Glee // Glee: The Music, Volume 1

If you’re not calling yourself a Gleek yet...where on earth have you been for the past four months...? So for those of you not in the know, here’s what you’ve been missing...‘Glee’ has fast become the phenomenon of 2010, as the TV show burst onto the UK screens with its launch on E4 earlier this year, which saw 1.3 million viewers tuning in. Already a massive hit in the States, it was crowned Best TV Show (Comedy/Musical) at this year’s Golden Globe Awards. With the soundtrack to the series being rush released due to the incredible public response and also creating a complete revolution in music sales. After reviving the 80s Journey hit 'Don’t Stop Believin’, off the back of being sung by the ‘Glee’ cast in the first episode, the ‘Glee’ hit exploded on iTunes selling over 600,000 copies and entering the US Billboard Hot 100 at #4, which helped Journey’s original re-enter the charts also. With new tracks being released with each new episode, the ‘Glee’ cast have accumulated well over 4 million download track sales. With the cover tracks ranging from such original artists as Amy Winehouse, Color Me Badd, Aretha Franklin, Queen, Billy Idol, Kanye West and a whole host of other tracks which build a bridge of ‘Glee’ across all genres. Even having a few show tunes thrown in for good measure that feature in such hits as ‘Wicked’, ‘Guys and Dolls’, ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘West Side Story’. Also with two amazing mash-up covers of Beyonce and Katrina & the Waves ‘Halo/Walkin’ On Sunshine’, brought to you by the ‘Glee’ girls and brought to you by the ‘Glee’ boys Bon Jovi and Usher’s ‘It’s My Life/Confessions Pt.2’. So if you love to bust a karaoke tune out, this is the album for you! Look out for ‘Glee: The Music: Volume 2’ which has also recently been released and don’t worry there’s time left for you to become a Gleek yet, you can catch ‘Glee’ on Monday and Thursday night’s on E4 and also on Sunday’s on Channel 4’s T4.