Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show is a soundtrack album with music from the American Nickelodeon television series Victorious, performed by actress and singer Victoria Justice. It was released on August 2, 2011 by Nickelodeon and Columbia Records. This is the debut album release in Justice's career. It was followed-up by Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show, released on June 5, 2012.
Background and release[]
Due to the popularity of such shows like Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and Fox's Glee, in which the cast performed the music as their characters, Nickelodeon decided to create a series titled Victorious with a similar theme, with the help of Columbia/Epic Label Group of Sony Music. It was created by Dan Schneider and its main cast consisted of seven actors, including Victoria Justice portraying the protagonist Tori Vega.[1] The first season was broadcast on the channel from March 27, 2010 to March 26, 2011. Due to the high popularity, a second season was created, which aired from April 2 to December 26.
While primarily considered a sitcom, Victorious featured characters performing the songs, mostly the original, in various episodes. Some of these were released on official digital music platforms, and some were available to listen to on the series' website TheSlap, the Nickelodeon website, and the website of iCarly (Schneider's another show on the channel). Justice's interview with ClevverTV was published on April 11, 2010, in which she revealed the soundtrack would be released after the first season. Ann Donahue wrote in an article for Billboard the full soundtrack would be released later that year, though that didn't happen.[2]
Daniella Monet, another cast member of the series, wrote on Twitter on March 2011 the soundtrack would be released in the summer of that year.[3] Later, it was revealed via both Justice's website and a press release by Columbia Records and Nickelodeon the soundtrack would be released on July 12, but for an unknown reason this date was pushed back.[4][5] The album's title (Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show), cover artwork, new release date (August 2), and tracklist were revealed by the Idolator website.[6] The album became available for pre-order on July 13, and Justice announced the first 1,000 people would get it with a booklet signed by her.
Content[]
Dan Schneider wrote the album would contain 13 songs.[7] Through the second press release, it was revealed the record would be published in two editions.[8] The first is the standard 12-song version which has been available for purchase on compact disc.[9] The second version, released as a digital download, includes the bonus song "Broken Glass", which has been stated by Columbia Records and Nickelodeon as an iTunes exclusive.[8][10] Despite this, this version was also later released on CD in early 2012.[11] These 13 songs are a selection from those performed in the first two seasons of Victorious.
The album cover artwork shows the entire cast posing against a purple background – in order from left to right: Elizabeth Gillies, Avan Jogia, Daniella Monet, Victoria Justice, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett, and Ariana Grande. Bennett holds a dummy, also the series' character, Rex Powers, voiced by Jake Farrow. The back cover of the album is in a similar style, however the order of the actors is different (though Justice is still standing in the middle), and everyone except Bennett has different clothes.
"Victorious cast" is credited as the co-performer of the entire soundtrack and the lead artist on all songs, with the individual cast member listed as the featured artist on each. Due to being the lead star of the series, Justice is also credited as the co-performer of the entire album as well as the featured artist for every song except two – "Give It Up", performed by Gillies and Grande, and "Broken Glass", performed by Bennett. Thomas performs two duets with Justice, on the songs "Song 2 You" and "Tell Me That You Love Me". Despite this, not every song has a properly credited artist; for example, Justice is the only one listed as the performer of "I Want You Back", although the liner notes mention Gillies, Grande, and Thomas do background vocals as well. Jogia and Monet aren't credited with any song, although they provide vocals on, for example, "Leave It All to Shine"; this song is the most standout overall as it's performed by the "iCarly and Victorious casts", with Miranda Cosgrove (lead star of iCarly) and Justice listed separately.
