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Broadway and Hollywood star Rachel Zegler has just added one more accolade to her already stellar CV, and it was gilded. The 24-year-old New Jersey native, who is presently leading the superlatives as Eva Per\u00f3n in Jamie Lloyd\u2019s new production of Evita at The London Palladium, has taken the Number 1 spot on this week\u2019s Official Vinyl Chart with her rendition of the Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2013Tim Rice classic Don\u2019t Cry For Me Argentina.<\/p>\n
The news was dramatically broken. Official Charts Company representatives knocked on the door of Zegler\u2019s dressing room backstage to break the news. Her reaction was pure shock: \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m freaking out! This is so wild! This feels incorrect, but I trust you, you guys are the experts!\u201d<\/p>\n
Zegler, a Golden Globe winner for West Side Story already and soon to appear in Disney\u2019s Snow White, admitted the achievement was not something she ever thought would come about.\u00a0\u201cThis is so cool on the list of things that I never thought would happen in my life, charting in music. It\u2019s really, really crazy, and obviously for this, [Evita], it\u2019s so special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her version of the song, available to stream, download, and on 7-inch vinyl single, sits at Number 1 on both the Official Vinyl Singles Chart and the Physical Singles Chart and is not only the week\u2019s best-selling vinyl single but the UK\u2019s best-selling single across all physical formats.<\/p>\n
The vinyl release features an extra track, Don\u2019t Cry For Me Argentina \u2013 Live from The Balcony, which captures the viral \u201ctheatrical moment of the summer\u201d as Zegler sings the song from the outer balcony of the Palladium to fans massing in Argyll Street. The moment has been viewed millions of times worldwide, further building the show\u2019s global buzz.<\/p>\n
Zegler was not afraid to inform composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, FaceTiming with him in the back.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the only time I know something that Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn\u2019t!\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n
Learning that their song topped the charts a second time was greeted with an audible gasp upon announcement to Lloyd Webber. \u201cTWO?\u201d he exclaimed before going on with a smile, \u201cWell\u2026 we want a third!\u201d<\/p>\n
Originally a number one hit for Julie Covington in 1977, Don\u2019t Cry For Me Argentina has had a number of revivals on the charts. Covington\u2019s original took ten weeks inside the UK Top 10, The Shadows covered it to Number 5 on an instrumental in 1978, Madonna\u2019s 1996 version, the record she made for the film adaptation, reached Number 3, and even the cast of Glee broke into the Top 75 with their version in 2011.<\/p>\n
Zegler, clearly aware of the song\u2019s rich legacy, teased Lloyd Webber about a possible remix. \u201cWhat was it that Madonna did? She did the Miami Mix? We\u2019ll do the Miami Mix!\u201d she suggested. Without missing a beat, Lloyd Webber proposed, \u201cThe Oxford Circus Mix!\u201d a playful nod to the Palladium\u2019s West End location.<\/p>\n
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