A Glee reboot is officially headed to Disney+ and Hulu, and the announcement immediately pulled a 2020 chart moment back into the spotlight. That January, Drake tied the Glee cast’s Billboard Hot 100 record, with 207 entries each. Since then, Drake has more than doubled that number, now sitting at 407. Taylor Swift (281) and Future (246) are also ahead of the cast, so the glee club has some serious ground to make up.
Naturally, Kevin McHale, who played Artie Abrams, saw the resurfaced post and responded with just two words on X:“Challenge accepted.”Mike O’Malley, aka Burt Hummel, jumped in too, asking“Can I finally sing something now?!!!”Fans are already dreaming up a comeback campaign, even if the math remains extremely not in Glee’s favor. The original cast scored three top 10 Hot 100 hits,“Don’t Stop Believin’,”“Loser Like Me,”and“Teenage Dream,”and the series ran on Fox from 2009 to 2015.
So can a rebooted Glee realistically close a 200-entry gap with one of music’s biggest stars? Probably not. But the debate is half the fun, and nostalgia is undefeated. Tell us: which Glee cover would you want to see get a second run on the charts?
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