This is an expansion of a list (Top 10 Show Tune Albums of All Time) originally posted on Dave’s Music Database Facebook page on February 21, 2010. As with most DMDB lists, this was created based on sales, chart peaks, awards, and an aggregate of lists, in this case more than 100 best-of lists focused on cast albums, musicals, soundtracks, and music-themed movies. The names before the titles indicate the composers.
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1. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II South Pacific (1949)
2. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady (1956)
3. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II The Sound of Music (1959)
4. Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim West Side Story (1957)
5. Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, & James Rado Hair (1967)
6. Meredith Willson The Music Man (1957)
7. Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton (2015)
8. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, & Richard Stilgoe Phantom of the Opera (1986)
9. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, & Dubose Heyward Porgy and Bess (1935)
10. Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
11. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
12. Elton John and Tim Rice The Lion King (1997)
13. Cole Porter Kiss Me, Kate (1948)
14. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Oklahoma! (1943)
15. Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II Carousel (1945)
16. Stephen Sondheim Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
17. Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe Camelot (1960)
18. Irving Berlin Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
19. Grease (1972)
20. John Kander & Fred Ebb Cabaret (1966)
21. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II The King and I (1951)
22. Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II Show Boat (1927)
23. Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, & Herbert Kretzmer Les Misérables (1985)
24. Jerry Herman Hello, Dolly! (1964)
25. Jonathan Larson Rent (1996)
26. John Kander & Fred Ebb Chicago (1975)
27. Jule Styne & Bob Merrill Funny Girl (1964)
28. Lionel Bart Oliver! (1960)
29. Frank Loesser Guys and Dolls (1950)
30. Alan Menken & Howard Ashman Beauty and the Beast (1994)
31. Stephen Sondheim Company (1970)
32. Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban A Chorus Line (1975)
33. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice Evita (1976)
34. Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim Gypsy (1959)
35. Andrew Lloyd Webber & T.S. Eliot Cats (1981)
36. Trey Parker & Matt Stone with Robert Lopez The Book of Mormon (2011)
37. Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin Annie (1977)
38. Richard O’Brien The Rocky Horror Show (1974)
39. Stephen Schwartz Wicked (2003)
40. Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman Hairspray (2002)
41. Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion Man of La Mancha (1965)
42. Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe Brigadoon (1947)
43. Harry Warren & Al Dubin 42nd Street (1980)
44. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross Damn Yankees (1955)
45. The Who Tommy (1993)
46. Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen Dreamgirls (1982)
47. Charles Strouse & Lee Adams Bye Bye Birdie (1960)
48. Stephen Schwartz Godspell (1971)
49. Alan Menken Little Shop of Horrors (1979)
50. Stephen Sondheim A Little Night Music (1973)
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First posted 2/21/2010; last updated 12/19/2021.. | 
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