Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers is a soundtrack album by the cast of the American television series Glee. The album contains songs from the second half of the show's first season, except for the episodes "The Power of Madonna" and "Journey to Regionals", songs from which feature on the extended plays Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals respectively. The album was released on May 18, 2010. Two editions are available: a standard edition containing 14 songs, and a deluxe edition, featuring 20 songs. Showstoppers debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, selling 136,000 copies in the first week. On November 21, 2010, it was announced that the album won Favorite Soundtrack of the Year at the American Music Awards.
Sales and chart performance The album debuted at number one on the American, Australian, Canadian, and Irish charts. It sold 136,000 copies in its first and 63,000 in its second week of release in the US, and saw the Glee cast beat the record previously set by The Beatles in 1966, for shortest span between first weeks at number one, just four weeks after they reached number one with the extended play Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna. In Canada, 14,000 copies were sold in the first week of release, and 9,400 in the second. The album has been certified platinum in Australia and Ireland, and gold in the United States.
Each of the songs included on the album were released as singles, available for digital download. The best-performing were "Gives You Hell", charting at the top position in Ireland, "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which charted at number 9 in the United Kingdom and number 16 in the US, and "Jessie's Girl" at number eight in Australia and number ten in Canada. 134,000 copies of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were purchased in the US in its first week of release, making it the series' second best sales week ever to that point, with only the début single "Don't Stop Believin' registering bigger sales in its first week. "Jessie's Girl" has been certified gold in Australia, the first single to have reached this certification since "Don't Stop Believin. Comparing the singles' chart positions with prior charted versions, Billboard noted that by reaching number 26, the Glee cast version of "Dream On" surpassed the original Aerosmith version, which peaked at number 59 in 1973 (but was re-released in 1976 and reached number 6). The cast's cover of "Physical" saw Olivia Newton-John make her first Hot 100 appearance since her remake of "I Honestly Love You" reached number 99 in 1998.
Track listing
Standard edition Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Liner NotesGlee Cast. “Glee: The Music Volume 3 - Showstoppers”. Standard Edition. Columbia / 20th TV. 2010.
Deluxe edition Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Liner NotesGlee Cast. “Glee: The Music, Volume 3 - Showstoppers” (Deluxe Edition). Columbia / 20th TV. 2010.
Notes A While track 5 (track 4 on the standard edition) is a mash-up of songs by The 5th Dimension (earlier recorded by Keely Smith) and Dionne Warwick (also recorded by Brook Benton and various other artists) respectively, the medley version was originally performed by Barbra Streisand on her 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand.
Personnel
Vocals (main cast) Dianna Agron Kent Avenido Chris Colfer Jessalyn Gilsig Jane Lynch Jayma Mays (Credit only) Kevin McHale Lea Michele Cory Monteith Matthew Morrison Amber Riley Naya Rivera Mark Salling Stephen Tobolowsky Jenna Ushkowitz
Guest vocals Jonathan Groff Olivia Newton-John Kristin Chenoweth Idina Menzel Neil Patrick Harris
Additional Vocals Adam Anders Nikki Anders Kala Balch David Baloche Colin Benward Ravaughn Brown Kamari Copeland Tim Davis Emily Gomez Storm Lee David Loucks Chris Mann Chaz Mason Jeanette Olsen Zac Poor Jimmy Andrew Richard Shelley Scarr Drew Ryan Scott Onitsha Shaw Windy Wagner
Executive Producers Dante Di Loreto Brad Falchuk
Producers Adam Anders Peer Astrom Ryan Murphy
Engineers Adam Anders Peer Astrom Ryan Petersen
Soundtrack Producers Adam Anders Ryan Murphy
Art Direction, Design Dave Bett Maria Paula Marulanda
Coordination Heather Guibert Robin Koehler Meaghan Lyons
Mastering Dominick Maita
Mixing Peer Astrom
Music Supervisor PJ Bloom
Executive in Charge of Music Geoff Bywater
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Charts and certifications
Weekly charts Chart (2010)PeakpositionMexican Albums (AMPROFON)9
Chart (2011)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2010)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)29Canadian Albums (Billboard)42Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)66UK Albums (OCC)75US Billboard 20049US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)6
Certifications CountryProviderCertification(sales thresholds)AustraliaARIAPlatinumIrelandIRMAPlatinumNew ZealandRIANZGoldUnited KingdomBPIGoldUnited StatesRIAAGold
Release history RegionRelease dateEdition(s)CanadaMay 18, 2010Standard, DeluxeUnited StatesStandard, DeluxeAustraliaMay 21, 2010DeluxeIrelandDeluxeNew ZealandDeluxeUnited KingdomMay 24, 2010DeluxeJapanMay 28, 2010StandardJune 4, 2010DeluxeHong KongJune 21, 2010DeluxeTaiwanJune 29, 2010DeluxeBrazilAugust 18, 2010Standard, DeluxeItalyOctober 4, 2011Standard
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