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First Ever BWW Album Awards Winners Announced - From Ramin Karimloo to Idina Menzel and IF/THEN!

Voting has ended, and auditing has been completed for the First Ever BWW Album Awards to pick the Best in 2013-14's Cast Recordings, Solo Releases, Re-releases & More! We were simply overwhelmed by the number of votes, and to say that we love our readers and how engaged they are -- would be an understatement.

Check out the final results, below... And, the winners are:

Best New Broadway Musical Cast Album
If/Then (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Best New Broadway Revival Cast Album
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Best New Compilation Album
Broadway's Carols for a Cure: Volume 15

Best New Concept Cast or Studio Cast Recording
The Sound of Music: Music from the NBC Television Event

Best New Live Album
Awakening: Live at 54 BELOW - Sierra Boggess

Best New Off-Broadway Cast Album
Heathers: The Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording)

Best New Solo EP or CD Single Recording
The Road to Find Out: East - Ramin Karimloo

Best New Solo Recording
Louder - Lea Michele

Best New UK Musical Cast Album
The Girl I Left Behind Me (Original Cast Recording)

Best Remaster Rerelease
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Favorite All Time Cast Recording
Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Favorite All Time Live Album
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall: In Celebration of 25 Years (2011 Concert Cast Recording)

Favorite All Time Solo Album and/or EP
I Stand - Idina Menzel



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