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Plus, four cuts from the album debut on the Billboard Hot 100. By Keith Caulfield The Wicked: For Good film soundtrack debuts in the top 10 across seven Billboard charts (dated Dec. 6), including No.

The Universal Pictures, Verve Records and Republic Records soundtrack to Part One of the movie musical was kept from the #1 spot on the chart (dated Dec. 7) by the debut of Kendrick Lamar’s surprise ...

'Wicked: For Good' materializes at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. By Lars Brandle Like magic, the soundtrack for Wicked: For Good materializes at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. For Good is, of ...