2016 BWW Albums/CDs/DVDs Awards Update - ALLEGIANCE Winning 'Best New Broadway Musical Cast Album'!

Voting has opened for the 2016 BWW Albums/CDs/DVDs Awards, recognizing the best releases between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016. Nominations were completely reader-submitted. Winners will be announced in January!

Voting is now underway! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Here are the current standings:

Best New Broadway Musical Cast Album
Allegiance (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Broadway Records 39%
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Atlantic Records 35%
Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - DMI Soundtracks 12%

Best New Broadway Revival Cast Album
The Color Purple (2015 Broadway Cast Recording) - Broadway Records 43%
Fiddler on the Roof (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) - Broadway Records 28%
She Loves Me (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) - Ghostlight Records 24%

Best New Compilation Album
Whatever I Want It To Be - Jonathan Reid Gealt 37%
The Wild & Whimsical Worlds of David Mallamud - Broadway Records 28%
Lost West End 2 - London's Forgotten Musicals - Stage Door Records 24%

Best New Concept Cast or Studio Cast Recording
What's Inside? Songs from Waitress - Epic Records 27%
Grease Live! (Music From The Television Event) - Paramount/Republic Records 25%
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Studio Cast Recording) - Ghostlight Records 25%

Best New Live Album
Josh Groban: Stages - Live - Reprise 33%
Megan Hilty: Live At Cafe Carlyle - Megan Hilty 17%
The Wiz Live! (Original Soundtrack Of the NBC Television Event) - Masterworks 16%

Best New Off-Broadway Cast Album
The Robber Bridegroom (2016 Cast Recording) - Ghostlight Records 17%
Paint Your Wagon (Encores! Cast Recording 2015) - Masterworks Broadway 16%
Lazarus (Original Cast Recording) - Columbia Records 14%

Best New Solo EP or CD Single Recording
Broadway for Orlando: What The World Needs Now is Love - Broadway Records 63%
Jenna Ushkowitz: Standing On My Own - DLC Music 37%

Best New Solo Recording
Telly Leung: Songs For You - Yellow Sound Label 25%
Alexa Green: So Good - Broadway Records 16%
Idina Menzel: idina. - Warner Bros. 14%

Best New UK Musical Cast Album
Kinky Boots (Original West End Cast Recording) - Sony (Classical Masters) 36%
Funny Girl: The Musical (Original London Cast Recording) - Decca 17%
Gypsy (2015 London Cast Recording) - First Night Records 14%

Best Remaster Rerelease
A Chorus Line - 40th Anniversary Celebration - Masterworks Broadway 60%
Carousel / Alfred Drake & Roberta Peters Sing Leonard Bernstein - Stage Door Records 19%
Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (1965 Music Theater Of Lincoln Center Cast) - Masterworks Broadway 9%

Favorite All Time Cast Recording
Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Verve / Decca 26%
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Atlantic Records 18%
Fiddler On The Roof (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Razor & Tie 6%

Favorite All Time Live Album
Patti LuPone: Far Away Places - Live at 54 Below - Broadway Records 20%
From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook - Broadway Records 17%
Megan Hilty: Live at the Cafe Carlyle - Megan Hilty 16%

Favorite All Time Solo Album and/or EP
Dan and Laura Curtis: Love on 42nd Street - DLC Music 27%
Patti LuPone: Matters of the Heart - Broadway Records 25%
Mandy Patinkin: Mandy Patinkin - Masterworks Broadway 24%

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