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We're Doomed: Glee Cast Officially Has More Top 100 Singles Than The Beatles
Has anyone who reads this site ever watched Glee? I have a feeling our overlap with the audience for that show is probably pretty small. I'm just curious what the allure is. After all, the Glee cast is now officially the most successful "band" of all time, at least as far as Top 100 singles are concerned, as the group hit a tally of 75 this week, beating out the Beatles' 71. That's right; the cast of a TV show on FOX is now more successful than the Beatles.
Now the cast has just James Brown (91 singles) and Elvis Presley (108) to beat, and then they'll be the most chart dominating entity of all time. It should be noted that all of the cast of Glee's singles are covers, which is sort of like cheating. But still, Glee cast: 1. Rest of the world: 0.
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I watched part of one episode and wasn't feeling it.
It's self-deprecating humor, it has its charm. Though, yeah, this news is a little disconcerting.
Ro
I enjoy the show. I think covers shouldn't count for this record though! But what can you do?
Roro
I think you are misinterpreting the stats. You cannot really do a comparison because Glee releases a bunch of songs every week the show is on air. For a band, even if they release one album each year, at the most they will release three singles. If Glee releases 50 singles and a band releases three, how can you really compare? Secondly, you need to look at how many weeks the songs stay on the chart--you will notice very quickly that Beatles songs had a much longer shelf life while most Glee songs fall off the charts after one week--I repeat, the overwhelming majority of Glee songs fall of the charts after just one week. And beyond that, if you were to actually compare the Glee soundtracks to Beatle albums in regards to sales, there is no comparison. This is really apples to oranges. And I actually like Glee, I just think this "article" is a bit over the top.
RA
RA, I think this has less to do with finding clear comparison than with the odd/fleeting nature of public taste and the weird state that the charts are in at this particular time in music. Glee, lame as it may be (or not be, whatever), is smartly cashing in on people's need for instant gratification, so the comparison to the Beatles shows a shift in how popular music is marketing (as a commodity first) and how it is received (well, for a second).