location=United Kingdom|pages=808|via=Google Books}}</ref> Disney's animated films continued to experience a noticeable decline in quality while struggling to attain critical and commercial success during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=":29" /><ref name=":10" /> [[The Walt Disney Company]] CEO [[Michael Eisner]] was hired to ensure the performance of the studio's next animated projects, despite having virtually no animation experience. Eisner himself had been a theater major in college.<ref name=":10" /> Eisner's first hire as Disney's CEO was theatrical producer [[Peter Schneider (film executive)|Peter Schneider]], who subsequently became responsible for hiring more artists who shared similar theatrical backgrounds to contribute to the studio's next animated releases, among them lyricist [[Howard Ashman]] and his long-time collaborator, composer [[Alan Menken]].<ref name=":10" /> Ashman and Menken had previously amassed great live musical success with their [[Off-Broadway]] production ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'', but the performance of Ashman's first Broadway venture ''[[Smile (musical)|Smile]]'' had been disappointing.<ref name=":25">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cz0jBQAAQBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA388|title=Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway|last=Riedel|first=Michael|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2015|isbn=9781451672183|location=United States|pages=384–388|via=Google Books}}</ref> Eager to redeem himself, Ashman agreed to work on Disney's animated film ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989), which he and Menken would famously decide to approach as though they were scoring a Broadway musical.<ref name=":25" /> Upon release, ''The Little Mermaid'' was a massive critical and commercial success, garnering two Academy Awards, both of them for Ashman and Menken's original music.<ref name=":25" /> Disney established a successful [[Disney Renaissance|renaissance period]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://waltdisneystudios.com/static/The%20History%20of%20TWDS.pdf |title=History of The Walt Disney Stuios |website=The Walt Disney Studios |publisher=Disney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224037/http://waltdisneystudios.com/static/The%20History%20of%20TWDS.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=October 18, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> during which Ashman and Menken became responsible for teaching the art of transforming traditional animated films into [[Musical film|animated musicals]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQWTCwAAQBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PT110|title=Candid Conversations With Broadway Pros:, Volume 3|last=Davenport|first=Ken|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc|year=2016|isbn=9781329876491|location=United States|via=Google Books}}</ref>[[File:MichaelEisnerOct10.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Disney CEO Michael Eisner eventually green-lit a Broadway adaptation of ''Beauty and the Beast''.|left]]

Inspired by ''Mermaid''{{'}}s success, production on an animated musical adaptation of the "[[Beauty and the Beast]]" fairy tale began shortly afterward, during which Ashman finally confessed to Menken that he was dying of [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]], a secret he had been keeping from the studio in fear of being discriminated against or fired.<ref name=":25" /> Before the film had even been completed, executive vice president [[Ron Logan]] suggested to Eisner that he consider adapting ''Beauty and the Beast'' for Broadway, an idea Eisner quickly deflected.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euOYCAAAQBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PA155|title=The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World: Over 600 Secrets of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom|last=Veness|first=Susan|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|year=2015|isbn=9781440587801|location=United States|pages=155|via=Google Docs}}</ref> While the film, written by screenwriter [[Linda Woolverton]],<ref name=":29" /> was premiering at the [[New York Film Festival]], an ailing Ashman was being cared for at [[St. Vincent's Hospital (Manhattan)|St. Vincent's Hospital]]; the lyricist succumbed to his disease four days later on March 14, 1991, dying eight months before the film's November release.<ref name=":25" /> ''Beauty and the Beast'' became the last project on which Menken worked with Ashman.<ref name=":27">{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OMCAAAAMBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PA40|title=Broadway's New Beast|last=Goldstein|first=Michael|date=March 14, 1994|work=New York|pages=42–45|access-date=October 15, 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref> The film was released to immediate critical acclaim and commercial success,<ref name=":29" /> outperforming ''The Little Mermaid'' by becoming the highest-grossing animated film in history,<ref name=":25" /> as well as the first animated film to be nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].<ref name=":31">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesmithcenter.com/blog/looking-into-the-heart-of-disneys-beauty-and-the-beast/|title=Looking into the heart of Disney's Beauty and the Beast|last=Lemon|first=Brendan|date=March 25, 2016|website=The Smith Center|access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> Once again, Academy Awards were won for Ashman and Menken's music. Several critics noticed the film's live musical potential,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1993/legit/reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-4-1200434836/|title=Review: 'Beauty and the Beast'|last=Weeks|first=Jeremy|date=December 12, 1993|website=Variety|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> among them prolific ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' theater critic [[Frank Rich]].<ref name=":9" /> Lamenting the Broadway selection at the time,<ref name=":27" /> Rich famously praised the songwriting duo for having written "[t]he best Broadway musical score of 1991",<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/where-are-the-stars-of-disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-now-com-346615|title=Where Are the Stars of Disney's Beauty and the Beast Now?|last=Culwell|first=Logan|date=April 16, 2015|website=Playbill|publisher=Playbill Inc|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> while hailing the film as a "better [musical] ... than anything he had seen on Broadway" in 1991.<ref name=":27" /> Rich's review would ultimately provide Eisner and Katzenberg with the confidence needed to seriously consider the film as a potential Broadway project.<ref name=":25" /> Disney was also inspired by the successes of Broadway musicals such as ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'', ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' and ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''<ref name=":25" /> strongly believing their production could be just as profitable.<ref name=":28">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HyZHUh9Rm0C&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway+michael+eisner&pg=PT337|title=Broadway Musical MVPs: 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons|last=Filichia|first=Peter|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema |year=2011|isbn=9781557839305|location=United States|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Virtually unknown at the time, Robert Jess Roth was appointed the production's director based on his various successes directing live shows at the Disney theme parks.<ref name=":27" /> Eisner and Katzenberg had opted against hiring a more established director in order to retain creative control over the project, believing that an A-list director would likely feel more inclined to challenge their vision.<ref name=":27" /> Roth himself had previously pursued Eisner about investing in a Broadway show – originally suggesting a stage adaptation of ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' into a Broadway musical in 1984 – only to have his idea declined, citing cost of investment and time concerns.<ref name=":28" /> However, Eisner invited Roth to ask him about pursuing Broadway again in the future once he had finished directing three additional Disney theme park shows.<ref name=":28" /> Ultimately impressed with Roth's adaptation of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', Eisner finally suggested an adaptation of ''Beauty and the Beast'', inspired by the success of a condensed stage version of the film at Disneyland,<ref name=":30" /> although briefly discouraged by the idea of having humans instantly transformed into inanimate objects live.<ref name=":28" /> Since the film had not yet been released on home video, Roth spent an entire day re-watching ''Beauty and the Beast'' in theaters while brainstorming how to present its fantastical elements onstage, and eventually worked with choreographer [[Matt West]] and set designer Stan Meyer on their own proposal, with contributions from Menken and Woolverton.<ref name=":28" /> In a hotel in Aspen, Roth convinced Eisner and Katzenberg to green-light a Broadway adaptation of ''Beauty and the Beast'' using a combination of 140 storyboards, costume sketches, fabric swatches and demonstrating one illusion.<ref name=":27" /> Eisner retained final approval over all creative elements of the production, "from the lowest chorus swing performer to the director, stars and design team."<ref name=":27" /> Menken was initially skeptical of Roth's qualifications, as he had never directed a Broadway show before.<ref name=":27" /> Meanwhile, the producers were concerned that audiences might not be interested in seeing the same story that they have enjoyed on film on the Broadway stage.<ref name=":30" /> Among the skeptics was theatrical producer [[Steven Suskin]], author of ''Opening Night and Broadway'', who argued that the production was more likely to be successful in reverse: "(The movie is) basically written as a theater piece. I'm sure it would've worked in the theater first, and it then would've worked in the movies", believing audiences would have difficulties accepting a new version of such an immensely popular work.<ref name=":30" />

''Beauty and the Beast'' became Disney's first Broadway venture,<ref name=":18">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8mUAwAAQBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA65|title=The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song [2 volumes]|last=Robinson|first=Mark A.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2014|isbn=9781440800979|location=United States|pages=65|via=Google Books}}</ref> although ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', a stage adaptation of Disney's [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|animated film of the same name]], had premiered in New York in 1979, produced by [[Radio City Music Hall|Radio City Music Hall Productions, Inc]].<ref name=":19" /> Theatre Under the Stars' executive director Frank Young campaigned heavily to have the show open in Houston, Texas, even getting Governor [[Ann Richards]] involved in order to secure the stage rights.<ref name=":30" />

==Development==

=== Writing and screen-to-stage modifications ===
Roth summarized ''Beauty and the Beast'' as a story about "seeing past the exterior of a person and into his or her heart".<ref name=":31" /> Woolverton learned that Disney had commissioned her to adapt the animated film she had written into a Broadway musical while she was vacationing with her family in Maui, and her initial response to the idea was "Yikes".<ref name=":27" /> In the process of adapting her own animated screenplay into a full-length, two-act [[libretto]] for the stage, Woolverton contributed several distinct changes to the material, specifically instilling more emotional "depth" into each main character.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/world/BeautyBeast.html|title=Beauty and the Beast|last=Murray|first=Matthew|date=April 18, 2004|website=Talkin' Broadway |access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> The writer expanded the story by both "fleshing out" each character and allowing room for new musical numbers.<ref name=":33">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbBz3C4Gr0EC&q=richard+white+beauty+and+the+beast+gaston&pg=PA55|title=The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=9780195335330|location=United States|pages=56|via=Google Books}}</ref> Namely, Woolverton made the Beast a more threatening yet sympathetic figure;<ref name=":8" /> the writer expanded upon his characterization by developing the Beast into "a fuller character", aided by the addition of his own song, "[[If I Can't Love Her]]".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/disney-s-beauty-and-the-beast-2-1200436613/|title=Review: 'Disney's Beauty and the Beast'|last=Gerard|first=Jeremy|date=April 19, 1994|website=Variety|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Meanwhile, the book-loving Belle was adapted into a more headstrong and determined heroine.<ref name=":8" /> Belle and the Beast's relationship benefits from a new scene Woolverton wrote specifically for the stage, during which the couple read in the castle's library; Belle introduces the Beast to the tale of ''[[King Arthur]]'' and reads the book to him, to which the Beast responds by showing genuine vulnerability for the first time.<ref name=":15" />

In 1993, Woolverton explained to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' that "the mythology in the story would be changed to explain, for example, a 6-foot-tall candelabra."<ref name=":30">{{Cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-05-08/entertainment/ca-32857_1_music-hall|title='Beast' on Stage: Will It Work? : Theater: Some are wondering if Disney's saturation with the hit movie will prevent its resale as a live musical.|last=Rauzi|first=Robin|date=May 8, 1993|work=Los Angeles Times|pages=1–2|access-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref> Perhaps Woolverton's most significant modification involves the enchanted objects, and the decision to have the enchantress' spell gradually transform the castle's staff of loyal servants into household objects throughout the entire duration of the musical, as opposed to having already done so immediately at the beginning.<ref name=":8" /> Essentially, becoming completely inanimate if the spell is not broken in time would equate to each character dying, which ultimately augments the story's drama.<ref name=":16" /> Consequently, this plot decision enhanced the story into a tale about people being forced to make difficult decisions, as opposed to solely a story of a man struggling to retain his humanity,<ref name=":8" /> in turn providing the audience with an opportunity to care about the supporting characters dramatically.<ref name=":11" />

Generally, Woolverton's book remained quite faithful to the original text; the plot is essentially the same, but particular detail has been added in order to "flesh out" the story.<ref name=":18" /> The feather duster and wardrobe characters – only minor characters in the animated film – were broadened into fully realized supporting characters and named for the first time; Woolverton named them Babette and Madame de la Grande Bouche, respectively.<ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://showsdata.stageagent.com/index.php?info_type=3&id=804|title=Beauty & the Beast|website=StageAgent|publisher=StageAgent.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519141713/http://showsdata.stageagent.com/index.php?info_type=3&id=804|archive-date=May 19, 2012|access-date=September 29, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Taking her job seriously, Woolverton worked relentlessly on revising the script, and often took the cast's suggestions into consideration (though not always yielding to their opinions).<ref name=":14" /> Despite the musical having been based on a pre-existing story by [[Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]], Woolverton retains a sole writing credit for her work, as the story had long lapsed into the public domain by that time.<ref name=":26" />

=== Casting ===
[[File:Susan Egan 9-2007.jpg|thumb|305x305px|Actress [[Susan Egan]] was cast as Broadway's original Belle based on her refreshing ability to play the role both comically and as an [[Ingenue (stock character)|ingenue]]. The role served as her Broadway debut, garnering her a Tony Award nomination.]]
Broadway producers are usually eager to cast big-named performers in their musicals, but Katzenberg, famous at the time for avoiding working with actors of such caliber, decided against this practice for ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name=":27" /> Eisner concluded that most of the film's original voice actors would be too busy to reprise their roles onstage.<ref name=":30" /> In her Broadway debut,<ref name=":9" /> then-22-year-old actress [[Susan Egan]] was cast as the musical's original Belle.<ref name=":7" /> Egan, who had not yet seen the film, had been auditioning for several other Broadway projects at the time – namely ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' and ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' – in which she was much more interested.<ref name=":7" /> Despite longing to originate a Broadway role,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stage-rush.com/2011/10/susan-egan-disney-beauty-and-the-beast-secret-of-happiness-interview/|title=Susan Egan on her dirt-catching days as a Disney Princess and humble motherhood|last=North|first=Jesse|date=October 25, 2011|website=Stage Rush|publisher=Stage Rush|access-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> the actress was initially reluctant to audition for ''Beauty and the Beast'' because she thought that "it was a terrible idea for Disney to put a cartoon on Broadway."<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.themousecastle.com/2012/07/susan-egan-belle-meg-glamour-and-goop.html|title=Susan Egan: Belle, Meg, Glamour and Goop - Part 1|date=July 29, 2012|website=The Mouse Castle|publisher=Mouse Castle Media|access-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> Additionally, Egan felt she was not attractive enough to play a character touted "the most beautiful girl in the village", but her agent managed to convince her otherwise.<ref name=":7" /> Without any film to reference, Egan determined that Belle is supposed to be a "quirky" character and approached her funnier than how she is depicted in the film,<ref name=":7" /> in turn garnering laughs from the producers – who were amused by her unique interpretation – and eventually earning several callbacks.<ref name=":6" /> Meanwhile, her competition of 500 actresses, many of whom were simply offering imitations of voice actress [[Paige O'Hara]]'s original performance, continued to be eliminated.<ref name=":7" />

Egan's final week of auditions, during which she sang for Menken for the first time, was particularly challenging.<ref name=":7" /> On her last day of auditioning, Egan auditioned opposite several actors trying out for the roles of the Beast and Gaston.<ref name=":7" /> As the day concluded,<ref name=":7" /> Roth directed Egan to approach the role as "a straight [[Ingenue (stock character)|ingénue]]", and she was ultimately cast upon proving capable of playing Belle both [[Straight man|straight]] and comically.<ref name=":6" /> Only afterward did Egan celebrate by finally renting and watching the entire film for the first time.<ref name=":7" /> Although Egan did not feel particularly pressured about the role, she was grateful to be surrounded by a supporting cast of veteran Broadway performers.<ref name=":7" />

Actor [[Terrence Mann]] was cast as the Beast. Mann had previously performed as [[Javert]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'', for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.<ref name=":27" /> For his final audition for Disney management, Mann performed for a large audience comprising Disney executives and secretaries in a theater located on [[42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue (New York City Subway)|42nd Street]], which he felt was in stark contrast to the usual method of auditioning for six to eight people in a dark theater.<ref name=":14" /> Actor [[Gary Beach]] was cast as [[Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast)|Lumiere]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0-xCgAAQBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA32|title=Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical|last1=Everett|first1=William A|last2=Laird|first2=Paul R|publisher=Rowman & Littlefiel|year=2015|isbn=9781442256699|location=United States|pages=32}}</ref> Beach had seen ''Beauty and the Beast'' premiere at the [[El Capitan Theatre]], prior to which he had watched a stage rendition of the film, and thoroughly enjoyed both. Beach was particularly drawn to Jerry Orbach's rendition of "Be Our Guest" in his role as Lumiere, thinking, "Now why can't I get a part like that".<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/nancy_stadler/archive/2010/10/05/members-of-the-broadway-cast-for-disney-s-quot-beauty-and-the-beast-quot-remember-this-show-s-trip-from-the-screen-to-the-stage.aspx|title=Gary Beach and Terrence Mann remember "Beauty and the Beast" 's trip from the screen to the stage|last=Stadler|first=Nancy|date=October 5, 2010|website=Jim Hill Media|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> Two years later, Beach received a call from casting director Jay Binder inviting him to play Lumiere during their workshop of ''Beauty and the Beast'', but kept turning down the offer due to having prior commitments to an upcoming show starring comedian [[Carol Burnett]]. It was only at Burnett's insistence that Beach finally accepted.<ref name=":14" /> Amidst a cast of relatively obscure actors, [[Tom Bosley]], famous for his roles on the television series ''[[Happy Days]]'' and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', became the show's most recognizable performer when he was cast as Belle's father Maurice.<ref name=":27" />

=== Musical numbers and choreography ===
[[File:Toni Braxton 2, 2013.jpg|left|thumb|248x248px|An entirely new song entitled "[[A Change in Me]]" was written specially for Toni Braxton when the R&B singer joined the production in the role of Belle in 1998, and has been included in the musical ever since.]]
All eight of the film's original songs were retained for the Broadway adaptation.<ref name=":19" /><ref name=":30" /> The song "[[Human Again (song)|Human Again]]" had originally been written for the film, but it was ultimately abandoned due to time and story constraints; the musical number was finally resurrected for and included in the production and has been since 2002 included in the Special edition of the movie.<ref name=":19" /> Composer Alan Menken, who had both scored and written the film's songs alongside lyricist Howard Ashman, returned to the project to write six new songs for the musical.<ref name=":15" /> Lyricist [[Tim Rice]] joined Menken to co-write the new numbers, replacing Ashman who had died in 1991, before the film was released.<ref name=":17" /> Both Menken and Rice initially approached the project with some resistance; Menken's emotional attachment to the music he had written with Ashman made him fear Disney's vision of a Broadway musical would transform ''Beauty and the Beast'' into an attraction too similar to what one would find at [[Walt Disney World]].<ref name=":27" /> Meanwhile, Rice, who had previously worked as composer [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s lyricist on the Broadway musicals ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' and ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', was hesitant to replace Ashman in fear of worsening ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name=":27" /> Notably, Rice had similarly replaced Ashman to write the remaining songs for Disney's ''Aladdin'' (1992) after the lyricist died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtishows.com/show-history/1629|title=Beauty and the Beast – Show History|website=Music Theatre International|publisher=MTI Enterprises, Inc.|access-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> Ultimately, the collaboration resulted in approximately half of the Broadway score having co-writing credits by Menken and Ashman, while the remaining half are Menken and Rice compositions.<ref name=":18" /> The Menken-Rice songs are sometimes billed as "additional songs composed by [Alan] Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice".<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=http://news.psu.edu/story/390195/2016/02/01/arts-and-entertainment/%E2%80%98be-our-guest%E2%80%99-ultimate-love-story|title='Be Our Guest' for the ultimate love story – 'Disney's Beauty and the Beast' returns to Eisenhower Auditorium Feb. 23|date=February 1, 2016|website=PennState|publisher=The Pennsylvania State University|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> On working on the musical without Ashman, Menken explained that "The main challenge ... was blending the lyrics of Tim Rice with those of Howard. In the end, the finished score has a quality all its own; a hybrid between" Ashman and Rice's styles.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/alan-menken-qa-with-the-music-maestro-behind-disneys-beauty-and-the-beast|title=Alan Menken: Q&A with the music maestro behind Disney's Beauty And The Beast|last=Tan|first=Corrie|date=March 24, 2015|website=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings Ltd|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> Elaborating on the main difference between writing songs for the stage as opposed to film, Menken stated that the lack of [[close-up]]s and [[Montage (filmmaking)|montages]] in a live musical production creates a requirement for more singing material in order "to provide the same kind of illumination that intimate [[facial expression]] provides."<ref name=":17" />

