SHOW BIZ: Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart: Week Ending 8/30

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 8/30/2009

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

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

6. Disney's The Little Mermaid Original Broadway Cast Recording Disney Broadway

7. Legally Blonde: The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

8. Mary Poppins Original London Cast Recording Walt Disney

9. Rock of Ages Original Broadway Cast Recording New Line

10. Shrek the Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording Decca Broadway

11. Billy Elliot Original Cast Recording Decca Broadway

12. 9 to 5: The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording Dolly

13. The Lion King Original Broadway Cast Recording Walt Disney

14. West Side Story The New Broadway Cast Recording Masterworks Broadway

15. Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific The New Broadway Cast Recording Masterworks Broadway