‘The Outsiders’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Cast Albums Chart
Written by djfrosty on July 26, 2024
A month after The Outsiders: A New Musical took home four Tony Awards, including best musical, the original Broadway cast recording of the show hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Cast Albums chart. The set jumps 10-1 on the July 27-dated list, following the album’s CD release. The album had previously been available to purchase only as a digital download, initially peaking at No. 4 on the June 1 chart.
Billboard’s Cast Albums chart ranks the top-selling cast recordings of the week in the U.S., based on traditional album sales, according to data tracking firm Luminate.
The album, released via Masterworks Broadway/Sony Masterworks, could see an additional sales boost in the coming weeks, as it is slated for release on vinyl on Aug. 9.
The Outsiders, with music and lyrics by Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York on April 11 and has scheduled performances through January 2025. The show is based on the S.E. Hinton novel and the 1983 film of the same name.
At the June 16 Tony Awards, of its dozen nominations, The Outsiders brought home the awards for best musical, best direction of a musical (Danya Taymor), best lighting design of a musical (Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim) and best sound design of a musical (Cody Spencer). Among the show’s nominations were a trio of nods for actors Brody Grant (best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical), Joshua Boone and Sky Lakota-Lynch (best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical).