Soundtrack No. 1's

Movie theme songs to reach the top of the Billboard charts.

Destiny's Child "Independent Women" - Super group Destiny's Child sang the lead single "Independent Women" for Charlie's Angels soundtrack (2000). (Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)

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Destiny's Child "Independent Women" - Super group Destiny's Child sang the lead single "Independent Women" for Charlie's Angels soundtrack (2000). (Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)

Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" - For the soundtrack to the 1992 romantic thriller The Bodyguard, Houston contributed five hit singles including the lead love ballad "I Will Always Love You." (Photo: Courtesy Arista Records)

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Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" - For the soundtrack to the 1992 romantic thriller The Bodyguard, Houston contributed five hit singles including the lead love ballad "I Will Always Love You." (Photo: Courtesy Arista Records)

Stevie Wonder "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder scored a number one hit with "I Just Called to Say I Love You," the main single of the 1984 romantic comedy film The Woman in Red. (Photo: Courtesy Motown Records)

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Stevie Wonder "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder scored a number one hit with "I Just Called to Say I Love You," the main single of the 1984 romantic comedy film The Woman in Red. (Photo: Courtesy Motown Records)

Whitney Houston "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Houston returned to the big screen in 1995 as Savannah, one of the four leading roles of Waiting to Exhale. As she did with The Bodyguard, the singer made another trip to the top of the charts by singing the lead single for the film, "Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)." (Photo: Courtesy Arista Records)

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Whitney Houston "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Houston returned to the big screen in 1995 as Savannah, one of the four leading roles of Waiting to Exhale. As she did with The Bodyguard, the singer made another trip to the top of the charts by singing the lead single for the film, "Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)." (Photo: Courtesy Arista Records)

Eminem "Lose Yourself" - Eminem starred in 8 Mile, a film loosely based on his life that focused mainly on the typical experience of any up-and-coming rapper in Detroit. Em's "Lose Yourself," the lead single of the film, became the most popular rap song to be featured on the soundtrack of a major motion picture.(Photo: Courtesy Interscope Records)

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Eminem "Lose Yourself" - Eminem starred in 8 Mile, a film loosely based on his life that focused mainly on the typical experience of any up-and-coming rapper in Detroit. Em's "Lose Yourself," the lead single of the film, became the most popular rap song to be featured on the soundtrack of a major motion picture.(Photo: Courtesy Interscope Records)

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Isaac Hayes – Shaft Soundtrack (1971) - Isaac Hayes's score for the groundbreaking Black film both announced the arrival of the blaxploitation movie era and the soundtrack as a new way to package R&B. The funky, orchestrated "Theme From Shaft" helped land Hayes the first Oscar awarded to a Black musician for a soundtrack.  (Photo: EastWest Records)

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Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft" - Written and record by Isaac Hayes, the classic, soulful theme of the film Shaft reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in November of 1971.(Photo: Courtesy Enterprise Records)

Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise" - The soundtrack to the 1995 film Dangerous Minds was certified triple platinum by December of that year with the help of it's lead single, "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. (Photo: Courtesy MCA Records)

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Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise" - The soundtrack to the 1995 film Dangerous Minds was certified triple platinum by December of that year with the help of it's lead single, "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. (Photo: Courtesy MCA Records)