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"Joyful Noise" Soundtrack Debuts at #1 on Billboard Soundtrack Chart

The soundtrack features performances by Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and Oscar nominee Dolly Parton; Oscar nominee, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner Queen Latifah; and BET and NAACP Award winner Keke Palmer. Five-time Grammy winner (and ten-time nominee) Mervyn Warren produced and arranged the Joyful Noise soundtrack.

Parton, who penned three new songs for the collection, recently performed two of those songs on national TV: "From Here to the Moon and Back" on the Late Show with David Letterman, and "Not Enough," a duet with co-star Queen Latifah, on NBC's Today Show.

The third song Parton wrote, "He's Everything," is also on the soundtrack, which includes the film's stars performing renditions of memorable songs originally recorded by a wide range of artists: Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Sly & the Family Stone, Usher, and Stevie Wonder.

The collection also includes tracks by some of the finest acts in gospel and R&B. Grammy winner Kirk Franklin wrote and takes the vocal reins on his jubilant new song "In Love," and award-winning gospel vocalist Karen Peck creates harmonic gold on "Mighty High."

Dolly Parton and Mervyn Warren will be featured on Sirius XM's "The Bob Edwards Show" on Friday, January 20, 2012.

ABOUT THE FILM

Oscar nominees Queen Latifah ("Chicago," "Hairspray" ) and Dolly Parton ("Transamerica," "Steel Magnolias," "Nine to Five" ) star in Alcon Entertainment's and Warner Bros. Pictures' "Joyful Noise," a funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal.

The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan). Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose's beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer), and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can put aside their differences for the good of the people in their town, they-and their choir-may make the most joyful noise of all.

Starring with Latifah and Parton are Keke Palmer ("Akeelah and the Bee" ), Courtney B. Vance ("Extraordinary Measures" ), Jeremy Jordan (Broadway's "Bonnie and Clyde" ), and Kris Kristofferson ("Dolphin Tale" ). Rounding out the main cast are Dexter Darden, Angela Grovey, Paul Woolfolk and Jesse L. Martin.

Alcon Entertainment presents a Farrell Paura Productions/O.N.C. Entertainment Production, "Joyful Noise," being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film opens nationwide on January 13, 2012. This film has been rated PG-13 for some language including a sexual reference. www.joyfulnoisethemovie.com

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