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

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 10:39am

I just recieved an email from Playbill.com about how I could save money on buying the #1 Billboard OCR of Legally Blonde. I don't have an account on Billboard.com, so can someone confirm this? Did the Legally Blonde CD beat out Wicked this week?

[AuditioningWaitress]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 10:43am

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

[AuditioningWaitress]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 10:46am

Oops! Here's also the link to Billboard.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/additional_genre_index.jsp

According to the bulletin, you will need a subscription to view the full chart.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 10:51am

wooh wooh well done LB

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 10:55am

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

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 10:59am

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?

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:03am

Thanks so much. Congrats to Legally Blonde. I truly loved the show! Hope it continues to do well.

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:14am

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!

[Pippin]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:15am

jersey boys

after they won the tony, I believe.

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:16am

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. :)

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:17am

Here's to hoping we see the grosses start to climb as well! (not that they're BAD, but I'd love to see it settle in as a hit)

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:19am

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

[BroadwayDoc]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:21am

It's was the Harry Connick double disc of THE PAJAMA GAME / THOU SHALL NOT that took out WICKED from the #1 spot.

edit - You beat me to it!
Updated On: 7/26/07 at 11:21 AM

[Julian2]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:24am

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

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:27am

THAT's right....Pajama Game and Jersey Boys. Boy, I was way off! I hadn't heard about The Color Purple topping the chart.

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:28am

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

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 11:44am

wow this album is doing so well

[yankees1253]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 12:37pm

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

[Parks]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 1:15pm

#86 is very good for a cast recording...but how many copies did it sell? Like 5?

Anyone remember back in the good'ol days when people RUSHED to stores to buy CDs and CD sales were in the MILLIONS? Today, CDs are leaked out and people don't pay for the music. I do that sometimes--but if I like a few of the songs, I make an effort to go buy the CD (I had the rough version of the cast recording and drove 25 miles to the closest store that had it just to get a real, legal copy). It's sad that sales just aren't what they used to be.

Updated On: 7/26/07 at 01:15 PM

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:09pm

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.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 4:06pm

I know this has probably been asked before, but I couldn't find it. Anyone know why some of the CDs include an overture and some don't?

[TWSFan4Ever]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 4:11pm

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".

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/26/07 at 4:41pm

That's odd. I wonder why the overture was cut. Weird.