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Glee (season 2) - Wikipedia. The second season of the musical comedy- drama television series Glee originally aired between September 2. May 2. 4, 2. 01. 1 on Fox in the United States. The 2. 2- episode season was produced by 2. Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with executive producers Dante Di Loreto and series co- creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with the other series co- creator, Ian Brennan, as co- executive producer. The series features the New Directions glee club at the fictional William Mc. Kinley High School in the town of Lima, Ohio.

Season two follows the club competing on the show choir circuit, while its members and faculty deal with sex, religion, homophobia, financial difficulties, rumors, teenage drinking, death and other social issues. The central characters are glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), and glee club members Artie Abrams (Kevin Mc. Hale), Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris), Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley), Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling), Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron), Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) and Tina Cohen- Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz).

Will's ex- wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) and Kurt's father Burt (Mike O'Malley) round out the list of main characters. The season received generally positive reviews from critics. The musical performances from the second season expanded on the success of the first season, with the show releasing five soundtrack albums and over one hundred digital singles. The cast decisively broke the record for most charted songs by an act in the 5. Billboard Hot 1. 00 with 1.

Two singles, "Teenage Dream" and "Loser Like Me", were the first to have over 2. US, and both charted in the top ten in the US and Canada, and have been certified gold in the US. The season was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, five Satellite Awards and over fifty other awards. Three DVDs have been released with episodes from the season: Glee – Season 2, Volume 1 featuring episodes one through ten, Glee – Season 2, Volume 2 featuring episodes eleven through twenty- two, and Glee – The Complete Second Season. Episodes[edit]Production[edit]The season was produced by 2. Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, and aired on Fox in the US. The executive producers were Dante Di Loreto, and series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with Murphy serving as showrunner and co- creator Ian Brennan acting as co- executive producer.[2.

All episodes were written by Murphy, Falchuk and Brennan. Murphy and Falchuk directed three episodes each, while other episodes were directed by Alfonso Gomez- Rejon, Eric Stoltz, Adam Shankman, Bradley Buecker, Carol Banker, Paris Barclay, Tate Donovan and Tim Hunter.

Each episode cost $3. Super Bowl episode, which was estimated to cost as much as $5 million,[2.

New York City, and was the most expensive Glee episode yet, at a reported $6 million.[2. The season began airing on September 2. ET) timeslot on Tuesdays.[2.

A special episode aired after Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2. Fox planned to move the show to the 9 pm time slot on Wednesdays following the Super Bowl,[2. Glee on Tuesdays in order to concentrate on building up its weaker Wednesday and Thursday line- ups.[3. Episode eighteen, "Born This Way", became Glee's first 9. Its runtime was extended from the standard 6. The season concluded on May 2.

ET) timeslot following the American Idol finale.[3. The commissioning of a third season was announced on May 2. Murphy intended the second season to accentuate focus on formerly minor characters, particularly Santana, Brittany and Mike. He commented, "Everyone gets a chance to shine this season. Instead of going bigger and overstuffing Season 2, which people would expect, we’re going under it. We'll pick up on the stories of our main cast, but we’re also going to spend time on the support characters.

Everyone gets their moment."[3. Not all of his plans came to fruition; in July 2. Murphy claimed that glee club co- captains Finn and Rachel would remain in a relationship throughout the season,[3.

One unintended development was the emergence of Kurt as a central character—his role grew in prominence as a result of the writers' desire to do justice to the gay bullying storyline.[3. Reluctant to produce too many tribute episodes, Murphy limited the season to two: [3.

Spears tribute "Britney/Brittany",[3. Rumours", the series' first episode to pay tribute to an album, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.[4.

The fifth episode, "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" served as an additional homage to The Rocky Horror Show.[4. Although Murphy had planned to showcase original songs in Glee as early as October 2.

The twelve main cast members from the first season returned for the second: Matthew Morrison as glee club director Will Schuester, Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Jayma Mays as guidance counselor. Emma Pillsbury, Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's former wife Terri Schuester and Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin Mc. Hale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz as glee club members Quinn Fabray, Kurt Hummel, Artie Abrams, Rachel Berry, Finn Hudson, Mercedes Jones, Noah "Puck" Puckerman and Tina Cohen- Chang, respectively.[2. Heather Morris and Naya Rivera, who portrayed the formerly recurring roles of Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez, were promoted to series regulars,[4. Mike O'Malley as Kurt's father Burt Hummel.[4. Supporting cast members Harry Shum, Jr. Ashley Fink had increased roles as New Directions members Mike Chang and Lauren Zizes.[4.

