Glee: The Quarterback

Glee: The Quarterback is an extended play (EP) by the cast of the American musical television show Glee. It was released on iTunes on October 7, 2013, three days before the fifth season's third episode "The Quarterback". The album features six songs recorded for the episode, which ended Cory Monteith's character, Finn Hudson.

Commercial performance
Predictions suggested the EP would debut in the top ten of the United States' Billboard 200, selling around 30,000 copies. By October 16, 2013, the album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 47,000 copies. This is the franchise's first album to chart in the top ten in the United States in a year and half, since the third season release of Glee, The Music: The Graduation Album on May 15, 2012. This album is also the fourteenth album of the series to chart in the top ten. The last album of the Glee franchise to chart on the Billboard 200 was the album Glee Sings the Beatles, which debuted at number 38. The extended play also debuted at number 1 on Billboard Soundtracks.

Personnel

 * Adam Anders – arranger, engineer, producer, soundtrack producer, vocals
 * Chris Colfer – vocals
 * Peer Åström – engineer, mixing, producer
 * Geoff Bywater – executive in charge of music
 * Dante Di Loreto – executive producer
 * Bob Dylan – composer
 * Brad Falchuk – executive producer
 * Chrissie Hynde – composer
 * Jonathan Larson – composer
 * Tom Kelly – composer
 * Kevin McHale – vocals
 * Lea Michele – vocals


 * Ryan Murphy – producer, soundtrack producer
 * Chord Overstreet – vocals
 * Kimberly Perry – composer
 * Ryan Peterson – engineer
 * Amber Riley – vocals
 * Naya Rivera – vocals
 * Mark Salling – vocals
 * Harry Shum Jr. - vocals
 * Bruce Springsteen – composer
 * Billy Steinberg – composer
 * James Taylor – composer
 * Jenna Ushkowitz – vocals