Glee cast discography | |
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Compilation albums | 6 |
EPs | 19 |
Singles | 460 |
Soundtrack albums | 16 |
The Glee cast has released sixteen soundtrack albums, six compilation albums and eleven extended plays (EPs), containing 754 different performances of an individual song or a mashup of two or more songs in a single performance. Of the performances on the various albums and EPs, 460 were also released as singles. Glee features on-screen performance-based musical numbers, most of which are cover versions of popular songs, with genres ranging from R&B and pop to country and show tunes. [1] [2] The cast consists of fifteen main characters; some actors were cast following Broadway theatre experience while others were required to audition to prove singing and dancing capabilities. [2] [3] Recordings of performances on the show are sold as singles the week of broadcast, available for download. [4]
For the first season, the group's debut album, Glee: The Music, Volume 1 , was released by Columbia Records in November 2009, and peaked at number one in Ireland and the United Kingdom, three in Australia, and four in Canada and the United States. The album eventually went on to earn platinum certifications in these five countries, plus double platinum in Australia and triple platinum in Ireland. Debut single "Don't Stop Believin' ", a cover of the 1981 Journey song, was a top ten hit, reaching number two in the UK and number four in Ireland and the US; it has since been certified platinum in the US and Australia. In December 2009, their second album, Glee: The Music, Volume 2 , reached number one in New Zealand and Ireland. The EP Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna saw release in April 2010 to accompany a Madonna tribute episode, and marked the cast's first number-one debut on the Billboard 200. [5] Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers was released in May 2010 and managed to debut in the top ten worldwide. Included on the track listing is a cover of The All-American Rejects' "Gives You Hell", which reached number one in Ireland, a first for the group. [6] The season's releases concluded with an EP of the music from the season's final episode, Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals , which reached number one on the US and Ireland charts, number two in the UK and Canada, and number three in Australia. Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One was a compilation album, which contained all one hundred studio recordings from the first season released on the first three volumes (Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 Showstoppers) and the first two extended plays (The Power of Madonna and Journey to Regionals), including bonus tracks. All singles from the first season were also included, with the exception of "Last Christmas". The album was released to the iTunes Store on September 14, 2010. [7]
For the second season, the first release was the EP Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show , released to accompany the Rocky Horror tribute episode; it reached number six in the US in October 2010. Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album and Glee: The Music, Volume 4 were both released in November 2010; the former accompanies the last episode of the year. These albums both charted in the top ten in Canada and the US, and are the only two albums to have been certified platinum from the season, with the former achieving that in the US, and the latter in Australia. A limited edition EP Glee: The Music, Love Songs, sold only at Target stores, [8] was released at the end of the year, and did not chart. Three more soundtracks albums, Glee: The Music, Volume 5 , Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers , and Glee: The Music, Volume 6 , were released for the season in 2011, all reaching the top five in Canada and the US. The cast holds the record for most charted songs by an act in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100, with 207 appearances as of October 2013. [9] Two singles, "Teenage Dream" and "Loser Like Me", charted in the top ten in the US and Canada, and both were certified gold in the US. The cast has also put 51 singles in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and are ahead of The Beatles as of October 2013, behind only Lil Wayne with 64, Elton John with 57 and Elvis Presley with 80. [9] As of April 2013, the cast has sold more than 53 million songs and over 13 million albums worldwide [10] including 48.3 million downloads, 8 million albums sold and 3.8 billion streams in the U.S. alone as of June 2024. [11]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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AUS [12] | CAN [13] | FRA [14] | IRL [6] [15] | MEX [16] | NL [17] | NZ [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | US [13] | US Sound. [21] [22] | |||
Glee: The Music, Volume 1 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
Glee: The Music, Volume 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 74 | 1 | 39 | 16 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers |
| 1 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album |
| 13 | 1 [31] | — | 13 | 77 | 43 | 27 | — | 37 | 3 [32] | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, Volume 4 |
| 3 | 6 | 126 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 9 | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, Volume 5 |
| 1 | 3 [34] | 100 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 [35] | 1 | |
Glee: The Music Presents the Warblers |
| 6 | 5 | — | 8 | 41 | — | 11 | — | 7 | 2 | 1 |
|
Glee: The Music, Volume 6 |
| 3 | 4 [36] | — | 4 [37] | 49 | 83 | 3 | — | 6 | 4 [38] | 1 | |
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie |
| 12 | 10 | — | 21 | 38 | 98 | 15 | — | 35 | 16 | 2 | |
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 |
| 24 | 6 | — | 46 [39] | — | — | — | — | 60 | 6 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, Volume 7 |
| 18 | — | — | 41 | — | 47 | 25 | — | 55 | 9 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, The Graduation Album |
| 12 | 6 | — | 14 | — | — | 21 | — | 17 | 8 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, Season 4, Volume 1 [43] |
| 46 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | 42 | 33 | 2 | |
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 3 [44] |
| 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 1] | 20 | 2 | |
Glee Sings the Beatles [46] |
| 48 | — | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | 89 | 38 | 2 | |
Glee: The Music – Celebrating 100 Episodes [47] [48] |
| 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 3 | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | |||
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AUS [12] | IRL [6] | UK [20] | UK Comp. [20] | |||
Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One [49] | — | — | — | 83 | ||
Glee: The Music, Best of Season One [50] |
| — | 27 | 41 | 96 |
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Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One CD Collection [51] [52] |
| 45 | — | — | — | |
Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Two [53] |
| — | — | — | 65 |
|
Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Three [54] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee: The Music, The Complete Season Four [55] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Love Songs [56] | — | — | — | — | ||
Glee LGBTQIA+ Pride [57] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Summer Hits [58] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Christmas Songs [59] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Season 1 [60] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Season 2 [61] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Season 3 [62] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Sad Songs [63] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Party Playlist [64] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Musical Hits [65] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Happy Songs [66] |
| — | — | — | — | |
Glee Hits [67] |
| — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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AUS [12] | CAN [68] | FRA [14] | IRL [6] | MEX [16] | NL [17] | UK [20] | US [69] | US Sound. [21] [70] | |||
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna | 10 | 1 | — | 5 | 34 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals |
| 3 | 2 | 184 | 1 | 59 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show |
| 8 | 10 | — | 15 | — | — | 23 | 6 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music, Love Songs [8] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Glee: The Music, Dance Party [71] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Britney 2.0 [72] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 122 | 43 | 1 | |
Glee: The Music Presents Glease [73] |
| 72 | — | — | 88 | — | — | 79 | 28 | 1 | |
Glee: The Quarterback [74] [75] |
| — | 5 | — | 28 | — | — | 64 | 7 | 1 | |
A Katy or a Gaga (Music from the Episode) [76] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 1 | |
Movin' Out [77] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | 5 | |
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 4 [78] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 104 | 9 | |
Glee: The Music, City of Angels |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 122 | 6 | |
Glee: The Music, New New York |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 123 | 4 | |
Glee: The Music, Bash |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 194 | 8 | |
Glee: The Music, Tested |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
Glee: The Music, Opening Night |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
Glee: The Music, the Back Up Plan [79] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
Glee: The Music, Old Dog, New Tricks |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
Glee: The Music, The Untitled Rachel Berry Project |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
Glee: The Music, Loser Like Me |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 144 | 9 | |
Glee: The Music, Homecoming |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 119 | 8 | |
Glee: The Music, Jagged Little Tapestry [80] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 127 | 8 | |
Glee: The Music, The Hurt Locker [81] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
Glee: The Music, The Hurt Locker, Pt. 2 [82] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
Glee: The Music, What the World Needs Now Is Love [83] [84] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
Glee: The Music, Transitioning [85] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
Glee: The Music, A Wedding [86] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
Glee: The Music, Child Star [87] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | |
Glee: The Music, the Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester [88] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | |
Glee: The Music, We Built This Glee Club [89] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | 6 | |
Glee: The Music, 2009 [90] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
Glee: The Music, Dreams Come True [91] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | 7 | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
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Glee: The Music, Volume 1 is the debut soundtrack album by the cast of the musical television series Glee, which aired on Fox in the United States. It features cover versions from the first nine episodes of the first season and was released on November 2, 2009 by Columbia Records and 20th Century Fox Television Records. The album received mixed reviews from critics, with many praising large ensemble numbers, but comparing it to karaoke tracks. It went to number one on album charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number three in Australia and number four in both Canada and the United States. Volume 1 has been certified platinum in these five countries.
Glee: The Music, Volume 2 is the second soundtrack album by the cast of the American musical television series Glee, featuring songs from episodes nine to thirteen of the show's first season. It was first released on December 4, 2009 in Australia by Columbia Records. It has been certified platinum in Canada and Australia, and gold in the United Kingdom and the United States. Volume 2 received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the vocals of cast members Lea Michele, Amber Riley, and Kevin McHale, but felt the album was weak in arrangements and similar to a collection of karaoke tracks. All tracks were released as singles and performed on the series, with the exception of "Don't Make Me Over"—only an instrumental version was used.
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna is the debut extended play (EP) by the cast of the musical television series Glee. It contains eight songs from the season one Glee episode, "The Power of Madonna", which was a tribute episode dedicated to American recording artist Madonna. She had sold the rights to her entire catalog of music to Glee in 2009, and producers of the show developed the episode called "The Power of Madonna"; the show featured a number of cover versions of Madonna's songs by the cast. The accompanying EP released with the airing of the show was called Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna.
Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals is the second extended play (EP) by the cast of musical television series Glee. Containing six songs from the season one finale "Journey to Regionals", it was released on June 8, 2010, the same day the episode aired. Half of the tracks are cover versions of songs by American rock band Journey. The EP debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 and Soundtrack charts, with first-week sales of 154,000 copies. Unlike previous Glee releases, no singles were released from this album, but all of its tracks managed to appear on multiple national charts. Songs were generally received favorably, with many enjoying the Journey covers. The setlist of Glee Live! In Concert!, the cast's first concert tour, included three songs from the Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals.
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