Most of the new material focused on character development, such as Gaston's "Me", Belle's "Home" and the Beast's "If I Can't Love Her".<ref name=":33" /> Other new songs, Maurice's fatherly ballad "No Matter What" and Gaston, LeFou, and Monsieur D'Arque's villainous number "Maison des Lunes", were written to flesh out the plot (and in the case of Maison Des Lunes, give Belle and the Beast a longer chance to change into their ballroom outfit).<ref name=":2" /> In 1998, a seventh song entitled "[[A Change in Me]]" was written four years into production's run specifically for R&B singer [[Toni Braxton]] when she joined the cast to play Belle, and appears during the show's second act.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/41311-Toni-Braxton-Premieres-Beauty-s-New-Song-Oct-7-On-Rosie |title=Toni Braxton Premieres Beauty 's New Song, Oct. 7 On 'Rosie' |last=Ehren |first=Christine |date=October 7, 1998 |website=Playbill |publisher=Playbill, Inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726011040/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/41311-Toni-Braxton-Premieres-Beauty-s-New-Song-Oct-7-On-Rosie |archive-date=2013-07-26 |access-date=October 13, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The idea for the song originated while Braxton was still in negotiations with Disney to appear in the show for a total of three months, but various circumstances led to the singer constantly delaying signing the contract.<ref name=":24">{{Cite web|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2010/04/08/tune-thursday-how-a-change-in-me-wound-up-being-added-to-broadway-s-beauty-the-beast.aspx|title=Tune Thursday: How "A Change in Me" wound up being added to Broadway's "Beauty & the Beast"|last=Hill|first=Jim|date=April 8, 2010|website=Jim Hill Media|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> It was not until Braxton had dinner with Menken, Rice and West that she finally agreed to sign the contract under the condition that a brand new song be written specifically for her, which an intoxicated Rice had drunkenly offered and promised.<ref name=":24" /> When confronted by Roth about his promise upon learning of it from Braxton a few days later, within 24 hours Rice successfully discovered a location within the musical in which to include a new song, specifically "Where Belle tells Maurice about how the time that she spent with the Beast in his castle has changed her."<ref name=":24" /> That song ultimately became the ballad "A Change in Me",<ref name=":24" /> which lyrically addresses the ways in which Belle's initial motivations have ultimately changed during her imprisonment, explaining to Maurice that she has matured and no longer longs for what she originally cited in "Belle (Reprise)".<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|url=https://theliteraryomnivore.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/page-to-screen-beauty-and-the-beast/|title=Page to Screen: Beauty and the Beast (1991)|date=July 8, 2011|website=The Literary Omnivore|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> Braxton premiered the song in the form of a live performance on ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]''.<ref name=":22" /> Both the song and Braxton's performance were well received,<ref name=":24" /> and "A Change in Me" has been included in the musical ever since.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackenterprise.com/money/toni-braxton-decoded-family-values-help-put-struggling-singer-back-in-spotlight/|title=Toni Braxton Decoded: "Family Values" Help Put Struggling Singer Back in Spotlight – Are you a fan of the Grammy winning diva?|last=Baker|first=C. Daniel|date=January 29, 2013|website=Black Enterprise|publisher=Black Enterprise|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> Eisner especially enjoyed the song, demanding that it be included in international productions as well, to which he personally traveled in order to teach it to the cast.<ref name=":24" />

[[David Friedman (composer)|David Friedman]] served as music supervisor, while John Petrafesa Jr. handled sound design.<ref name=":21" /> Unlike in the film, Belle actually performs and dances alongside the enchanted objects during "[[Be Our Guest]]", which resembles "a high-energy Vegas number" similar to the musical ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]''.<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":33" /> The original Broadway cast recording of ''Beauty and the Beast'' was released by Walt Disney Records in 1994.<ref name=":19" /> Similar cast albums followed suit, including Australian and Japanese recordings in 1994 and 1996, respectively.<ref name=":19" /> "A Change in Me" has yet to be included on any official English-language cast recordings though the original Belle, [[Susan Egan]] included it on her album So Far.<ref name=":23" />

=== Set and costumes ===
Stanley Meyer designed the production's set. Following Disney's instructions "to make the animated film come to life", Meyer's set was very much a literal interpretation of the film.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/01/05/1409558/20-reasons-watch-beauty-and-beast|title=20 reasons to watch Beauty and the Beast|last=Tomada|first=Nathalie|date=January 5, 2015|website=Philstar.com|publisher=Philstar|access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> Meyer found it "tricky" to translate two-dimensional environments into a three-dimensional world.<ref name=":16" /> The West Wing's appearance mirrors that of its resident the Beast, being hideous on the outside but beautiful when the audience is finally taken inside of it.<ref name=":16" /> In stark contrast to popular musicals ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' and ''Into the Woods'', ''Beauty and the Beast''{{'}}s set resembles a hybrid of Gothic Victorian and [[Louis Quinze]].<ref name=":2" />

Disney hired costume designer [[Ann Hould-Ward]] to design the musical's costumes because the studio enjoyed a "certain aesthetic" she had used in her previous work, and thus allowed her much creative freedom.<ref name=":4" /> Roth was particularly impressed with the designer's contributions to the musicals ''[[Sunday in the Park with George|Sunday in the Park With George]]'' and ''[[Into the Woods]]''.<ref name=":28" /> Hould-Ward accepted Disney's offer because she was interested in seeing exactly how a [[Corporation|corporate]] company producing a Broadway musical for the first time would "change the Broadway world."<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2015/12/disneys_beauty_and_the_beast_a_1.html|title=Ann Hould-Ward's costumes give 'Disney's Beauty and the Beast,' at the Saenger Theater Dec. 29-Jan. 3|last=Adler|first=Andrew|date=December 22, 2015|website=The Times-Picayune|publisher=NOLA Media Group|access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> Conceptualization began in summer 1992. For research purposes, Disney encouraged Hould-Ward to reference the animated film; she also researched clothing worn throughout the late 18th century,<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":4" /> during which the original fairy tale was written,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/work-275386-ward-hould.html|title='Beauty' was no beast for costume designer|last=Hodgins|first=Paul|date=November 12, 2010|website=The Orange County Register|publisher=The Orange County Register|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> and spent one year discovering how household items looked during the mid-1700s.<ref name=":13" /> Additionally, Hould-Ward visited with ''Beauty and the Beast''{{'}}s original animators, spending one week learning how they created their characters to ensure that they would be recognizable to those who had seen the film.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.metronews.ca/views/halifax/backstage-pass/2013/05/23/beauty-and-the-beast-comes-to-halifax-be-their-guest.html|title=Beauty and the Beast comes to Halifax - will you be their guest?|last=Conter|first=Jenna|date=May 23, 2013|website=Metro News|publisher=Free Daily News Group Inc|access-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918083834/http://www.metronews.ca/views/halifax/backstage-pass/2013/05/23/beauty-and-the-beast-comes-to-halifax-be-their-guest.html|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the designer also decided that her own creations would not exactly replicate the film's.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://threadbythread.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/beauty-the-beast-from-screen-to-stage/|title=Beauty & The Beast from Screen to Stage|date=September 27, 2011|website=Thread By Thread: Costumes on Screen|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Basing the costumes on the [[Rococo]] art movement,<ref name=":11" /> Hould-Ward presented her initial ideas to Eisner and then-Disney president [[Frank Wells]]. Once approved, Hould-Ward and her team spent the following year creating [[prototype]]s of each major costume.<ref name=":4" /> With an unusually long work schedule of two years,<ref name=":11" /> Hould-Ward recalled that "this kind of timeline ... wasn't the norm in a Broadway musical" at the time.<ref name=":4" />

The process of designing ''Beauty and the Beast''{{'}}s costumes was more collaborative between designer and actor than most other Broadway productions Hould-Ward had previously worked on, and she frequently sought input from the cast to make sure they were able to move.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":13" /> Designing Belle's costumes was an "easy" task for Hould-Ward; the character is initially dressed in standard Disney heroine attire until replaced by more elaborate costumes once Belle meets the Beast.<ref name=":11" /> Hould-Ward based the character's famous yellow ballgown on several historic portraits.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=http://www.susanegan.net/2015/02/beauty-beast-prepared-thedress/|title=How Beauty and the Beast Prepared Me For #TheDress|last=Egan|first=Susan|website=Susan Egan|publisher=Susan Egan|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> The gown became the first costume built for the production in order to accommodate Disney's mandate to market the dress in photoshoots and commercials starring Egan and Mann, six months prior to rehearsals.<ref name=":12" /> Weighing 45 pounds, the dress is a combination of various patterns and materials, including a [[hoop skirt]], silk, [[brocade]], beading, flowers and bows.<ref name=":12" /> Too large to fit inside Egan's dressing room after the ballroom sequence, undressing required assistance from three backstage crew members who used wires to hoist the dress up into the rafters, where it would be stored until the next performance.<ref name=":12" /> A lot of time was spent designing the Beast's costume, the creation of which was especially challenging due to requirements to "allow enough of the performer to show through."<ref name=":4" /> Hould-Ward's initial designs for the Beast were constantly rejected by Katzenberg, who reiterated that she "put the movie onstage" until the producer realized that the excessive prosthetics were limiting Mann's vocal performance.<ref name=":27" /> A [[Wire-frame model|wire frame]] was also used to maintain the costume's shape,<ref name=":10" /> which evokes [[heavy metal fashion]] until ultimately substituted for a black [[Oscar de la Renta]]-inspired velvet suit when the Beast finally transforms back into a prince.<ref name=":11" /> Hould-Ward designed the leads' costumes from the perspective of her daughter Leah, explaining, "when Leah comes to see it, she remembers from the movie that the Beast was in that blue jacket. Leah expects that blue jacket, and if you don't give it to her, she and a lot of other ten-year-olds are going to be sad".<ref name=":10" /> At the same time, the designer wanted her creations to be equally as interesting on an intellectual level for parents to enjoy also.<ref name=":13" />

The challenge of designing Belle and the Beast's costumes paled in comparison to the difficulty of creating the enchanted objects, a combination of intricate wiring, prosthetics and pyrotechnics.<ref name=":11" /> [[Scale model|Scale]] was the most prominent "obstacle" for Hould-Ward's to overcome:<ref name=":10" /> "The problem was the presentation of an actor as a life-sized teapot when the characters in the film were so little in comparison".<ref name=":11" /> Because the castle's enchanted staff is slowly transforming into objects, shown at various stages of transformation without ever completely becoming the objects themselves, Hould-Ward was required to create several different costumes for each character in order to depict the transformation as the show progresses.<ref name=":10" /> Meanwhile, the costume of Lumiere alone was built by a team of forty people,<ref name=":10" /> including a creator of the prosthetic candle, hair and [[Vac-U-Form]] specialist; the pyrotechnician, man responsible for equipping the costume's pyro unit with butane and man operating the butane tank were each separate people.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-16/news/ls-43453_1_ann-hould-ward|title=By Design : A Beastly Assignment : How to make a human-sized teapot and a candelabra? Ann Hould-Ward used fancy wiring, prosthetics and pryotechnics to make the stage production of 'Beauty and the Beast' come alive. |last=Robinson|first=Gaile|date=March 16, 1995|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> While transforming animation into real life, Hould-Ward also worked on incorporating the human body each costume,<ref name=":5" /> explaining, "I wanted the reality of the real person rather than the fantasy of the object ... The essence of my job is to allow my real actors to take you to this fantastical place."<ref name=":10" /> A system of wired frames was used to help the actors support their characters' heavy garments.<ref name=":10" /> Such elaborate costumes had never been designed for a Broadway production before.<ref name=":11" /> Cogsworth's costume features a fully functioning clock on his face.<ref name=":16" /> Meanwhile, Madame de la Grande Bouche was the production's most expensive costume.<ref name=":11" />

The musical originally relied on heavy prosthetics and elaborate costumes in an attempt to make the musical resemble the film as closely as possible.<ref name=":7" /> In an attempt to replicate the film's famous movie poster, Egan was dressed in flats while Mann was positioned on stilts to establish a more dramatic height difference.<ref name=":7" /> According to Egan, the studio "didn't trust the audience's ability to suspend disbelief, something theater-goers are routinely asked to do."<ref name=":7" /> However, the company finally began to relent as the production neared Houston tryouts after a final run-through during which the actors did not wear costumes; thus, the prosthetics were gradually lessened and replaced by make up for the Beast and enchanted objects during 1993 previews.<ref name=":7" /> The elaborate costumes resulted in their fair share of technical difficulties, malfunctions and performance restrictions,<ref name=":14" /> many of which manifested during the seven-week tryouts in Houston.<ref name=":27" /> The costumes left little room for the performers to change between scenes, and air conditioners were fastened to them to regulate their temperatures.<ref name=":27" /> In general, the weight of the enchanted objects' costumes limited their dancing.<ref name=":16" /> Chiropractors and therapists remained on standby to assist Fowler, whose Mrs. Potts costume required her to always keep one arm in the air.<ref name=":27" /> Beach compared holding up the two propane tanks used to represent Lumiere's candles to carrying two hams around a grocery store two and a half hours.<ref name=":14" /> To build his stamina, Beach would carry the tanks during rehearsal.<ref name=":14" /> Beach's hand caught fire during one performance, which he did not notice until Mann subtly pointed it out using "furtive head nods".<ref name=":14" /> While dancing, the inertia of Egan's heavy ballgown caused its skirt to constantly pull her in the opposite direction of whichever way she turned.<ref name=":12" /> Mann likened performing in the Beast's costume to wearing several heavy winter coats, comparing the wig to "four [[Turkish Angora|Angora cats]] and gaffer taping them to your head and then running around the block 10 or 12 times."<ref name=":14" /> Disney was outraged when, after their first performance at the Palace Theatre, ''The New York Times'' published caricaturist [[Al Hirschfeld]]'s line drawing interpretation of Belle and the Beast's pose, in which Belle's yellow gown was colored pink, and the Beast's tuxedo appeared greenish as opposed to royal blue. When Disney confronted Hirschfeld, the artist defended his work, explaining, "The costumes may have been blue and yellow, but they made me feel green and pink."<ref name=":12" /> Hould-Ward adjusted the costumes to accommodate the locations as the production traveled to various theaters.<ref name=":11" />

=== Lighting and special effects ===
Lighting designer [[Natasha Katz]] was hired to work on ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=http://theintervalny.com/interviews/2016/05/an-interview-with-natasha-katz/|title=An Interview with Natasha Katz|last=Myers|first=Victoria|date=May 31, 2016|website=The Interval|publisher=The Interval|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> When Disney first approached Katz to offer her the job, several of Katz's cohorts – specifically other lighting designers – attempted to discourage her from accepting in fear of changing the appearance of musical theater forever.<ref name=":20" /> In hindsight, Katz defended Disney's work, explaining, "''Beauty and the Beast'' didn't bring theatre back to New York, but it did change the dynamic, no question about it, of the business."<ref name=":20" /> Known for assisting [[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]] with his illusions, Roth hired [[Jim Steinmeyer]] to work on ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref name=":28" /> Steinmeyer had previously contributed to the musical ''[[Merlin (musical)|Merlin]]''.<ref name=":30" /> The Beast's transformation sequence during the second act was much-discussed. It took about 11 weeks to set the design.<ref name=":1" />

==Plot==

===Act I===
On a cold winter's night, an old beggar woman comes to a young spoiled prince's castle, offering him a single rose in return for shelter. But the prince turns her away solely for her appearance. The woman warns him not to be fooled by appearances, as true beauty lies within, only to be rejected again. She then transforms into a beautiful enchantress and turns the prince into a hideous [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]] and his servants into various household objects. She gives him the rose to use as an hour-glass. The only way he can break the spell is to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal falls ("Prologue").

Ten years later, a beautiful young girl named [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]] makes her way into town one morning to get a book from the local bookseller. On the way, she expresses her wish to live in a world like her books, full of adventure, while the townspeople note her unparalleled beauty but find her love of books odd ("Belle"). Belle has also attracted the attention of [[Gaston (Disney)|Gaston]], the local hunter and town hero, who admires her only for her beauty.

Belle, however, is not oblivious to her peers' views of her. She voices her concerns about it to her eccentric father and inventor, Maurice, who assures her that she is anything but strange ("No Matter What"). The two then put the finishing touches on his invention, and Maurice heads off to an invention fair donning a scarf knitted for him by Belle ("No Matter What (Reprise)") but becomes lost in the woods and attacked by a pack of wolves. After surviving a wolf attack, he enters the Beast's castle. He meets the servants, including Lumière, a maître d' turned into a [[candelabra]], Cogsworth, the head of household turned into a clock, Babette, a maid turned into a feather duster, Mrs. Potts, the head of the kitchen turned into a teapot, and Chip, her son turned into a teacup. They welcome him, but the horrid Beast arrives and locks Maurice away in the dungeon for trespassing.

Back in town, Gaston proposes to Belle, which she politely rejects ("Me"). Appalled by Gaston's forwardness, Belle once again voices her need for a life outside this provincial life ("Belle (Reprise)"). Gaston's sidekick, LeFou, returns from the woods wearing the scarf Belle knitted for Maurice. Belle realizes her father is in danger and heads into the woods to look for him. She ends up at the castle, where she finds her father locked away in a dungeon. She makes a deal with the Beast, Maurice goes free, but she remains instead. They agree, and Maurice is sent back to town without being allowed to say goodbye. Belle is given a guest room and ordered by the Beast to join him for dinner. She mourns her situation ("Home"), but Mrs. Potts and Madame de la Grande Bouche, an operatic wardrobe, attempt to cheer her up ("Home (Reprise)").

Back in town, at the local tavern, Gaston sulks at his loss of a bride. LeFou and the patrons attempt to cheer him up ("Gaston"). When Maurice rushes in, claiming a Beast has Belle locked away, they laugh at him but Gaston formulates a sinister plan ("Gaston (Reprise)"). Back at the castle, the Beast grows impatient as Belle has yet to join him for dinner. Cogsworth informs him she refuses to come. After a shouting match between Belle and the Beast (which ends in a victory for Belle), he tells her if she cannot eat with him, then she will not eat at all. He sulks and notes his fate in his quarters should the spell not break ("How Long Must This Go On?"). Eventually, Belle does become hungry and ventures into the kitchen where the servants offer her dinner despite their master's orders. They treat her to an amazing cabaret show ("[[Be Our Guest]]").

