Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show is the debut extended play (EP) for the Nickelodeon television series Victorious, with songs performed by Victoria Justice and the Victorious cast. The extended play was released on June 5, 2012, by Nickelodeon Records, in association with Columbia. Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show is a pop and dance record with upbeat tracks.
The extended play peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 and charted in the top five on the US Kid Albums and Soundtrack Albums charts. Two singles were released for the extended play. "Take a Hint", the extended play's first single, peaked at number eight on the US BillboardBubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The second single "Make It in America" charted at number one on the US BillboardKid Digital Song Sales chart.
Release
In March 2012, Victorious actress Victoria Justice announced during an interview with On Air with Ryan Seacrest that more music for the show was in development.[1] In May 2012, entertainment website Celebuzz exclusively revealed the extended play's cover art, title, and a scheduled release date for June 2012.[2]Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show was officially released for digital download and streaming on June 5, 2012, by Nickelodeon Records, in association with Columbia.[3][4][5] The extended play was subsequently released digitally and physically in Australia by Sony Music Australia on November 9, 2012, ahead of a press and promotional tour from Justice scheduled in the country for that month.[6]
The next track, "Shut Up and Dance", is a dance track that features Justice on lead vocals.[8][17][18][19] "5 Fingaz to the Face" includes a group rap performance by Justice and the Victorious cast.[9][20][21] "Countdown" is an upbeat track that features Justice and Leon Thomas III on vocals.[22][23][24] The standard version of the extended play closes with a cover version of Simple Minds's 1985 single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", featuring Justice on lead vocals and background vocals from the Victorious cast.[7][8][25] The iTunes version of the extended play concludes with "I Think You're Swell", a ballad mentioning pop culture references that features Matt Bennett on vocals.[8][26][27][28]
"Make It in America" was released as the second single on May 15, 2012.[40][41][42] It was later released as a single in Australia by Sony Music Australia to radio airplay on November 1, 2012, and digital download on November 9 of that year.[6] A music video for the song was released in May 2012.[43][44][45] The video features Justice and the Victorious cast driving through Los Angeles in a convertible.[9][43] Justice promoted the song by performing it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2012.[46][47][48] The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart.[49]
Promotion
On June 9, 2012, Justice and the Victorious cast held an event at Universal Orlando, where they performed songs from the extended play, participated in a Q&A session with fans, and premiered an unreleased Victorious episode.[50][51][52][53] On June 18, 2012, Justice attended a launch party in Los Angeles for the extended play at the Hard Rock Cafe.[54] In June 2012, Justice announced her debut concert tour, the Make It in America Tour, would be starting later that year. The tour spanned 17 dates across the United States.[55][56][57]
Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics. Ashely Rose from Cambio described the tracks on the extended play as "awesome summertime jams", mentioning that they "totally can't wait" to "check out the new songs".[4] Writing for Celebuzz, Mariah Haas gave Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show a positive review, calling it an "highly-anticipated album".[3] The joint website of Bop and Tiger Beat labeled the extended play as "great".[58] Kayla Chanthavisith, writing for Her Campus, declared that the extended play is an "absolute masterpiece".[59] Mark Wedel of the Kalamazoo Gazette stated that Justice was "highlighted" in the extended play.[60]
Marty Frazen of the Bucks County Courier Times wrote that Justice had "survived so far on the soundtrack albums from the TV Show, including Victorious 2.0".[19] The staff of Kidzworld gave it three stars out of five.[28] Jessica Dawson of Common Sense Media rated it three stars out of five, stating that it has "occasional attitude and snarky humor, but overall it's OK for tween fans of the show."[8] She expressed that "although some fans might be disappointed by the album's short length", she commented that the "songs on it are a good mix of the humor, dance beats, and fun that make the show Victorious and its female star, Justice, a success".[8] Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the extended play three and a half stars out of five, opining that "as on the first volume of the Victorious soundtrack, Justice's commanding vocals are the main attraction here".[7] She stated the songs in it are "upbeat but not too slick".[7]
Commercial performance
Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show debuted and peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 17,000 copies sold.[61][62][63][64] It also peaked at number 18 on the US Top Current Album Sales,[65] number two on the US Soundtrack Albums chart,[66] and number one on the US Kid Albums chart.[67] Outside of the United States, the extended play charted at number 44 on the UK Compilation Albums chart and number 16 on the UK Soundtrack Albums chart in the United Kingdom.[68][69]
Track listing
All tracks are performed by Victorious cast, with featured artists noted.
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