Top 50 Musicals/Cast Albums of All Time

Musicals/Cast Albums: Top 50 All Time

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. Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here. Check out other stage & screen lists here. 1. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II South Pacific (1949) 2. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady (1956) 3. Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The Sound of Music (1959) 4. Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story (1957) 5. Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair (1967) 6. Meredith Willson (music & lyrics) The Music Man (1957) 7. Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) Hamilton (2015) 8. Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) with Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) Phantom of the Opera (1986) 9. George Gershwin (music) with Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heyward (lyrics) Porgy and Bess (1935) 10. Jerry Bock (music) & Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) Fiddler on the Roof (1964) 11. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) 12. Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) The Lion King (1997) 13. Cole Porter Kiss Me, Kate (1948) 14. Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Oklahoma! (1943) 15. Richard Rodgers (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) 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 (music & lyrics) Annie Get Your Gun (1946) 19. Grease (1972) 20. John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Cabaret (1966) 21. Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The King and I (1951) 22. Jerome Kern (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Show Boat (1927) 23. Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables (1985) 24. Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) Hello, Dolly! (1963) 25. Jonathan Larson (music & lyrics) Rent (1996) 26. John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Chicago (1975) 27. Jule Styne (music) & Bob Merrill (lyrics) Funny Girl (1964) 28. Lionel Bart (music & lyrics) Oliver! (1960) 29. Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) Guys and Dolls (1950) 30. Alan Menken (music) with Howard Ashman & Tim Rice (lyrics) Beauty and the Beast (1994) 31. Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Company (1970) 32. Marvin Hamlisch (music) & Edward Kleban (lyrics) A Chorus Line (1975) 33. Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Evita (1976) 34. Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy (1959) 35. Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & T.S. Eliot (lyrics) Cats (1981) 36. Trey Parker & Matt Stone with Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) The Book of Mormon (2011) 37. Charles Strouse (music) & Martin Charnin (lyrics) Annie (1977) 38. Richard O’Brien (music & lyrics) The Rocky Horror Show (1974) 39. Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) 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 (music) with Al Dubin & Johnny Mercer (lyrics) 42nd Street (1980) 44. Richard Adler (music) & Jerry Ross (lyrics) Damn Yankees (1955) 45. Pete Townshend (music & lyrics) The Who’s Tommy (1993) 46. Henry Krieger (music) & Tom Eyen (lyrics) Dreamgirls (1981) 47. Charles Strouse (music) & Lee Adams (lyrics) Bye Bye Birdie (1960) 48. Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Godspell (1971) 49. Alan Menken Little Shop of Horrors (1979) 50. Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) A Little Night Music (1973) Resources and Related Links: Original Facebook post (2/21/2010). “Top 10 Show Tune Albums of All Time” Dave’s Music Database: “Broadway: Top 100 Songs” Dave’s Music Database: On-Screen Musicals: Top 50 Dave’s Music Database: other best-of-genre/category lists Dave’s Music Database “Other Stage & Screen Lists” First posted 2/21/2010; last updated 11/4/2023.

Show Tune Albums – Top 10

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Originally posted on the DMDB Facebook page on 2/21/10. This list has since been expanded into a top 50 list. Check here for the updated list.

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