Newly released Hamilton Mixtape tops iTunes, Amazon

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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The Hamilton Mixtape dropped Friday and immediately rose to the top of the charts. The 23-track album sits at No. 1 on iTunes and is also the No. 1 paid album on Amazon. A homage to the Broadway hit Hamilton, the album features covers from artists like Alicia Keys, Sia, The Roots, and Busta Rhymes. Some tracks stay loyal to the cast album renditions, but The Atlantic noted "many do shift emphases in refreshing ways, confirming these songs' potential to live outside a narrative."

The album debuted Thursday night with a live performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the home of Hamilton.

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