After dinner, Belle gets a tour of the castle courtesy of Cogsworth and Lumière. Her curiosity leads her to enter the West Wing, a place the Beast told her was forbidden. Mesmerized by a mysterious rose floating in a bell jar, she reaches out to touch it, but before she can, the Beast stops her and orders her to get out, accidentally shoving her in the process. Fearing for her life, Belle flees from the castle. Realizing his mistake, the Beast knows he will be a monster forever if he cannot learn to love her ("If I Can't Love Her").

===Act II===
In the woods, Belle is attacked by wolves and is only rescued when the Beast comes to her aid, but he is injured during the fight and collapses ("Entr'acte/Wolf Chase"). Instead of taking the chance to run home, Belle helps him back to the castle. She cleans his injuries, and after a brief argument about whose fault this is, the Beast thanks her for her kindness, and thus, their friendship is born. Wanting to give her a thank-you gift, the Beast gives Belle his huge library, which excites her. She notes a change in the Beast's personality as the servants note a change in Belle and the Beast's relationship ("Something There"). They express their hope of being human once more ("Human Again") while Belle asks the Beast to accompany her to dinner that night. Back in the village, Gaston and LeFou meet with the local insane asylum owner Monsieur D'Arque. They plan to lock Maurice away to blackmail Belle into marrying Gaston ("Maison des Lunes").

The Beast and Belle attend a lovely dinner and personal ball, where they dance together in the ballroom ("Beauty and the Beast"). The Beast, who plans to tell Belle he loves her, asks Belle if she is happy here, to which she responds positively but notes that she misses her father. He offers her his Magic Mirror to view him. She sees that Maurice is sick and lost in the woods and fears for his life. But even though the Beast knows there are only a few hours left till the last petal falls from the rose, he allows Belle to leave to save her father; she departs after a tearful goodbye ("If I Can't Love Her (Reprise)").

Belle finds her father and brings him back to their house in the village. After she nurses him back to health, she explains the transformation she seems to have gone through while she was with the Beast ("A Change in Me"). A mob arrives, led by Gaston, to take Maurice to the asylum. Belle proves her father's sanity by showing the townspeople the Beast is real using the Magic Mirror but does not realize the error in her gesture. The townspeople immediately fear the Beast, but Belle insists that he is gentle and kind. Gaston catches her tone and recognizes the Beast as his rival for Belle's affections and organizes the mob to kill the Beast ("Mob Song"). To warn the Beast, Belle and Maurice attempt to beat the mob to the castle. However, they arrive too late, for Gaston and the mob had already reached the castle.

The servants keep the lynch mob at bay, but Gaston breaks through and finds the Beast in his tower. He engages in a fight with him, mercilessly beating and taunting him. The Beast has lost the will to live at Belle's departure. As Gaston moves in for the killing blow, Belle arrives. The Beast immediately turns on Gaston and is prepared to kill him, but spares his life after seeing the fear in his eyes. The Beast and Belle are reunited, but this reunion is cut short as Gaston fatally stabs the Beast in the back. This act of violence causes Gaston to lose his footing, and he falls to his death.

On the balcony, Belle assures the Beast he'll live, but they both know she is helpless to save him. She begs him not to leave her because she has found a home in his company ("Home (Reprise)"), but despite this, he looses consciousness; and Belle (thinking that he's dead) sobs on his body and whispers "I love you" just as the last rose petal falls. A transformation occurs ("Transformation"), and the Beast is alive and human once more. Though Belle does not recognize him at first, she looks into his eyes and sees the Beast within, and they kiss. The two of them sing of how their lives have changed because of love and they dance once more as the servants, now changed back to their human form, gathers in the ballroom ("Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)").

==Productions==
===Houston (1993)===
''Beauty and the Beast'' premiered in a joint production of [[Theatre Under The Stars (Houston)|Theatre Under The Stars]] and Disney Theatrical at the Music Hall, Houston, Texas, from November 28, 1993, through December 26, 1993.

===Original Broadway production (1994-2007)===
The musical opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]] on April 18, 1994, and ran there until September 5, 1999. The show then transferred to the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on November 11, 1999, with an official opening date of November 16, 1999. The musical closed on July 29, 2007, after 46 previews and 5,461 performances, and is Broadway's [[List of the longest-running Broadway shows|tenth-longest running production]] in history ({{As of|2019|09|lc=y|df=}}).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/long-runs-on-broadway-com-109864#|work=Playbill|title=Long Runs on Broadway|last=Viagas|first=Robert|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> The production holds the record of being the longest running production at both the Palace Theatre, where it opened, and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where it closed its Broadway run.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The production cost an estimated $12 million, arguably higher,<ref name=":0" /> becoming the most costly Broadway musical at the time.<ref name=":7" /> However, some analysists estimate the cost to be closer to $20 million.<ref name=":19" />

Directed by Robert Jess Roth with choreography by [[Matt West]] and assisted by Dan Mojica, the original Broadway cast included [[Susan Egan]] as [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]], [[Terrence Mann]] as the [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]], [[Burke Moses]] as Gaston, [[Gary Beach]] as Lumière and [[Beth Fowler]] as Mrs. Potts. Orchestrations were by Danny Troob (after his own orchestrations and arrangements of the film), scenic designer was Stan Meyer, costume designer [[Ann Hould-Ward]], lighting designer [[Natasha Katz]], sound was by T. Richard Fitzgerald, hair designer David H. Lawrence, and prosthetics were by John Dods. Illusions were by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] and [[John Gaughan]], and pyrotechnic design was by Tyler Wymer.

The Broadway production closed to make way for Disney's next musical venture, ''[[The Little Mermaid (musical)|The Little Mermaid]]''.<ref name=byebye>{{cite web|last=Haun |first=Harry |date=July 6, 2007 |access-date=August 26, 2007 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/bye-bye-beauty-com-142060 |work=Playbill |title=Bye Bye Beauty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193517/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/109377.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> With Disney set to open its Broadway version of ''The Little Mermaid'' on November 3, 2007, at the time, it was believed that having two Disney princess films on Broadway at the same time would divide audiences and cause competition between the two shows. At this point, Disney also had three other shows running at the same time: ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'', ''[[Tarzan (musical)|Tarzan]]'', and ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]''. It was reported that Disney Theatrical planned to revive the show on Broadway for the 2008 holiday season, but Disney did not pursue this.<ref name="Beauty & the Beast">{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2008/06/03/high-school-musical-5-6-beauty-the-beast-headed-back-to-broadway.aspx|work=www.jimhillmedia.com|title="High School Musical 5 & 6" ?! "Beauty & the Beast" headed back to Broadway ?!|date=June 3, 2008|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref>

===West End production (1997)===
The [[West End theatre|West End]] production opened at London's [[Dominion Theatre]] on April 29, 1997, starring Julie-Alanah Brighten as Belle and Alasdair Harvey as the Beast.<ref>{{cite press release|title =Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Lights Up London's West End Tonight| publisher =PR Newswire|date=April 29, 1997|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=57803|access-date=August 26, 2007}}</ref> It also featured [[Burke Moses]] as Gaston, [[Derek Griffiths]] as Lumiere, [[Mary Millar]] as Mrs. Potts, [[Norman Rossington]] as Maurice, [[Barry James]] as Cogsworth, [[Di Botcher]] as Madame de la Grande Bouche,<ref>Taylor, Paul. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-musical-beauty-and-the-beast-dominion-theatre-london-1261612.html "REVIEW: MUSICAL 'Beauty and the Beast' Dominion Theatre, London"] ''The Independent'', 14 May 1997, Retrieved January 23, 2017</ref> Richard Gauntlett as LeFou, and Rebecca Thornhill as Babette.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Over the course of the production, notable replacements included [[Michelle Gayle]] and Annalene Beechey as Belle, [[John Barrowman]] and [[Earl Carpenter]] as the Beast, Alex Bourne as Gaston, and [[Billy Boyle]] and Terry Doyle as Maurice. The production ended on December 11, 1999.<ref>[http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/shows/beauty-and-the-beast/ Disney's Beauty and the Beast] Theatrecrafts.com, Retrieved February 14, 2017</ref>

The production won the 1998 American Express Award for Best New Musical [[Olivier Award]], against other nominees ''[[Enter the Guardsman]]'', ''[[The Fix (musical)|The Fix]]'' and ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/winners/view/item98532/olivier-winners-1998/|work=Olivier Awards|title=Olivier Winners 1998|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref>

===Broadway revival===
On April 24, 2019, Disney Theatrical Groups revealed that ''Beauty and the Beast'' would return to Broadway.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-revival-of-beauty-and-the-beast-in-the-works Disney Theatrical Productions will revisit the show that kicked off Disney's reign on Broadway 25 years ago ]</ref> Thomas Schumacher announced that the Broadway revival would be updated. Theatre and dates have not been announced.<ref>[http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-broadway-revival_88543.html Disney's Beauty and the Beast Is Getting a Broadway Revival ]</ref>

===West End revival (2022)===
The UK and Ireland reimagined tour which opened in August 2021, played a limited [[London Palladium]] engagement from June 24 through September 17, 2022. It stars Shaq Taylor as The Beast, Courtney Stapleton as Belle, and the rest of the tour's cast.<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-will-play-london-palladium-this-summer Disney's Beauty and the Beast will play London Palladium This Summer] Playbill, January 21, 2022</ref>

===US National tours===
The show had four US national tours. The first opened on November 15, 1995, and closed in 1999. It featured Kim Huber as Belle, Fred Inkley as the Beast, [[Patrick Page]] as Lumiere and [[Paige Davis]] as Babette. Patrick Page and Paige Davis met and fell in love during the tour and married. A second national tour opened in 1999 with Susan Owen as Belle and Grant Norman as The Beast. This production closed in 2003. The third national tour opened in 2001 and closed in 2003. This production starred Jennifer Shraeder as Belle and Roger Befeler as the Beast with Marc G. Dalio as Gaston. Notable replacements on the tours have included [[Sarah Litzsinger]], [[Erin Dilly]] and Danyelle Bossardet as Belle. The three touring companies visited 137 venues in 90 North American cities. About 5.5 million people in the United States and Canada saw these tours. The fourth national tour of ''Beauty and the Beast'' began February 2010, opening in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], starring Liz Shivener as Belle and Justin Glaser as the Beast.<ref>http://www.starkinsider.com/2010/08/theater-review-disney-beauty-and-the-beast-shn-san-francisco.html Theater Review: Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' (San Francisco)
</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/article/new-beauty-and-beast-tour-now-playing-providence-peoria-is-next-com-165825 "New Beauty and Beast Tour Now Playing Providence; Peoria Is Next"] ''Playbill'', February 12, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2016.</ref> Under the direction of the original Broadway creative team, the show featured all new sets and costumes. The tour was the longest in the show's history, running until July 2016.

=== UK National tours ===
The UK National tour (prior to the closure of the West End Production in 1999) began on November 2, 2001, at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool with stops in Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, Southampton, Manchester and ended on April 12, 2003, at the Playhouse Theatre in Edinburgh. The tour starred Annalene Beechey (reprising her role from the London production) as Belle, Alistair Robins as the Beast, Ben Harlow as Gaston, [[Julia Goss]] as Mrs. Potts, Stephen Matthews as Lumiere, [[Barry James]] (reprising his role from the London production) as Cogsworth, [[Billy Boyle]] (reprising his role from the London production) as Maurice, Karen Davies as Madame de la Grande Bouche, Kate Graham (reprising her role from the London production) as Babette, Anthony Clegg as LeFou, and Oliver Taylor (reprising his role from the London production) and Sion Eifion sharing the role of Chip. Notable replacements included [[Dianne Pilkington]] as Belle, Alex Bourne as the Beast, [[Earl Carpenter]] as Gaston, Marilyn Cutts as Mrs. Potts, Richard Tate as Maurice, and Drew Varley as LeFou.

In September 2020, it was announced that the production would embark on a new UK and Ireland tour, which was scheduled to open at the [[Bristol Hippodrome]] on 25 August 2021 with stops in Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Sunderland, Birmingham, Manchester and Dublin with further dates to be confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-01|title=2022 Tour Dates|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/birmingham-theatre/news/beauty-and-the-beast-musical-2022-tour_55033.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-01|website=WhatsOnStage.com|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001094437/https://www.whatsonstage.com/birmingham-theatre/news/beauty-and-the-beast-musical-2022-tour_55033.html |archive-date=2021-10-01 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Disney delays UK tour of Beauty and the Beast {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/leicester-theatre/news/disney-delays-uk-tour-of-beauty-and-the-beast_53574.html|access-date=2021-03-15|website=www.whatsonstage.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> The production starred Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo as Belle and the Beast respectively, while other cast members include Tom Senior, [[Martin Ball]], [[Gavin Lee]], and [[Sam Bailey]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/bristol-theatre/news/beauty-and-the-beast-tour-unveils-cast_53937.html |title=Disney's Beauty and the Beast tour announces full cast |last=Wood |first=Alex |website=WhatsOnStage |date=2021-04-30 |access-date=2021-05-01}}</ref>

In October 2021, Emmanuel Kojo was suspended from playing the role of The Beast due to allegations of inappropriate language to women working in the show. After an investigation was launched, Beast understudy Alyn Hawke was promoted to temporary principle until [[Shaq Taylor]] stepped in as full time replacement in early 2022. [https://www.beautyandthebeastmusical.co.uk/alyn-hawke]<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BEAUTY-AND-THE-BEAST-Star-Emmanuel-Kojo-Suspended-Due-to-Alleged-Inappropriate-Comments-to-Female-Crew-Member-20211018 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Star Emmanuel Kojo Suspended Due to Alleged 'Inappropriate Comments' to Female Crew Member] Broadway World, October 18, 2021</ref>

===International productions===
''Beauty and the Beast'' has been performed in more than 40 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States. Over 35 million people have seen the show worldwide and it has grossed more than $1.7 billion.<ref name=play2003>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81772-MTI_Will_License_Disney's_Aida_and_Beauty_and_the_Beast_for_Regional_and_Amateur_Markets "MTI Will License Disney's Aida and Beauty and the Beast for Regional and Amateur Markets"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012054710/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81772-MTI_Will_License_Disney%27s_Aida_and_Beauty_and_the_Beast_for_Regional_and_Amateur_Markets |date=2009-10-12 }} Playbill.com, September 22, 2003</ref>

On July 15, 1995, the musical began its original Australian run in Melbourne at the [[Princess Theatre (Melbourne)|Princess Theatre]], before moving on to Sydney. The original Australian cast included [[Michael Cormick]] as The Beast, [[Rachael Beck]] as Belle, [[Hugh Jackman]] as Gaston, and [[Ernie Bourne]] as Maurice.

In 1995, the musical opened in Japan and was performed by the [[Shiki Theatre Company]]. The musical continued to tour Japan until May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmaga.jp/news/2017/05/24172/|title=舞台「美女と野獣」京都公演が千秋楽|date=May 22, 2017|work=Lmaga.jp|language=ja|access-date=May 15, 2019}}</ref>

The Toronto production opened at the [[Princess of Wales Theatre]] on July 25, 1995, and closed on August 30, 1997. The production starred [[Kerry Butler]] as Belle and [[Chuck Wagner]] as the Beast, with Terry Doyle as Maurice. Notable replacements included [[Melissa Thomson]] as Belle and [[Steve Blanchard]] as the Beast.
The lesser known [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] production at the [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax, Nova Scotia)|Neptune Theatre]] was the longest running production in the theater's history.

A Los Angeles production opened at the Shubert Theatre on April 12, 1995, and closed on September 29, 1996. Most of the original Broadway cast returned, including Susan Egan, Terrence Mann, Gary Beach, Beth Fowler, Burke Moses and Tom Bosley. Notable replacements included [[James Barbour (singer)|James Stacy Barbour]] as the Beast. The sets in this production were widely considered to be the largest out of all the musical's productions in the world. After the show closed in Los Angeles, all of the sets were transferred for the production in Mexico City in 1997.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}

In December 1997, the musical opened in Stuttgart at the Palladium Theatre, Stuttgart and played there until December 22, 2000. Leah Delos Santos played Belle and [[Uwe Kröger]] played the Beast and Marc G. Dalio played Gaston.

In 1999, the musical opened in China.

On March 4, 2005, Beauty and the Beast had its Scandinavian premiere at [[The Göteborg Opera]] with Fred Johanson as the Beast and [[Annica Edstam]] as Belle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sv.opera.se/forestallningar/skonheten-och-odjuret-2004-2005/ |title = Föreställningar - GöteborgsOperan - SE}}</ref>

On June 16, 2005, the musical began its Philippine run at the [[Meralco Theater]]. Produced by Atlantis Productions, it featured [[KC Concepcion]] alternating with [[Karel Marquez]] as Belle, [[Jett Pangan]] as the Beast, and Calvin Millado as Gaston. In September 2005, a production in [[Budapest]], Hungary premiered at the Budapesti Operettszínház.

In South America, Argentina was the first country to produce it, with Marisol Otero as Belle, Juan Rodó as Beast, Diego Jaraz as Gaston, Gustavo Monje as LeFou, Pablo Lizaso as Lumière, Mónica Nuñez as Mrs. Potts, Omar Pini as Cogsworth, Alejandra Radano as Babette and Rodolfo Valss as Maurice. It ran from November 26, 1998, at the Teatro Ópera in Buenos Aires until August 15, 1999, before opening again in 2010. Brazil was the second country to host the musical. Disney had plans to bring it to the country in 1999, after the success in Argentina, but nobody really knew if it would work. Three years later, in 2002, ''Beauty and the Beast'' finally opened in Brazil at Teatro Abril, one of the biggest theaters in the country. It was a huge hit, for more than one and a half years, it was presented with [[Kiara Sasso]] playing Belle and Saulo Vasconcelos playing the Beast. In 2009, a new Belle and a new Beast were cast, Lissah Martins and Ricardo Vieira, as the musical came back to Brazil, Kiara Sasso was playing Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. ''Beauty and the Beast'' remained for six months at Teatro Abril. Even though the play was brought back as a way to try to recoup some of the money lost in Brazil's version of ''[[Miss Saigon]]'', this second incarnation of ''Beauty and the Beast'' failed to create any critical buzz, or to be a box office success.

