NEW YORK, Apr 18, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – Columbia Records; Continuing their tradition of groundbreaking sales records, a Glee expel reaches another miracle this week by apropos a initial and usually act to place 200 entries on a Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Glee expel initial graced a Hot 100 in 2009 with their chronicle of Journey’s classical “Don’t Stop Believin’,” that debuted during #4. In late 2010, on their approach to creation history, a Glee expel surfaced The Beatles’ record of 71 entries on a Hot 100. The Glee expel achieved another strange attainment in 2011, when their 113th entrance kick Elvis Presley’s record of 108 entries, strictly creation them a record-holder for many entries in Billboard’s 54-year history.  In doing so, a song from Glee has also surpassed annals hold by James Brown (91 songs), Ray Charles (74 songs) and Aretha Franklin (73 songs).

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Contributing to a Glee cast’s miracle 200 entries is their new chronicle of Gotye’s “Somebody That we Used To Know,” that sole 170,000 marks in only dual weeks.  To date Glee has sole an strange 43 million songs and over 12 million albums worldwide.

Next week in a all-new “Dance with Somebody” part of Glee, a New Directions respect song fable Whitney Houston. The joviality bar pays loyalty to a loyal idol when they cover Whitney Houston’s biggest hits, including “How Will we Know,” “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” “Saving All My Love For You,” “So Emotional,” “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay,” “I Have Nothing” and “My Love Is Your Love.”

ABOUT GLEE Since a debut, GLEE has turn a bona fide informative phenomenon, perceived prestigious honors including Golden Globe and Peabody Awards, lonesome song trimming from Adele to “West Side Story,” sole over 43 million songs, 12 million albums, 2.5 million DVDs and single-handedly done joviality clubs cold again. GLEE stars Lea Michele (Rachel), Cory Monteith (Finn), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Chris Colfer (Kurt), Kevin McHale (Artie), Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester). Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina), Mark Salling (Puck), Dianna Agron (Quinn), Naya Rivera (Santana), Heather Morris (Brittany), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike) and Darren Criss (Blaine) and stays a tip 10 offered TV franchise. GLEE is constructed by Ryan Murphy Television in organisation with 20th Century Fox Television. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan are co-creators of a series. Murphy, Falchuk, Brennan and Dante Di Loreto offer as executive producers. Become a fan of GLEE on Facebook during www.facebook.com/glee. Follow a array on Twitter during www.twitter.com/gleeonfox and join a review during #Glee.

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