Jennifer Lawrence's 'Hunger Games' Song Is a Momentous Hit Single
UPDATE (12/4): Jennifer Lawrence is many things: An Oscar winner, a massive J. Lo fan, a lightweight and...a budding pop star?
The actress' haunting recording of "The Hanging Tree," featured in the new Hunger Games: Mockingjay–Part 1 movie, blasted onto the charts this week, debuting at No. 12. According to Billboard, the 24-year-old now joins 13 other Academy Award winners who have also charted on the Hot 100 singles ranking including Cher, Jamie Foxx, Frank Sinatra, Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews among others.
J.Law also earns the Hunger Games their highest-charting song ever with "Hanging Tree" outperforming songs like Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat" (which peaked at No. 34 so far) and Taylor Swift's "Eyes Open" (No. 19), from the very-first Hunger Games soundtrack.
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