Weekly Chart Notes: 'Glee' Cast

GLEE' MARKS MILESTONE: The "Glee" cast becomes the second act in the Billboard Hot 100's 52-year history to total at least 100 chart entries.

With five new titles, including the Hot Shot Debut, its rendition of Florence + the Machine's "Dog Days Are Over" at No. 22, the ensemble ups its count to 102 visits, all since June 6, 2009.

The arrivals push the "Glee" troupe closer to Elvis Presley's record 108 appearances.

Here is the latest tally of the acts with the most Hot 100 hits:

Total Hot 100 Hits, Artist
108, Elvis Presley
102, "Glee" Cast
91, James Brown
74, Ray Charles
73, Aretha Franklin

Included among the "Glee" cast's five debuts this week is its "Glee"-make of Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" at No. 38. The song is the 34th former Hot 100 No. 1 that the act has returned to the chart. (The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)," which incorporates the chorus of the 1987 "Dirty Dancing" theme song, soars 9-4).

On the Billboard 200, the "Glee" cast occupies two positions in the top five. "Glee: The Music, the Christmas Album" jumps 10-4 and "Glee, the Music: Season Two: Volume 4" debuts at No. 5.

The club and Justin Bieber are the only acts to double up in the top five this year, with the real-life high school-aged singer having bookended the April 10 top five with "My World 2.0" and the "My World" EP, respectively.

Prior to the "Glee" cast and Bieber, no artist had placed two albums in the Billboard 200's top five since Nelly in 2004.

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