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Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show is the second extended play with music from the American Nickelodeon television series Victorious, performed by actress and singer Victoria Justice. It was released on October 30, 2012 by Nickelodeon and Columbia Records. It was a follow-up to Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show, released on May 30, 2012, and the final record with music for the series.

Background and release[]

The third season of Victorious, a sitcom starring Victoria Justice as protagonist Tori Vega and in which characters perform songs in various episodes, officially premiered on January 28, 2012. In an interview for On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Justice revealed she was working on a new soundtrack for the show.[1] Seven songs performed at that point in the season were included on the soundtrack extended play titled Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show, released on May 30. The record reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, while also appearing on the charts in the United Kingdom. It included songs such as "Make It in America" and "Take a Hint", which topped the Kid Digital Song Sales chart.

Although Victorious continued to gain popularity, even being nominated for Emmy Awards, Justice told for the first time to M magazine there won't not be a fourth season.[2] However, Nickelodeon decided to split the already filmed third season into two separate seasons. This resulted in the third season officially ending on June 30, with the remaining episodes airing as the fourth season starting on September 22.

The new record, titled Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show, was announced via a press release by Columbia Records on October 16, with a release date of November 6. The standard version was made available for pre-order as a digital download on iTunes.[3] However, it became available earlier on October 30 on TheSlap, which served as the official website for the series.[4] A deluxe version was released on compact disc exclusively at Walmart.[3] Like its predecessor, this record is only considered an extended play (unlike Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show, the first soundtrack for the show, which is considered a full-length album).

Content[]

The extended play was released in two editions. The standard edition was released digitally and contains five songs that are a selection from those performed in the fourth season of Victorious. The deluxe version, referred to as the "Wal-Mart 'ZinePak Edition", includes two additional songs – "Cheer Me Up" sung by Victoria Justice and "365 Days" sung by Leon Thomas III, which are from the third and second seasons of the series, respectively, and weren't included on any of the previous records. Released only on compact disc exclusively at Walmart, this version also comes with a 48-page magazine with material for fans of the series, such as behind-the-scenes images and cast Q&A.[3] This is the only record whose standard and deluxe versions aren't released both digitally and physically.

The cover is in a different style than its predecessors, as it doesn't depict members of the series' main cast posing for the camera together. There is a large photo of Justice in the center of the cover. On the sides of the cover are two columns with smaller photos of the rest of the cast members: on the left is a column with photos of Thomas, Elizabeth Gillies, and Matt Bennett, and on the right is a column with photos of Ariana Grande, Avan Jogia, and Daniella Monet. Noticeably, Grande and Jogia have the same clothes as on the cover of Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show, except that Grande is wearing a backpack and Jogia is also wearing a jacket.

Like the previous records, this EP is credited as being performed entirely by the Victorious cast and Justice. Justice is credited as the featured artist of every song, except "You Don't Know Me" performed by Gillies and "365 Days" performed by Thomas. Grande is credited as a co-featured performer of "L.A. Boyz", a duet with Justice.

Writing and recording[]

Of the extended play's seven total songs, six are original; the only exception is a cover of "Cheer Me Up", originally released by British singer Natasha Bedingfield in 2008. The period of work on this EP is unknown and difficult to determine since one song was performed in the second season, one song was performed in the third season, and five songs were performed in the fourth season. As an example of this, "Bad Boys", which was the last song performed in the fourth season and the entire series, may have been recorded already on July 11, 2011, even before the release of Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show, based on Justice's tweet from the studio with Chris DeStefano and since it's their only known song.[5]

Victoria Justice and Leon Thomas III each co-wrote a song for the third time in a row. Thomas wrote "365 Days" on July 31, 2010, which may also make it the oldest song since it was the one used in the second season.[6] Justice contributed to "Faster Than Boyz", perhaps between February 12 and March 12, 2012.[7][8] This time Elizabeth Gillies also contributed writing one of the songs. The song written by her is "You Don't Know Me", which may have been created between January 2 and July 28, 2012.[9][10]

Commercial performance[]

Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show achieved moderate success, although the weakest of all the Victorious records. In the United States, it sold 3,000 copies in its first week (down 14,000 copies compared to the previous EP and 38,000 copies compared to the first soundtrack album).[11] This resulted in it debuting at number 159 on the Billboard 200 (where it spent only a week), number 131 on the Top Current Album Sales chart (where it also spent only a week), number six on the Kid Albums chart (where it spent a total of 10 weeks), and number 10 on the Top Soundtracks chart (where it spent a total of six weeks). This is the only soundtrack that failed to appear on the charts in other countries.

