| |
Celeb News: Who Could Break "Glee"'s Record?
Member Since: 6/10/2008
Posts: 5,271
|
Who Could Break "Glee"'s Record?
Quote:
While "Glee" passes the King this week for most Hot 100 appearances, it's certainly not too early to consider how much more history the cast can write.
It does seem like a safe bet that the "Glee" cast will hold the record for most Hot 100 hits for a very long time. But, to quote the artist whose music infused Tuesday's (Feb. 15) episode, never say never.
It's hard to imagine another type of act that could boast the cache/marketing push/multi-media platform to release multiple songs week after week and enjoy enough consumer support to send them onto the Hot 100.
By the end of the second season of "Glee" this spring, if the cast continues to place tracks on the Hot 100 at its current pace, it would add another approximately 40 titles to its total, bringing it to about 150 overall.
With the series renewed for a third season, 22 episodes x five Hot 100 hits a week = another potential 100 or so chart entries.
Thus, by spring 2012, the "Glee" cast, if it maintains its release schedule and popularity, could count approximately 250 Hot 100 chart hits.
Beyond that, who knows how long the show will remain a Fox juggernaut?
With Presley at 108 and no other artist in triple digits, no artist we now know of seems in the running to top the troupe's Hot 100 record.
Of course, at this time in 2009, "Glee" had yet to debut on TV. While the series was set up to be a ratings success, having premiered after "American Idol," who could've predicted that in less than two years the cast would have passed Presley for such a prestigious honor?
Thus, if "Glee" can overthrow the King so suddenly, perhaps another TV show can do the same to "Glee" in the future.
And, just as the digital era has revolutionized the way consumers can purchase music so instantaneously, we don't know what future means of music delivery could affect chart performance many years from now.
It's also worth placing the cast's latest achievement in a broader historical chart context.
While the ensemble's feat is unquestionably impressive, a few facts in Presley's favor:
The King's career predates the Hot 100's Aug. 4, 1958, launch. Joel Whitburn's "Top Pop Singles" book counts 31 Presley songs that reached various Hot 100 predecessor charts beginning in 1956.
So, in terms of overall Billboard chart hits, Presley's total could stand at an unofficial 139 when combining multiple song surveys.
Further breaking down the "Glee" cast's Hot 100 resume, of its 113 Hot 100 entries, just two have hit the top 10: "Don't Stop Believin' " (No. 4) and "Teenage Dream" (No. 8). 36 of the 113 have reached the top 40.
Conversely, with 80 top 40 Hot 100 hits - 25 of which reached the top 10 - Presley is far and away the leader. Elton John ranks second with 57 top 40 titles, followed by the Beatles (50). 36 top 40 entries places the "Glee" cast in a tie with R. Kelly for 15th place.
Also, Presley's 108 Hot 100 entries translate to 994 cumulative weeks spent on the chart, second-most all-time after John's 1,021.
As just 23 of the "Glee" cast's 113 Hot 100 songs have logged more than one week on the list, the troupe's total weeks count is 150.
And, of course, Presley introduced a bounty of classics to mainstream audiences, while the "Glee" cast has so far charted solely remakes (a streak that could end in upcoming weeks with the show's rumored promise of original songs).
Ultimately, the "Glee" cast's passing of Presley in one of the Hot 100 100's most sacred categories is laudable.
It's only one statistic, however, when examining the artists who have made some of the most memorable impacts in Hot 100 history.
|
Very good answer from Billboard.com
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/11/2010
Posts: 1,569
|
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/20/2010
Posts: 15,376
|
Quote:
Originally posted by MrFenty
Rihanna 
18 top 10 hits in 5/6 years. I'm sure she can make it to 250 eventually  |
You expect Rihanna to release an album every year, like she has done for the past 5 years, for the next 50 years to come?
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/27/2006
Posts: 51,546
|
Since they count collaborations, Lil Wayne needs only about 50+ more to be a threat. 
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/18/2010
Posts: 33,622
|
Probably no one... at least not in the near future.
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 7/18/2010
Posts: 153
|
it's a bit unfair because glee can knock out 3/4/5 songs a week, which is like a new large album every month for a solo singer, which is pretty unfeasible..
they also get to pick the cream of the crop of songs that have done well in the past, so although they're "breaking records" you've got the put it in context
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/1/2011
Posts: 10,372
|
Glee deserves all it's success. It's already part of pop culture in such a short time and I'm so happy to be a part of it.
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 7/22/2010
Posts: 16,134
|
Quote:
Originally posted by xChunk
Glee deserves all it's success. It's already part of pop culture in such a short time and I'm so happy to be a part of it. |
SUE SYLVESTER IS THAT YOU?!
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 5/26/2010
Posts: 4,712
|
I think Bieber has a chance.
Those Beliebers get all of his songs into the Hot 100 
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/10/2010
Posts: 14,706
|
taylor swift....
ALL of her album songs chart inside the Hot100 one week... then plumbet
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/10/2010
Posts: 14,706
|
Rihanna has 'only' 28 songs that entered the Hot100
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/3/2010
Posts: 71,871
|
Quote:
Originally posted by zzmyth
taylor swift....
ALL of her album songs chart inside the Hot100 one week... then plumbet
|
She actually may be the only one to break the record. No one else has the selling power to 
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/26/2010
Posts: 13,102
|
Avril had 12 songs in the Hot 100... didn't know she had that many. She will add some more this era 
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/30/2007
Posts: 18,079
|
No one. 
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/13/2004
Posts: 21,655
|
No one will ever because they release like 564845253651812584 songs a week, so by the time the show's over, they'll have like 5541848623326514816525484522141226333258 songs that charted inside the Hot100,and no artist could ever reach that amount even if he/she releases fifty albums in his/her entire career.
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 7/9/2010
Posts: 42,506
|
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/6/2011
Posts: 18,390
|
Willow 
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/25/2010
Posts: 18,931
|
No one 
Look at how sad the list looks
Glee Cast (113)
Elvis Presley (108)
James Brown (91)
Ray Charles (74)
Aretha Franklin (73)
The Beatles (71)
Elton John (67)
Jay-Z (66)
Lil Wayne (64)
Stevie Wonder (63)
Ryan Murphy is laughing on his bedazzled cash throne
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/16/2010
Posts: 69,775
|
No. They release 5-7 songs a week, which no artist can do or will do. The number of Top 10 singles they have compared to Hot 100 entries is rather dismal though.
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 10/5/2009
Posts: 137,162
|
I'm 100% sure it's no one.. like people mentioned, they mention plenty of songs a week, they already broke the record in like, a little less than 2 years, the show is legendary , etc.. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
