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Voting Open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Album Awards; GREAT COMET and DEAR EVAN HANSEN Tie For Best Design!

By: Feb. 16, 2018
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Voting is open for the 2018 BWW Albums/CDs Awards, recognizing the best releases from the 2017 calendar year.

In addition to our pre-determined categories, readers have submitted nominations for Favorite All Time Cast Recording, Favorite All Time Live Album, and Favorite All Time Solo Album and/or EP.

Nominees for Best New Broadway Cast Recording are Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Groundhog Day The Musical, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (OBC), Amelie - A New Musical, War Paint, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (OBCR), Anastasia, In Transit, Bandstand, and The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast Recording).

Nominated for Best Revival Cast Recording are Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording), Holiday Inn, and Sunday in the Park With George - 2017 Revival Cast.

Check out the nominees and current standings below, then vote for your favorites! Voting is open through February 28th.

Voting Open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Album Awards; GREAT COMET and DEAR EVAN HANSEN Tie For Best Design!  Image

Here are the current standings for:

Best Design of a Broadway Cast Recording
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (OBC) 20%
Dear Evan Hansen 20%
Come From Away 19%

Best New Broadway Musical Cast Album
Dear Evan Hansen 31%
Come From Away 22%
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (OBC) 15%

Best New Broadway Revival Cast Album
Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording) 60%
Sunday in the Park With George - 2017 Revival Cast 30%
Holiday Inn 9%

Best New Compilation Album
2017 Tony Awards Season Album 32%
Leading Ladies: Songs From the Stage 22%
Carols For A Cure 19%

Best New Concept Cast or Studio Cast Recording
The Greatest Showman 45%
The SpongeBob Musical 20%
Beauty And The Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 12%

Best New Live Album
Patti LuPone: Don't Monkey With Broadway 58%
Orfeh & Andy Karl: Legally Bound Live at Feinstein's/54 Below 42%

Best New off-Broadway Album
Lightning Thief - Percy Jackson Musical 48%
Spamilton: An American Parody 29%
Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. 15%

Best New Solo EP or CD Single Recording
Lea Michele: Places 48%
Mandy Gonzalez - Fearless 45%
Melissa Errico - "Hurry Home" (Single) 7%

Best New Solo Recording
Lea Michele: Places 30%
Mandy Gonzalez - Fearless 27%
Patti LuPone: Don't Monkey With Broadway 18%

Best New UK Musical Cast Album
Dreamgirls (Original London Cast Recording) 63%
42nd Street: 2017 London Cast 20%
Bat Out of Hell the Musical 11%

Favorite All Time Cast Recording
Hamilton OBCR 30%
Wicked OBCR 17%
Les Miserables OLCR 14%

Favorite All Time Live Album
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary 41%
The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary 26%
Anthony Rapp & Adam Pascal 54 Below 12%

Favorite All Time Solo Album and/or EP
Idina - Idina Menzel 27%
The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand 20%
Sondheim, Etc... - Bernadette Peters 12%







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