Hamilton (album)

Hamilton
Cast recording by Various artists
Released	16 October 2015 25 September 2015 (digital)
Genre	Hip hop R&B dancehall funk ballad show tune
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Alex Lacamoire Bill Sherman Lin-Manuel Miranda Ahmir Thompson Tarik Trotter from The Roots

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard
Noisey	A[1]
Rolling Stone

Hamilton is the official companion album to the 2015 musical Hamilton. The musical is based on the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and is the highest-charting cast album since 1963.^[2] It was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Rap Album chart, the first cast album to ever do so.^[3]

Debut and reception

The cast album for the musical premiered in September 2015 on NPR's show "First Listen."^[4] Its digital release on September 25, 2015 debuted on numerous charts and was released in stores as a two-disc set on October 16, 2015. It debuted at number one on the Top Broadway Albums chart as well as number 3 on Top Rap Albums, number 5 on the Top Digital Albums, and number 9 on the Top Current Albums chart.^[2] Hamilton's debut was the second biggest first week sales of a Broadway cast album, just behind the cast album for the musical Rent. It debuted at number 12 on the overall Billboard 200 chart for sales, with over 2.1 million streams combined from digital service providers, the largest streaming debut for a cast album ever.^[2]

The album was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Rap Album chart, the first cast album to ever do so.^[3] It achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and was the highest-charting cast album debut since 1963.^[2] Billboard called the album an "eye-popping debut," giving it a 5-out-of-5 star review and listing it at number 2 on the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2015."^[5] Rolling Stone gave it a 4.5-out-of-5 star rating, listing it at number 8 on the magazine's "Top 50 Albums of 2015."^[6][7] Robert Christgau wrote in Noisey, "I can attest that the intrinsic intellectual interest [Lin-Manuel Miranda] powers up here is so impressive it's exciting."^[1]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Personnel	Length
1.	"Alexander Hamilton"	Leslie Odom Jr. Anthony Ramos Daveed Diggs Okieriete Onaodowan Lin-Manuel Miranda Phillipa Soo Christopher Jackson Company	3:56
2.	"Aaron Burr, Sir"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Leslie Odom Jr. Anthony Ramos Daveed Diggs Okieriete Onaodowan	2:36
3.	"My Shot"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Anthony Ramos Daveed Diggs Okieriete Onaodowan Leslie Odom Jr. Company	5:33
4.	"The Story of Tonight"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Anthony Ramos Okieriete Onaodowan Daveed Diggs Company	1:31
5.	"The Schuyler Sisters"	Renée Elise Goldsberry Phillipa Soo Jasmine Cephas-Jones Leslie Odom, Jr. Company	3:06
6.	"Farmer Refuted"	Thayne Jasperson Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	1:52
7.	"You'll Be Back"	Jonathan Groff Company	3:28
8.	"Right Hand Man"	Christopher Jackson Lin-Manuel Miranda Leslie Odom, Jr. Company	5:21
9.	"A Winter's Ball"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	1:09
10.	"Helpless"	Phillipa Soo Company	4:09
11.	"Satisfied"	Renée Elise Goldsberry Company	5:29
12.	"The Story of Tonight (Reprise)"	Anthony Ramos Okieriete Onaodowan Daveed Diggs Lin-Manuel Miranda Leslie Odom, Jr.	1:55
13.	"Wait For It"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Company	3:13
14.	"Stay Alive"	Company	2:39
15.	"Ten Duel Commandments"	Anthony Ramos Lin-Manuel Miranda Jon Rua Leslie Odom, Jr. Company	1:46
16.	"Meet Me Inside"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Leslie Odom, Jr. Anthony Ramos Christopher Jackson Company	1:23
17.	"That Would Be Enough"	Phillipa Soo Lin-Manuel Miranda	2:58
18.	"Guns and Ships"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Daveed Diggs Christopher Jackson Company	2:07
19.	"History Has Its Eyes On You"	Christopher Jackson Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	1:37
20.	"Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)"	Company	4:02
21.	"What Comes Next?"	Jonathan Groff	1:39
22.	"Dear Theodosia"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda	3:04
23.	"Non-Stop"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Renée Elise Goldsberry Phillipa Soo Christopher Jackson Company	6:25