In Spain there have been three productions of the show. The first one, based on the original Broadway production, had its Madrid debut on December 2, 1999, at Teatro Lope de Vega. The original cast included Xenia Reguant (later replaced by Julia Möller) as Belle, [[Carlos Marín]] (later replaced by Joe Luciano) as Beast, Lisardo Guarinos (later replaced by Manuel Bandera) as Gaston, Víctor Ullate Roche as LeFou, Germán Torres as Lumière, Kirby Navarro as Mrs. Potts, David Venancio Muro as Cogsworth, Dulcinea Juárez as Babette, Laura Inclán as Madame de la Grande Bouche and Miguel de Grandy as Maurice. After a successful run of 27 months and about 900 performances, the production finally closed on March 3, 2002, becoming the longest-running musical ever in Madrid at that time. In 2007, a second version produced by [[Stage Entertainment]] premiered on October 3, at Teatro Coliseum, Madrid, for a limited run of six months, but the closing was postponed due to a successful season. The original cast included Julia Möller reprising her role as Belle (later replaced by María Adamuz), David Ordinas as Beast, [[Pablo Puyol]] as Gaston, Raúl Peña as LeFou, Armando Pita as Lumière, Angels Jiménez as Mrs. Potts (later replaced by Rita Barber), Esteban Oliver as Cogsworth, Silvia Luchetti as Babette, María José Oquendo as Madame de la Grande Bouche and Lorenzo Valverde as Maurice. The production closed on January 11, 2009, and was transferred to Barcelona, where it ran from February 26, 2009, to January 10, 2010, at the BTM, with some changes in the cast, including Mercè Martínez as Mrs. Potts, Marta Capel as Babette, Patricia Paisal as Madame de la Grande Bouche and Albert Muntanyola as Maurice. In 2012, the Stage Entertainment version was relaunched as a touring production, beginning performances on September 6, at Teatro Calderón, [[Valladolid]]. The original cast of this third Spanish production included Talía del Val as Belle, Ignasi Vidal as Beast, [[Daniel Diges]] as Gaston, Raúl Peña as LeFou, Diego Rodríguez as Lumière, Mone as Mrs. Potts, Frank Capdet as Cogsworth, Marta Capel as Babette, Eva Diago as Madame de la Grande Bouche and Enrique R. del Portal as Maurice.

In 2005, Disney and Stage Entertainment produced a new version of the show, directed by Glenn Casale, using brand new sets and costumes. After touring the Netherlands and playing in Antwerp, Belgium, Disney and Stage Entertainment brought the show to Berlin, Germany, in 2006 after a (approx.) one-year run at the [[Metronom Theater]] in Oberhausen. This production opened in 2007 in Madrid, Spain and in 2009 in Barcelona, Spain; and Milan and Rome, Italy, with [[Arianna Bergamaschi|Arianna]] as Belle and [[Michel Altieri]] as the Beast. A Russian production of the show opened in 2009 in Moscow, Russia; with television actress [[Yekaterina Guseva]] and Stage Entertainment actress Natalya Bystrova alternating the role of Belle.

The Broadway production played a second time in Mexico City beginning in September 2007 and in Hiroshima, Japan, beginning in February 2008. The Broadway production opened in South Africa in September 2008 and ran until March 2009.<ref>[http://www.beautyandthebeast.co.za/ South Africa production] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830081437/http://www.beautyandthebeast.co.za/ |date=2008-08-30 }} beautyandthebeast.co.za, accessed September 5, 2011</ref> In 2004, Disney began to license the show to other companies for touring, and the show has been performed by professional and amateur companies in many countries.

On October 24, 2013, the Glenn Casale production of ''Beauty and the Beast'' opened at [[Théâtre Mogador]] in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://france.broadwayworld.com/article/Disneys-BEAUTY-AND-THE-BEAST-to-Make-French-Language-Debut-in-Paris-October-2013-20130514|title=Disney's Beauty and the Beast to Make French-Language Debut in Paris, October 2013|author=BWW News Desk}}</ref> A Russian revival was staged at the Russia theatre, in Moscow<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80) |title = Россия (театр) — Википедия}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}} starring Anastasia Yatsenko and Yulia Iva alternating as Belle. One of the Belles in the original Russian cast, Natalya Bystrova, revisited the role for selected performances. The production came back to the Netherlands for a run at [[Circustheater]] in The Hague, starring Anouk Maas as Belle, Edwin Jonker as Beast and Freek Bartels as Gaston.

Beginning October 2014, Disney Theatrical Productions, NETworks and Broadway Entertainment Group launched an international tour in celebration of ''Beauty and the Beast''{{'}}s 20th anniversary on stage. The tour opened at the [[Zorlu Center]] in Istanbul, Turkey, and closed in January 2016 at [[Dubai World Trade Centre]], having visited Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Italy, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, Romania, and Qatar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/broadway-creative-team-of-beauty-and-the-beast-will-reunite-for-internation-217065|title=Broadway Creative Team of Beauty and the Beast Will Reunite for International Tour|work=Playbill|date=April 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/leisure/events/beauty-and-the-beast-musical-comes-to-dubai-1.1628195|title=Beauty and the Beast musical comes to Dubai|work=Gulf News|date=November 29, 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, Disney and Marmelade produced an updated version for the [[Flemish Region]] of Belgium. The original cast included [[Josje Huisman]] as Belle, Jan Schepens as Beast, Dieter Troubleyn as Gaston, Peter Van de Velde as Lumière, Frank Hoelen as Maurice, Ivan Pecnik as Cogsworth (called Tickens), [[Eline De Munck]] as Babette, Peter Thyssen as LeFou, [[Barbara Dex]] as Mrs. Potts and Saskia Schäfer as Madame de la Grande Bouche (called La Commodia). The show premiered on December 10, 2016, at [[Flanders Expo]] in Ghent.<ref>[http://www.beautyandthebeast.be/ Disney's Beauty and the Beast returns to Belgium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220124833/https://www.beautyandthebeast.be/ |date=2016-12-20 }} beautyandthebeast.be, accessed December 12, 2016</ref>

A new Australian production based on the 2021 UK tour will open at Sydney's Capitol Theatre in June 2023.<ref>[https://www.disney.com.au/news/sydney-to-host-production-beauty-and-the-beast-june-2023 Sydney to host Disney’s new production of Beauty and the Beast at the Capitol Theatre in June 2023] disney.com.au, August 17, 2022</ref>

===Amateur rights===
The show's rights became available (in association with Josef Weinberger Ltd.) to amateur performing groups and regional musical societies.<ref>[http://www.josef-weinberger.com/musicals/musical/beauty-and-the-beast-disney-s.html "'Beauty and the Beast'] josef-weinberger.com, accessed September 5, 2011</ref> The show has been performed in numerous countries, by theater companies on both an amateur and professional level.

The libretto was revised by the original creative team for the 2021 UK tour.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-23|title=Preview: Disney's Beauty and the Beast at Bristol Hippodrome|url=https://visitbristol.co.uk/blog/read/2021/08/preview-disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-at-bristol-hippodrome-b1457|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Visit Bristol|language=en-GB}}</ref> Most of the changes (except for the new reduced orchestration, which isn't available for licensing), were added to the official licensed script in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-30|title=Disney's Beauty And The Beast|url=https://www.mtishows.com/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Music Theatre International|language=en}}</ref> Some of the changes include the removal of "Maison des Lunes" and "The Battle", optional cuts to dance breaks and making "No Matter What" an optional song. The "Silly Girls" were renamed "Les Filles de la Ville".

==Characters==
{| style="wikitable" border="0"
| width=20% style="background:lightblue"| '''Character'''
| '''Description'''
|- valign="top"
|[[Belle (Beauty and the Beast)|Belle]]
| A vibrant, intelligent young beauty who wants much more in life than living in a small town. She is perceived to be quite odd.
|-valign="top"
| [[Beast (Beauty and the Beast)|The Beast]]
| A prince transformed into a terrifying beast for his lack of compassion; short-tempered and commanding, but with a warm, loving heart buried far beneath his gruff exterior.
|-valign="top"
| [[Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)|Gaston]]
| The story's antagonist. The vain, egotistical, narcissistic, ultra-masculine villain determined to marry Belle.
|- valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Le Fou|LeFou]]
| Gaston's bumbling sidekick.
|- valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Lumière|Lumière]]
| A suave, French, debonair enchanted candelabra. The maître d' of the castle.
|- valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Mrs. Potts|Mrs. Potts]]
| A kind-hearted, maternal enchanted teapot. The head of the castle's kitchen.
|- valign="top"
|[[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Chip Potts|Chip]]
| A young teacup; Mrs. Potts' son.
|- valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Cogsworth|Cogsworth]]
| A tightly wound, enchanted stuffy mantle clock and head of the Beast's castle.
|- valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Featherduster|Babette]]
| A saucy, flirtatious featherduster who seeks Lumière's affections. The maid of the castle.
|-valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#The Wardrobe|Madame de la Grande Bouche]]
| A former opera diva turned into a wardrobe
|- valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Maurice|Maurice]]
| Belle's loving, eccentric inventor father.
|-valign="top"
| [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast characters#Monsieur D'Arque|Monsieur D'Arque]]
| The freaky, scheming proprietor of the local insane asylum, the Maison des Lunes.
|-valign="top"
| Ensemble
| Silly Girls, Enchanted Objects, Townspeople, Tavern Patrons, Mob.
|}

==Musical numbers==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Act I
*Overture*#¶ — Orchestra
*Prologue — Narrator
*Belle — Belle, Gaston, Silly Girls, Ensemble
*No Matter What*#¶ — Maurice, Belle
*No Matter What [Reprise]/Wolf Chase*# — Maurice
*Me*# — Gaston, Belle
*Belle (Reprise) — Belle
*Home* — Belle
*Home (Reprise)* — Mrs. Potts
*Gaston† — LeFou, Gaston, Silly Girls, Ensemble
*Gaston (Reprise)† — Gaston, LeFou
*How Long Must This Go On?*#¶ — Beast
*[[Be Our Guest]]† — Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Ensemble
*[[If I Can't Love Her]]*# — Beast
{{col-break}}

;Act II
*Entr'acte/Wolf Chase* — Orchestra
*Something There — Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth
*[[Human Again (Beauty and the Beast)|Human Again]]*‡ — Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Madame de la Grande Bouche, Babette, Cogsworth, Ensemble
*Maison Des Lunes*#¶ — Gaston, LeFou, Monsieur D' Arque
*[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]] — Mrs. Potts
*If I Can't Love Her (Reprise)* — Beast
*[[A Change in Me]]*§# — Belle
*The Mob Song — Gaston, Ensemble
*The Battle*¶ — The Company
*Home (Reprise II)* — Belle
*Transformation* — Beast, Belle, Ensemble
*Beauty and the Beast (Reprise) — The Company

{{col-end}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> New song/Expanded score

† Expanded vocal or instrumental content, using either cut lyrics by Ashman or dance arrangements by Glen Kelly, or both.

‡ "Human Again" was written by Menken and Ashman for the movie, but was cut, due to the complications it made on the film's timeline. It was repurposed for the Broadway play, and on account of the musical's great success, an entirely new animated sequence based on the Broadway version was set to this song and inserted into 2002's Special Edition DVD release.

§ "A Change in Me" was written into the show in 1998 for the debut of Toni Braxton and was retained thereafter.

¶ Cut from the show for the 2021 UK Tour

''#'' not in the Junior Broadway show, but some Junior versions have retained the song.

==Instrumentation==
[[Music Theatre International]] offers two orchestrations for ''Beauty and the Beast''.

The "Standard Orchestration", of the licensed version of the show is the bigger orchestration, based on the original Broadway arrangements and the revisions for the Stage Entertainment production. It is scored for three [[synthesizer]]s (the first playing piano and celeste, the second augmenting different sections and the third augmenting the string section),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://keyboardtek.com/shows/beautybeaststandard/ | title=Beauty and the Beast (Standard) }}</ref> a [[drum kit]] (including [[glockenspiel]]), a [[percussion]] section, [[double bass]], three [[woodwind]] players, three [[French horn]]s in F, two [[trumpet]]s in B-flat, [[trombone]], divided [[violin]]s (with a minimum of two players), [[cello]], and a [[harp]]. The first woodwind player doubles on [[flute]] and [[piccolo]], the second on [[English horn]] and [[oboe]], and the third on [[clarinet]], [[bass clarinet]], and flute. The trombonist doubles on [[bass trombone]] and [[tuba]].

The original Broadway orchestration, orchestrated by [[Danny Troob]], featured a string section of 6 violins and 2 celli, and two additional woodwind players. The first played flute and piccolo, the second oboe and English horn, the third piccolo, flute and clarinet in B-flat, the fourth piccolo, flute, clarinet in B-flat and bass clarinet in B-flat, and the fifth on [[bassoon]] and [[contrabassoon]]. The excised reed parts and the larger string section were used for the synthesizer parts upon their removal for the licensed orchestration..

The "Alternate Orchestration", offered by [[Music Theatre International]] when licensing the show, is a reduced orchestration for 11 players. It is scored for [[percussion]] (including [[Drum Kit]], [[Glockenspiel]] and other instruments), double bass, three woodwind players, a brass section consisting of a trumpet and French horn, violin, cello, [[synthesizer]] and [[piano]] (optionally doubling synthesized [[harp]] and [[celesta|celeste]]). This orchestration has the option to be piano conducted (the conductor plays the piano part and conducts), though some shows have a separate conductor and pianist.

For the Stage Entertainment productions of the show; [[Danny Troob]] re-orchestrated the score for 14 players. This new arrangement was mostly based on the licensed orchestration, with the string section played on [[Synthesizer|keyboard]] 3. It was scored for three [[synthesizer]]s, a [[percussion]] section, (including [[Drum kit|drums]] and [[glockenspiel]]), [[double bass]], three [[woodwind]] players, two [[French horn]]s in F, a [[trombone]] (doubling on [[bass trombone]] and [[tuba]]), two [[trumpet]]s in B-flat, and a [[harp]]. However, [[Stage Entertainment]] soon started reducing the size of their orchestras for the production, replacing musicians with the electronic software KeyComp. The pit for the [[Paris]] production and for the 2016 Dutch revival were composed of seven musicians (two [[Synthesizer|keyboards]], three [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]] players, a [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] section, and a single [[French horn|French Horn]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Critique La Belle et la Bete Musical|url=http://www.disneynext.fr/Avant-premi%C3%A8res/critique_la_belle_et_la_bete_musical.htm|access-date=2021-05-07|website=www.disneynext.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Lumière en Coulisses 09 Partie 2 - Découvrez le Musical La Belle et la Bête autrement|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDWXn69gJ8k&list=PLXac-ZtAUoeM9Y0hhYAiOP_3fouoZjgDd&index=10 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/TDWXn69gJ8k |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-05-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The last UK tour of the musical introduced reworked dance arrangements, and a new orchestration and vocal arrangements (some of them closer to the 2017 movie). The score was reorchestrated for 10 players, who play using the electronic software KeyComp.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://taylorjwilliams.com/portfolio-items/click-for-more/ | title=Click for More | date=12 October 2017 }}</ref> It is scored for two [[synthesizers]], two [[woodwind]] players, 1 [[trombone]] (doubling [[bass trombone]]), 1 [[french horn]] in F, 1 [[trumpet]] in B flat, 1 [[violin]], 1 [[cello]] and a player playing both [[percussion]] and a [[drum kit]].

==Cast information==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Characters
!Broadway (1994)
!Los Angeles (1995)
!Australia (1995)
!Toronto (1995)
!US Tour (1995)
!West End (1997)
!2nd US Tour (1999)
!1st UK Tour (2001)
!2nd UK Tour (2021)
!West End (2022)
|-
|[[Belle (Beauty and the Beast)|Belle]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" |[[Susan Egan]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Rachael Beck]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Kerry Butler]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Kim Huber
| style="text-align:center;" |Julie-Alanah Brighten
| style="text-align:center;" |Susan Owen
| style="text-align:center;" |Annalene Beechey
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Courtney Stapleton
|-
|[[Beast (Beauty and the Beast)|Beast]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" |[[Terrence Mann]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Michael Cormick]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Chuck Wagner]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Fred Inkley
| style="text-align:center;" |Alasdair Harvey
| style="text-align:center;" |Grant Norman
| style="text-align:center;" |Alistair Robins
| style="text-align:center;" |Emmanuel Kojo
| style="text-align:center;" |Shaq Taylor
|-
|[[Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)|Gaston]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" |[[Burke Moses]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Hugh Jackman]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Dan Chameroy]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Tony Lawson
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Burke Moses]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Chris Hoch
| style="text-align:center;" |Ben Harlow
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Tom Senior
|-
|LeFou
| style="text-align:center;" |Kenny Raskin
| style="text-align:center;" |Jamie Torcellini
| style="text-align:center;" |Zachary McKay
| style="text-align:center;" |Cliff Saunders
| style="text-align:center;" |Dan Sklar
| style="text-align:center;" |Richard Gauntlett
| style="text-align:center;" |Michael Raine
| style="text-align:center;" |Anthony Clegg
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Louis Stockil
|-
|Lumière
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" |[[Gary Beach]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Grant Smith
| style="text-align:center;" |André Thérien
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Patrick Page]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Derek Griffiths]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Ron Wisniski
| style="text-align:center;" |Stephen Matthews
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |[[Gavin Lee]]
|-
|Mrs. Potts
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" |[[Beth Fowler]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Robyn Arthur
| style="text-align:center;" |Judy Marshak
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Betsy Joslyn]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Mary Millar]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Janet MacEwen
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Julia Goss]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |[[Sam Bailey]]
|-
|Cogsworth
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Heath Lamberts]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Fred Applegate (actor)|Fred Applegate]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Bert Newton]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Paul Brown
| style="text-align:center;" |Jeff Brooks
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Barry James]]
| style="text-align:center;" |John Alban Coughlan
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Barry James]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Nigel Richards
|-
|Maurice
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |[[Tom Bosley]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Ernie Bourne]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Terry Doyle
| style="text-align:center;" |Grant Cowan
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Norman Rossington]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Ron Lee Savin
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Billy Boyle]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |[[Martin Ball]]
|-
|Madame de la Grande Bouche
| style="text-align:center;" |Eleanor Glockner
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Mary Jo Catlett]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Gloden Mercer
| style="text-align:center;" |Jo-Anne Kirwan-Clark
| style="text-align:center;" |Mary Stout
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Di Botcher]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Monica M. Wemitt
| style="text-align:center;" |Karen Davies
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Samantha Bingley
|-
|Babette
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Stacey (Loach) Logan|Stacey Logan]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Heather Lee
| style="text-align:center;" |Alinta Carroll
| style="text-align:center;" |Elizabeth Beeler
| style="text-align:center;" |Leslie Castay
| style="text-align:center;" |Rebecca Thornhill
| style="text-align:center;" |Jennifer Shrader
| style="text-align:center;" |Kate Graham
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Emma Caffrey
|-
|Chip
| style="text-align:center;" |Brian Press
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Adam Wylie]] Jeremy Lelliott
| style="text-align:center;" |Paul Cheyene Anthony Hammer Zach Meyers
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Gil Filar]] [[Noah Reid]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Alex Bowen Braden Dickie
| style="text-align:center;" |Ben Butterfield Dayle Hodge Simon Kennedy
| style="text-align:center;" |Michael Mags Miles Meehan
| style="text-align:center;" |Oliver Taylor
Sion Eifion
| style="text-align:center;" |Manasseh Mapira Iesa Miller Theo Querico Rojae Simpson Joshua Smith
| style="text-align:center;" |Benjamin Dalton Sekhani Dumezweni Zarian Marcel Obatarhe Rojae Simpson
|}
'''Notable Broadway cast replacements''' (approximate dates given where available)<ref name=byebye/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/4602|work=www.ibdb.com|title=Beauty and the Beast at IBDB.com|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref>
*Belle: [[Sarah Uriarte Berry]] (1995–1996 & 2006), [[Kerry Butler]] (1996–1997), [[Debbie Gibson|Deborah Gibson]] (1997–1998), [[Toni Braxton]] (1998–1999; first African American to play Belle on Broadway), [[Andrea McArdle]] (1999–2000), [[Sarah Litzsinger]] (2000–2002, 2003 & 2006), [[Jamie-Lynn Sigler]] (2002–2003, Broadway debut), [[Megan McGinnis]] (2003–2004), [[Christy Carlson Romano]] (2004), [[Ashley Brown]] (2005–2006, Broadway debut), [[Anneliese van der Pol]] (2007, Broadway debut, closing cast). A total of seventeen actresses have played the part of Belle in the Broadway production, with Litzsinger playing it the longest.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=One "Soprano" Exits, Another Returns |work=Playbill |date=January 28, 2003 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/one-soprano-exits-another-returns-litzsinger-replaces-sigler-in-beast-feb-11-com-111229 |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184530/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/77548.html }}</ref>
*Beast: [[Jeff McCarthy]] (1995–1997 & 2004), [[Chuck Wagner]] (1997–1998), [[James Barbour (singer)|James Barbour]] (1998–1999), [[Steve Blanchard]] (who played the Beast for the last eight years of the Broadway run).
*Gaston: [[Marc Kudisch]] (1995), [[Steve Blanchard]] (1997–1999), [[Christopher Sieber]] (2001), [[Donny Osmond]] (2006 & final Broadway performance)
*Lumière: [[Lee Roy Reams]] (1995), [[Meshach Taylor]] (1998–1999, Broadway debut), [[Patrick Page]] (1999–2001 & 2003), [[Paul Schoeffler]] (2001),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/schoeffler-to-light-up-bways-beauty-and-the-beast-march-21-may-13-com-95613|author1=David Lefkowitz|author2=Robert Simonson|author-link2=Robert Simonson|title=Schoeffler to Light Up Bway's Beauty and the Beast, March 21-May 13|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> [[Bryan Batt]] (2001–2002), [[Jacob Young]] (2006, Broadway debut), [[John Tartaglia]] (2006–2007)
*Cogsworth: [[Peter Bartlett (actor)|Peter Bartlett]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/peter-bartlett-vault-0000095027|title=Peter Bartlett}}</ref> [[Jonathan Freeman (actor)|Jonathan Freeman]] (2006–2007)
*Chip: [[Nick Jonas]] (2002), [[Harrison Chad]], [[Henry Hodges]], [[Andrew Keenan-Bolger]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.andrewkeenanbolger.com/resume.php |title=Andrew Keenan-Bolger: Official Site |access-date=2014-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021160138/http://www.andrewkeenanbolger.com/resume.php |archive-date=2014-10-21 }}</ref>
*Babette: [[Ann Mandrella]] (2007, Broadway debut, closing cast)

