Glee is #1

Glee dominates as Madonna themed mini-album soars to the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart with an incredible 98,000 copies sold in its first week. iTunes’ version of Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna, with an exclusive bonus track, rocketed to the #1 spot on iTunes Top Albums chart upon its release on April 20. In addition to holding down that #1 position for the entire week, Glee: The Music Volume, 1 and Glee: The Music, Volume 2 also appeared on iTunes Top Album chart last week. Glee’s return to primetime on April 13 sparked a fury of excitement leading fans to download over 567,000 songs after only two episodes. FOX’s smash comedy garnered their highest ratings to date, with an astounding 13.6 million viewers tuning in to see the special Madonna themed episode. Glee is the highest rated new, scripted series of the season among adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.

On Tuesday May 18, Columbia Records and Twentieth Century Fox Television will release Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers, the next official chapter in the Glee songbook. Available in both standard and deluxe versions, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers will feature tunes from the second half of the show’s first season. From ballads (“Beautiful,” “Over the Rainbow”) to today’s top hits (“Bad Romance,” “Gives You Hell”) Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers has something for everyone (see below for full track listings).

The full track listing for the standard version of “Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers” is as follows: Read more

“Glee: The Music Volume 2″ Track List

The tracklisting for the upcoming Glee soundtrack has been unveiled. Glee: The Music, Vol. 2 will debut on December 8, previewing songs from the final 13 episodes of the show’s first season.

The first soundtrack was released earlier this week, featuring 17 songs from the first half of Glee Season One.

According to Playbill.com, the second compilation will feature cast covers of songs by Tina Tuner, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Cyndi Lauper, John Lennon, and Kelly Clarkson.

Here’s the Glee: The Music Volume 2 tracklisting in full:

• “Proud Mary”
• “Endless Love”
• ‘I’ll Stand By You’
• “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”/ “Young Girl”
• “Crush”
• “(You’re) Having My Baby”
• “Lean On Me”
• “Don’t Make Me Over”
• “Imagine”
• “True Colors”
• “Jump”
• “Smile” (Lily Allen cover)
• “Smile” (Charlie Chaplin cover)
• “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”
• “Don’t Rain On My Parade”
• “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
• “My Life Would Suck Without You”

“Glee” The Music, Volume 1 Out Nov. 3

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Columbia Records and Twentieth Century Fox Television will release “Glee: The Music, Volume 1″, the first in a series of soundtracks that feature music heard in the first season of the critically acclaimed series on FOX. “Glee: The Music, Volume 1″ will feature spectacular renditions of several chart-topping hits. You can pre-order the album now at iTunes.

“Glee”, the genre-defying new musical comedy series, follows an optimistic teacher who – against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach – attempts to save McKinley High’s Glee Club from obscurity while helping a group of aspiring underdogs realize their true star potential. Starring Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz, “Glee” is produced by Ryan Murphy Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan are co-creators of the series. Murphy, Falchuk and Dante Di Loreto serve as executive producers, while Ian Brennan serves as co-executive producer.

Tune into “Glee” on your local Fox network on Wednesday nights at 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT