The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack scores big on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the companion set to the hit role-playing video game debuts at No. 29 on the list dated Feb. 21. Since the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March of 1956, only three game soundtracks have reached the top 50 of the chart: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, BTS World (No. 26 in 2019) and Halo 4 (No. 50 in 2012).
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was released in April 2025 and went on to win game of the year at The Game Awards last December. It won a total of nine awards at the ceremony, the most wins for a game in a single night since the awards show launched in 2014. The game’s soundtrack was composed by Lorien Testard, features vocals from Alice Duport-Percier and was released via Sandfall Interactive/Laced Records.
The soundtrack was originally released in April 2025 as a 154-track complete edition via streaming services and for purchase as a digital download. Then, on Feb. 6, 2026, that complete edition arrived on CD (along with bonus tracks), as well as on vinyl (carrying a selection of tracks from the complete soundtrack). For tracking and charting purposes, the streaming, download and CD editions of the album are combined together, while the vinyl edition charts separately.
The No. 29 debut on the Billboard 200 is the vinyl edition of the album, which sold 24,000 copies — the single largest sales week for a game soundtrack on vinyl in the modern era (since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991). The vinyl edition of the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack also debuts on Classical Albums (No. 1), Classical Crossover Albums (No. 1), Soundtracks (No. 2), Vinyl Albums (No. 4), Top Album Sales (No. 5), Top Current Album Sales (No. 4) and Independent Albums (No. 6).
As for the separately-charting complete version of the soundtrack (the CD/download/streaming edition), it debuts on Top Album Sales (No. 18), Top Current Album Sales (No. 18) and Independent Albums (No. 44). It also holds at No. 2 on both Classical Albums (after previously spending 21 weeks at No. 1) and on Classical Crossover Albums (also having spent 21 weeks at No. 1). It also hits a new peak on the Soundtracks chart, climbing 21-7.