The original Broadway cast recording of “The Book of Mormon” comes roaring back in at No. 3 with 61,000 sold (up 2,116%) following the show’s nine Tony Award wins on Sunday, June 12. It is the highest charting Broadway cast album — and first top 10 — since 1969, when “Hair” spent 13 straight weeks at No. 1.

And, with a whopping 61,000, “Mormon” owns the largest sales week for any cast album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The previous best sales week for a cast set belonged to the original London cast recording of “Phantom of the Opera” (Highlights), which sold 54,000 over the Christmas week of 1992.

Of course this is due to the Tonys buzz and Amazon’s $1.99 sale which made up 85% of the 61k units sold. Still impressive though.

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