Bloodfly (album)

## Bloodfly (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Cast recording by the original Broadway cast of Bloodfly

Isaac Mack

Ashton Quest (also exec.)

Freddy Edwards (also exec.)

Frank Green (also exec.)

*This article is about the 2028 Broadway cast recording. For the musical, see* Bloodfly (musical)*. For the 2030 mixtape inspired by the show, see* Bloodfly: The Mixtape*.*

***Bloodfly (Original Broadway Cast Recording)*** is the cast album to the 2027 musical *Hamilton*. The musical is based on the fictional living organism of the same name from various comics with music, lyrics, and book by Nicholas Stewart. The recording stars Nicholas Stewart, Emily Foster, Roscoe Winter, Clyde Pearl, Adrienne Kane, Kirsten Cooper, Bobby Springfield, Dean Sky, Danny Ramone, Corey Rider, Russell Brown, and Timmy Powell. It also features Lesley Rich, Lauren Woods, Ricky Cannon, Steff White, Haiden Thomas, and Sally Crash. The musicians on the album are Jimmie Stevens, Max Dreamer, Arthur Elliot, Hubert Ventura, Kaitlyn Bolt, Linda Havoc, Hunter Samson, Lindsay Quest, Jane Shawn, Jessie Shepherd, Alfred David, Eric Moon. It achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and became the only cast album that reached #1 on the Billboard 200. It was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2028 and peaked at number one on the Rap Albums chart, the second cast album to ever do so. After being certified eight times platinum by the RIAA in 2038, *Bloodfly* became the best-selling cast album released in the 2020s.

## Commercial reception

The cast album for the musical premiered in September 2028 on NPR's website. Its digital release on September 11, 2028, debuted on numerous charts and was released in stores as a two-disc set on October 2, 2028. It debuted at number one on the Top Broadway Albums chart as well as number 1 on Top Rap Albums. Bloodfly's debut was the biggest first week sales of a Broadway cast album. It debuted atop on the overall *Billboard* 200 chart for sales, selling 98,000 album equivalent units, including 11,000 digital copies and 86,000 from streaming, with over 129 million streams combined from digital service providers, the largest streaming debut for a cast album ever and making it one of only four cast recordings to reach the top 10 in the last 50 years. Following the 70th Tony Awards in 2029, the album once again topped the *Billboard* 200 chart. The album once again topped the chart in July 2034, moving 212,000 units, following the release of the live stage film of the Broadway production on July 3, 2034. This made *Bloodfly* not just one of the few cast albums to reach number one, but also had the longest stay at the top spot, leading the chart for 12 nonconsecutive weeks.

The album was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2028 and in two decades 2020s and 2030s as well, and peaked at number one on the Top Rap Albums chart, the second cast album to ever do so. It achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and was the highest-charting cast album debut since 1963. It sold 79,000 copies in 2028, and a further 439,000 copies in 2029 making it the fifth best-performing album of 2029. It was certified 7x Multiplatinum by the RIAA on March 8, 2035, making it the best-selling cast recording released in the 2020s, and also the second best-selling cast recording of all-time. That record was extended when the album was certified 8x platinum on September 16, 2038. As of July 2040 the album has sold 2.55 million copies.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings
 Metacritic
 Source
 AllMusic
 *Vice* | A

*Billboard* called the album an "eye-popping debut", giving it a 5-out-of-5 star review and listing it at number 2 on the magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2028. *Rolling Stone* gave it a 4.5-out-of-5 star rating, listing it at number 8 on the magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2028. Robert Christgau wrote in *Vice*, "I can attest that the intrinsic intellectual interest [Nicholas Stewart] powers up here is so impressive it's exciting".

Nicholas Stewart made a conscious decision to exclude one scene in the performance from the cast album, "Tomorrow, We Are All Away", also known as Miley's Interlude.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Nicholas Stewart.

**Act One**

**Act Two**

## Personnel

### Cast

* Nicholas Stewart - Peter Wreck
* Emily Foster - Angela Lash-Wreck
* Roscoe Winter - Vincent Wreck
* Clyde Pearl - Nimbus Wreck
* Adrienne Kane - Aunt Kristine
* Kirsten Cooper - Head Mistress Shelly
* Bobby Springfield - Commander-in-chief Sherman
* Dean Sky - The Duke of Middleton
* Danny Ramone - Yucatan Shiva
* Corey Rider - Cadet Hanes
* Russell Brown - Mayor Jill
* Timmy Powell - Head General George
* Lesley Rich - Hannah Penn
* Lauren Woods - Basket Lady
* Ricky Cannon - Christopher Marsh
* Steff White - Alvin Wallace
* Haiden Thomas - Terry Fierce
* Sally Crash - Dorothy Mill

### Ensemble Vocals

* Duane Lewis
* Jimmie Alexander
* Justin Faire
* Bernard Parrish
* Randy Storm
* Victor Tyler
* Howard Cotton
* Lottie Brandon
* Hazel Chase
* Marcus Thompson
* Colin Cougar
* Lance Gear
* Leonardo Rose
* Donny Grant
* Gary Bishop
* Peter Mack
* Rex Blake
* Jack Gates
* Christine Edwards

### Production

* Nicholas Stewart - production, executive production
* Kirk March - production, orchestrations
* Isaac Mack - production
* Ashton Quest - production
* Freddy Edwards - production, executive production
* Frank Green - production, executive production
* Ivan Light - associate production
* Patrick Mann - associate production
* Jimmie Travis - associate production
* Avery Logan - associate production
* Rachel Dale - associate production
* Jay Palmer - associate production
* Luke Bloom - assistant engineering
* Ronal Quest - assistant engineering
* Marcus Craig - assistant engineering
* Ruben Wolf - assistant engineering
* Leonard Nova - assistant engineering
* Ray Raine - assistant engineering
* Tom Coyne – mastering
* Michael Keller – music coordination
* Michael Aarons – music coordination
* Randy Cohen – synthesizer and drum programming
* Nevin Steinberg – Broadway sound effects
* Scott Wasserman – Ableton programming
* Taylor Williams – associate synthesizer programming
* Jeremy King – assistant synthesizer programming
* Will Wells – drum samples and additional loop editing
* Tim Latham – mixing
* Derik Lee – recording
* Emily Grishman – music copying
* Katharine Edmonds – music copying

### Musicians

* Alex Lacamoire – conducting, keyboard 1
* Kurt Crowley – keyboard 2, associate music direction
* Jonathan Dinklage – concertmaster
* Erin Benim Mayland – violin
* Mario Gotoh – viola, violin
* Anja Wood – cello
* Andres Forero – drums
* Benny Reiner – percussion, keyboard
* Richard Hammond – bass, keyboard
* Robin Macatangay – guitars

## Charts

### Weekly Charts

 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
 Canadian Albums (*Billboard*)
 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)
 Irish Albums (IRMA)
 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)
 UK Albums (OCC)
 UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)
 US *Billboard* 200
 US Top Rap Albums (*Billboard*)
 US Top Internet Albums (*Billboard*)

### Decade-end charts

 Chart (2030–2039)
 US *Billboard* 200
 Chart (2040–2049)
 US *Billboard* 200

## Certifications

 United States (RIAA)
 Worldwide

## Song certifications

**List of songs, with selected chart positions and available certifications**

## Awards

 NAACP Image Award
 2030