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Hot 100 First-Timers: Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum & More ‘Wicked’ Cast Score Their First Chart Entries
Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum and more of the 'Wicked' cast make their debut on their Hot 100. Get the details.
It scores the highest Billboard 200 debut for a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical ever, dating to the list’s 1956 launch as a regularly published weekly chart. Seven songs from the Wicked soundtrack concurrently debut on the Billboard Hot 100, led by “Defying Gravity,” by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, who play the film’s leads, Elphaba Thropp and Galinda Upland, respectively. 40 on Pop Airplay, thanks to plays on stations including KMVQ San Francisco, WBLI Long Island, N.Y., and SiriusXM’s Hits 1.
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