'''Notable West End cast replacements'''
*Belle: [[Michelle Gayle]]
*Beast: [[John Barrowman]], [[Earl Carpenter]]
*Gaston: [[Earl Carpenter]] (u/s)
*Mrs. Potts: [[Gemma Craven]]
*Maurice: [[Billy Boyle]]

==Recordings==
The [[Beauty and the Beast (Original Broadway Cast Recording)|Original Broadway Cast Recording]] was released on April 26, 1994. The CD included [[Susan Egan]] as Belle, [[Terrence Mann]] as [[Beast (Disney character)|Beast]], [[Burke Moses]] as Gaston, [[Gary Beach]] as Lumière, [[Tom Bosley]] as Maurice, Anna McNeeley as Madame de la Grande Bouche and [[Beth Fowler]] as Mrs. Potts. The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] by the [[RIAA]] on December 7, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Beauty+and+the+Beast+%28original+cast%29#search_section|title=Beauty and the Beast (Original Cast)|access-date=April 16, 2021|publisher=RIAA}}</ref>

The Original Australian Cast Recording was released in 1995. The principal cast included [[Rachael Beck]] as Belle, Michael Cormick as Beast, [[Hugh Jackman]] as Gaston, Ernie Bourne as Maurice, Toni Lamond as Madame de la Grande Bouche, Grant Smith as Lumière, Robyn Arthur as Mrs. Potts and [[Bert Newton]] as Cogsworth.

The Original Vienna Cast Recording was released in 1996. The principal cast included Ethan Freeman as Beast, Caroline Vasicek as Belle, Kevin Tarte as Gaston, Viktor Gernot as Lumière, [[Ann Mandrella]] as Babette, and Rosita Mewis as Mrs. Potts.

The Original London Cast Recording was released in 1997. The principal cast included Julie-Alanah Brighten as Belle, Alasdair Harvey as Beast, [[Burke Moses]] as Gaston, [[Derek Griffiths]] as Lumière and [[Mary Millar]] as Mrs. Potts.

The Original Stuttgart Cast Recording was released in 1998. The principal cast included Uwe Kroger as Beast and Leah Delos Santos as Belle and [[Ann Mandrella]] as Babette.

The Original Madrid Cast Recording was released in 1999. The principal cast included Xenia Reguant as Belle, [[Carlos Marín]] as Beast, Lisardo Guarinos as Gaston, Víctor Ullate Roche as LeFou, [[Germán Torres]] as Lumière, David Venancio Muro as Cogsworth and Kirby Navarro as Mrs. Potts. A second cast recording for the new production was released in May 2008, starring Julia Möller as Belle, David Ordinas as Beast, [[Pablo Puyol]] as Gaston, Raúl Peña as LeFou, Armando Pita as Lumière, Esteban Oliver as Cogsworth and Angels Jiménez as Mrs. Potts.

The Original Dutch Cast Recording was released in 2005. The principal cast included Chantal Janzen as Belle, Stanley Burleson as Beast, René van Kooten as Gaston, Carlo Boszhard as Lumière, Ger Otte as Tickens (Cogsworth) and Mariska van Kolck as Mrs. Potts.

==Junior version==
A "junior" version of the musical for middle and high school students was published by [[Music Theatre International|MTI]]. This version only included a selected number of the songs, including "Belle", "Belle (Reprise)", "Home", "Home (Tag)", "Gaston", "Gaston (Reprise)", "Be Our Guest", "Something There", "Human Again", "Beauty and the Beast", "The Mob Song", "Home (Reprise)", and "Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)". Also in "Belle (Reprise)", The Silly Girls take Belle's part in the beginning of the song instead of Belle having to sing the whole song. Also in "Something There", Madame de la Grande Bouche and Babette sing as well.

== Critical reception ==
Reception towards the tryouts in Houston were so enthusiastic that the production was extended for two weeks.<ref name=":7" /> Jerome Weeks of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' responded to the show with a positive review, praising the performances of Egan, Mann and Moses, as well as the Beast's new song "If I Can't Love Her". At the same time, Weeks felt that the production "gets close to slipping into a big-budget kiddie show or magic act with its overdone showbiz glitz and sparkly stage-illusion effects" at times, but in the end predicted that "'Beauty and the Beast' could well be the big new musical hit this Broadway season has been waiting for."<ref name=":2" /> However, in 1994, ''Beauty and the Beast'' finally premiered on Broadway to reviews that ranged from mixed to negative,<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/14/theater/beauty-moving-from-palace-to-the-fontanne.html?_r=1|title='Beauty' Moving From Palace To the Fontanne|date=July 14, 1999|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://newsok.com/sigmund-romberg-beauty-and-the-beast/article/3835413|title=Sigmund Romberg / Beauty and the Beast|last=Rogers|first=Rick|date=July 29, 2012|website=NewsOK|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":33" /> leaving critics mostly unimpressed.<ref name=":25" /> Reactions from the [[Theater District, Manhattan|New York theater community]] and Broadway producers were particularly harsh, ridiculing Disney for deciding to produce the musical themselves as opposed to enlisting traditional theater companies.<ref name=":6" /> Egan recalled that "the same five families [had] produced Broadway shows for a hundred years and Disney shook that up."<ref name=":6" />

Nearly universally panned by [[Theatre criticism|theater critics]],<ref name=":18" /> they concurred that ''Beauty and the Beast'' was a "great spectacle, but not great theater".<ref name=":7" /> Likening the musical to the [[Empire State Building]], David Richards of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the show "hardly a triumph of art, but it'll probably be a whale of a tourist attraction." While awarding specific praise towards its musical numbers, choreography, costumes and cast – particularly Mann's ability to "convey the delicacy of awakening love" despite the physical demands of his costume, at the same time Richards criticized the production's set and special effects for lacking subtlety, ultimately accusing them of leaving little "to the imagination". Richards concluded, "The result is a sightseer's delight, which isn't the same thing as a theatergoer's dream."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/19/theater/review-theater-beauty-and-the-beast-disney-does-broadway-dancing-spoons-and-all.html?pagewanted=all|title=Review/Theater: Beauty and the Beast; Disney Does Broadway, Dancing Spoons and All|last=Richards|first=David|date=April 19, 1994|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Also writing for ''The New York Times'', [[Vincent Canby]] disparaged the musical entirely as "relentlessly bland, busy, upbeat and robotlike", criticizing the production for resembling "a dinner theater". Canby felt that the new Menken-Rice songs were "inferior" to the originals, likened the special effects to [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] sparklers, criticized the sound engineering for ranging from too loud to barely audible, and panning Woolverton's book for failing to supplement her screenplay. Minor praise was awarded to the performances of Lamberts, Beach and Fowler, as well as Mann's climactic beast-to-prince transformation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/24/theater/sunday-view-is-broadway-ready-for-a-disney-world-show.html?pagewanted=all|title=Sunday View; Is Broadway Ready for a Disney World Show? |last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=April 24, 1994|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> In addition to predicting that ''Beauty and the Beast'' would be derided by traditional Broadway theatre-goers and critics alike, ''Variety'' writer Jeremy Gerard was largely negative in his own review. While admitting that the production "boasts several real pluses", Gerard criticized the show for appearing "bloated, padded, gimmick-ridden, tacky and ... utterly devoid of imagination." The critic voiced his strong disapproval of the costumes while dismissing the set as "something designed to be seen by people in moving seats, maybe at Disneyland", panning West's choreography and ultimately deriding Roth's directing and [[Blocking (stage)|blocking]] of actors who "look generally like they're following dotted lines on the stage."<ref name=":1" /> Critics agreed that Roth's direction and West's were equally uninspired.<ref name=":18" /> In a mixed review with a headline reading "''Beauty and the Beast'' isn't magical in the least, even if it does bristle with magic tricks", ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''{{'}}s John Simon wrote that the production resembles "a belated infomercial" for the film by which he was bored, yet impressed by its special effects and illusions. Simon also felt that the actors struggled to resemble their animated counterparts despite Hould-Ward's costumes, criticizing Egan's acting, Woolverton's dialogue and the new Menken-Rice numbers while praising Moses', Beach's and Fowler's performances.<ref name=":26">{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeQCAAAAMBAJ&q=beauty+and+the+beast+broadway&pg=PA72|title=Hairy Fairy Tale|last=Simon|first=John|date=May 2, 1994|work=New York|publisher=New York Media, LLC|pages=72–75|access-date=October 15, 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Audiences did not share critics' negative opinions,<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":33" /> and the musical famously resonated with the public and families.<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":3" /> Children were especially delighted by the idea of their favorite movie performed on stage by live actors.<ref name=":19" /> Subsequent productions have gradually attracted kinder remarks; the national tours in particular have been well received.<ref name=":3" /> Reviewing a performance of the musical at the [[Shubert Theatre (Los Angeles)|Shubert Theatre]] in Los Angeles in 1995, Tom Jacobs of ''Variety'' wrote, "Born in Hollywood as an animated film, Disney's version of 'Beauty and the Beast' has returned home as an opulent stage musical, a year after its Broadway bow. Both good and bad choices have been made in adapting the 1991 film, but with its outstanding performances, fantastic production values and memorable score, this show should warm the hearts of all but the most curmudgeonly theatergoers." However, Jacobs felt that the production suffered from the lack of danger felt watching the film.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-6-1200441399/|title=Review: 'Beauty and the Beast'|last=Jacobs|first=Tom|date=April 17, 1995|website=Variety|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> After having been left unimpressed upon viewing the original Broadway production, ''Variety''{{'}}s Matt Wolf was pleasantly surprised by the musical's West End debut one year later.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

== Awards and nominations ==
"Be Our Guest" was used as the commercial for the 1994 Tony Awards.<ref name=":6" /> Michael Goldstein of ''New York'' correctly predicted that Mann would earn a Tony Award nomination for his performance.<ref name=":27" /> Despite having been nominated for a total of nine individual awards, ''Beauty and the Beast'' was ultimately shunned at the ceremony, winning only one award – Best Costume Design – for Hould-Ward.<ref name=":3" /> Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical, the production famously lost to Stephen Sondheim's ''[[Passion (musical)|Passion]]'', which is considered to be his own version of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale.<ref name=":18" /> In 1995, some of Hould-Ward's costumes, namely Lumiere, were put on display in [[Nordstrom]] stores.<ref name=":11" /> Meanwhile, Belle and the Beast's ballroom costumes were exhibited at [[Westside Pavilion]], and Mrs. Potts and LeFou appeared at [[South Coast Plaza]].<ref name=":11" />

===Original Broadway production===

{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="21" align="center"|1994
| rowspan="10" |[[48th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]]
| [[Linda Woolverton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Alan Menken]], [[Howard Ashman]], and [[Tim Rice]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Terrence Mann]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Susan Egan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Gary Beach]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| Robert Jess Roth
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Hould-Ward]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[Natasha Katz]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="11"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical|Outstanding Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Terrence Mann]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Susan Egan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Burke Moses]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography|Outstanding Choreography]]
| [[Matt West]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations|Outstanding Orchestrations]]
| [[Danny Troob]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics|Outstanding Lyrics]]
| [[Howard Ashman]] and [[Tim Rice]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music|Outstanding Music]]
| [[Alan Menken]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design|Outstanding Sound Design]]
| T. Richard Fitzgerald
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award|Outstanding Special Effects]]
| [[Jim Steinmeyer]] and [[John Gaughan]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===Original London production===

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|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 1998
| rowspan="3"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical|Best New Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer|Best Theatre Choreographer]]
| [[Matt West]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Hould-Ward]]
| {{nom}}
|}

== Impact and legacy ==
Largely due to audience reception, ''Beauty and the Beast'' remains one of Broadway's biggest successes of the current era.<ref name=":19" /> ''Beauty and the Beast'' established itself as a musical that could survive on Broadway despite its unenthusiastic reviews.<ref name=":26" /> Several detractors had thought that musicals like ''Beauty and the Beast'' would be a one-time event, but the results ultimately turned out to be quite the opposite.<ref name=":13" /> According to theatrical producer Stuart Oken, Disney's success with ''Beauty and the Beast'' is responsible for today's biggest Broadway hits and making the medium "better than it has ever been".<ref name=":32" /> The groundbreaking performance of ''Beauty and the Beast'' inspired other major Hollywood studios to produce Broadway renditions of some of their own films.<ref name=":6" /> Disney soon began to commission Broadway adaptations of several of the studio's most popular musical films, namely ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' (1997), ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'' (2004), ''[[Tarzan (musical)|Tarzan]]'' (2006), ''[[The Little Mermaid (musical)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (2008), ''[[Newsies (musical)|Newsies]]'' (2012) and ''[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Aladdin]]'' (2014),<ref name=":19" /> in addition to producing the musical ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]''.<ref name=":18" /> After completing her run in ''Beauty and the Beast'', Egan would famously go on to voice [[Megara (Disney)|Meg]] in Disney's animated musical ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' (1997), establishing herself as a popular voice and film actress.<ref name=":9" /> Following the success of "Human Again", the song was later incorporated into reissues of the animated film in the form of an animated musical sequence.<ref name=":18" />

''Beauty and the Beast'' is considered to be Broadway's first legitimate family show,<ref name=":9" /> responsible for birthing an entirely new generation of young theatergoers.<ref name=":18" /> The family demographic of the musical established inspired international productions of ''Aladdin'' and ''Matilda''.<ref name=":9" /> According to ''The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals'' author Dan Dietz, "the show's resounding success opened the floodgates for a spate of ... productions based on Disney and other family-oriented films", transforming Broadway into "a theme park with a parade of musicals aimed at kids and teenagers."<ref name=":19" /> Dietz believes that the plethora of Broadway musicals that came after ''Beauty and the Beast'' have unfortunately resembled "feel-good family show[s] whose goal was to emulate its film source."<ref name=":19" /> Additionally, the success of the musical inspired a legion of Broadway productions geared towards young women, including ''Hairspray'' (2002), ''Wicked'' (2003), ''Legally Blonde'' (2007), ''Matilda'' (2013) and Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella'' (2013).<ref name=":19" /> While these musicals flourished on Broadway, it seems as though more serious, adult-oriented fare struggled to perform as well.<ref name=":19" /> New York theater critic [[Howard Kissel]] famously despised "the Kiddy Komponent of New York theatergoing" spearheaded by the successful 13-year Broadway run of ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/theater/howard-kissel-daily-news-theater-critic-dies-at-69.html?_r=0|title=Howard Kissel, Daily News Theater Critic, Dies at 69|last=Gates|first=Anita|date=February 17, 2012|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> The success of ''Beauty and the Beast'' inspired Eisner to invest in his own theater to house future stage adaptations of the studio's animated classics.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whereballdropsda0000maka|url-access=registration|quote=beauty and the beast broadway michael eisner.|title=Where the Ball Drops: Days and Nights in Times Square|last=Makagon|first=Daniel|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|year=2004|isbn=9780816642755|location=United States|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whereballdropsda0000maka/page/52 52]|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Original arrangements of some of the show's original songs can be heard playing in the Belle's Village area of [[Fantasyland#Tokyo Disneyland|Fantasyland]] in [[Tokyo Disneyland]], which opened September 28, 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tdrparkbgm.web.fc2.com/TokyoDisneylandFantasylandBeautyandtheBeastArea.html | title=美女と野獣エリアのBGM | Disney's PARK BGM Lists }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm3Pjq9lIN8&user=UCupSEaH1NL8V3VTqDQBtwYg | title=- YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://johnmills.net/beauty/ Indianapolis Civic Theatre (Production Photos)]
*{{Cite web |url=http://jasoncoyne.smugmug.com/gallery/235901 |title=Theatre Cedar Rapids ''Beauty and the Beast'' (Production Photos) – Cedar Rapids, IA |access-date=2006-05-10 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060720034211/http://jasoncoyne.smugmug.com/gallery/235901 |archive-date=2006-07-20 |url-status=dead }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310144230/http://www.theatrecentre.com/Photo_Pages/Beauty.htm Chattanooga Theatre Centre (Production Photos) – Chattanooga, TN]
*{{Cite web |url=http://beautyandthebeast.cristeworks.com/index.html?main.html |title=Music Theatre Louisville – Louisville, KY |access-date=2006-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929152428/http://beautyandthebeast.cristeworks.com/index.html?main.html |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.actorsplayhouse.org/review_beauty_dolan.html |title=Actor's Playhouse (Review) – Coral Gables, FL |access-date=2006-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518095801/http://www.actorsplayhouse.org/review_beauty_dolan.html |archive-date=2006-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.mejorteatro.com.mx/v2/obras_que_vienen.asp |title=Mexican Production – Mexico |access-date=2007-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221063316/http://www.mejorteatro.com.mx/v2/obras_que_vienen.asp |archive-date=2007-02-21 |url-status=dead }}

