The song requires a magical, two-octave-plus range. Sheet music shows "Defying Gravity" begins around middle C. The final note when Elphaba takes flight is a high E or F, according to various sources.

Defying Gravity” is the defining moment of Wicked, serving as the showstopping climax to the movie musical that has racked up ...

On CBS Sunday Morning, the television program shared a clip of Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo performing the iconic song Defying ...

Look: We get why people would like to see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform “Defying Gravity” at the Oscars: 22 years ...

Visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman is proud of his team's dazzling work but is quick to note that storytelling was at the ...

Sunday night brought all the stars of music together in Los Angeles as the 67th Grammy Awards celebrated best from last year.

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Erivo told Jimmy Kimmel during her appearance on the late-night show last night that fans have, indeed, been singing her iconic run from “Defying Gravity” to her… usually, without asking.

By Kevin Rutherford Wicked fever reaches Billboard’s Top Movie Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), as Cynthia Erivo’s “Defying Gravity,” featuring Ariana Grande ...

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