SHOW BIZ: Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart: Week Ending 12/19/2009

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.

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Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart
Week Ending 12/19/2009

Report from Billboard Issue 12/26/2009

1. Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Rhino

2. Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

3. Mamma Mia! Original Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

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

5. Spring Awakening, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

6. In The Heights, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

7. Hair, The New Broadway Cast Recording - Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

9. next to normal, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

10. Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical Cast Recording - Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

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

11. Phantom Of The Opera: Highlights, Original London Cast Recording - Polydor

12. Avenue Q: The Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording - RCA/Victor

14. Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, The New Broadway Cast Recording - Masterworks Broadway 

14. Shrek: The Musical, Original Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

15. Rock of Ages, Original Broadway Cast Recording - New Line