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*[http://www.beautyandthebeastmusical.co.uk Beauty and the Beast UK]
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== Asking for your opinion ==

Hello, @[[User:HitroMilanese|HitroMilanese]], may I ask for a favor? Can you please see Draft:''Overload'' (EP)? May I ask for your opinion about the mentioned draft? Thanks! '''[[User talk:Jpmagabo9|- jampol]]''' 02:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Jpmagabo9|Jpmagabo9]]
:Hello there, it appears that the draft has been already moved to mainspace. It appears notable though. Regards [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 11:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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== asking for your suggestions ==

Hello, @HitroMilanese,
May I ask for your opinion about the Draft:psychologs?
Thanks! [[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]] ([[User talk:Gauravdelhi.wiki|talk]]) 12:56, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]]
:Hello there,
:For acceptance of this draft you need to demonstrate [[WP:GNG|notability]]. Please point out [[WP:THREE|top three sources]] where this topic has received significant coverage. The sources must be [[WP:IRS|reliable and independent of the subject]]. You may list those sources on the talk page of the draft. Reviewers will consider those sources before taking any decision. Please let me know when you do so. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:57, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::@[[User:HitroMilanese|HitroMilanese]]
::Thank you for for time and opinion. I have added top three resources on talk page of Draft:psychologs. Kindly review. Thanks! [[User:Gauravdelhi.wiki|Gauravdelhi.wiki]] ([[User talk:Gauravdelhi.wiki|talk]]) 07:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

== Blocking of the Subject of Concert musicians ==

Why did HitroMilanese block an article of a legit musician with standing? [[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]] ([[User talk:Musiceditorguild|talk]]) 16:45, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]]
:Hello there,
:If you are referring to [[Draft:Congyu Wang]] then please check my comment on the submission. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:59, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::Where is the comment? There are sufficient verified sources on national news agencies that published numerous articles about this artist. Is there a way you can unblock this submission? We are trying to re-edit and cite this article [[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]] ([[User talk:Musiceditorguild|talk]]) 09:01, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Musiceditorguild|Musiceditorguild]]
:::Comment is just below the decline notice. The time when I declined the draft it appeared like [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Congyu_Wang&oldid=1124297269 this].
:::There is nothing like blocking or unblocking of the submission. Anyone is free to edit the draft and submit it for review. At present, the draft is already submitted for review and sooner or later any reviewer will review it.
:::Apart from that, it appears that you have a "Conflict of Interest" with the subject. Who are "we"? Are you a group of editors trying to publish this article? Before making further edits see [[WP:ROLE]] as well as [[WP:CONFLICT]] and disclose your association with the subject as per Wikipedia guidelines. I have left elaborated notice about COI editing on your talk page too. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:21, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
::::Thank you! We haven no relation with any specific artists. I am writing from a foundation based in France. Where can we prove our identity on wikipedia? [[Special:Contributions/154.67.92.212|154.67.92.212]] ([[User talk:154.67.92.212|talk]]) 02:33, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

== Declining a biography page ==

Hi HitroMilanese, I seek your help is understanding the reasons behind the rejection of the draft Ashwani Kr Sharma ([[Draft:Ashwani Kr Sharma]]) and how can I improve it to get it approved. [[User:Bejaay|Bejaay]] ([[User talk:Bejaay|talk]]) 07:12, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Bejaay|Bejaay]]
:Hello there,
:I am not able to determine why the topic is notable. I suggest you to check [[WP:CCS]] and demonstrate that the topic is worthy of inclusion. Please introduce references where the subject has received significant coverage. Also see [[WP:RS]] and [[WP:GNG]] for more information. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

== delete the speedy deletion box ==

Please delete the speedy deletion box from this page:

[[Draft:Shamim Frotan]]

and let the admin decide to be kept or be deleted and I am sure they will accept it, but this speedy deletion box should not be there

Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/151.83.11.177|151.83.11.177]] ([[User talk:151.83.11.177|talk]]) 14:44, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

== The Real Jane Austen ==

Hey, thanks for dropping the note on my talk page. I noticed your account is as old as mine, the only difference is that I rarely edit Wikipedia. I was into helping wiki's a decade ago, but now the process just feels bafflingly complex.

But when I was watching through all of Jane Austen adaptations, and finished with her dramatized biographies, I almost missed The Real Jane Austen because it doesn't have a Wikipedia page! I thought, that's a tragedy; it was a really well done biography. And it's very notable, being one of only three dramas about Austen's life. It's got decent actors and everything!

So I spent like an hour or two creating a page that seemed like a good start, only to have it semi-deleted because it didn't have sources. So I tried again, adding two sources. I don't know what else I can do, but this process is not friendly towards the uninitiated, it feels like you have to be "in the club" to create a page, and I have no desire to invest the time to join.

I just created the page as a public service. Can you just tell me what else I need to do to get it to stay? Or just do it? I feel like it will take me several more hours to figure out what I need to do, whereas a pro can have it done in ten minutes. This whole process has just pushed me away from ever wanting to contribute to Wikipedia, not pulled me further in.

Thanks,

[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 06:46, 13 December 2022 (UTC) (Hopefully the ~ signature thing still works)

:@[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]]
:Hello,
:Thank you for your message. I do agree that you have put in lots of effort while creating this draft but it is still missing one of the main aspect of a Wikipedia article i.e. referencing. Unless notability is asserted with help of external reliable sources, the drafts will not be accepted. Please see [[Wikipedia:Notability (films)]]. Demonstration of notability is the priority.
:I will do some research via Google Books and look out for the sources later. If you can add some reviews about the film then it will certainly help. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 05:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
::Thank you, I would greatly appreciate any assistance you have to offer. The [[Jane Austen in popular culture]] page set me off on my quest to watch every English adaptation. The page is very comprehensive, and I know the "what about X" argument is frowned upon, but it's a little frustrating that every other available English Jane Austen period adaptation has it's own page, with this singular exception. Especially since some of them have the exact same "notability" issues. This adaptation really is a gem, and deserves the publicity of a Wikipedia page so people know just what they're missing out on.
::Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist. I've found a few reviews since, but mainly on blog pages since this has flown under the radar a little. And every review I have found has been positive. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 05:49, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
:::I've added even more references, cleaned them up, and resubmitted. Maybe 10 references will be enough? [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird L17]] ([[User talk:Thunderbird L17|talk]]) 17:49, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

== OCS 1 ==

Oh Sees are a huge band:
[[Osees]]

Their first record should have a Wikipedia page, and if you look at their Wiki page it is the ONLY release without one:
[[Osees#Discography]] [[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]] ([[User talk:WhipItGoodRealGood|talk]]) 06:06, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

:Seems like a bands first record should be included since it's their first record. That's kind of a major thing for a band that ultimately becomes as popular and culturally important. The Guardian is a good enough source? [[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]] ([[User talk:WhipItGoodRealGood|talk]]) 06:07, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
::@[[User:WhipItGoodRealGood|WhipItGoodRealGood]]
::Hello there,
::[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:OCS_1&oldid=1127522861 The version of the draft] that I declined did not contain any reference to ''The Guardian'', to be honest it was unreferenced and appeared like a test edit. Anyhow, in order to demonstrate notability you need to fulfill criteria listed in [[WP:NALBUM]]. Please add some album reviews and resubmit.
::Secondly, I do not see any purpose of the track listing where there is no song name. I'll recommend you to remove it. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:43, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

== Eren Efe Erkan ==

Hello, I'm Yasir. I opened two topics named Eren Efe Erkan and Joyce Teknoloji, but both were rejected. I read about individuals and businesses. this person, Eren Efe Erkan, produced an electric vehicle that was the first in Turkey. There are 2, 3 other types of vehicles in his projects and he presents them in newspapers and in the fairs. According to the rules of people notability, this man has both invented something new. It has been awarded by the state and exhibited both at one major technology fair. Joyce Teknoloji or Eren Efe Erkan find it useful to open at least one page on wikipedia; because it's a new generation business and it's helpful to have it here so people can easily access information when they're wondering who this guy is. Also, everyone can do research and make impartial arrangements so that we write the truth. but its rejection is unfair, it is a subject that thousands of people wonder about, you can search 'Eren Efe Erkan' on google or 'Joyce Teknoloji' I would like to remind you again about the qualifications I have read on wikipedia. Kind regards.

creative professions

Scientists, faculty, economists, professors, writers, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers and other creative professionals.

The person is considered an important personality or is often referred to by colleagues or successors.

A person is recognized for developing a new concept, theory, or technique.

The person has created or played an important role in the creation of an important or well-known work with or in partnership with others, that work has been the subject of a standalone book or feature film, or more than one magazine article.

The person's work is either (a) presented in a major exhibition or a monument to it, or (b) has received significant critical attention from critics, or (c) is in the permanent collection of an important (non-local) museum or gallery. [[User:Yasirazeri|Yasirazeri]] ([[User talk:Yasirazeri|talk]]) 15:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Yasirazeri|Yasirazeri]]
:Hello there,
:Thank you for your message. Your draft has been declined solely for one reason i.e. it is not written in English language. You were informed about this in the past too. Please click on the link below to access Turkish Wikipedia.
:[https://tr.wikipedia.org/ Turkish Wikipedia]
:You can submit your article in Turkish language there. If you want to create article or draft on English Wikipedia then you have to use only English language. Regards. [[User:HitroMilanese|Hitro]][[User Talk:HitroMilanese| talk]] 10:48, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

== Beauty and the Beast musical ==

Could you review the [[Draft:Beauty and the Beast (Original Broadway Cast Recording)]] [[Special:Contributions/223.178.87.188|223.178.87.188]] ([[User talk:223.178.87.188|talk]]) 11:20, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Descendants 3

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'''''Descendants 3''''' is an American [[Musical film|musical]] [[fantasy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/07/23/descendants-3-review-disney-dove-sofia-carson-cameron-dove-booboo-stewart/|title=Review: 'Descendants 3' Is Both A Satisfying Finale And The End Of An Era|author=Scott Mendelson|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=2019-08-05|archive-date=2021-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217075809/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/07/23/descendants-3-review-disney-dove-sofia-carson-cameron-dove-booboo-stewart/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/17/disney-descendants-3-trailer/|title=First trailer for 'Descendants 3' has pirates, dragons, and really great hair|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2019-08-05|archive-date=2019-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622041230/https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/17/disney-descendants-3-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[television film]], and the third installment in the [[Descendants (franchise)|''Descendants'' series]], following ''[[Descendants (2015 film)|Descendants]]'' and ''[[Descendants 2]]''. It is written by [[Sara Parriott]] and [[Josann McGibbon]], and is directed by [[Kenny Ortega]]. The film premiered on [[Disney Channel]] on August 2, 2019, and in other parts of the world on October 12, 2019.

==Plot==

Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos visit the Isle of the Lost to choose four new villain kids (VKs) to take to Auradon. They pick Dizzy, granddaughter of Lady Tremaine, Celia, daughter of Dr. Facilier, and Squeaky and Squirmy, the twin sons of Mr. Smee. The day the kids are to be picked up, Ben, Mal's boyfriend and the king of Auradon, proposes to her, and she accepts. Ben's ex-girlfriend Audrey seethes with jealousy, and her grandmother Queen Leah admonishes her for failing to secure the family legacy by marrying Ben. Unable to contain her jealousy, Audrey steals the Queen's crown and Maleficent's scepter from the museum. Following the theft and Hades' escape attempt has Mal, as future Queen, decide that the best way to protect the subjects and restore peace is to close the barrier between the islands permanently.

Audrey curses Mal with Maleficent's scepter, and she and the other VKs go to the Isle to get Hades' ember, the only artifact powerful enough to break the scepter's curse. Upon entering the Isle, Mal is freed of the curse and Celia gets her into Hades' lair, but Hades thwarts their effort to steal the ember. He is revealed to be Mal's absentee father and reluctantly gives her the ember, warning her to avoid it getting wet as it will not exhibit its full powers for her. While leaving the Isle, Mal and the others are intercepted by Uma, Gil, and Harry, who agree to help after Mal agrees to release all the children from the Isle.

Meanwhile, in Auradon, Audrey attacks Jane's birthday party with a sleeping curse; Chad aligns himself with her, while Jane escapes into the enchanted lake. As the entire kingdom falls under Audrey's spell, she offers to reverse it if Ben will marry her. However, he refuses, prompting Audrey to turn him into a beast and begins turning people to stone. Mal and Uma, vying for the leadership of the VKs, return to Auradon with their friends. Despite their conflict, they eventually work together to find and defeat Audrey. After finding Ben in beast form, Carlos calms him while Jane restores him to human form with the enchanted lake water. At Evie's house, Mal and Uma make amends while Evie wakes Doug with true love's kiss. Audrey traps them in the house, but they are able to reverse Audrey's spell by combining their magic, and they and their other friends reunite.

At the Fairy Cottage, they find only a shell-shocked Chad. When Mal admits her plan to seal off the Isle permanently, the group implodes and Celia, learning she can never see her father again, douses the ember. After Evie confronts Mal for lying to her and their friends, they are all suddenly turned to stone, save for Mal. Audrey takes Celia hostage and attacks Mal, who turns into her dragon form. Realizing she is Mal's only hope, Uma combines their magic to reignite the ember; Mal defeats Audrey, who falls comatose, and the curses are lifted. Mal and her friends reconcile while Ben agrees to allow Hades to use the ember to revive Audrey, but decries the double standard by which Audrey is immediately forgiven as she is not considered a villain, and Mal, Ben and Audrey make amends.

Mal declares her refusal of becoming queen of Auradon due to her responsibilities as queen of the Isle. With Ben and Fairy Godmother's approval, Mal replaces the barrier with a bridge, and the people of the newly merged society celebrate. In the end, Evie is with Doug, Carlos is with Jane, Mal and Ben are engaged, Jay and Gil plan to travel the world together, and Audrey becomes romantically attached to Harry after Uma rejects him.

In a [[mid-credits scene]], Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos race across the bridge to the Isle to reunite with their parents.

==Cast==

* [[Dove Cameron]] as Mal, daughter of [[Maleficent]] and Hades<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Cameron Boyce]] as Carlos, son of [[Cruella de Vil]]<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Sofia Carson]] as Evie, daughter of [[Evil Queen (Disney)|The Evil Queen]]<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Booboo Stewart]] as Jay, son of [[Jafar (Disney)|Jafar]]<ref name="Variety" />
* Mitchell Hope as Ben, son of [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]] and [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]]<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Sarah Jeffery]] as Princess Audrey, daughter of [[Aurora (Disney character)|Princess Aurora]] and [[Prince Phillip (Disney)|Prince Phillip]]<ref name="Jeffery">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/descendants-3-sarah-jeffery-thomas-doherty-dylan-playfair-reprise-roles-1202372916/|title='Descendants 3': Sarah Jeffery, Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair To Reprise Roles In Threequel|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Denise Petski|date=April 20, 2018|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505195246/http://deadline.com/2018/04/descendants-3-sarah-jeffery-thomas-doherty-dylan-playfair-reprise-roles-1202372916/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Brenna D'Amico as Jane, daughter of the Fairy Godmother<ref name="E!" />
* [[Melanie Paxson]] as [[Fairy Godmother (Disney)|the Fairy Godmother]], the headmistress of Auradon Prep and Jane's mother<ref name="Hades2" />
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] as Harry Hook, son of [[Captain Hook (Disney)|Captain Hook]] and ally of Uma<ref name="Jeffery" />
* [[Dylan Playfair]] as Gil, son of [[Gaston (Disney)|Gaston]] and ally of Uma<ref name="Jeffery" />
* Zachary Gibson as Doug, son of [[Dopey (Disney)|Dopey]] the [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs|Dwarf]]<ref name="E!" />
* Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad Charming, son of [[Cinderella (Disney character)|Cinderella]] and [[Prince Charming]]<ref name="E!" />
* [[Anna Cathcart]] as Dizzy Tremaine, daughter of [[Drizella Tremaine]] and granddaughter of Lady Tremaine<ref name="Facilier2">{{cite web|author=Maureen Lee Lenker|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/04/descendants-3-cast-princess-and-the-frog-dr-facilier-daughter/|title=''Descendants 3'' casts The Princess and the Frog's Dr. Facilier and his daughter|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 4, 2018|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2019-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803141310/https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/04/descendants-3-cast-princess-and-the-frog-dr-facilier-daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Jadah Marie as Celia, the daughter of Dr. Facilier<ref name="Facilier2" /><ref name="Facilier">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-youtube-red-dallas-robo-1202799856/|title=TV News Roundup: 'Descendants 3' Adds Two More to Cast|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Ariana Brockington|date=May 4, 2018|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505014027/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-youtube-red-dallas-robo-1202799856/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dan Payne]] as King [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]], Queen Belle's husband and Ben's father<ref name="Hades2" />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as Queen [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]], Beast's wife and Ben's mother<ref name="Hades2" />
* [[Bobby Moynihan]] as the Voice of Dude, Carlos' dog who gained the power of speech in ''[[Descendants 2]]''

* [[Cheyenne Jackson]] as [[Hades (Disney)|Hades]], ruler of the underworld and Mal's father<ref name="Hades2">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-hades-disney-channel-hercules-villain-1202395347/|title='Descendants 3': Disney Channel Pic Adds Cheyenne Jackson As Hades From 'Hercules'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Erik Pedersen|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=2018-05-28|archive-date=2018-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525014148/http://deadline.com/2018/05/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-hades-disney-channel-hercules-villain-1202395347/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hades">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-1202817717/|title=TV News Roundup: 'Descendants 3' Casts Cheyenne Jackson as Hades|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Kirsten Chuba|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=2018-05-28|archive-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528022319/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-1202817717/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[China Anne McClain]] as Uma, daughter of [[Ursula (Disney)|Ursula]]<ref name="Variety" />


Additionally, Judith Maxie reprises her role as [[Queen Leah]], Princess Audrey's grandmother, from the first ''Descendants'' film.<ref name="casting-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=descendants|number=998609560956030976|title=Casting is complete! Are you ready for #Descendants3? #D3Deets|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref> [[Christian Convery]] and Luke Roessler play Squeaky and Squirmy, respectively, the twin sons of Mr. Smee.<ref name="Hades2" /><ref name="casting-tweet" /> Also appearing are Jamal Sims as Celia's father [[Dr. Facilier]],<ref name="Facilier2" /><ref name="Facilier" /> Linda Ko as Dizzy's grandmother [[Lady Tremaine]], and Faustino Di Bauda as Squeaky's and Squirmy's father [[Mr. Smee]].

