''The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album to the film ''

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''. It was released in full on December 8, 2017, by Atlantic Records. The first pre-order release was on October 26, 2017, with two

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" and " This Is Me". A third, "

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", followed on November 17, 2017. "This Is Me" was released on December 8, 2017, as the album's official lead single. In Australia, "Rewrite the Stars" was released to

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on July 20, 2018. Produced by

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, and

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, the album became a global success following the release of the film, topping the charts in several countries including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan. The album also reached number one on iTunes in over 77 countries. In the United Kingdom, the album was a commercial success and was the best-selling album of 2018. It became only the second album in 30 years to spend 11 consecutive weeks at number 1 and, in its 20th week atop the

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, it became the longest-running soundtrack at number 1 in 50 years. With combined sales of over 1.6 million, it was 2018's best-selling album in the United Kingdom. It was also the best-selling album of 2018 in the United States, with 1,491,000 in pure album sales, but third at 2,499,000 in album equivalent units. The album's single "This Is Me" won Best Original Song – Motion Picture at the

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, and was nominated for Best Song at the

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and

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at the

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. The album received positive reviews and has sold over 5.3 million copies worldwide. The album also won the

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for " Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media" at

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Release

The first pre-order release was on October 26, 2017, with the soundtrack released in full on December 8, 2017, by Atlantic Records. It debuted at number 71 on ''Billboard'' 200, and later stayed at number one for two weeks. On January 7, 2018, the soundtrack had been on the top of the ''Billboard'' 200 for two weeks, reaching its top in its fourth week of availability. It had sold 106,000 copies at that point. In its third week, it attained the number two slot. ''The Greatest Showman'' beat that week's top album in traditional album sales (70,000 vs. 65,000) and was the top-selling album of the week, but did not top the ''Billboard'' 200 due to TEA units and SEA units. As of December 2019, the album have sold over 1,731,000 pure copies in the United States. By February 7, 2018, the soundtrack was a breakout hit at number 1 on the UK album charts and number 2 in the United States. On February 8, 2018, '' Stereogum'' published an article stating that "statistically speaking, ''The Greatest Showman'' is by far the most popular album of the year so far." By February 27, it was the top album on iTunes. By March 23, 2018, it had been the number one in the UK for eleven straight weeks. It had sold 465,000 copies, with around 40% of those sales on CD and vinyl. By April 6, the album climbed back up the charts for its 12th non-consecutive week at number one. , the soundtrack had totalled 28 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK official album chart, making it the longest reigning album of the decade, ahead of Adele's '' 21'', which notched 23 weeks at number one.

Critical reception

The album was selected for the 2017

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list. By February 23, 2018, the track "This Is Me" was nominated for

at the 2018 Academy Awards. According to Sky News on March 25, 2018, "music critics have put the album's success down to the feel-good, uplifting pop tunes which are also old school at the same time." Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com called the 11 songs "memorable," praising the vocal performances of the leads. The

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'' gave it a positive review, particularly certain vocal performances. '' Stereogum'' described the soundtrack music as eclectic in its influences, giving it a negative reception for " ervingup earnest buoyancy in many high-fructose flavors." Also noting the eclectic mix of musical genres, ''The Ringer'' writes that "the bombastic tunes mix

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gleams with stadium-rock grunts, chest-pounding ballads with peppy empowerment anthems, a thoroughly modern and disconcertingly eager post-genre assault designed to barnstorm as many

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playlists as possible. It's a gilded cheese ball, pushing exhilaration to the point of exhaustion." ''

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'' wrote that the album brought "a whole lot of self-empowerment, enlivened with some

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d R&B beats, and given the necessary gravitas by some

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s of the sort that make one imagine the singer filmed from below with a wind machine blowing in their face."

Live performances

Hugh Jackman performing at the BRIT Awards 2019

Keala Settle performed "This Is Me" live on ''

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'' on February 9, 2018. Later she performed it on ''

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'' on February 21, 2018. She also performed the song at the

ceremony on March 4, 2018. She also performed the song on ''

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'' in November 2018. Loren Allred performed "Never Enough" live at "Church by the Glades" on April 16, 2018. Hugh Jackman opened the

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with "

". Settle performed "This Is Me" again on December 19, 2021 at the Royal Variety Performance.

Accolades

Track listing

Notes

Songs' charts and certifications

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Greatest Showman''. * Soundtrack album producers:

* Soundtrack Album Producers for Atlantic Records:

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and

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* All tracks mixed by

, except track 7 mixed by

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* Executive music producer:

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* Music producers:

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, Chris Leon,

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* Production music supervisors: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul * Music coordinator: Jordan Carroll * Music production supervisor: Ethan Popp * Associate music production supervisor: Jason Michael Webb * Music supervisor: Mark White * Supervising musician and vocal contractor: Sandy Park * Supervising vocal producer: Liz Caplan * Vocal producers and coaches: Justin Paul, Carmen Key, Patrick Vaccariello * Vocal arrangements:

* Supervising music editor: Jennifer Monnar * On set music copyist: Benjamin Lively * A&R contribution: Brandon Davis * Marketing for Atlantic Records: David Grant * Project coordinator for Atlantic Records: Kellie Gentry * Business and legal affairs for Atlantic Records: Ben Landry * A&R administration for Atlantic Records: Aryanna Platt * Art direction for Atlantic Records: Mark Obriski * Executive in charge of music for Twentieth Century Fox: Danielle Diego * Music supervised for Twentieth Century Fox: Anton Monsted * Music production supervised for Twentieth Century Fox: Rebecca Morellato and Brianne Porcaro * Business affairs for Twentieth Century Fox: Thomas Cavanaugh and Lauren Caruso * Music clearance for Twentieth Century Fox: Ellen Ginsburg

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

''The Greatest Showman: Reimagined''

''The Greatest Showman: Reimagined'' is a re-recording of the soundtrack, featuring new versions of the original songs now sung by the likes of

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, Kesha,

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, and more. The album was released on November 16, 2018.

Singles and promotion

The Kesha version of " This Is Me" was originally released as a non-album single on 22 December 2017, to promote the original soundtrack, but later featured on the soundtrack's re-release. Leading up to the album's release, the songs "

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" and "A Million Dreams (Reprise)" performed by

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and her daughter Willow Sage Hart respectively, were released as promotional singles along with the pre-order of the album on October 24, 2018. On November 2, 2018, Panic! at the Disco's cover of "

" was released as second promotional single. On 16 November, the day the soundtrack was released, the video for

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's and Anne-Marie's "

" was released.

Track listing

Notes

Songs' charts and certifications

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes

References

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