Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture | |
Type: | soundtrack |
Artist: | Taron Egerton |
Cover: | RocketmanSoundtrack.jpg |
Genre: | Pop rock |
Length: | 72:52 |
Chronology: | Elton John |
Prev Title: | Diamonds |
Prev Year: | 2017 |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album released by Virgin EMI (UK) and Interscope Records (US) on CD and digital formats on 24 May 2019 and is the official soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical musical film of English musician Elton John entitled Rocketman.[1] The album contains 22 tracks of several hits performed by the cast of the film and a newly written track "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" featuring vocals by Taron Egerton and John together.[2] This is the only song featuring Elton. The song won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song & the 2020 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The soundtrack was also released by Interscope Records on vinyl on 23 August 2019.
On 7 June 2019, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 58 and at number 6 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart. In its second week, the soundtrack moved to number 50 with 12,000 album-equivalent units.[3]
Chart (2019) | Position | |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 66 | |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[6] | 87 |