Writing and recording[]
Of the album's 13 total songs, 12 are original; the only exception is a cover of "I Want You Back", originally released by the Jackson 5 in 1969. 16 songwriters contributed to the new songs on the record, most of which were written by Dan Schneider, the creator of Victorious, who wrote eight of them. Two of the cast members wrote the songs – Victoria Justice co-wrote "Best Friend's Brother" and Leon Thomas III co-wrote "Song 2 You". In a video for NickRewind, Thomas revealed he wrote "Song 2 You" when he was 14 with his friends in New Jersey, which would mean the song was written sometime in 2007 or 2008, years before it somehow made it onto the show. Because of this, it may be the oldest original song on the album. Justice wrote "Best Friend's Brother" based on her own experience when she was about 14 years old and had a crush on her best friend's brother, but didn't want to tell her because of their friendship, despite their obvious chemistry. It's believed she created it with other songwriters between July 21 and August 10, 2010.[12][13][14]
Based on the liner notes, the songs on the entire album were recorded in seven different studios. Almost every song was recorded in the United States, with the exception of a portion of "Beggin' on Your Knees" which, out of three different studios, was recorded in one in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. As of around April 11, 2010, seven original songs had been recorded, confirmed by Justice during an interview with ClevverTV. Her tweets confirm "Make It Shine" was recorded on October 19, 2009, and "Leave It All to Shine" was recorded on September 4, 2010.[15][16] On the same day as the latter song was recorded, Daniella Monet also tweeted she was in the studio.[17] Recording dates for other tracks are unknown. Elizabeth Gillies tweeted she was in the studio on August 19, 2010, though it's unknown if it was about the music for Victorious.[18]
Composition and reception[]
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show three stars out of five. Ruhlmann described the album as mainly teen pop, describing the first two songs, "Make It Shine" and "Freak the Freak Out", as typical of the genre due to their "relentless beats, synthesized instrumentations, nonstop simple, repetitive choruses, and Auto-Tune vocals". According to him, the lyrical part of the album is based on the themes of "light romance, happy and sad, and assertions of self-worth", the latter of which is about the song "Song 2 You". Additionally, he called "Give It Up" a "Britney Spears reject" and with "I Want You Back" he felt bubblegum pop is similar to that of 40 years ago. He ended his review by stating "Of course, what really matters is what Justice and her earnest fellow cast members look like, not what they sound like, especially given the cookie-cutter nature of this music."[19]
Commercial performance[]
- Main article: Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show/Charts
Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show was the most successful worldwide of all albums by both Victorious and Victoria Justice. In the United States, the album sold 41,000 copies in its first week.[20] This resulted in it debuting at number five on the Billboard 200 chart (where it spent a total of 24 weeks) and the Top Current Album Sales chart (where it spent a total of 27 weeks).[21][22] The album also spent 64 weeks on the Kid Albums, including two at the top of the chart.[23] It spent its first seven weeks at number one on the Top Soundtracks chart, where it spent a total of 48 weeks overall.[24] After 2011 ended, the album appeared at numbers 9, 16, and 196 on the year-end versions of the Kid Albums, Top Soundtracks, and Top Current Album Sales charts, respectively.[25][26][27] After 2012, the album re-entered the year-end Kid Albums at number 10 (higher than Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show released that year) and Top Soundtrack at number 23.[28][29]
The album managed to appear on the charts in other countries. In Austria, the album stayed for six weeks, with one of them at number 35.[30] In Germany, it only appeared for one week at number 100 and last on the chart.[31] In Spain, it was also only one week, but higher, at number 36.[32] The album spent two weeks in Switzerland, peaking at number 69.[33] While in the United Kingdom the album failed to chart as high as in the United States, its stay length in terms of weeks is much better; after leaving the charts in 2013, the album made a comeback in 2020 and continues to appear regularly up to the present time as of 2023.[34] The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for 60,000 units, based on sales and streaming.[35]