Two recurring cast members from season one did not return: Dijon Talton's glee club member Matt Rutherford was written out as having transferred,[4. Patrick Gallagher's football coach Ken Tanaka was replaced by Dot- Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste.[4.

Returning secondary characters included Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins, Stephen Tobolowsky as former glee club director Sandy Ryerson, Romy Rosemont as Finn's mother Carole Hudson, Max Adler as school bully Dave Karofsky and James Earl as his fellow bully Azimio, Josh Sussman as school reporter Jacob Ben Israel, Lauren Potter as cheerleader Becky Jackson, Jonathan Groff as Rachel's ex- boyfriend Jesse St. James, and Kristin Chenoweth as former glee club star April Rhodes.[4. The season introduced several new recurring characters: Chord Overstreet was cast as transfer student Sam Evans; [5.

Darren Criss appeared as Blaine Anderson, lead singer of rival glee club the Dalton Academy Warblers; [5. Cheyenne Jackson played Dustin Goolsby, the coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline; [5.

Charice appeared as Sunshine Corazon, a foreign exchange student from the Philippines and a rival to Rachel who ultimately joins Vocal Adrenaline; [5. John Stamos played dentist Carl Howell, a love interest for Emma; [5. Gwyneth Paltrow appeared as substitute teacher Holly Holliday.[5. Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick, who both starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, appeared in Glee's Halloween Rocky Horror tribute episode,[5. Sue.[6. 0] Adam Kolkin portrayed an eight- year- old Kurt in the third episode of the season,[6. New Directions were featured.[6. Sue's mother Doris Sylvester was also introduced this season, played by Carol Burnett.[6.

Journalist Katie Couric made a guest appearance as herself when she interviewed Sue during "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle".[6. A reality series featuring open auditions for the show was intended to air on Fox in advance of the season,[6.

Murphy's desire to concentrate on the main series, and fear that the distraction of the reality show might damage Glee.[6. The idea was picked up by Oxygen, and The Glee Project began airing in June 2. The winner was to receive a multi- episode guest- starring role in Glee's third season; [6. Glee's second season saw a shift toward covering more Top 4.

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XO (song) - Wikipedia"XO" is a song by American singer Beyoncé from her fifth studio album, Beyoncé (2. Columbia Records released the song as the lead contemporary hit radio single from the album in the US and Italy on December 1. Ryan Tedder co- wrote and co- produced "XO" with Terius "The- Dream" Nash and Beyoncé, with additional production handled by Chauncey "Hit- Boy" Hollis and Haze. Banga Music. A pure midtempo pop, electropop and R& B love song, "XO" is complete with electronic musical instrumentation, synthesizers and drums. Musically, it was compared to Beyoncé's own song "Halo" and was noted for having several music hooks including its call and response chorus. The usage of an audio sample from Space Shuttle Challenger disaster at the beginning of the song was criticized by the families of the lost crew, NASA, and some media.

Beyoncé released a statement saying that the song was intended to help people who have lost loved people in their lives and that the sample was included as a tribute to the Challenger crew. XO" managed to appear on many music charts across Europe and Oceania and it peaked at number 4. US Billboard Hot 1. A music video for the song directed by Terry Richardson was filmed in Coney Island in late August 2. It was made available on i.

Tunes with the release of the album on December 1. Beyoncé performed the song during the last stops of the North American leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in December 2. European leg in early 2. To further promote "XO", she performed it at the 2. BRIT Awards and later at the 2. MTV Video Music Awards.

Haim and John Mayer covered the song in 2. Production and release[edit]"XO" was written by Beyoncé, Terius "The- Dream" Nash and Ryan Tedder while the production was helmed by the aforementioned group as well as Chauncey "Hit- Boy" Hollis and Haze.

Banga. Ramon Rivas engineered the song, with assistance from Justin Hergett. Beyoncé's vocals were recorded by Stuart White and Bart Schoudel while all instrumentation and programming was carried out by Tedder. The song was finally mixed by Andrew Scheps. XO" was recorded in four studios: Jungle City Studios and Oven Studios, both in New York City, Trackdown Studios in Sydney and Tritonus Studios in Berlin.[1]During an interview with Australian radio station Nova in November 2. Tedder revealed that he had collaborated with Beyoncé on a song for her then- upcoming album along with The- Dream, further saying, "Personally the song we did I like more than 'Halo'. I think it's a bigger, better song".

