No Glee Spinoff for Lea Michele

There will be no spinoff of the hit show “Glee” for Lea Michele, Fox revealed yesterday. Rumors had been stirring that a spinoff was in the works, as Michele’s character is set to graduate from high school next season.

“There will not be a Glee spinoff, but those characters will graduate and it’s led to a really interesting idea that I think is going to give us something really cool to dig into next season,” Fox president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said at the Television Critics Association panel in Los Angeles.

102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball 2010 Coverage – Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Far East Movement & More!

iMusicDaily host Tom Bridegroom caught up with some of your favorite stars at KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2010 in Los Angeles. Among the featured performers were Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Selena Gomez, Far East Movement, DJ Pauly D, Luciana, Taio Cruz, Hayley Williams of Paramore, B.O.B., and Travie McCoy. Other guests in attendance included Victoria Justice, Lacey Schwimmer, YouTube star Matty B Raps, Joey King, Ryan Seacrest, AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys, Joey McIntyre from New Kids On The Block, Darren Criss from Glee, Slash, and the kids from Modern Family (Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, and Ariel Winter).

Check out what some of your favorite stars are up to this holiday season and what you can expect from them in 2011. –

The Impact Of Glee In The Music Industry

To measure the impact of “Glee” on pop music in 2010, just remember this: The misfits of McKinley High now have a place in the history books above the Fab Four.

In October, recordings by the show’s cast overtook the Beatles in terms of the number of songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100. As of December, “Glee” now has 102 songs on the chart — and with at least a season-and-a-half to go that has already been guaranteed by Fox, it’s a safe bet that the cast recordings will give Elvis Presley a run for the top spot in the record books with 108 singles. The show has become a single-selling machine the likes of which Ed Sullivan could only dream about.

And much like “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “Glee” has become the go-to platform for contemporary superstar acts with new songs to hawk. This wasn’t necessarily the case when the show debuted in May 2009. The best-selling digital single for the program’s first season was a version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” that tallied 1 million total sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Now, halfway through year two, the season’s top seller is a rendition of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” with 286,000 copies sold to date — and it bested “Believin’” in first-week sales by 214,000 to 177,000.

The contrast in styles between the two songs — one a decades-old standard with recurring pop culture resonance, the other a track that hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in August — exemplifies the show’s push toward offering more current pop hits faster to its track-happy core 18-49 viewing demographic.

“In many ways, ‘Glee’ was built on classic hits,” the show’s music supervisor PJ Bloom says. “We needed cultural staples to grab a broad audience — and it worked.”

The trend toward top 40 fare certainly helps the show in terms of relevance — tween viewers who are baffled by a reference to “A Chorus Line” feel like one of the cool kids when they can sing along to Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are.” According to Fox, “Glee” is the No. 1 show in the 18-49 demographic among women, and the show’s push toward pop is a targeted move to keep these viewers happy.

“Now that ‘Glee’ is ‘Glee,’” Bloom says, “we have the latitude to explore newer songs on their way to becoming hits and the ability to add to the hitmaking machinery.”

[video] Glee Cast Performs On X Factor

Photo Credit: Joe Viles/FOX

The cast of Fox’s hit show Glee travelled cross the pond to perform on X Factor in the UK. The New Directions Glee Club performed their hit song ‘Don’t Stop Believing.’ Amber Riley’s voice is insane! Simon and the judges gave them a standing ovation.

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[video] Gwyneth Paltrow Performs At The 2010 Country Music Awards

For someone who’s never performed live at a music awards show, Gwyneth Paltrow nailed her performance last night at the 2010 Country Music Awards. Gwyneth performed ‘Country Strong’ with country star Vince Gill. Gwyneth originally recorded ‘Country Strong’ for her upcoming movie of the same name.

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Gwyneth will be appearing on the Fox hit series GLEE next week. Can’t wait!

Gorillaz Won’t let ‘Glee’ cover Their Songs

The virtual band Gorillaz isn’t exactly going bananas over the television musical series “Glee.”

Lead singer Damon Albarn says he’s not interested in letting the hit show perform covers of his band’s songs.

“We wouldn’t let that happen,” Albarn said in an interview with The Associated Press last week.

“And not that they’ve asked us because they haven’t, and now they definitely won’t,” he continued with a laugh.

Gorillaz is best known for their Grammy-winning jam “Feel Good Inc.,” which features De La Soul. The group released two platinum-selling albums, and their latest, “Plastic Beach,” came out in March.

“Glee,” the Fox television musical series about a high school glee club, recently premiered its second season. The show features cover songs from a slew of top artists, including episodes based on performers like Madonna and Britney Spears.

The series counts Beatles legend Paul McCartney among its fans. He asked “Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy to consider using some of his tunes on the show.

But Albarn says shows like “Glee” showcase “a very poor substitute for the real thing.”

The “Glee” cast recently surpassed the Beatles for the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act, but Albarn says people shouldn’t take the feat seriously.

“Those songs won’t last like the Beatles by any stretch of their imagination,” he says. “They’ll be forgotten in a few years’ time.”

Gorillaz kicked off the North American leg of their “Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour” earlier this month. It wraps up in Vancouver on Nov. 3.

Bruno Mars Performs On Saturday Night Live

We’ll put aside what we really think of Bruno Mars because he killed it on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, which was hosted by Glee’s Jane Lynch. But what is up with his hair?! Newsflash…it’s 2010.

Check out Bruno Mars performance of ‘Just The Way You Are’ –

‘Beautiful Girls’ and ‘Grenade’ –

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Glee cast Bigger than the Beatles?

The “Glee” cast has surpassed the Beatles for the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act.

The cast of the Fox television musical series about a high school glee club has six debuts on the chart this week. That gives it a total of 75 songs on the chart to the Beatles’ 71.

The show’s soundtrack got a boost after this week’s episode featuring the music of Britney Spears.

Elvis Presley still leads overall with 108 songs to chart on the Hot 100. He’s followed by James Brown with 91, then “Glee.”

The Beatles are sixth, behind Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. Lil Wayne, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z round out the Top 10.

Nielsen SoundScan says the “Glee” cast has sold 2.8 million albums and 11.5 million downloads.

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show in Stores October 19

How amazing was last night’s Britney Spears’ episode of Glee?!?

Just in time for Halloween, Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show, hits stores on Tuesday October 19. Paying homage to Richard O’Brien’s cult musical masterpiece, the Glee cast injects their distinctive style to such Rocky Horror Show classics as “Time Warp,” “Damn it, Janet” and “Touch A Touch A Touch A Touch Me” (see below for full track listing). This special Rocky Horror Show themed episode airs Tuesday, October 26 at 8:00 pm et/pt on FOX.

The full track listing for “Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show” is as follows:
Science Fiction Double Feature
Damn It, Janet
Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?
Sweet Transvestite
Touch A Touch A Touch A Touch Me
There’s A Light (Over at Frankenstein Place)
Time Warp

Britney Spears Glee Preview

We’re only a day away from the most anticipated episode of Glee, yet! Tomorrow night, Britney Spears takes over Glee and we’ve got a preview of what’s in store. It’s amazing!

Check out this preview of “Me Against The Music” on Glee –

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