The Original London Cast Album of the musical The Phantom of the Opera was released on CD in 1987 and sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album of all time. She and Webber married in 1984, and she went on to appear in many of Lloyd Webber’s subsequent musicals including Song and Dance and the mass Requiem which was written for her. She began her career as a classical crossover artist after retiring from the stage and divorcing Lloyd Webber. She resumed her music career with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson, she is still often credited as the creator of this genre. She remains today among the most prominent performers, with worldwide sales of more than 30 million records and 2 million DVDs. Brightman ventured into film acting as a cast member in German film “Zeit der Erkenntnis”, in 2000, the film was based on Rosamunde Pilcher book. Her concert for Eden was among PBS’s highest-grossing pledge events, PBS produced Television specials for nearly every one of Brightman’s album in the U.S. This was her number-one source of exposure in the country.
