Wicked scores biggest streaming debut for a musical soundtrack in UK chart history

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Wicked is a box office hit at UK cinemas – and now the film musical’s soundtrack is also doing blockbuster business.

Wicked: The Soundtrack, released via Island in partnership with Republic and Verve Label Group, has earned the biggest streaming debut for a musical soundtrack in UK chart history.

The cast recording features the film’s stars including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jeff Goldblum. The music and lyrics are by Steven Schwartz.

The Wicked album debuted at No.1 on the compilations chart (soundtracks are not eligible to chart on the UK Official Albums Chart) with consumption of 20,874 units (3,915 CDs, 3,911 vinyl, 1,609 downloads, 11,439 sales-equivalent streams). 

The cast recording has also delivered multiple hits on the singles chart. 
Defying Gravity by Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande made the singles chart Top 10, debuting at No.7 (27,489 sales). 
Further down the chart, there are debuts for Popular (No.13, 19,051 sales) by Ariana Grande and What Is This Feeling? (No.17, 18,058) by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. 
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[Red 98,427]

Unlimiteeeeeed

[Levine 23,744]

7,826 physical copies, 1,609 downloads

 

 

[Teletubby 153,665]

14 minutes ago, Levine said:

1,609 downloads

it did better than:
Radical Optimism - 1,414 downloads
brat - 507 downloads
Short n' Sweet - 1,054 downloads

[bionic 50,107]

cynthia ate

ariana burgers

[nATAH 51,824]

im glad this movie is succeeding, idk anything about wicked but a lot of people seem to love it so it's good they made a good adaptation of it

[tyler k 5,330]

what are the hot 100 numbers?