'Glee' to surpass Beatles chart record

The cast of Glee are on the verge of breaking The Beatles' record for the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 for a non-solo act.

The show has currently made it into the charts with 69 different tracks, but the release of six further songs from last week's 'Britney/Brittany' episode will see the cast eclipse The Beatles' total of 71 Hot 100 titles.

Billboard reports that the cast's version of Britney Spears's 'Toxic' will chart the highest at number 16, having sold 109,000 downloads in its first week of availability. Paramore track 'The Only Exception' and four other Spears covers will also register for the Fox show this week.

The only artists to have more Hot 100 hits than Glee in the chart's 52-year history are Elvis Presley, with 108, and James Brown, with 91.

So far, the Glee cast have sold 11.5 million downloads in just one year, four months and two weeks, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

Chris Colfer's cover of The Beatles' 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' from the latest episode is expected to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 next week.