Promotion[]
Singles and promotional singles[]
To promote the album, four singles and two promotional singles were released, all performed by Victoria Justice. "Make It Shine" was originally released on the Nickelodeon website on March 9, 2010, before being re-released as the first promotional single on official music platforms on April 13.[36][37] It was used as the series' theme song and was performed four times, the most of any song, including in the first episode titled "Pilot". The song received a music video featuring the Victorious cast dancing on the series' set. The track managed to reach number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[38] The music video for "Freak the Freak Out", a track performed on the series' episode of the same name, premiered on November 19 and features the cast hanging out at a club. The song was released three days later, becoming the first regular single.[37] It's one of the most commercially successful songs; In the United States, it peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[39][40] It also charted at number 176 in the United Kingdom.[41]
"Beggin' on Your Knees" became available for streaming on the Nickelodeon website on March 9, 2011. Three days later, a music video was released featuring the cast of the series in an amusement park where Justice catches her boyfriend cheating on her with another girl. The track was released as the second single on April 1, and was featured in the episode of the same name a day later.[37] It peaked at number 58 on the Hot 100 and also debuted at mumber one on the Kid Digital Song Sales chart, becoming the first song for both Justice and Victorious to achieve this.[39][42] Four days after being posted on the Idolator website, "Best Friend's Brother" became the third single on May 20. It was used in the episode "Prom Wrecker" aired the next day. The music video premiered on May 27 and shows Justice, this time without the other cast members, trying to get the attention of a boy she has a crush on and dreaming about him.[4] The song peaked at number 86 on the Hot 100 and was the second chart-topping single on the Kid Digital Song Sales.[39][42]
"Leave It All to Shine", sung by Miranda Cosgrove and Justice along with the rest of the iCarly and Victorious cast members, was performed in the crossover episode between the two series, "iParty with Victorious", on June 4, six days before the appearance on music platforms as the second promotional single.[43] It spent one week on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, at number eight.[38] "You're the Reason", which was sung on "The Birthweek Song" (one of the first episodes of the series, aired on April 25, 2010), was given an acoustic version which was released as the soundtrack's fourth and final single on December 3, 2011. In the music video, which premiered the same day as the single release, Justice appears alone in a beach and forest setting.[44] While it only peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, the single also became the fourth song (after "Beggin' on Your Knees", "Best Friend's Brother", and "I Want You Back") to top the Kid Digital Songs Sales chart.[38][42]
Other songs[]
Some of the other songs were also released on TheSlap, which served as the official website for Victorious. A few of them sounded different than later on the album. "Finally Falling" was released on May 9, 2010, one day after the airing of the episode "Tori the Zombie" in which it was performed.[45] "Tell Me That You Love Me", a duet by Victoria Justice and Leon Thomas III, was released on October 2 and performed in the episode "The Great Ping Pong Scam" the day before.[46] "Give It Up", the only duet between Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande on the album, was used in the same episode as "Freak the Freak Out" and appeared on TheSlap on December 1.[47] "Song 2 You", Thomas and Justice's second duet, was released on January 18, 2011, the day after they performed the song together in the episode "The Diddly-Bops".[48]
"Finally Falling", "I Want You Back", and "All I Want Is Everything", though not released as singles, received their own music videos. The music video for "Finally Falling" is a short clip of Justice recording the song in a studio.[49] The video for "I Want You Back" consists of the cast performing at the Victorious: Walmart Soundcheck concert and in the series, as well as the production of various episodes. The "All I Want Is Everything" was filmed at various locations around Los Angeles, featured almost everyone from the series' main cast, and premiered on September 2.[50] In it, Justice tries to get the attention of a boy she found on a dating site.
