Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album to the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. The recording stars Ben Platt, Rachel Bay Jones, Laura Dreyfuss, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Michael Park, Mike Faist, Will Roland and Kristolyn Lloyd. The album was produced by Alex Lacamoire, Pasek and Paul, and featuring musicians include Rob Jost, Adele Stein, Justin Smith, Ben Cohn, Jamie Eblen, Dillon Kondor, Justin Goldner, Christopher Jahnke and Todd Low. The album was released by Atlantic Records on January 27, 2017, and featured at #8 on the Billboard 200, making the highest debut for a cast album after Camelot (1961). It also topped the Internet Albums chart. It further received the Best Musical Theater Album award at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Promotion and release The original Broadway cast album was announced on November 16, 2016, with pre-orders for the album beginning from December 9, 2016. The track "Waving Through a Window" was released as a special early download on the same date, for those who had pre-ordered the album. Additionally, the tracks "Requiem" and "You Will Be Found" were released as bonus pre-order singles on January 19 and 23, 2017. Atlantic Records released the soundtrack through digital formats on January 27, followed by a CD release on February 17. An exclusive vinyl album of the cast recording launched on July 21. A deluxe album was announced on September 26, 2018, which contained all the songs from the Broadway cast recording, in addition to cut songs and covers. Three days prior, on September 23, Billboard exclusively released the track "Part of Me" as a single, performed by the cast from the U.S. Tour. The album was scheduled for release on October 19, but eventually released on November 2. The cut songs were performed by Taylor Trensch, Mallory Bechtel and Alex Boniello, who replaced the principal characters during the Broadway schedule. A cover version of "Waving Through a Window" was performed by Katy Perry to promote the show's national tour in North America, with her version being included in the deluxe edition. Commercial response The album debuted at number 8 on Billboard 200, registering the highest debut for a cast album after 1961's Camelot, which debuted at the fourth position. It also had surpassed 2015's Hamilton to top the Billboard 200 charts.