The album was the sixth best-selling soundtrack of 2012, with 212,000 copies sold for the year.

[3] The album also became the best-selling soundtrack of 2013 in the United States, with 793,000 copies sold in 2013.

[5] The EP version of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on December 18, 2012, in iTunes and physically as a Target exclusive.

The EP contains four tracks that are performed by other rival groups of the Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers.

The Anna Kendrick & Brittany Snow duet of "Titanium" was not included on the soundtrack and is only available in the film.