MEGA STAGE TUBE: Watch the 10 Most-Popular 'Let It Go' Covers on YouTube!
By: Nicole Rosky Mar. 04, 2014
On the same day it won two Academy Awards® including Best Animated Feature, "Frozen," Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd feature film, crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The biggest non-sequel animated film ever released and the second biggest animated film of all time globally, "Frozen" has earned an estimated $388.8 million at the domestic box office and $611.5 million internationally for a global total of $1,000.3 million.
Idina Menzel, who voiced 'Elsa', sang the film's anthem "Let it Go" at the Oscars ceremony, and her performance has spurred even more covers from fans online. YouTube has gathered a list of the most popular covers of "Let It Go" on the site, which includes children singing the popular tune, a classical interpretation and even mashups of the song with popular songs such as Passenger's "Let Her Go," as well as other creative versions. Check out the full list and watch all 10 versions below!
1. "Let It Go" (Africanized Tribal Cover) from Alex Boyé and featuring One Voice Children's Choir (22.2 million views)
2. Maddie and Zoe sing "Let It Go" (7.2 million views)
3. ThePianoGuys perform "Let It Go"/Vivaldi's Winter (7.1 million views)
4. "Let It Go"/Let Her Go (Frozen/Passenger MASHUP) from Sam Tsui (4.7 million views)
5. "Let It Go" Demi Lovato Cover by Steamfaerie (4.2 million views)
6. "Let It Go" by Idina Menzel Cover by Grace Lee (3.8 million views)
7. "Let It Go" - Male Vocal Cover from Caleb Hyles (3.4 million views)
8. "Let It Go" (Idina Menzel) Cover by 8 and 10 Year Old Sophia & Bella from Mugglesam (3 million views)
9. "Let It Go" Cover by Sonnet Son (2.7 million views)
10. "Let It Go" Cover by CIMORELLI (2.7 million views)
Universally embraced by audiences and critics alike, "Frozen" is the winner of two Academy Awards®, for Best Animated Feature and Original Song ("Let It Go"). This the first animated feature Oscar® win for Walt Disney Animation Studios in the category's 13-year history. The film has also won Golden Globe®, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, and Producers Guild of America awards for best animated film, five Annie Awards, and four Visual Effects Society Awards, among many other honors. The film is directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and produced by Peter Del Vecho.
The Platinum-certified "Frozen" soundtrack, featuring songs by Tony Award® winner Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and a score by Christophe Beck, returned to the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart last week for a fifth time, the first soundtrack to do so since 1998. It entered the chart's top five in early January and has been #1 or #2 for eight consecutive weeks. It also hit #1 on iTunes' Overall Album Chart in 31 countries including the U.S. The Oscar®-winning song "Let It Go," performed by Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, who voices Elsa in the film, is also certified Platinum and last week reached #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
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