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THEY have covered Madonna and Britney and gone from Journey to Lady Gaga, so it seems only natural with the holidays coming soon, that the cast of hit TV musical Glee is now singing about Christmas.
Columbia Records has unveiled plans to release a Christmas-themed album featuring well-known holiday tunes like Jingle Bells sung by the show's cast.
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album goes on sale on November 16, a few weeks ahead of a special Christmas episode to be broadcast on Tuesday, December 7.
A sometimes dark, subversive comedy featuring a high school choir, Glee has taken global pop culture by storm since its 2009 debut. Superstars like Madonna, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga readily agreed to license their songs to the show.
More than 15 million Glee songs have been downloaded on the Internet, and over five million Glee albums have been sold around the world.
The programme has produced three best-selling albums, won two Emmys and deals boldly with issues like sex, disability and gay bullying. It is regularly watched by some 13.4 million viewers in the US alone and has a strong youth following in Bahrain.
Screened on America Plus, the second season has picked up at the beginning of a new school year at McKinley High, where the members of New Directions are bigger losers than ever before following their disappointing third-place finish at a regional music and dance competition.
When the school is faced with even more budget cuts, Will Schuester, an optimistic school teacher, pushes the kids to help recruit new members for the club if they are to beat Vocal Adrenaline at Nationals this year in New York.
