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'Glee' Original Songs Dominate iTunes at #1 and #2



"Loser Like Me" lands at the top of the songs chart, while "Get It Right" comes in at No. 2.



"Glee" cast
Glee castMarch 16, 2011

Chris Colfer and the Warblers in "Glee"
Chris Colfer and the Warblers in "Glee"
Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and the Warblers in "Glee"
Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and the Warblers in "Glee"
NEW YORK, NY — "Glee" scores the top positions on iTunes Top Songs chart with their first ever new and original songs "Loser Like Me" landing at #1 and "Get It Right" at #2. "Glee" has six of the top 10 tracks on the iTunes Top Songs chart with the cast's versions of P!nk's "Raise Your Glass" at #3, The Beatles' "Blackbird" at #5, and Maroon 5's "Misery" at #6. Another original "Glee" track, "Hell to the No" is currently in the #8 slot on this same chart. Last month "Glee" celebrated it's biggest sales week with seven tracks occupying iTunes Top Songs chart with 880,000 tracks downloaded.

"Glee: The Music, Volume 5" debuts this week at #3 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart with almost 90,000 sold, besting new releases from such veterans as R.E.M. and Avril Lavigne. In addition to the two new and original songs "Loser Like Me" and "Get It Right," "Glee: The Music, Volume 5" features the "Glee" cast's take on such classics as Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," Katy Perry's "Firework" and Justin Bieber's "Baby." Gwyneth Paltrow's triumphant return to "Glee" and is featured on such classics as Prince's "Kiss," Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" and Joan Jett's "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)." Paltrow's earlier "Glee" contribution, an exciting cover of Cee Lo's "Forget You," was a bit hit among fans and has just been certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 downloads. Also featured on "Glee: The Music, Volume 5" is the cast's much talked about mashup of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Heads Will Roll" which was seen by "Glee's" biggest audience to date of 26.8 million viewers.
 
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