Is the Legally Blonde CD #1 on the Billboard Chart?

Yes it did, on Michael Rupert's MySpace page there is a bulletin posted about it.
Michael Rupert's MySpace page

wooh wooh well done LB

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And it's #86 on the Top 200 album chart...rarified air for a cast album.

How high do cast albums usually get on the Top 200? I.e. all these weeks that Wicked was the #1 cast album it was (what) on the Top 200 chart?

I just read somewhere within the last few days that the WICKED cast album held the #1 spot on that chart every week since its release, except for two. Can anyone remember which cast albums took its place for those two weeks?

Was Spring Awakening one? And maybe the revival of Sweeney Todd was the other...? I can't remember!

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Was Spring Awakening one? And maybe the revival of Sweeney Todd was the other...? I can't remember!

I'm guessing Spring and Jersey Boys...but I don't remember either. :)

ok, found it...well, as of 02/2007...

The release of Stephen Schwartz's Wicked has topped the chart for 52 of the 58 weeks the chart has been published. The recording has dominated the spot, only being toppled by the Columbia Records two-disc "Harry" release (comprised of the recording of Broadway's The Pajama Game revival and selections of Connick, Jr.'s 2001 show Thou Shalt Not) and The Color Purple for one week each, and Jersey Boys.


Broadway's Jersey Boys Reclaim Top of Billboard Cast Album Chart

But has any cast album in recent memory been on the 200 list?

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But has any cast album in recent memory been on the 200 list?

After the Tony Awards Spring Awakening went to #1 Cast Album, #96 on the Top 200 Album, per Billboard.com article.


Legally Blonde is also the top Internet Album...


Top Internet Album

Updated On: 7/26/07 at 11:28 AM

omigod,its so exciting.....congrats to the cast but also the crew.

It may not be the greatest reference point, but Elliott Yamin's album is at #81 and sold 9,000 copies last week. Legally has to somewhere around there.

Several recent cast albums have charted, but mostly in the 101-200 range and have short lives on the big chart. Spamalot, Spring Awakening, Legally Blonde and maybe Jersey Boys (not sure about that one) are the only ones of recent vintage that I can think off that hit the Top 100...and then only for a week or two.

What they have is longevity. Before its age threw it onto the Catalog albums chart (over two years since release), "Wicked" bounced around the lower half of the chart for months. Now it's a top 10 catalog staple. I've heard that both it and "Mamma Mia" sell a couple thousand a week.

The leaked copy of the cast recording had the Overture, the legal copy (the actual one) does not have the Overture, the CD just starts off with "Omigod You Guys".