Disc two
No.	Title	Personnel	Length
1.	"What'd I Miss?"	Daveed Diggs Leslie Odom, Jr. Okieriete Onaodowan Company	3:56
2.	"Cabinet Battle #1"	Christopher Jackson Daveed Diggs Lin-Manuel Miranda Okieriete Onaodowan	3:35
3.	"Take A Break"	Phillipa Soo Anthony Ramos Lin-Manuel Miranda Renée Elise Goldsberry	4:46
4.	"Say No To This"	Jasmine Cephas-Jones Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Sydney James Harcourt Company	4:02
5.	"The Room Where It Happens"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Daveed Diggs Okieriete Onaodowan Company	5:18
6.	"Schuyler Defeated"	Anthony Ramos Phillipa Soo Lin-Manuel Miranda Leslie Odom, Jr.	1:03
7.	"Cabinet Battle #2"	Christopher Jackson Daveed Diggs Lin-Manuel Miranda Okieriete Onaodowan	2:22
8.	"Washington On Your Side"	Leslie Odom Jr. Daveed Diggs Okieriete Onaodowan Company	3:01
9.	"One Last Time"	Christopher Jackson Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	4:56
10.	"I Know Him"	Jonathan Groff	1:37
11.	"The Adams Administration"	Company	0:54
12.	"We Know"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Daveed Diggs Leslie Odom Jr. Okieriete Onaodowan	2:22
13.	"Hurricane"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	2:23
14.	"The Reynolds Pamphlet"	Company	2:08
15.	"Burn"	Phillipa Soo	3:45
16.	"Blow Us All Away"	Anthony Ramos Ariana DeBose Sasha Hutchings Ephraim Sykes Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	2:53
17.	"Stay Alive (Reprise)"	Lin-Manuel Miranda Anthony Ramos Phillipa Soo Company	1:51
18.	"It's Quiet Uptown"	Renée Elise Goldsberry Lin-Manuel Miranda Phillipa Soo Company	4:30
19.	"The Election of 1800"	Daveed Diggs Okieriete Onaodowan Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	3:57
20.	"Your Obedient Servant"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	2:30
21.	"Best of Wives and Best of Women"	Phillipa Soo Lin-Manuel Miranda	0:47
22.	"The World Was Wide Enough"	Leslie Odom, Jr. Lin-Manuel Miranda Company	5:02
23.	"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"	Company	3:37

Chart history and awards

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	12
US Rap Albums	1
US Broadway Cast Albums	1

Year	Award type	Category	Result
2016	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album[8]	Won
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration[9]	Nominated

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[10]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Christgau, Robert (February 19, 2016). "Poets, Playwrights, and Pranksters: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
2. Caulfield, Keith (7 October 2015). "Hamilton's Historic Chart Debut: By The Numbers". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
3. Estevez, Marjua (18 November 2015). "Hamilton Broadway Album Tops Billboard Rap Chart". Vibe. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. Jekket, Frannie (21 September 2015). "Review: Cast Recording, 'Hamilton'". NPR Music. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
5. Gale, Alex (1 October 2015). "Hamilton, the Best Broadway Musical in Years, Boasts an Equally Thrilling Cast Recording: Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
6. Spanos, Brittany (25 September 2015). "Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
7. "Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2015". Brooklyn Vegan. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
8. Ward, Marguerite (22 December 2015). "Hamilton Fan Art: Animation Student Beautifully Recreates Scenes from Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway Smash Hit". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
9. "Creed Tops 47th Annual NAACP Image Award Nominations". Ebony. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
10. "American album certifications – Various Artists – Hamilton". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 9, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

• Official website