Musicals
Musicals are stage or screen shows that tell a story through songs, and as a music label the word covers recordings of those songs.
Most of this music comes from cast albums: the songs of a Broadway, West End or film musical recorded by its performers. Styles vary from classic orchestral show tunes to rock, pop and hip hop scores, but the songs share clear storytelling lyrics, strong melodies and theatrical, projected singing. The modern musical grew out of 19th-century light opera and took shape in London and New York around 1900. It is defined by its use in drama, not by one sound.
Artists it is known for: Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
- Family
- Classical & Soundtrack
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A use, not a style
- From
- London and New York, late 19th century
- Also called
- musical theatre, musical theater, cast recordings
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 5%
About 4,000 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have musicals among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Musicals artists
Leslie Odom Jr.
Jorge Rivera-Herrans
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Phillipa Soo
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Jonathan Groff
Christopher Jackson
Kevin Murphy
Cynthia Erivo
Renée Elise Goldsberry
The musicals artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.