![]() ![]() Most notably, the legendary Julie Andrews, 87, was featured on the cast albums to My Fair Lady, which topped the chart for 15 nonconsecutive weeks starting in July 1956, and Camelot, which topped the chart for six consecutive weeks in June and July 1961. In addition, a handful of artists who were featured on Billboard 200-topping original cast albums and soundtracks between 19 are still living, but those albums weren’t credited to them individually. With Belafonte’s death, just four Billboard 200-topping artists from the years before The Beatles’ explosive arrival in 1964 are still living. He achieved the feat with his sophomore album Belafonte, which held the top spot for six consecutive weeks. Harry Belafonte, who died on Tuesday (April 25) at age 96, made history in March 1956, becoming the first artist to top Billboard’s weekly album chart, now known as the Billboard 200. ![]()
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