SHOW BIZ: Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart: Week Ending 7/10/2010

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.

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Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart
Week Ending 7/10/2010

Report from Billboard Issue 7/17/2010

1. Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

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

3. Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Rhino

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

5. The Addams Family, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

6. Memphis Original Broadway Cast Recording - Rhino

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

8. Fela!, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Knitting Factory

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

10. American Idiot: Selections From The Original Broadway Cast Recording, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Reprise/Warner Bros.

11. A Little Night Music 2009 Broadway Cast Recording - PS Classics/Nonesuch

12. Mary Poppins, Original London Cast Recording - Walt Disney

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

14. Rock of Ages: The Musical, Original Cast Recording - New Line

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