== Production ==
On February 16, 2018, Disney Channel announced the production of ''Descendants 3'', which Disney scheduled to air in mid-2019.<ref>{{cite web |author=Derek Lawrence |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/02/16/disney-channel-descendants-3/ |title=Disney Channel officially announces ''Descendants 3'' |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 16, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-date=2018-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217074636/http://ew.com/tv/2018/02/16/disney-channel-descendants-3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Descendants 3'' is written and produced by [[Sara Parriott]] and [[Josann McGibbon]], and is directed and executive produced by [[Kenny Ortega]].<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/disney-announces-descendants-3-1202703195/|title=Disney Announces 'Descendants 3' for 2019|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Ariana Brockington|date=February 16, 2018|access-date=2018-02-17|archive-date=2018-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616095037/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/disney-announces-descendants-3-1202703195/|url-status=live}}</ref> Wendy Japhet is a producer on the film,<ref name="E!" /> with Ortega, [[Sara Parriott]], [[Josann McGibbon]], and Japhet also serving as executive producers.<ref name="Hades2" /> Mark Hofeling and Kara Saun return as production designer and costume designer on the sequel, respectively.<ref name="E!" /> In addition to playing Dr. Facilier, Jamal Sims also serves as the film's choreographer,<ref name="Facilier2" /><ref name="Facilier" /> along with Ortega who has served as choreographer for all three ''Descendants'' films.<ref name="Variety" />

Rehearsals and pre-recording on the film began on April 23, 2018, in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada.<ref name="E!">{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/929546/dove-cameron-and-sofia-carson-share-descendants-3-rehearsal-photos|title=Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson Share ''Descendants 3'' Rehearsal Photos|author=Zach Johnson|date=April 24, 2018|work=[[E! News]]|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2018-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510120223/https://www.eonline.com/news/929546/dove-cameron-and-sofia-carson-share-descendants-3-rehearsal-photos|url-status=live}}</ref> Production began on May 25, 2018.<ref name="production-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=descendants|number=1000104379440160768|title=Production has officially begun on #Descendants3! Here's a look back at the behind-the-scenes at this movie's dance rehearsals and voice records leading up to this moment. #D3Deets|date=May 25, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> On July 18, 2018, it was reported on social media that production on the film had "officially wrapped".<ref name="instagram-post">{{cite web|author=disneydescendants|title=Production has officially wrapped on #descendants3|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlWlg5mD4hX/|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=2018-07-18|archive-date=2020-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528150754/https://www.instagram.com/p/BlWlg5mD4hX/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' reported that ''Descendants 3'' will be the last film in the series.<ref name="Teen-Vogue">{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dove-cameron-has-recorded-her-final-descendants-song|title=Dove Cameron Has Recorded Her Final ''Descendants'' Song|author=Brianna Wiest|date=May 18, 2018|work=[[Teen Vogue]]|access-date=2018-05-19|quote=Dove Cameron... recorded her last song EVER for ''Descendants 3'', the third and final movie in the series.|archive-date=2018-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520123948/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dove-cameron-has-recorded-her-final-descendants-song|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Release ==
Promotional footage for the film was released on the film series' official [[YouTube]] channel in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ovuLsnU1A|title=Descendants 3 Official Teaser 💚💜|author=Disney Descendants|date=February 16, 2018|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2018-02-19 |archive-date=2018-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219205105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ovuLsnU1A|url-status=live}}</ref> In late May 2019, it was announced that the film would premiere on August 2, 2019.<ref name="premiere">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/descendants-3-premiere-date-disney-channel-1202624719/|title=''Descendants 3'' Gets Premiere Date on Disney Channel|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Erik Pedersen|date=May 31, 2019|access-date=May 31, 2019|archive-date=2019-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531171632/https://deadline.com/2019/05/descendants-3-premiere-date-disney-channel-1202624719/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Variety" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1036123/hades-is-pretty-mad-in-first-look-at-cheyenne-jackson-s-new-descendants-3-villain|title=Hades Is Pretty Mad in First Look at Cheyenne Jackson's New Descendants 3 Villain|website=[[E!]]|author=Lauren Piester|date=April 27, 2019|access-date=April 28, 2019|archive-date=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428023350/https://www.eonline.com/news/1036123/hades-is-pretty-mad-in-first-look-at-cheyenne-jackson-s-new-descendants-3-villain|url-status=live}}</ref>

A related short film, ''Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story'', which features Mal and Uma facing off in "an epic underwater showdown", was released on September 28, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |author=Zach Johnson |url=https://m.eonline.com/news/959479/under-the-sea-a-descendants-story-coming-to-disney-channel |title=''Under the Sea: A Descendants Story'' Special Coming to Disney Channel |work=[[E! News]] |date=August 10, 2018 |access-date=2018-08-27 |archive-date=2022-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222175603/https://www.eonline.com/news/959479/under-the-sea-a-descendants-story-coming-to-disney-channel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Crystal Nguyen |url=https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2018/09/07/under-the-sea-a-descendants-short-story-trailer/ |title=A New Trailer for "Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story" Has Been Released and We Can’t Wait |work=Oh My Disney |date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=2018-09-29 |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194820/https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2018/09/07/under-the-sea-a-descendants-short-story-trailer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On July 11, 2019, Disney announced it was canceling a red carpet premiere originally planned for July 22, 2019, in the wake of Cameron Boyce's death. The film's television premiere went on as scheduled, dedicated to Boyce's memory.<ref name="Boyce">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-cancels-descendants-3-premiere-event-honor-star-cameron-boyce-1223972|title=Disney Cancels 'Descendants 3' Premiere Event in Wake of Cameron Boyce's Death|author=Lexy Perez|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=2019-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711232138/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-cancels-descendants-3-premiere-event-honor-star-cameron-boyce-1223972|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==

''Descendants 3'' was watched by 4.59 million viewers on its August 2, 2019 premiere,<ref name="Showbuzz Daily">{{cite web |author=Mitch Metcalf |title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.2.2019 |url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-2-2019.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805201924/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-2-2019.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |website=Showbuzz Daily |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref> with viewership increasing to 8.43 million viewers after three days of delayed viewing.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/descendants-3-scores-big-ratings-disney-channel-1230053 |title='Descendants 3' Scores Big Ratings for Disney Channel |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |author=Rick Porter |archive-date=2019-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815153154/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/descendants-3-scores-big-ratings-disney-channel-1230053 |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count|spell=y}} reviews.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/descendants_3_2019|title=Descendants 3|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=iso}}|archive-date=2021-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019060812/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/descendants_3_2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipients
! Results
! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
|2020
|[[2020 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]]
|Favorite Movie Actress
|[[Dove Cameron]]
|{{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |author=Sadie Gennis |date=2020-05-03 |title=Kids Choice Awards 2020: Full Winners List |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/kids-choice-awards-2020-full-winners-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221133810/https://www.tvguide.com/news/kids-choice-awards-2020-full-winners-list/ |archive-date=2021-02-11 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[2020 Billboard Music Awards|Billboard Music Awards]]
|Top Soundtrack
|''Descendants 3''
|{{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Complete List|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126175557/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==Soundtrack==
{{Main|Descendants 3 (soundtrack)}}
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web |author=Keith Caulfield |date=August 11, 2019 |title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |archive-date=2020-02-21 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and number 1 on the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]", reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the longest charting ''Descendants'' song, spending over eight consecutive weeks in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts.

== Home media ==
''Descendants 3'' was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] on August 6, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amazonadviser.com/2019/07/18/disneys-descendants-3-dvd-august/|title=Disney’s Descendants 3 comes home in August 2019|date=July 18, 2019|website=Amazon Adviser|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-date=2019-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721003236/https://amazonadviser.com/2019/07/18/disneys-descendants-3-dvd-august/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|8022928}}

{{Descendants franchise}}
{{Disney Channel Original Movies}}
{{Kenny Ortega}}
{{Disney Villains}}
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Descendants 3

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{{Short description|2019 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Kenny Ortega}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Descendants 3, poster.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = Promotional poster
| genre = {{Plainlist|
* [[Musical film|Musical]]
* [[Fantasy film|Fantasy]]
* [[Teen film|Teen]]
}}
| creator =
| based_on =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Josann McGibbon]]
* [[Sara Parriott]]
}}
| screenplay =
| story =
| director = [[Kenny Ortega]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
* [[China Anne McClain]]

}}
| narrated =
| composer = David Lawrence
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{plainlist|
* Kenny Ortega
* Josann McGibbon
* Sara Parriott
* Wendy Japhet
}}
| producer = Wendy Japhet
| editor = [[Don Brochu]]
| cinematography = Adam Santelli
| runtime = 108 minutes
| company = Disney Channel Original Productions
| distributor =
| budget =
| network = [[Disney Channel]]
| released = {{Start date|2019|8|2}}
| preceded_by = ''[[Descendants 2]]''
| followed_by = ''[[Descendants: The Royal Wedding]]''
}}

'''''Descendants 3''''' is an American [[Musical film|musical]] [[fantasy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/07/23/descendants-3-review-disney-dove-sofia-carson-cameron-dove-booboo-stewart/|title=Review: 'Descendants 3' Is Both A Satisfying Finale And The End Of An Era|author=Scott Mendelson|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=2019-08-05|archive-date=2021-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217075809/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/07/23/descendants-3-review-disney-dove-sofia-carson-cameron-dove-booboo-stewart/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/17/disney-descendants-3-trailer/|title=First trailer for 'Descendants 3' has pirates, dragons, and really great hair|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2019-08-05|archive-date=2019-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622041230/https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/17/disney-descendants-3-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[television film]], and the third installment in the [[Descendants (franchise)|''Descendants'' series]], following ''[[Descendants (2015 film)|Descendants]]'' and ''[[Descendants 2]]''. It is written by [[Sara Parriott]] and [[Josann McGibbon]], and is directed by [[Kenny Ortega]]. The film premiered on [[Disney Channel]] on August 2, 2019, and in other parts of the world on October 12, 2019.

==Plot==

Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos visit the Isle of the Lost to choose four new villain kids (VKs) to take to Auradon. They pick Dizzy, granddaughter of Lady Tremaine, Celia, daughter of Dr. Facilier, and Squeaky and Squirmy, the twin sons of Mr. Smee. The day the kids are to be picked up, Ben, Mal's boyfriend and the king of Auradon, proposes to her, and she accepts. Ben's ex-girlfriend Audrey seethes with jealousy, and her grandmother Queen Leah admonishes her for failing to secure the family legacy by marrying Ben. Unable to contain her jealousy, Audrey steals the Queen's crown and Maleficent's scepter from the museum. Following the theft and Hades' escape attempt has Mal, as future Queen, decide that the best way to protect the subjects and restore peace is to close the barrier between the islands permanently.

Audrey curses Mal with Maleficent's scepter, and she and the other VKs go to the Isle to get Hades' ember, the only artifact powerful enough to break the scepter's curse. Upon entering the Isle, Mal is freed of the curse and Celia gets her into Hades' lair, but Hades thwarts their effort to steal the ember. He is revealed to be Mal's absentee father and reluctantly gives her the ember, warning her to avoid it getting wet as it will not exhibit its full powers for her. While leaving the Isle, Mal and the others are intercepted by Uma, Gil, and Harry, who agree to help after Mal agrees to release all the children from the Isle.

Meanwhile, in Auradon, Audrey attacks Jane's birthday party with a sleeping curse; Chad aligns himself with her, while Jane escapes into the enchanted lake. As the entire kingdom falls under Audrey's spell, she offers to reverse it if Ben will marry her. However, he refuses, prompting Audrey to turn him into a beast and begins turning people to stone. Mal and Uma, vying for the leadership of the VKs, return to Auradon with their friends. Despite their conflict, they eventually work together to find and defeat Audrey. After finding Ben in beast form, Carlos calms him while Jane restores him to human form with the enchanted lake water. At Evie's house, Mal and Uma make amends while Evie wakes Doug with true love's kiss. Audrey traps them in the house, but they are able to reverse Audrey's spell by combining their magic, and they and their other friends reunite.

At the Fairy Cottage, they find only a shell-shocked Chad. When Mal admits her plan to seal off the Isle permanently, the group implodes and Celia, learning she can never see her father again, douses the ember. After Evie confronts Mal for lying to her and their friends, they are all suddenly turned to stone, save for Mal. Audrey takes Celia hostage and attacks Mal, who turns into her dragon form. Realizing she is Mal's only hope, Uma combines their magic to reignite the ember; Mal defeats Audrey, who falls comatose, and the curses are lifted. Mal and her friends reconcile while Ben agrees to allow Hades to use the ember to revive Audrey, but decries the double standard by which Audrey is immediately forgiven as she is not considered a villain, and Mal, Ben and Audrey make amends.

Mal declares her refusal of becoming queen of Auradon due to her responsibilities as queen of the Isle. With Ben and Fairy Godmother's approval, Mal replaces the barrier with a bridge, and the people of the newly merged society celebrate. In the end, Evie is with Doug, Carlos is with Jane, Mal and Ben are engaged, Jay and Gil plan to travel the world together, and Audrey becomes romantically attached to Harry after Uma rejects him.

In a [[mid-credits scene]], Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos race across the bridge to the Isle to reunite with their parents.

==Cast==

* [[Dove Cameron]] as Mal, daughter of [[Maleficent]] and Hades<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Cameron Boyce]] as Carlos, son of [[Cruella de Vil]]<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Sofia Carson]] as Evie, daughter of [[Evil Queen (Disney)|The Evil Queen]]<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Booboo Stewart]] as Jay, son of [[Jafar (Disney)|Jafar]]<ref name="Variety" />
* Mitchell Hope as Ben, son of [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]] and [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]]<ref name="Variety" />
* [[Sarah Jeffery]] as Princess Audrey, daughter of [[Aurora (Disney character)|Princess Aurora]] and [[Prince Phillip (Disney)|Prince Phillip]]<ref name="Jeffery">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/descendants-3-sarah-jeffery-thomas-doherty-dylan-playfair-reprise-roles-1202372916/|title='Descendants 3': Sarah Jeffery, Thomas Doherty & Dylan Playfair To Reprise Roles In Threequel|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Denise Petski|date=April 20, 2018|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505195246/http://deadline.com/2018/04/descendants-3-sarah-jeffery-thomas-doherty-dylan-playfair-reprise-roles-1202372916/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Brenna D'Amico as Jane, daughter of the Fairy Godmother<ref name="E!" />
* [[Melanie Paxson]] as [[Fairy Godmother (Disney)|the Fairy Godmother]], the headmistress of Auradon Prep and Jane's mother<ref name="Hades2" />
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] as Harry Hook, son of [[Captain Hook (Disney)|Captain Hook]] and ally of Uma<ref name="Jeffery" />
* [[Dylan Playfair]] as Gil, son of [[Gaston (Disney)|Gaston]] and ally of Uma<ref name="Jeffery" />
* Zachary Gibson as Doug, son of [[Dopey (Disney)|Dopey]] the [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs|Dwarf]]<ref name="E!" />
* Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad Charming, son of [[Cinderella (Disney character)|Cinderella]] and [[Prince Charming]]<ref name="E!" />
* [[Anna Cathcart]] as Dizzy Tremaine, daughter of [[Drizella Tremaine]] and granddaughter of Lady Tremaine<ref name="Facilier2">{{cite web|author=Maureen Lee Lenker|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/04/descendants-3-cast-princess-and-the-frog-dr-facilier-daughter/|title=''Descendants 3'' casts The Princess and the Frog's Dr. Facilier and his daughter|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 4, 2018|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2019-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803141310/https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/04/descendants-3-cast-princess-and-the-frog-dr-facilier-daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Jadah Marie as Celia, the daughter of Dr. Facilier<ref name="Facilier2" /><ref name="Facilier">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-youtube-red-dallas-robo-1202799856/|title=TV News Roundup: 'Descendants 3' Adds Two More to Cast|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Ariana Brockington|date=May 4, 2018|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505014027/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-youtube-red-dallas-robo-1202799856/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dan Payne]] as King [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]], Queen Belle's husband and Ben's father<ref name="Hades2" />
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as Queen [[Belle (Disney)|Belle]], Beast's wife and Ben's mother<ref name="Hades2" />
* [[Bobby Moynihan]] as the Voice of Dude, Carlos' dog who gained the power of speech in ''[[Descendants 2]]''

* [[Cheyenne Jackson]] as [[Hades (Disney)|Hades]], ruler of the underworld and Mal's father<ref name="Hades2">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-hades-disney-channel-hercules-villain-1202395347/|title='Descendants 3': Disney Channel Pic Adds Cheyenne Jackson As Hades From 'Hercules'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Erik Pedersen|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=2018-05-28|archive-date=2018-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525014148/http://deadline.com/2018/05/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-hades-disney-channel-hercules-villain-1202395347/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hades">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-1202817717/|title=TV News Roundup: 'Descendants 3' Casts Cheyenne Jackson as Hades|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Kirsten Chuba|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=2018-05-28|archive-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528022319/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/descendants-3-cheyenne-jackson-1202817717/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[China Anne McClain]] as Uma, daughter of [[Ursula (Disney)|Ursula]]<ref name="Variety" />


Additionally, Judith Maxie reprises her role as [[Queen Leah]], Princess Audrey's grandmother, from the first ''Descendants'' film.<ref name="casting-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=descendants|number=998609560956030976|title=Casting is complete! Are you ready for #Descendants3? #D3Deets|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref> [[Christian Convery]] and Luke Roessler play Squeaky and Squirmy, respectively, the twin sons of Mr. Smee.<ref name="Hades2" /><ref name="casting-tweet" /> Also appearing are Jamal Sims as Celia's father [[Dr. Facilier]],<ref name="Facilier2" /><ref name="Facilier" /> Linda Ko as Dizzy's grandmother [[Lady Tremaine]], and Faustino Di Bauda as Squeaky's and Squirmy's father [[Mr. Smee]].