Although they were never released as singles, due to strong digital sales, both "I Want You Back" and "Give It Up" managed to chart on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 at numbers eight and twenty-three, respectively.[51] All songs from the album (except Matt Bennett's "Broken Glass" from deluxe version only) managed to appear on the Kid Digital Song Sales chart, with "I Want You Back" even reaching the top, becoming the third song to do so (after "Beggin' on Your Knees" and "Best Friend's Brother", before "You're the Reason").[42]
Live performances and appearances[]
The first performance by a cast member with a song from the album was at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 25, 2010, where Victoria Justice sang "Freak the Freak Out".[52] At the pre-show of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on April 2, 2011, Justice made a carpet appearance where she performed "Beggin' on Your Knees".[53] On May 26, the cast of the show had a special concert – Victorious: Walmart Soundcheck – where they sang five songs. Justice performed the songs "Make It Shine", "Freak the Freak Out", and "Best Friend's Brother" solo, and "Song 2 You" as a duet with Leon Thomas III. At the end, the entire cast performed "I Want You Back"; it's recognized as their first live performance together.[54] In addition, Nickelodeon partnered with Walmart to sell Victorious-related products in Canada and the United States.[55]
Thomas appeared on 106 & Park on August 5 to sing "Song 2 You" solo.[56] On September 12, Justice appeared on The View where she performed "All I Want Is Everything" and was interviewed.[57] The cast performed "All I Want Is Everything" as a flash mob at Universal CityWalk as a continuation of the music video's storyline on September 17.[58] Later that day, Justice and Thomas showed up at the L.A. County Fair concert to perform "Beggin' on Your Knees" and "Song 2 You". An album signing event with Justice took place on September 25.[59] On November 19, Justice sang "Best Friend's Brother" and "Freak the Freak Out" at the Citadel Outlets Christmas tree lighting concert.
Contests[]
"Freak the Freak Out", "Beggin' on Your Knees", and "Best Friend's Brother" were also further promoted through separate contests. A contest for "Freak the Freak Out" was sponsored by Columbia Records and launched due to the achievement of 40,000 subscribers on Victoria Justice's YouTube channel. Its task was to do something creative and funny with the song, like doing a cover or dancing to it. The grand prize was two round-trip airline tickets to meet Justice and appear on the set of the new music video.[60] In the "Beggin' on Your Knees" contest, also sponsored by Columbia, a person had to share a YouTube video why they should win, and the first place prize was a trip to the then-upcoming Victorious: Walmart Soundcheck concert where they could meet the entire cast of Victorious. The "Best Friend's Brother" contest was in collaboration with J-14 magazine and its task was to send an e-mail to the magazine with a photo with best friend doing favorite activity together. The top prize was a trip to Los Angeles and the opportunity to appear in an issue of the magazine with Justice; among others, the prize for fourth place was a signed copy of Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show.[61]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Performers | Writers | Producer(s) | Length |
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Standard edition | |||||
1. | "Make It Shine" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | Lukasz Gottwald, Michael Corcoran, Dan Schneider | Dr. Luke | 3:07 |
2. | "Freak the Freak Out" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | CJ Abraham, Michael Corcoran, Dan Schneider, Nick Hexum, Zack Hexum | Backhouse Mike, the Super Chris, Greg Wells (additional) | 3:54 |
3. | "Best Friend's Brother" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | Allan Grigg, Savan Kotecha, Victoria Justice | Kool Kojak | 3:38 |
4. | "Beggin' on Your Knees" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | Shellback, Savan Kotecha | Shellback, Kristian Lundin | 3:13 |
5. | "All I Want Is Everything" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | Lindy Robbins, Toby Gad | Toby Gad, Greg Wells (additional), Michael Corcoran (additional vocal) | 3:02 |
