Fifty Shades Darker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2017 film Fifty Shades Darker, an adaptation of E. L. James's novel of the same name. The soundtrack album was released through Republic Records on February 10, 2017. The lead single, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", was performed by Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik and was released on December 9, 2016.[1][2] The single was commercially successful, reaching number five on United Kingdom and number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[3][4] The film's soundtrack was released in two separate versions; one for the 19 popular artists songs used in the film, and another separate release for the original score composed for the film by Danny Elfman.[5] Two of Elfman's themes were also included on the popular artists version of the soundtrack release.
The lead single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", a duet between musicians Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik, was released on December 9, 2016. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] A music video was released on January 27, 2017. The second official single, "Not Afraid Anymore" by Halsey, was released on January 13, 2017, and reached number 77 on the Hot 100. The album tracks "Bom Bidi Bom" by Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj and "Helium" by Sia debuted on the Hot 100 at number 54 and 71, respectively.[6] Although not officially singles, the songs have received airplay.[7]
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 123,000 equivalent album units in the week ending February 16. Of that sum, 72,000 were in traditional album sales.
