The Hamilton Mixtape is a 2016 mixtape album featuring assorted songs from the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton performed by various artists, as well as some deleted songs from the musical. It was widely well-received by critics. Background In 2009, Lin-Manuel Miranda began a project titled The Hamilton Mixtape that would eventually transform into the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton. During the development of the musical production, Miranda frequently communicated that a "mixtape" of select songs from the show's score was being recorded. On November 3, 2016, Miranda announced on Twitter that the mixtape was complete and would be released on December 2, 2016. Preorders for the album began on November 4, 2016, and two songs were officially released: Kelly Clarkson's "It's Quiet Uptown" and The Roots' "My Shot." "The following Friday, at midnight in all time zones, "Satisfied" and "Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)" were released, followed by "Wait For It" and "Wrote My Way Out" the Friday after. In addition to its digital, compact disc and vinyl record releases, a 12-song cassette tape version of the album was also made available on February 10, 2017, featuring the original explicit versions of the songs. Commercial performance The Hamilton Mixtape debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 187,000 album-equivalent units, of which 169,000 were pure album sales. It marks the largest sales in a week for a compilation album since Cruel Summer by GOOD Music in 2012, and is the first compilation album to reach number one since Now 50 in 2014. According to Nielsen Music, the cassette version of the album sold just under 3,000 units in the year of 2017, in conjunction with the increase of overall cassette sales increasing by 35 percent the same year. Track listing Notes signifies an additional producer. "Wrote My Way Out" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "Hurricane". "An Open Letter Interlude" features interpolations from an original arrangement of the Hamilton song "The Adams Administration" from the Off-Broadway performance. "It's Quiet Uptown" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "It's Quiet Uptown". "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "Yorktown". "Take a Break (Interlude)" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "Take a Break". "Say Yes to This" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "Say No to This".