SHOW BIZ: Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart: Week Ending 12/4/2010

 

Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and measures the sales of cast recordings from a collection of merchants that represents more than 90% of the U.S. music retail market.

The sample includes not only music stores and the music departments at electronics and department stores, but also direct-to-consumer transactions and Internet sales (both physical albums via Internet, and ones bought via digital downloads).

The Top Cast Albums chart was added to Billboard's listings January 12, 2006.

For more information visit Billboard.com.

Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart
Week Ending 12/4/2010

Report from Billboard Issue 12/11/2010

1. Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Rhino

2. Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

3. Promises, Promises, New Broadway Cast Recording - Masterworks Broadway

4. The Lion King, Original Cast Recording - Walt Disney

5. Rock Of Ages, Original Broadway Cast Recording - New Line

6. American Idiot, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Reprise/Warner Bros.

7. Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast Recording - Really Useful

8. Mary Poppins Original Broadway Cast Recording - Walt Disney

9. Les Miserables Live!: New 25th Anniversary Production, The 2010 Cast Album - First Night

10. Next To Normal, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

11. Billy Elliot: The Musical, Original Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

12. Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical, Cast Recording

13. Sondheim On Sondheim, Original Broadway Cast Recording

14. Annie, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Legacy/Columbia

15. Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording - Decca Broadway