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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Musical Theater Album.

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 26 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Hell's Kitchen in 2025 for Original Broadway Cast.
  1. Original Broadway CastHell's Kitchen
  2. Original Broadway CastSome Like It Hot
  3. 2022 Broadway CastInto the Woods
  4. Barlow & BearThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical
  5. Original Broadway CastJagged Little Pill
  6. Original Broadway CastHadestown
Years explored
2000–2025
Different winners
26
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Musical Theater Album was previously known as Best Musical Show Album.

It was awarded as Best Musical Show Album through 2011.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

20002025

01 / The reigns

26 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Annie Get Your Gun'00
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida'01
The Producers'02
Hairspray'03
Gypsy'04
Wicked'05
Monty Python's Spamalot'06
Jersey Boys'07
Spring Awakening'08
In the Heights'09
West Side Story'10
American Idiot: Featuring Green Day'11
The Book of Mormon'12
Once: A New Musical'13
Kinky Boots'14
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical'15
Hamilton'16
The Color Purple'17
Dear Evan Hansen'18
The Band's Visit'19
Hadestown'20
Jagged Little Pill'21
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical'22
Into the Woods'23
Some Like It Hot'24
Hell's Kitchen'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Warner leads the recorded label credits with 4 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Warner4 wins
Ghostlight Records2 wins
Masterworks Broadway2 wins
Craft Recordings1 win
Ode1 win
Rocket1 win
Wins by label
  1. Warner431%
  2. Ghostlight Records215%
  3. Masterworks Broadway215%
  4. Craft Recordings18%
  5. Ode18%
  6. Rocket18%
  7. Other215%

13 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 13 above.

13 of these 26 wins have no label on record, so the chart covers the other 13.

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Hair
    2 noms
  2. 02
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    2 noms
  3. 03
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Hair
    2L · 0W
  2. 02
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    2L · 0W
  3. 03
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    2L · 0W
  4. 04
    West Side Story
    2L · 1W
  5. 05
    Gypsy
    1L · 1W
  6. 06
    Into the Woods
    1L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Hell's Kitchen (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 5 others
  • Merrily We Roll Along (New Broadway Cast)
  • The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The Outsiders (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Suffs (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The Wiz (2024 Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2024Some Like It Hot (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Kimberly Akimbo (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Parade (2023 Broadway Cast)
  • Shucked (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023 Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2023Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast)
beat 5 others
  • Caroline, or Change (New Broadway Cast)
  • MJ the Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Mr. Saturday Night (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Six: Live on Opening Night (Original Broadway Cast)
  • A Strange Loop (Original Broadway Cast)
Craft Recordings/Concord
2022The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical (Barlow & Bear)
beat 5 others
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella (Original Album Cast)
  • Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater's Some Lovers (World Premiere Cast)
  • Girl from the North Country (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (All-Star Staged Concert)
  • Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots (World Premiere Cast)
[no label]
2021Jagged Little Pill (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 5 others
  • Amélie (Original London Cast)
  • American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast)
  • Little Shop of Horrors (New Off-Broadway Cast)
  • The Prince of Egypt (Original Cast)
  • Soft Power (Original Cast)
Not listed
2020Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Four Contemporary Suites (Imogen Heap)
  • Oklahoma! (2019 Broadway Cast)
Ghostlight Records/Parlophone Records
2019The Band's Visit (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast)
  • Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (Original Television Cast)
  • My Fair Lady (2018 Broadway Cast)
  • Once on This Island (New Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2018Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 2 others
  • Come from Away (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast)
Atlantic
2017The Color Purple (New Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Bright Star (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Fiddler on the Roof (2016 Broadway Cast)
  • Kinky Boots (Original West End Cast)
  • Waitress (Original Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2016Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • An American in Paris (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Fun Home (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The King and I (2015 Broadway Cast)
  • Something Rotten! (Original Broadway Cast)
Atlantic
2015Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Aladdin (Original Broadway Cast)
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Broadway Cast)
  • West Side Story (Cheyenne Jackson and Alexandra Silber)
Ode/A&M
2014Kinky Boots (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 2 others
  • Matilda: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Motown: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
Masterworks Broadway
2013Once: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Follies (New Broadway Cast)
  • The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess (New Broadway Cast)
  • Newsies (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It (Original Broadway Cast)
Masterworks Broadway
2012The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 2 others
  • Anything Goes (New Broadway Cast)
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011 Broadway Cast)
Ghostlight Records
2011American Idiot: Featuring Green Day (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Fela! (Original Broadway Cast)
  • A Little Night Music (2009 Broadway Revival Cast)
  • Promises, Promises (New Broadway Cast)
  • Sondheim on Sondheim (Original Broadway Cast)
Reprise
2010West Side Story (New Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • 9 to 5: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Ain't Misbehavin (30th Anniversary Cast)
  • Hair (New Broadway Cast)
  • Shrek the Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2009In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Gypsy (2008 Broadway Cast)
  • The Little Mermaid (Original Broadway Cast)
  • South Pacific (New Broadway Cast)
  • Young Frankenstein: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2008Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • A Chorus Line (2006 New Cast)
  • Company (2006 Cast)
  • Grey Gardens (Original Broadway Cast)
  • West Side Story (Vittorio Grigolo, Hayley Westenra, Connie Fisher and others)
Not listed
2007Jersey Boys (Original Broadway Cast)unverified
beat 4 others
  • The Color Purple (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The Drowsy Chaperone (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The Pajama Game (New Broadway Cast)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Cast)
Rhino
2006Monty Python's Spamalot (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Hair (Actors' Fund of America Benefit)
  • The Light In The Piazza (Original Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2005Wicked (Original Broadway Cast)unverified
beat 4 others
  • Assassins (Broadway Cast)
  • Avenue Q: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • The Boy from Oz (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Wonderful Town (New Broadway Cast)
Decca Broadway
2004Gypsy (New Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Flower Drum Song (New Broadway Cast)
  • Man of La Mancha (New Broadway Cast)
  • Movin' Out (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Nine: The Musical (New Broadway Cast)
Not listed
2003Hairspray (Original Broadway Cast: Marissa Jaret Winokur and Harvey Fierstein)
beat 4 others
  • Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Elaine Stritch)
  • Guys and Dolls (50th Anniversary Cast)
  • Into the Woods (Musical Cast)
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast)
Sony Classical
2002The Producers (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • The Full Monty: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Mamma Mia! The Musical (Original Cast)
  • Seussical the Musical (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Sweeney Todd: Live at the New York Philharmonic (Patti LuPone, George Hearn and others)
Not listed
2001Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (Original Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Kiss Me, Kate (Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie)
  • Meredith Willson's The Music Man (New Broadway Cast)
  • Swing! (Original Cast)
  • The Wild Party (Original Cast)
Rocket
2000Annie Get Your Gun (New Broadway Cast)
beat 4 others
  • Footloose (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Fosse (Original Broadway Cast)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Cast)
  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (New Broadway Cast)
Not listed