{
  "id": 15934540,
  "title": "Honor Roll: Highlights & Records Achieved by the ‘Glee’ Cast on Hot 100, Billboard 200 & Other Charts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/honor-roll-highlights-records-achieved-by-the-glee-cast-on-hot-100",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/lists/glee-cast-hot-100-billboard-200-chart-highlights-records/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "<10 Top Glee Feats on Billboard Rankings>\n\nGlee's cast, primarily known for their high school-set show choir New Directions, set a record by achieving 207 entries on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. This feat makes them the most successful non-soloists in the category. The show's songs have garnered significant success, selling 48.4 million downloads and drawing 4.5 billion official U.S. streams in the United States.\n\nInitially focusing on the show choir, the cast expanded their strategy, releasing multiple songs billed to Glee on 20th Century Fox/Columbia Records to accompany each new episode. This approach yielded remarkable results, with the act holding 15 weeks worth of five debuts, four weeks with six debuts, and two weeks with seven debuts between May 2010 and March 2012.\n\nThe show's co-creator, Ryan Murphy, and executive producer, Dante Di Loreto, had projected success for the series during a 2010 Billboard cover story. They confidently stated that if the show performed well, they expected to see records in the top 10 and album sales. Their foresight proved correct, as the show surpassed expectations and set numerous Billboard rankings.",
  "summary": "The TV favorites tallied 207 Hot 100 hits, the most among non-solo acts.",
  "key_points": [
    "Glee cast achieved 207 entries on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.",
    "Songs sold 48.4 million downloads and had 4.5 billion U.S. streams.",
    "Cast expanded strategy with multiple songs per episode, holding multiple debuts."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}