Hope for Haiti Now Raises 61 Million and is #1 on iTunes

The "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon has so far raised $61 million and the album featuring performances from the event is on sale on iTunes and Amazon and already boasts a #1 single in Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris' cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

According to Rolling Stone:

Friday night’s “Hope For Haiti Now” telethon raised more than $61 million for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck then average of 24 million people watched the entire two-hour special, while an astounding 83 million total U.S. viewers tuned in at various points of the telecast and an additional 5.8 million streamed the special online.the performance that has drawn the most charity downloads on iTunes internationally has been Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris’ duet on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” In fact, as of press time, JT’s “Hallelujah” continues to top U.S. iTunes Top Singles chart, beating out Taylor Swift’s “Today Was a Fairytale”; it’s also the lone “Hope For Haiti Now” performance on the iTunes Top 10 songs chart. The entire Hope For Haiti Now album currently sits at Number One on iTunes’ Albums Chart, and is all but guaranteed the top spot on tomorrow’s Billboard 200 chart. According to Reuters, organizers will continue to collect money from “Hope For Haiti Now” for the next six months.

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Here is a look of their moving performance: