Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show is the second and final extended play (EP) for the Nickelodeon television series Victorious. The extended play was released on November 6, 2012, with a total of five tracks by Nickelodeon Records, in association with Columbia. A Walmart Zinepak edition features two bonus tracks.
The pre-order for Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show became available on iTunes on October 16, 2012, with the promotional single "L.A. Boyz" released the same day.[1][2][3] Two days later, Nickelodeon premiered a music video for "L.A. Boyz", which features Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande singing the track.[4][5][6][7] Commercially, the track peaked at number six on the US BillboardKid Digital Song Sales chart.[8]Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show was officially released for digital download and streaming on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11] The Walmart ZinePak edition of Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show included two bonus tracks, a 48-page magazine featuring behind-the-scenes photos from Victorious, interviews from the cast, and recaps of past episodes.[12][13][14]
Music and lyrics
Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show opens with "Here's 2 Us" and features Justice on vocals.[15] The track is an upbeat pop track with the lyrics: "Here's to never winning first place/Here's to crying on your birthday/Here's to every single heartbreak."[12][16] The extended play's next track, "L.A. Boyz" is a power pop, bubblegum pop, and electro track with lyrics about appreciating men's masculinity.[17][18] The extended play then transitions to "Bad Boys", which features Justice on vocals.[19]
The following track, "You Don't Know Me", is performed by Elizabeth Gillies.[20][21] Musically, it is described as a pop and rockballad.[22][23] The standard edition ends with "Faster Than Boyz" that features vocals from Justice.[24][25][26] Lyrically, the song is about a girl who rejects a boy who is interested in her.[27][28][29] The Walmart ZinePak edition of Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show includes the bonus tracks "Cheer Me Up", featuring vocals from Justice, and "365 Days", that has vocals from Leon Thomas III.[1][2][30]
Reception
Crystal Bell for Celebuzz described the songs on the extended play as fan "favorite[s]".[12] The joint website of Bop and Tiger Beat gave Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show a positive review, stating that they were "jamming" to the extended play's "awesome songs".[31] Wendy Michaels for Cambio remarked that although Victorious had ended, fans would "at least have the show's soundtracks to listen to".[3] Writing for Teen.com, Alexandra Daluisio commented that "we’re basically dying to get our hands on the CD".[7]
Commercial performance
Commercially, Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show debuted and peaked at number 159 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 3,000 copies sold.[32][33] It also peaked at number 131 on the US Top Current Album Sales chart,[34] number ten on the US Soundtrack Albums chart,[35] and number six on the US Kid Albums chart.[36]
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