The Starship album contains the songs from the musical of the same name produced by StarKid Productions, with music and lyrics by Darren Criss,and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Joe Walker. It was recorded by the musical's cast and was released digitally on April 30th, 2011 through iTunes and Amazon.com. The album debuted at No. 134 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 for Top Cast Albums. The album also reached No. 4 on iTunes.