Remember The Beatles? They were a popular beat combo back in the 1940s and George McCartney and Julian Lennon wrote some of the most enduring songs of a generation, such as ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and ‘We’re Going To Ibiza’.

However, since the group broke up, not much has been heard of them. George McCartney probably works in a petrol station and Lennon faded into obscurity, not releasing a record since 1980.

This has given the cast of US TV show Glee the chance to surpass them and have broken the record for the most appearances in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart by a non-solo act. Which means that Glee is better than The Beatles.

Glee have six new entries this week, which brings their tally to 75 chart entries, compared with The Beatles’ paltry 71. They’re not The Best though. That honour goes to Elvis Presley who has 108 entries and James Brown who has 91. That means they’re the best. Ever.

While Glee doesn’t ever look like it will be taken seriously by music critics, it has still managed to shift a whopping 2.8 million albums and 11.5 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In an age where pretty much everyone illegally downloads, that’s all the more impressive.

As well as being better than The Beatles, the cast of Glee are also much better than people like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Scatman John.

As they deal with cover-versions, this is great news of the people who wrote them in the first place. Glee have five covers of Britney Spears songs in the latest chart after last week’s show (tracks are available for download after broadcast).

What’s all the more staggering is that The Beatles’ hits were amassed over a long period of time. Almost a hundred years in fact. Whereas Glee have managed to kick Ringle Stark and Audley Harrison’s arse in just over a year.

Don’t worry Beatlefans. Combined, Glee has only been on the chart for a total of 105 weeks while The Fabs have a tally of 617 weeks in the chart. So that probably means The Beatles are better again.

Of course, the real winners in all of this are Journey, who wrote the abject misery of ‘Don’t Stop Believin”, which has been purloined by absolutely every simpleton singer in the world at some point in the past 12 months.

Well done you.

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