After only eight years since it was released, the original broadway cast recording of "Hamilton" the musical, has already achieved diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The musical won Best Musical at the Tony Awards and a Pulitzer among many others. Similarly, the album also won a Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
If people need any more proof that "Hamilton" is a cultural phenomenon, maybe an RIAA Diamond Certification can finally pin it down!
The original broadway cast recording featured Lin Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Philippa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Okieriete Onaodowan, and Anthony Ramos, among many others.
Historically speaking, the recording is now the first ever musical theatre album that has achieved this certification. A Diamond RIAA certification means that the album has already sold 10,000,000 verified units in the United States.
It is the fastest-selling Original Broadway Cast Recording album to date. According to Playbill, "Les Miserables'" Original Broadway Cast Recording was only certified 4x platinum more than a decade after it was released.
In comparison, "Hamilton" was certified platinum not more than a year after it was released. In 2018, it both got its 4x and 5x Platinum certifications.
The publication also noted that out of the album's 46 tracks, six are already 2x Platinum, 22 are Platinum, and 18 are Gold-certified by RIAA.
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'Hamilton' Awards
In Tony history, "Hamilton" currently holds the record for most Tony Award nominations given to a production with 16 nominations. Three of its actors competed in the same category, Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, and Daveed Diggs - Diggs took home the award.
Leslie Odom Jr. took home Best Leading Actor, Renee Elise Goldsberry took home Best Featured Actress, while Lin Manuel Miranda went home with Best Book of a Musical and the company went home with a Best Musical Tony!
Miranda and the production also took home a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Likewise, on the West End, the production won Best New Musical at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and the Laurence Olivier Awards. At the Sydney Theatre Awards, the Australian production of the musical also won Best Production of a Musical.
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