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Chart Rewind: In 2009, the ‘Glee’ Cast Took New Directions to Hot 100 History
On June 6, 2009, the 'Glee' cast's "Don't Stop Believin'" bowed at No. 4 on the Hot 100, marking the act's first of a record 207 total entries.
“I remember I talked to [executive producer] Dante Di Loreto and [co-creator] Ryan Murphy and said, ‘If all works well, we should see records in the top 10 and we should sell albums,’” Geoff Bywater, then-head of the music department at 20th Century Fox Television, said in the 2010 Glee cover story. Also among leaders that the collective returned to the chart were songs by Adele, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Prince, Queen, Britney Spears and Usher. As Glee ’s reach surged, the show welcomed high-profile guests and the cast charted Hot 100 hits with Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Ricky Martin, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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