== Production ==
On February 16, 2018, Disney Channel announced the production of ''Descendants 3'', which Disney scheduled to air in mid-2019.<ref>{{cite web |author=Derek Lawrence |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/02/16/disney-channel-descendants-3/ |title=Disney Channel officially announces ''Descendants 3'' |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 16, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-date=2018-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217074636/http://ew.com/tv/2018/02/16/disney-channel-descendants-3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Descendants 3'' is written and produced by [[Sara Parriott]] and [[Josann McGibbon]], and is directed and executive produced by [[Kenny Ortega]].<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/disney-announces-descendants-3-1202703195/|title=Disney Announces 'Descendants 3' for 2019|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Ariana Brockington|date=February 16, 2018|access-date=2018-02-17|archive-date=2018-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616095037/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/disney-announces-descendants-3-1202703195/|url-status=live}}</ref> Wendy Japhet is a producer on the film,<ref name="E!" /> with Ortega, [[Sara Parriott]], [[Josann McGibbon]], and Japhet also serving as executive producers.<ref name="Hades2" /> Mark Hofeling and Kara Saun return as production designer and costume designer on the sequel, respectively.<ref name="E!" /> In addition to playing Dr. Facilier, Jamal Sims also serves as the film's choreographer,<ref name="Facilier2" /><ref name="Facilier" /> along with Ortega who has served as choreographer for all three ''Descendants'' films.<ref name="Variety" />

Rehearsals and pre-recording on the film began on April 23, 2018, in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada.<ref name="E!">{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/929546/dove-cameron-and-sofia-carson-share-descendants-3-rehearsal-photos|title=Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson Share ''Descendants 3'' Rehearsal Photos|author=Zach Johnson|date=April 24, 2018|work=[[E! News]]|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2018-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510120223/https://www.eonline.com/news/929546/dove-cameron-and-sofia-carson-share-descendants-3-rehearsal-photos|url-status=live}}</ref> Production began on May 25, 2018.<ref name="production-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=descendants|number=1000104379440160768|title=Production has officially begun on #Descendants3! Here's a look back at the behind-the-scenes at this movie's dance rehearsals and voice records leading up to this moment. #D3Deets|date=May 25, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> On July 18, 2018, it was reported on social media that production on the film had "officially wrapped".<ref name="instagram-post">{{cite web|author=disneydescendants|title=Production has officially wrapped on #descendants3|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlWlg5mD4hX/|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=2018-07-18|archive-date=2020-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528150754/https://www.instagram.com/p/BlWlg5mD4hX/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' reported that ''Descendants 3'' will be the last film in the series.<ref name="Teen-Vogue">{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dove-cameron-has-recorded-her-final-descendants-song|title=Dove Cameron Has Recorded Her Final ''Descendants'' Song|author=Brianna Wiest|date=May 18, 2018|work=[[Teen Vogue]]|access-date=2018-05-19|quote=Dove Cameron... recorded her last song EVER for ''Descendants 3'', the third and final movie in the series.|archive-date=2018-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520123948/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dove-cameron-has-recorded-her-final-descendants-song|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Release ==
Promotional footage for the film was released on the film series' official [[YouTube]] channel in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ovuLsnU1A|title=Descendants 3 Official Teaser 💚💜|author=Disney Descendants|date=February 16, 2018|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2018-02-19 |archive-date=2018-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219205105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ovuLsnU1A|url-status=live}}</ref> In late May 2019, it was announced that the film would premiere on August 2, 2019.<ref name="premiere">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/descendants-3-premiere-date-disney-channel-1202624719/|title=''Descendants 3'' Gets Premiere Date on Disney Channel|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Erik Pedersen|date=May 31, 2019|access-date=May 31, 2019|archive-date=2019-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531171632/https://deadline.com/2019/05/descendants-3-premiere-date-disney-channel-1202624719/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Variety" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1036123/hades-is-pretty-mad-in-first-look-at-cheyenne-jackson-s-new-descendants-3-villain|title=Hades Is Pretty Mad in First Look at Cheyenne Jackson's New Descendants 3 Villain|website=[[E!]]|author=Lauren Piester|date=April 27, 2019|access-date=April 28, 2019|archive-date=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428023350/https://www.eonline.com/news/1036123/hades-is-pretty-mad-in-first-look-at-cheyenne-jackson-s-new-descendants-3-villain|url-status=live}}</ref>

A related short film, ''Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story'', which features Mal and Uma facing off in "an epic underwater showdown", was released on September 28, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |author=Zach Johnson |url=https://m.eonline.com/news/959479/under-the-sea-a-descendants-story-coming-to-disney-channel |title=''Under the Sea: A Descendants Story'' Special Coming to Disney Channel |work=[[E! News]] |date=August 10, 2018 |access-date=2018-08-27 |archive-date=2022-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222175603/https://www.eonline.com/news/959479/under-the-sea-a-descendants-story-coming-to-disney-channel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Crystal Nguyen |url=https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2018/09/07/under-the-sea-a-descendants-short-story-trailer/ |title=A New Trailer for "Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story" Has Been Released and We Can’t Wait |work=Oh My Disney |date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=2018-09-29 |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194820/https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2018/09/07/under-the-sea-a-descendants-short-story-trailer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On July 11, 2019, Disney announced it was canceling a red carpet premiere originally planned for July 22, 2019, in the wake of Cameron Boyce's death. The film's television premiere went on as scheduled, dedicated to Boyce's memory.<ref name="Boyce">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-cancels-descendants-3-premiere-event-honor-star-cameron-boyce-1223972|title=Disney Cancels 'Descendants 3' Premiere Event in Wake of Cameron Boyce's Death|author=Lexy Perez|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=2019-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711232138/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-cancels-descendants-3-premiere-event-honor-star-cameron-boyce-1223972|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==

''Descendants 3'' was watched by 4.59 million viewers on its August 2, 2019 premiere,<ref name="Showbuzz Daily">{{cite web |author=Mitch Metcalf |title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.2.2019 |url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-2-2019.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805201924/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-friday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-2-2019.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |website=Showbuzz Daily |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref> with viewership increasing to 8.43 million viewers after three days of delayed viewing.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/descendants-3-scores-big-ratings-disney-channel-1230053 |title='Descendants 3' Scores Big Ratings for Disney Channel |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |author=Rick Porter |archive-date=2019-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815153154/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/descendants-3-scores-big-ratings-disney-channel-1230053 |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count|spell=y}} reviews.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/descendants_3_2019|title=Descendants 3|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=iso}}|archive-date=2021-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019060812/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/descendants_3_2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipients
! Results
! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
|2020
|[[2020 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]]
|Favorite Movie Actress
|[[Dove Cameron]]
|{{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |author=Sadie Gennis |date=2020-05-03 |title=Kids Choice Awards 2020: Full Winners List |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/kids-choice-awards-2020-full-winners-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221133810/https://www.tvguide.com/news/kids-choice-awards-2020-full-winners-list/ |archive-date=2021-02-11 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[2020 Billboard Music Awards|Billboard Music Awards]]
|Top Soundtrack
|''Descendants 3''
|{{Nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Complete List|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126175557/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==Soundtrack==
{{Main|Descendants 3 (soundtrack)}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web |author=Keith Caulfield |date=August 11, 2019 |title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |archive-date=2020-02-21 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and number 1 on the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Home media ==
''Descendants 3'' was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] on August 6, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amazonadviser.com/2019/07/18/disneys-descendants-3-dvd-august/|title=Disney’s Descendants 3 comes home in August 2019|date=July 18, 2019|website=Amazon Adviser|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-date=2019-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721003236/https://amazonadviser.com/2019/07/18/disneys-descendants-3-dvd-august/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|8022928}}

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Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

2022-12-19T10:40:30Z

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| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
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'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France. It also received a nomination for [[Billboard Music Award for Top Soundtrack|Top Soundtrack]] at the [[2020 Billboard Music Awards|2020 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]] which was lost to the [[Frozen II (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of ''[[Frozen II]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126175557/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2020-11-26 |access-date=2020-11-24 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Descendants 3’ Released |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/31/first-song-from-disney-channels-descendants-3-released/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-06-02 |title=The First Song From Descendants 3 Is So Good, You'll Want to Get Up and Dance Along |url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/46220692 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2,<ref>{{Citation |title=Sarah Jeffery - Queen of Mean (From "Descendants 3") |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9o1QS-itsU |language=en |access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref> along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films;<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> it further spent eight consecutive weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming the longest charting ''Descendants'' song.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2 January 2013 |title=The Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-08-24 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It also featured at number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019,<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> while also featuring a mashup of "[[What's My Name (China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair song)|What's My Name]]" from the second film.<ref name=":2" />

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

== Charts ==

===Weekly===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Descendants franchise}}{{Sofia Carson}}
[[Category:2019 soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:Disney film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Pop soundtracks]]
[[Category:Walt Disney Records soundtracks]]
[[Category:Descendants (franchise)]]

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April–May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France. It also received a nomination for [[Billboard Music Award for Top Soundtrack|Top Soundtrack]] at the [[2020 Billboard Music Awards|2020 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]] which was lost to the [[Frozen II (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of ''[[Frozen II]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126175557/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2020-11-26 |access-date=2020-11-24 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Descendants 3’ Released |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/31/first-song-from-disney-channels-descendants-3-released/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-06-02 |title=The First Song From Descendants 3 Is So Good, You'll Want to Get Up and Dance Along |url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/46220692 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2,<ref>{{Citation |title=Sarah Jeffery - Queen of Mean (From "Descendants 3") |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9o1QS-itsU |language=en |access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref> along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films;<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> it further spent eight consecutive weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming the longest charting ''Descendants'' song.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2 January 2013 |title=The Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-08-24 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It also featured at number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019,<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> while also featuring a mashup of "[[What's My Name (China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair song)|What's My Name]]" from the second film.<ref name=":2" />

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

== Charts ==

===Weekly===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Descendants franchise}}
[[Category:2019 soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:Disney film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Pop soundtracks]]
[[Category:Walt Disney Records soundtracks]]
[[Category:Descendants (franchise)]]

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{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April–May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France. It also received a nomination for [[Billboard Music Award for Top Soundtrack|Top Soundtrack]] at the [[2020 Billboard Music Awards|2020 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]] which was lost to the [[Frozen II (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of ''[[Frozen II]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126175557/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbmas/9465082/2020-billboard-music-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2020-11-26 |access-date=2020-11-24 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Descendants 3’ Released |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/31/first-song-from-disney-channels-descendants-3-released/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-06-02 |title=The First Song From Descendants 3 Is So Good, You'll Want to Get Up and Dance Along |url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/46220692 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

== Charts ==

===Weekly===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April–May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Descendants 3’ Released |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/31/first-song-from-disney-channels-descendants-3-released/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-06-02 |title=The First Song From Descendants 3 Is So Good, You'll Want to Get Up and Dance Along |url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/46220692 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

== Charts ==

===Weekly===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

2022-12-19T10:18:01Z

223.178.87.188: splitting charts and certifications into separate section

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April–May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

== Charts ==

===Weekly===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

2022-12-19T10:16:53Z

223.178.87.188: removed duplicate charts and fixed positions

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April–May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

== Chart performance ==

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April–May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April—May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
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| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

2022-12-19T10:14:39Z

223.178.87.188:

{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April—May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a [[soundtrack album]] by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

The album reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, earning over 36,000 [[album-equivalent units]], out of which 23,000 were pure sales.<ref name="billboard200" /> It further topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart,<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> and further debuted at multiple chart positions in Australia, Canada and France.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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223.178.87.188: fixed reference

{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April—May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="billboard200"/> and number 1 on the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a soundtrack album by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200" /> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums" /> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack" /> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April—May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="billboard200"/> and number 1 on the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a soundtrack album by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web |author=Keith Caulfield |date=August 11, 2019 |title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |archive-date=2020-02-21 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |archive-date=2019-05-05 |access-date=19 August 2019 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web |title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/ |archive-date=2021-10-06 |accessdate=October 6, 2021 |work=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April—May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="billboard200"/> and number 1 on the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a soundtrack album by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

== Commercial performance ==
The soundtrack debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 36,000 [[Album-equivalent unit|album-equivalent units]], much lesser than the soundtracks of the first two films, earning 42,000 and 46,000 respectively.<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web |author=Keith Caulfield |date=August 11, 2019 |title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with |archive-date=2020-02-21 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It subsequently fell to number 14, the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02 |archive-date=2019-01-30 |access-date=2019-08-29 |website=Billboard}}</ref> It topped the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |archive-date=2019-05-05 |access-date=19 August 2019 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and also debuted at number 10 on the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart,<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web |title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/ |archive-date=2021-10-06 |accessdate=October 6, 2021 |work=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> while being further charted at Australia, Canada, and France in numbers 36 and 166, respectively. The accompanying music videos released for the soundtrack, earned around 285 million views on the [[Disney Music Group|Disney Music's]] [[Vevo]] channel.<ref name=":0" />

== Singles ==
"Good to be Bad", performed by [[Dove Cameron]], [[Sofia Carson]], [[Cameron Boyce]], [[Booboo Stewart]], [[Anna Cathcart]] and Jadah Marie, was released as a single on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. "VK Mashup" was released as the second single on July 19, which contains samples of "Rotten to the Core", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad" from the first three films.

The track "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" was released on August 2, along with the soundtrack and debuted at number 67 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] becoming Jeffery's first entry on the chart, one of the highest-charting songs from the ''Descendants'' franchise as well as the highest charting solo song from any of the films.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malach |first=Hannah |date=2019-08-19 |title=‘Descendants 3’ Star Sarah Jeffery Feels ‘So Grateful’ For ‘Queen of Mean’ Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/queen-of-mean-sarah-jeffery-interview-hot-100-debut-8527611/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It further topped at number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name=":1" /> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Billboard}}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=6 September 2019 |website=Official Charts}}</ref> The CLOUDxCITY remix of "Queen of Mean" was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |date=14 October 2019 |title=Sarah Jeffery Reinvents ‘Queen Of Mean’ as Club-Inspired Banger With CloudxCity Remix: Watch |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/sarah-jeffery-queen-of-mean-cloudxcity-remix-8532904/ |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Other charted songs ===
After the film's soundtrack release, "Night Falls", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, [[China Anne McClain]], [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]] and [[Dylan Playfair]], debuted at number 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite magazine |title=Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321134655/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 21
|}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

Descendants 3 (soundtrack)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' cast
| cover =
| alt =
| released = August 2, 2019
| recorded = April—May 2018
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length =
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer =
| chronology = ''[[Descendants (franchise)|Descendants]]'' soundtracks
| prev_title = [[Descendants 2 (soundtrack)|Descendants 2]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Descendants 3
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Good to Be Bad
| single1date = May 31, 2019
| single2 = VK Mashup
| single2date = July 19, 2019
| single3 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| single3date = August 2, 2019
}}
}}
'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Good to Be Bad", was released on May 31, 2019, along with the pre-order of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on August 2, 2019. It reached number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="billboard200"/> and number 1 on the [[Billboard Kid Albums|''Billboard'' Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="kidalbums">{{cite web |title=Kid Albums week of August 17, 2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505093533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)''''' is a soundtrack album by the cast of the [[Descendants 3|film of the same name]], released on August 2, 2019 by [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=2019-08-02 |title=The Descendants 3 Soundtrack Will Have You Even More Hype About the Movie |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/node/46450201 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> The soundtrack was announced on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Good to be Bad" being released on the same date. Two other songs: "VK Mashup" and "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" were released on July 19 and August 2, respectively; the latter accompanied the soundtrack release.

== Background ==
''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' was released on August 2, 2019, along with the parent film, and featured 13 tracks, with much of the songs are written originally for the film. Also included in the album are: "Dig a Little Deeper" from the 2009 film ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', two songs from the [[Descendants (soundtrack)|first film's soundtrack]], "Did I Mention" and a remixed version of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]".

Steven Vincent, [[Disney Channel]]'s VP of music and soundtracks, said in an interview to [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']], that he went "through the script looking for musical opportunities where could we use big numbers and where could we do character numbers". He added that [[Sofia Carson]]'s character Evie did not have a song herself in the first two films, hence he "looked for a spot where she could have a number to herself and it would be fresh for this film".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-07-07 |title=Behind the Musical Magic of ‘Descendants 3’ With Songwriter Antonina Armato and Disney Channel’s Steven Vincent |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/descendants-3-music-songs-disney-channel-1234699566/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

About the opening number, "Good to be Bad", songwriter [[Antonina Armato]], who worked on the first two films, had said that " We wanted to make sure that those lyrics made you feel like, it was a celebration. These are the misfit kids and they have a sense of pride all of a sudden. Maybe we’re the bad kids. Maybe we’re the bad apples, but guess what? We made applesauce and it tastes good and everyone is stoked."<ref name=":0" /> On the song "Queen of Mean" sung by [[Sarah Jeffrey]] as Audrey, Armato added " At first, her character was always doing the right thing and, all of a sudden, everything you thought was gonna happen didn’t and she said, “Well, I could either take this or I can empower myself.” … I thought a lot of young girls would enjoy that sort of just the way it sounds. It was fun and Sarah embodied that song in such a great way."<ref name=":0" />

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Descendants 3 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack)'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Good to Be Bad
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Tim James
* [[Antonina Armato]]
* [[Tom Sturges]]
* Adam Schmalholz
}}
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* [[Dove Cameron]]
* [[Sofia Carson]]
* [[Cameron Boyce]]
* [[Booboo Stewart]]
* [[Anna Cathcart]]
* Jadah Marie
}}
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = [[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra2 = [[Sarah Jeffery]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Do What You Gotta Do
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* Matt Wong
* Jamie Jones
* Jack Kugell
}}
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
}}
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Night Falls
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
}}
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* Marie
* [[China Anne McClain]]
* [[Thomas Doherty (actor)|Thomas Doherty]]
* [[Dylan Playfair]]
}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = One Kiss
| writer5 = {{flatlist|
* [[Matthew Tishler|Matt Tishler]]
* Paula Wingler
}}
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Carson
* Cameron
* McClain
}}
| length5 = 2:29
| title6 = My Once Upon a Time
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{flatlist|
* [[John Kavanaugh]]
* [[David Goldsmith (lyricist)|David Goldsmith]]
}}
| extra6 = Cameron
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Break This Down
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
* Jodie Shihadeh
* James K. Petrie
* Doug Davis
* Ben Hostetler
* Nikki Sorrentino
* Susan Paroff
* Anthony Mirabella
* Pipo Fernandez
* Ali Dee Theodore
}}
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Playfair
* Cathcart
* Marie
* Mitchell Hope
* Brenna D'Amico
* Zachary Gibson
}}
| length7 = 3:29
| title8 = Dig a Little Deeper
| writer8 = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra8 = McClain
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Did I Mention
| writer9 = [[Adam Schlesinger]]
| extra9 = Hope
| length9 = 0:29
| title10 = Rotten to the Core
| note10 = D3 Remix
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* [[Shelly Peiken]]
* Johan Alknas
* Joacim Persson
}}
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
* McClain
* Jeffery
* Doherty
* Marie
}}
| length10 = 2:47
| title11 = Happy Birthday
| writer11 = Traditional
| extra11 = Jeffery
| length11 = 0:36
| title12 = VK Mashup
| writer12 = {{flatlist|
* James
* Armato
* Sturges
* Schmalholz
* Pieken
* Alkenas
* Persson
* Grant P Michaels
* [[Charity Daw]]
}}
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Cameron
* Boyce
* Carson
* Stewart
}}
| length12 = 1:59
| title13 = ''Descendants 3'' Score Suite
| writer13 = David Lawrence
| extra13 = David Lawrence
| length13 = 5:01
| all_writing =
}}

'''Notes'''
* "VK Mashup" contains samples of "[[Rotten to the Core (song)|Rotten to the Core]]", "[[Ways to Be Wicked (Descendants song)|Ways to Be Wicked]]", and "Good to be Bad", from the first, second and third soundtracks.

===Chart performance===
The album debuted at number 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref> and in its second week the album dropped to number 14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard 200 chart|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130052316/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2019-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

The single "[[Queen of Mean (song)|Queen of Mean]]" reached number 49 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820060100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> number 57 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Jeffrey Chart History Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Sarah-Jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |website=Billboard |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044228/https://www.billboard.com/music/sarah-jeffrey/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and number 89 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100, 16 August 2019 - 22 August 2019 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123122434/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20190816/7501/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
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{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
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{{album chart|Flanders|109|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
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{{album chart|BillboardCanada|36|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2019/08/12/charts-august-12-2019|title=On The Charts: August 12, 2019|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
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{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Soundtrack|album=Descendants 3|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2019}}
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! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191104211308/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=44|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 166
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! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2019|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 01.11.2019 al 07.11.2019|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144129/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4222-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-45-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
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! scope="row"| UK Soundtrack Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKSoundtrack">{{cite web|title=Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} August 2–9, 2019|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-date=2021-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006040242/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/soundtrack-albums-chart/20190809/140/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|title=Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Care Package'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Keith Caulfield|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=2020-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122610/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527130/drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
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! scope="row"| US [[Kid Albums]] ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820171023/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
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! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums ([[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|title=Soundtrack albums – August 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813123212/https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2019-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2019|work=Billboard|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205211719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
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! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|title=Soundtracks – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=2020-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-soundtracks-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2022|title=Descendants 3|relyear=2017|artist=Original Soundtrack|id=18205-1140-2|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}

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