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r/CastRecordings: Cast Recordings for Musicals, Broadway, West End, Film, Off-Broadway, Tours, Concept Recordings, Regional Productions, Concerts and…
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- Fiddler on The Roof, Original Broadway Cast
- A Chorus Line, Original Broadway Cast
- Rent, Original Broadway Cast
- 5 (Tie). Wicked, Original Broadway Cast
- My Fair Lady, Original London Cast
- The Phantom of The Opera, Original London Cast
- Les Misérables, Original Broadway Cast
- Hamilton, Original Broadway Cast
Certified 2x Multi-Platinum May 16, 1990 (Released September 29, 1964) Fiddler, which opened on Broadway in September 1964, was one of the first long-running musical mega-hits; it ran for nearly eight years and was the first Broadway production in history to run for more than 3,000 performances. It also won ten 1965 Tony Awards, including best musi...
Certified 2x Multi-Platinum May 17, 2000 (Released January 1977) Until it was surpassed by Cats in 1997, A Chorus Line was Broadway’s longest running show with a 6,137-performance run that lasted nearly 15 years. Though it’s only been revived on Broadway once, it remains a beloved and often-produced musical around the world. The production won nine...
Certified 2x Multi-Platinum March 25, 2003 (Released August 27, 1996) Jonathan Larson’s rock musical adaptation of Puccini’s La Bohème is widely credited with bringing a whole new audience and sound to Broadway when it opened in 1996. It ran for 12 years and 5,123 performances, winning four 1996 Tony Awards, including best musical, and the 1996 Pul...
Certified 3x Multi-Platinum November 30, 2022 (Released December 16, 2003) The second-most recent show on the top-seller list, Wicked has been running on Broadway since opening in October 2003. The cast recording, featuring vocals from original stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, is also the first on the Multi-Platinum list to have won a Gram...
Certified 3x Multi-Platinum November 21, 1986 (Released March, 1959) It probably doesn’t surprise you to see My Fair Ladyhigh on the list of best-selling cast albums, but it’s interesting that it is the show’s London recording, released three years after the Broadway album, that has achieved record status. Stars Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, and Sta...
Certified 4x Multi-Platinum April 2, 1996 (Released April 20, 1987) Phantom is Broadway’s longest-running show in history by a wide margin—it just recently hit 12,000 performances—and with total estimated worldwide grosses of over $5 billion, it’s also the most financially successful entertainment event ever. It, too, is a Grammy loser, having lost...
Certified 4x Multi-Platinum July 15, 1998 (Released May 11, 1987) Les Miz’s original production ran for 16 years and 6,680 performances, which makes it currently the fifth longest-running production in Broadway history. It won eight 1987 Tony Awards, including best musical, and its Broadway album beat out Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady, The Phantom o...
Certified Diamond (10x Multi-Platinum) June 23, 2023 (Released September 25, 2015) Not only is Hamilton the highest-ranked album on this list, the amount of time that it took to achieve that status is by far the most impressive. The Hamilton Broadway cast album achieved 2x Multi-Platinum status about one year after it was released; the closest any ...
A cast recording is a recording of a stage musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. An original cast recording or OCR, as the name implies, features the voices of the show's original cast.
Learn about the latest Broadway, Off-Broadway and London cast recordings and hear exclusive tracks from upcoming CDs.
Broadway Records is the Grammy® winning record label dedicated to releasing the most popular and current Broadway cast recordings, as well as preserving legacy musical theatre and theatre vocalists repertoire.
Can you name the musical cast albums that have achieved multi-platinum status? The list includes a few surprises.
Sep 26, 2016 · Discover the best of the city, first. Hear your favorite scores, from Tony-winning musicals like Wicked and Hamilton, on the best original Broadway cast recordings of the 21st century.
