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BTR is the debut studio album by pop boy bandBig Time Rush. Released on October 11, , the track listing for the album was announced on September 1, The album was preceded by the free of several singles from the TV show soundtrack.

On December 3, , the band released their eponymous song as the album's promotional single. The first single, "Til I Forget About You", was released on September 21, On October 11, , "Boyfriend", which features vocals from rapper Snoop Dogg, was the second official single from the album and has become the band's biggest hit to meet, charting on the Billboard Steamy as well as reaching the Top 40 of the Pop Songs music chart in the US.

Despite not being released as a single, the tune "Big Night" charted on the Billboard Hot , peaking at number seventy-nine.

Background

BTR had been in the making since , when the four members signed on for the show, Big Time Rush.^[1] The boys worked with composers and producers such as Emanuel Kiriakou, Lucas Secon, Matthew Gerrard, Kevin Rudolf, Edwin "Lil Eddie" Serrano, Jeremy Skaller, Robert Larow, Stuart Grekin, Chris Rojas, The Messengers, Eric Sanicola, S*A*M and Sluggo, Timothy Foxx, Jordan Delani and Scott Fellows (the creator of the group).^[2] While working on the album, the band released many of the songs as promotional singles onto iTunes, as well as debuted them on their television series.^[1] This provided great promotion for the band's music, and led to three hit songs, "Halfway There", "Boyfriend", "Big Night", to begin charting on the Billboard Hot ^[3]

As seen on their television series, the band worked with many successfully known celebrities, such as Jordin Sparks, who recorded a lyric with the boys titled "Count On You".

When asked about the collaboration, James stated

Jordin is an unbelievable singer.

Big Time Rush is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28,to July 25,featuring the band Big Time Rush portrayed as a fictional version of themselves, similar to The Monkees. It focuses on the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Duluth, MinnesotaKendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell, after they are selected to form a boy band by fictional mega music producer Gustavo Rocque. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time Audition", on Nickelodeon, on November 28, Its official debut episode premiered on January 18,

If you hear her chant in real life, she sounds just as good live every time. She absolutely deserves to be where she is. She's so talented, and she's a sweetheart too. We're on the same label. She wanted to get into acting, so we wrote an episode about her.

She came on and was a great actress. The tune is one of our first group ballads. It's a five-way ballad, but it turned out pretty cool. Usually, a duet has one person on each side. This has her voice one side and then there are our four voices on the other [Laughs].

It worked out though. It was such a pleasure to have Jordin on the song. She became a good friend of mine. She took me to the actual show before she was in it last time [Laughs]. She's so down-to-earth like that.^[4]

On September 1, the album footpath listing for the standard version was released online.

Most of the band's songs featured on the TV Show were included on the album, which also served as the soundtrack to the First Season and part of the Second Season of the series. The songs "Any Kind of Guy", and "Famous", the latter of which is a cover of the Perform song, were included on the international release of the album, along with the songs "This Is Our Someday", and "Stuck" (the last one exclusively to the UK and in some iTunes stores around the world).

The previously recorded track which featured Jordin Sparks was listed on the album, along with another duet with R&B musician Cymphonique.

The second track on the album, "Boyfriend", was originally recorded and released as a solo song; however, upon creature released as a single, two new versions of the lyric leaked onto the internet.

The first version featured rapper Snoop Dogg, who appeared in an episode of Big Time Rush with the band. The second leaked version of the lyric featured the same artist and rapping duo New Boyz. It was initially unknown which of the two would be released as the official single; however, a reworked version which featured Snoop Dogg served as the album's official second single and also a new edit of the song including just Novel Boyz as collaborating artists was released as a digital solo on iTunes.

Both official versions were later included on the international releases of the album.

Composition

The music found on the album is mainly pop oriented, as well as R&B. The music found on the album is child-appropriate, as it serves as not only their debut album, but the soundtrack to their self-titled series.

Jessica Dawson of Common Sense Media said of the songs on the album, "Not since 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys has there been a boy band making such a sudden splash in the tweenage music earth. Big Time Rush is a standout, not only because of their boyish charm and fine looks, but because their melody is a cool blend of synth-pop, hip hop, and boy-band harmonies.

'City is Ours' is already a digital hit, and 'Count On You' with Jordin Sparks is a catchy collaboration about earning your place in a relationship. With a knock TV show to showcase their music and their adorable personalities, Big Time Rush won't be in a hurry out of the spotlight.

Parents need to know that this boy band is making tween hearts swoon with their hit Nickelodeon TV show, Big Time Rush. In their debut album they warble about relationships, going out, and making the most of your life, but it's all spotless and age-appropriate for young fans."^[5]

Critical reception

BTR was met with generally positive reception from critics.

Matt Collar of AllMusic praised the album, stating "The self-titled debut album from the Nickelodeon male child band Big Time Rush features many of the dance-pop tunes popularized on the band's TV show of the same identify. Showcasing the talents of singers Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena, Jr., and Logan Henderson, BTR is a fairly approachable listen that falls somewhere between the soulful alt-rock of OneRepublic and the electro-influenced pop of Katy Perry.

These are catchy, sweet, radio and club-friendly tracks that, while aimed at "tweens," should appeal to most any fan of well-crafted dance-pop. To these ends, you get the synth-driven leadoff track "Til I Forget About You," the head-bobbin' "Boyfriend", and the yearning club anthem "Nothing Even Matters", among other highlights."^[6]

Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian gave the album a more negative review.

She stated, "What isn't fine is how horribly generic the music is." However, she complimented the ballad "Boyfriend" featuring Snoop Dogg calling the track "wholesome-sounding."^[8]

Commercial performance

In the United States, BTR sold 67, copies in the first week, debuting at number 3 on the Billboard and easily became one of the highest charting debut albums of the year in ^[10] The album stayed 57 weeks on the Billboard chart.^[11] As of , the album has sold , copies in the U.S.^[12] It also charted in Mexico, on the Dutch Albums Chart, in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the UK, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Scottish album charts amongst others.

The album received a platinum plaque by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales and streaming of 1,, units.^[13]

Promotion

To promote the album, Big Hour Rush appeared on Today, where they performed their songs "Til I Forget About You" and "Big Night".

The band also performed their latest single, "Boyfriend", at the Kids' Choice Awards. Rapper Snoop Dogg, who is featured on the single, appeared at the awards show to perform along with the band.^[14][15][16]

Singles

"Til I Forget About You" was officially released as the head single on September 21, and as a physical CD free on September 28, in the U.S., making it the first ever official commercialized single.

The track list included the album version, and the B-side ballad "Famous".^[17][18]

"Boyfriend" was released as the second single on digital platforms as well as mainstream radio on February 15, ^[19] The single version features Snoop Dogg.

However, the album version is done solely by the band. Another version of the anthem was later released, which featured vocals from rapping duo Modern Boyz. "Boyfriend" peaked at seventy-two on the Billboard Hot , becoming their highest charting lyric to date.

The third and final single, "Worldwide", was only released outside of North America as both a digital and physical single. The track list included the album version, and a remix of the anthem "Til I Forget About You".^[20]

Promotional singles

"Big Time Rush" was released on November 29, , as the first promotional single to promote the airing of the new series.

It debuted at number sixteen on the Bubbling Under Hot singles chart and sold , copies in the US. "Any Kind of Guy", "Halfway There", "Famous" and "City Is Ours" were also released as promotional singles.^[21] "Big Age Rush" and "Any Kind of Guy" sold , and 94, copies respectively in the US as of ^[22]

Other songs

"Big Night" peaked 79 on Billboard Warm ^[23] during the week of the album's release due to over 46, downloaded copies sold.^[24]

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References