6. | "You're the Reason" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | Michael Corcoran, CJ Abraham, Dan Schneider | Backhouse Mike, the Super Chris, Greg Wells (additional) | 2:53 |
7. | "Give It Up" | Victorious cast featuring Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande | Michael Corcoran, CJ Abraham, Dan Schneider | Backhouse Mike, the Super Chris | 2:45 |
8. | "I Want You Back" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | The Corporation | Raphael Saadiq, DK (additional) | 2:59 |
9. | "Song 2 You" | Victorious cast featuring Leon Thomas III and Victoria Justice | Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Leon Thomas III | Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz, Backhouse Mike (additional) | 3:38 |
10. | "Tell Me That You Love Me" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice and Leon Thomas III | Michael Corcoran, CJ Abraham, Dan Schneider | Greg Wells, Backhouse Mike, the Super Chris | 2:41 |
11. | "Finally Falling" | Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | Michael Corcoran, CJ Abraham, Dan Schneider, Drake Bell | Backhouse Mike, the Super Chris | 2:50 |
12. | "Leave It All to Shine" | iCarly and Victorious casts featuring Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice | Lukasz Gottwald, Michael Corcoran, Dan Schneider | Backhouse Mike, Dr. Luke | 2:12 |
Deluxe edition | |||||
13. | "Broken Glass" | Victorious cast featuring Matt Bennett | Dan Schneider | Backhouse Mike | 2:25 |
Personnel[]
Album[]
- Fusako Chubachi – Art direction/design
- Doug Cohn – Executive in charge of music for Nickelodeon
- Maria Egan – A&R
- Dan Schneider – Executive producer
- Jermi Thomas – A&R coordination
- Aaron Warkov – Photography
Tracks[]
- CJ "The Super Chris" Abraham – Background vocals (2, 6, 11), engineer (2), keyboards (6–7, 11), producer (2, 6–7, 10–11), programmer (2), writer (2, 6–7, 10–11)
- Rob Bacon – Guitar (8)
- Drake Bell – Writer (11)
- Matt Bennett – Acoustic guitar (13), background vocals (8, 11–12), harmonica (13), lead vocals (13)
- Charles Brungardt – Recording engineer (8)
- Calvin – Bass (8)
- Carl Lemar Carter – Drums (8)
- Dena Chutnik – Background vocals (7)
- Michael "Backhouse Mike" Corcoran – Additional music (13), additional producer (9), additional vocal producer (5), all instruments (6–7, 11–13), background vocals (2, 6, 11–12), drums (1), engineer (2, 6–7, 10–13), guitar (2), keyboards (1), mixing engineer (13), piano (10), producer (2, 6–7, 10–13), programmer (1–2), recording engineer (9), writer (1–2, 6–7, 10–12)
- The Corporation – Writers (8)
- Miranda Cosgrove – Lead vocals (12)
- DK – Additional producer (8)
- Toby Gad – Bass (5), guitar (5), keyboards (5), producer (5), programmer (5), recording engineer (5), writer (5)
- Brian Gardner – Mastering engineer (1–12)
- Serban Ghenea – Mixing engineer (1, 4)
- Elizabeth Gillies – Background vocals (5, 8, 11–12), lead vocals (7)
- Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald – All instruments (12), drums (1), guitars (1), keyboards (1), producer (1, 12), programmer (1), writer (1, 12)
- Ariana Grande – Background vocals (5, 8, 12), lead vocals (7)
- Allan "Kool Kojak" Grigg – All instruments (3), producer (3), programmer (3), writer (3)
- John Hanes – Engineer (1, 4)
- Nick Hexum – Background vocals (2), writer (2)
- Zack Hexum – Background vocals (2), writer (2)
- Avan Jogia – Background vocals (8, 11–12)
- Victoria Justice – Background vocals (9); lead vocals (1–6, 8, 10–12), writer (3)
- Brian Kierulf – All instruments (9), engineer (9), instruments programmer (9), producer (9), recording engineer (9), writer (9)
- Savan Kotecha – Writer (3–4)
- Nathan Kress – Background vocals (12)
- Kristian Lundin – Producer (4), recording engineer (4)
- Jennette McCurdy – Background vocals (12)
- Mighty Mike McGarity – Engineer (3)
- Daniella Monet – Background vocals (8, 12)
- Noah Munck – Background vocals (12)
- Tim Roberts – Assistant engineer (1, 4)
- Lindy Robbins – Writer (5)
- Raphael Saadiq – Producer (8)
- Dan Schneider – Writer (1–2, 6–7, 10–13)
- Josh Schwartz – Producer (9), writer (9)
- Shellback – All instruments (4), producer (4), programmer (4), recording engineer (4), writer (4)