However, he acknowledged that he did not know when the singer planned to release new material for her fifth album.[2] The previous month, it was reported by a source to the Daily News that Beyoncé planned to release a new single and video on December 3, 2. The publication further speculated that the single was expected to be the song whose music video was filmed in August of the same year – "XO".[3] Later, when Beyoncé was released, Billboard reported that "Blow" would be released as the contemporary hit radio single both in the US and worldwide, and "Drunk in Love" would be sent to urban radio in the US only; "XO" was scheduled to be released as the second worldwide radio single in 2. However, radio programmers reportedly pushed back against the release of "Blow" to mainstream stations, finding its lyrics to be very explicit for the format and proposing that "XO" be released in its place.[5][6] The release of "Blow" was therefore scrapped and "XO" impacted contemporary hit radio in Italy and adult contemporary radio in the US on December 1. It was also sent to US mainstream,[8] urban[9] and rhythmic radio on December 1. Composition[edit]"XO" is a midtempopop, electropop and R& B love power ballad that bears resemblance to Beyoncé's own 2. Halo", which was also produced by Tedder.[1.

Influences of electronic rock and reggaeton genres were also found in the song.[1. XO" was composed using common time in the key of C major, with a tempo of 8.

It carries a "celebratory, bumping Caribbean" groove and a marching- drumbeat with shuffling dancehall influences.[1. The instrumentation includes jittery keyboards, synthesizers, percussion and electronic musical instruments.[1. The song also consists of electronic flourishes and loopedriff patterns brought about by an organ instrument.[2.

XO" was also noted for being a departure from the minimalistic sexual nature of the album, due to its pure pop sound.[2. Jordan Sargent of Complex magazine wrote that "XO" contains influences of Jamaican singer Tanya Stephens.[1. Chris Bosman from Consequence of Sound described the song as a blend of "cinematic reach of modern Top 4.

Heartbreaks [sic] hip- hop."[2. Kevin Fallon from The Daily Beast compared the song's stadium sound to tracks by the band U2.[2. Beyoncé uses "subtly exhausted" vocals[1. Baby love me, lights out", as noted by music critics.[1. The song gives the impression to have been recorded in a stadium full of fans due to its celebratory groove and call and response chorus lines.[1. Problems playing this file?

See media help. Beyoncé's vocals in the song span from the note of A3 to the note of A4.[1. Watch The Marine Mediafire. When asked about her raw vocals in the song previously unheard on her material and the song's less polished sound, Beyoncé revealed that "XO" was recorded when she had a bad sinus infection. She further revealed it was recorded as a demo in several minutes. The original demo vocals were kept for a year without being rerecorded as the singer "really loved the imperfections" and wanted to focus on the album's music instead of the vocals.[2.

The lyrics of "XO" express a cheerful celebration of love and life as Beyoncé attempts "to create light from darkness".[2. It has been described as a universal love song which talks about different types of relationships.[2.

The singer lays emphasis on the importance of living the present with a person's loved one as life is unpredictable.[2. She further sings about the tragedy and magnificence that life can hold.[2. Throughout the song, the singer adopts a hopeful attitude and seems to have gone in trance with love,[3. Caitlin White from the website The 4.

In the darkest night of hate and intolerance we see impossible love stories conquering what our governments and societies declare is legally 'allowed' to be love.. It is for love that transcends the romantic conception of man and woman and stretches out into the impossibilities of the cosmos.

It leaves room for failure but hopes for success.[2. The opening lines of "XO" are echo- laden[3. Beyoncé, the ballad contains several hooks.[1. Beyoncé starts the song by asking a loved one to kiss her.[1.

Some of the ascending chorus lines are call and response; [1. Beyoncé is backed by a sing- along crowd as she sings about how her "darkest nights" are enlightened by the lover's face: "In the darkest night hour / I search through the crowd / Your face is all that I see / I give you everything".[2. The chorus ends with the singer adding, "Baby love me, lights out", with a croak in her voice.[1. Sampling controversy[edit]The song begins with a six second- long sample of former NASA public affairs officer Steve Nesbitt, recorded moments after Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 2. Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation. Obviously a major malfunction."[3. These were the last words spoken before the disintegrating vehicle fell into the sea.[3.

The use of the sample has been criticized in the media, including Hardeep Phull of the New York Post, who described its presence in the song as "tasteless".[2. Former NASA astronauts and families were also dismayed and labeled the use of the sample as "insensitive".[3. Keith Cowing of NASA Watch suggested that the use of the clip ranged from negligence to repugnance.[3.

On December 3. 0, 2. NASA criticized the use of the sample, stating: "The Challenger accident is an important part of our history; a tragic reminder that space exploration is risky and should never be trivialized.