SHOW BIZ: Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart: Week Ending 8/21/2010

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.

For more information visit Billboard.com.

Billboard Top Cast Albums Chart
Week Ending 8/21/2010

Report from Billboard Issue 8/28/2010

1. Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Decca Broadway

2. Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Rhino

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

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

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

6. Memphis Original Broadway Cast Recording - Rhino

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

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

10. Next to Normal, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom

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

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

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

14. American Idiot: Selections From The Original Broadway Cast Recording, Original Broadway Cast Recording - Reprise

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