Atlantic RecordsFollowing the strategic release of several of the album’s singles over the past few weeks, The Hamilton Mixtape is now poised to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, according to the magazine.
The album features renditions of songs from the Broadway smash Hamilton: An American Musical, and includes vocals from a number of stars, including John Legend, Queen Latifah, Usher, Ashantiand Ja Rule and the production’s creator himself, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton peaked on the Billboard 200 chart at number three, the publication notes, the third cast recording to reach the top 10 in the last 50 years, following Hairand The Book of Mormon.
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