- Leon Thomas III – Additional guitar (9), background vocals (5, 8, 10, 12), lead vocals (9), writer (9)
- Jerry Trainor – Background vocals (12)
- Niki Watkins – Background vocals (1–2, 6, 11)
- Greg Wells – Additional producer (2, 5–6), bass (10), drums (10), guitar (10), Hammond organ (10), keyboards (5), mixing engineer (2–3, 5–12), producer (10), programmer (5)
- Emily Wright – Recording engineer (1), vocal editing (1)
Additional thanks[]
- Victoria Justice: Serene Justice-Reed, Mark Reed, sister Madison Reed, Zack Justice, Dana Justice, Vincent Covello, Jonathan Shank, Tamara Ogden, Madison Guest, Nikki Wheeler, Rob Prinz, Mitchell Gossett, Theresa Peters, Shannon Barr, RB, Barry Tyerman, Sony Music, Columbia Records, Nickelodeon, Dan Schneider, Victorious cast, all of the writers, producers, and collaborators on this soundtrack, and friends, family, and fans for their support
- Dan Schneider: Robin Weiner and Lisa Lillien
- Sony Music: Rob Stringer, Steve Barnett, Ashley Newton, Maria Egan, Chris Poppe, Jermi Thomas, Fran DeFeo, Christian Schraga, Jennifer Mozenter, John Conway, Kelsey Degnan, and Fusako Chubachi
- Nickelodeon: Charles Albanese, Justin Antony, Leigh Anne Brodsky, Kristen Buckley-White, Omar Camacho, Marjorie Cohn, Pete Danielsen, Jodi Davis, Alison Dexter, Kevin Elfman, Matt Evans, Keiren Fisher, Russell Hicks, Jennifer Jankowski, Paula Kaplan, Tracy Katsky, Pam Kaufman, Sarah Kirshbaum-Levy, Bill Lee, Susana Martinez, Dan Martinsen, Anne Mullen, Elizabeth Murray, Marianne Romano, Jay Schmalholz, Frank Tanki, Marcus Wagner, Maggie Wang, Margy Yuspa, and Cyma Zarghami
Trivia[]
- Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show is the only record with music from Victorious considered as a full-length album. Subsequent releases, Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show and Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show, are only considered extended plays.
- It's the second longest album in Victoria Justice's career to date, after The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, although she performs more songs on it.
- "Freak the Freak Out" is the longest song and "Leave It All to Shine" is the shortest.
- In order of who from the cast of Victorious sings the most of the 13 songs:
- Justice performs every song except "Give It Up" and "Broken Glass".
- Elizabeth Gillies and Leon Thomas III each perform five songs, though Gillies is credited only for "Give It Up", and Thomas for "Song 2 You" and "Tell Me That You Love Me". Both do background vocals on "All I Want Is Everything", "I Want You Back", and "Leave It All to Shine", and Gillies also provides additional vocals on "Finally Falling".
- Matt Bennett and Ariana Grande each perform four songs, though they are credited as performers only for "Broken Glass" and "Give It Up", respectively. They both also sing on "I Want You Back" and "Leave It All to Shine". Bennett additionally sings on "Finally Falling" and Grande on "All I Want Is Everything".
- Avan Jogia isn't credited as a performer on any of the songs, though he sings background vocals on three songs: "I Want You Back", "Finally Falling", and "Leave It All to Shine".
- Daniella Monet is also not credited as a featured artist for any song, though two songs, "I Want You Back" and "Leave It All to Shine", feature her vocals.
- In addition to the Victorious cast, 11 other people also provided vocals on the songs, including the five actors from iCarly.
- It's the only record with music from Victorious to credit someone (Miranda Cosgrove) outside the cast of the series as a performer on any of the songs.
- These 13 songs aren't the only ones performed in the first two seasons of Victorious; for some reason the others were not included in this album.
- "Favorite Food", although released on TheSlap and performed on the show alongside "Song 2 You", was not included on any soundtrack album.
- Thomas and Justice's duet from the second season, "365 Days", wasn't released on this soundtrack album. The reason was probably because they performed it in the episode "Jade Gets Crushed" which premiered on October 8, 2011, more than two months after the release of the album. The track was unreleased until it was included on the deluxe version of Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show, though only performed by Thomas.
