Buena Vista Music Group's mainstream pop label, Hollywood Records, released the soundtrack to Paramount Pictures' blockbuster Save The Last Dance, featuring tracks from K-Ci & JoJo and Lucy Pearl. The soundtrack achieved multi-platinum status. British pop band BBMak's debut album Sooner or Later, which was released last year, continued to sell well, achieving sales nearing platinum status. The Pearl Harbor soundtrack, featuring the hit song "There You'll Be" performed by Faith Hill, has sold in excess of 1 million units worldwide. Other successful releases came from Nydia Rojas, Tricky, Seven Mary Three, and The Wiseguys on Mammoth Records. Hollywood Records also acquired the perpetual rights to the coveted Queen catalog in the U.S. and Canada. In September, the label released the soundtrack to Paramount Pictures' Zoolander.

Buena Vista Music Group's country music label, Lyric Street Records, launched hot newcomers Rascal Flatts this past year. They were acclaimed Best New Group at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards. Rascal Flatts' self-titled debut achieved gold status. In September, Aaron Tippin's new Christmas album, A December To Remember, was released.

Walt Disney Records released several successful soundtracks from Walt Disney Pictures this year, including Remember The Titans, The Princess Diaries, 102 Dalmatians and The Emperor's New Groove. In collaboration with Radio Disney, Volume 4 of the successful Radio Disney Jams was released, bringing in more than 1 million combined units for the series.

Buena Vista Music Group releases for 2002 are expected from country music stars SheDaisy, Aaron Tippin, the follow-up from BBMak, Fu Manchu, Los Lobos, and soundtracks from The Country Bears and Lilo & Stitch.