Billboard list: They love ‘Glee’ yeah, yeah, yeah

Move over, Beatles, and make way for the cast of “Glee.” The hit TV show has now charted more songs on the Billboard Hot 100 than the Fab Four.

The Beatles placed 71 titles in the Hot 100 from their first appearance in 1964 with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” through “Real Love” in 1996. But it’s taken “Glee” only a bit more than 16 months to put 75 songs onto the same chart.

Because of the quantity of “Glee” releases — five or six songs are typically made available for downloading after each week’s episode — its number of potential charting songs has outstripped releases by conventional bands or solo acts.

That doesn’t, however, mean the “Glee” singers have surpassed the Beatles in terms of sales. Total download sales of the “Glee” titles are at 11.5 million, according to Billboard. The Beatles logged 34 top 10 hits, and remain the biggest selling act of all time, with certified album sales of 177 million copies in the United States. The quartet also has received 24 gold singles awards, 10 platinum and four multiplatinum certifications.

The “Glee” tally of 75 songs is now third overall behind James Brown, who charted 91 songs, and Elvis Presley, whose record is holding secure, for now, at 108.