- Officially released as a single on music platforms, "It's Not Christmas Without You" was performed in the episode "A Christmas Tori", one of the last episodes of the second season (although it was filmed as the first episode of the third season), so it probably didn't appear on this album, because it was released before it appeared on the series, like "365 Days". However, it wasn't included on any other soundtrack album, possibly due to being a Christmas song.
- The album apparently peaked at number three on the iTunes chart.[62]
- Cast members were asked several times for their favorite song from the album or the show in general.
- In an interview with Tiger Beat, they were asked which song is their favorite to sing in the shower. Grande answered "Broken Glass", Bennett answered "All I Want Is Everything" and "Give It Up", Thomas answered "You're the Reason", Monet answered "You're the Reason" and "Best Friend's Brother", and Justice answered "Best Friend's Brother".
- Justice also mentioned in interviews with Teen Vogue and Seventeen that "Best Friend's Brother" is her favorite song from the album, although in the former she suggested it might be "Freak the Freak Out" as well.[63][64] She also named "All I Want Is Everything" one of her favorites.[65]
- Dan Schneider also named "Best Friend's Brother" as one of his two favorite songs from Victorious, though the other is unknown.[66]
- In a video for NickRewind, Thomas mentioned "Song 2 You" is one of his favorite songs from the series.
Videos[]
References[]
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- ↑ https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-176603
- ↑ https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Victorious+Cast+feat.+Victoria+Justice&titel=Victorious+-+Music+From+The+Hit+TV+Show&cat=a
- ↑ http://swisscharts.com/album/Soundtrack/Victorious-176603
- ↑ https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/original-tv-soundtrack-victorious
- ↑ https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/15497-3410-2
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100325120035/https://danwarp.blogspot.com/2010/03/make-it-shine-victorious-leaked.html
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110326081114/https://www.victoriajustice.net/home
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 https://www.billboard.com/artist/victoria-justice/chart-history/hbu/
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 https://www.billboard.com/artist/victoria-justice/chart-history/hsi/
- ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=VICTORIOUS+CAST+FEAT.+VICTORIA+JUSTICE&ti=FREAK+THE+FREAK+OUT&lab=COLUMBIA&format=Album&date_option=certification&from=2011-06-13&award=G&type=ST
- ↑ https://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110312cluk.txt
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210531063800/https://www.billboard.com/music/victoria-justice/chart-history/KDT
- ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/leave-it-all-to-shine-feat-miranda-cosgrove-victoria/440703750
- ↑ https://www.idolator.com/6099921/victoria-justice-youre-the-reason-acoustic-version-cover-art
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100509094700/https://www.theslap.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101002100253/https://www.theslap.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101201070621/https://www.theslap.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110118094009/https://www.theslap.com/tunes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100524083740/https://www.nick.com/videos/clip/victorious-finally-falling-music-video-tagless.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110905010213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRW5XDzPu-c
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2011-08-20/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101129011140/https://www.teen.com/victoria-justice-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-freak-the-freak-out/
- ↑ https://www.justjaredjr.com/2011/03/10/victoria-justice-to-perform-begging-on-your-knees-at-kcas/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/leonthomas/status/231016162169876481
- ↑ https://www.paramount.com/press/nickelodeon-launches-victorious-product-line-exclusively-at-walmart
- ↑ https://twitter.com/leonthomas/status/98790716028891137
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Victorious/status/113258083937038337
- ↑ https://www.idolator.com/6032011/victorious-flash-mob-behind-the-scenes
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Victorious/status/117704900116348928
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110131113640/https://victoriajustice.crowdsurf.net/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111010183827/https://www.j-14.com/2011/10/j-14-win-it-photo-shoot-with-victoria-justice.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AvanJogia/status/100587304283934721
- ↑ https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/interviews/a15924/victoria-justice-soundtrack-interview/
- ↑ https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/victoria-justice-interview
- ↑ https://twitter.com/VictoriaJustice/status/97455062158278656
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111008014917/https://danwarp.blogspot.com/2011/04/amazing-video-for-iparty-with.html