Weekly chart positions
Chart Week of Week number Position
Billboard 200 November 24, 2012[12] 1 159
Top Current Album Sales November 24, 2012[13] 131
Kid Albums November 24, 2012[14] 6
December 1, 2012[15] 2 21
January 5, 2013[16] 3 24
January 12, 2013[17] 4 10
January 19, 2013[18] 5 11
January 26, 2013[19] 6 12
February 2, 2013[20] 7 24
February 9, 2013[21] 8 13
February 16, 2013[22] 9 12
February 23, 2013[23] 10 22
Soundtracks November 24, 2012[24] 1 10
December 1, 2012[25] 2 23
December 15, 2012[26] 3 25
December 22, 2012[27] 4
January 12, 2013[28] 5 21
January 19, 2013[29] 6 25

Promotion[]

Songs[]

The extended play wasn't supported by any singles. The only song that came out before EP was released was "L.A. Boyz", available immediately with the record's pre-order on iTunes on October 16, making it technically a promotional single.[30] The only duet on the EP, the song is performed by Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande. The music video, which premiered two days later, consists of the song's performance in an episode of the series and its production.[3] Following the record's release, similar music videos were also released for "Here's 2 Us" (performed by Justice), "You Don't Know Me" (performed by Elizabeth Gillies), and "Faster Than Boyz" (performed by Justice).[31][32]

Tours[]

Victoria Justice visited Australia in early November 2012 for a press and promo tour. She promoted and sold her merchandise, including those related to Victorious, co-hosted a fashion show, participated in Q&A, and appeared at autograph signing events.[33] Between June and August 2013, Justice was scheduled to go on tour, named the Here's 2 Us Tour, after one of the songs from the extended play. It was to consist of 31 concerts in the United States.[34] Her solo tour, however, was later canceled due to the Summer Break Tour, a joint tour with the boy band and fellow Nickelodeon stars Big Time Rush. During the tour, concerts took place in 38 different US cities. Some were performed by both Big Time Rush and Justice, some by the group themselves, and some by the singer herself; As a result, Justice performed a total of 35 concerts.[35] Their support included Livvia and Jackson Guthy.[36][37]

Track listing[]

No. Title Performers Writers Producer(s) Length
Digital edition
1. "Here's 2 Us" Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice Emanuel Kiriakou, Evan Bogart, Lindy Robbins, Michelle Branch Emanuel Kiriakou, Andrew Goldstein 3:21
2. "L.A. Boyz" Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande Lindy Robbins, Allan P. Grigg, Dan Schneider, Michael Corcoran Kool Kojak 2:59
3. "Bad Boys" Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice Jordan Reynolds, Kara DioGuardi, Chris DeStefano Chris DeStefano 3:17
4. "You Don't Know Me" Victorious cast featuring Elizabeth Gillies Elizabeth Gillies, Jason Levine, Sam Bisbee Today Kid, Sy Rhys Kaye 2:53
5. "Faster Than Boyz" Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice Allan P. Grigg, Victoria Justice Kool Kojak 3:14
Compact disc edition
6. "Cheer Me Up" Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice Natasha Bedingfield, Toby Gad
7. "365 Days" Victorious cast featuring Leon Thomas III Allan Peter Grigg, Leon G. Thomas, Lindy Robbins

Credits[]

  • Natasha Bedingfield – Writer (6)
  • Sam Bisbee – Writer (4)
  • Eric Bisgyer – Assistant engineer (3–5)
  • Evan Bogart – Writer (1)
  • Michelle Branch – Writer (1)
  • Michael Corcoran – Engineer (2), programmer (2), writer (2)
  • Chris DeStefano – Background vocal (3), producer (3), recording engineer (3), writer (3)
  • Kara DioGuardi – Writer (3)
  • Toby Gad – Writer (6)
  • Elizabeth Gillies – Vocal (4), writer (4)
  • Andrew Goldstein – Guitar (1), keyboards (1), programmer (1), producer (1)
  • Ariana Grande – Vocal (2)
  • Allan Peter "Kool Kojak" Grigg – Engineer (2, 5), producer (2, 5), programmer (2, 5), writer (2, 5, 7)
  • Victoria Justice – Vocal (1–3, 5–6), writer (5)
  • Sy Rhys Kaye – Producer (4)
  • Emanuel Kiriakou – Guitar (1), keyboards (1), producer (1), programmer (1), writer (1)
  • Jens Koerkemeier – Engineer (1), keyboards (1), programmer (1)
  • Jason Levine – Writer (4)
  • Stephen Marcussen – Mastering engineer (1–5)
  • Matt Rad – Mixing engineer (2)
  • Jordan Reynolds – Writer (3)
  • Lindy Robbins – Writer (1–2, 7)
  • Dan Schneider – Writer (2)
  • Leon G. Thomas III – Vocal (7), writer (7)
  • Pat Thrall – Engineer (1), mixing engineer (1)
  • Today Kid – Engineer (4), producer (4), programmer (4)
  • Miles Walker – Mixing engineer (3–5)

Trivia[]

  • "You Don't Know Me" is the shortest song overall and "L.A. Boyz" is the longest song performed by Justice. The longest song is "Here's 2 Us".
  • In order of who from the main cast of Victorious sings the most of the seven songs:
    • Justice performs every track except "You Don't Know Me" and "365 Days".
    • Elizabeth Gillies, Ariana Grande, and Leon Thomas III perform one song each – "You Don't Know Me", "L.A. Boyz", and "365 Days", respectively.
    • Matt Bennett, Avan Jogia, and Daniella Monet don't perform any songs. In fact, their only "involvement" to this extended play is being on its cover since they're part of the main cast.
  • In addition to the Victorious cast, Chris DeStefano is the only person who also provides background vocals (on "Bad Boys").
  • This is the only record of music from Victorious that doesn't feature a track performed by the entire cast, as some of them don't sing any of the songs at all.
  • The EP consists mainly of solo songs, with the exception of "L.A. Boyz", a duet. Interestingly, however, "365 Days", "Here's 2 Us", and "Faster Than Boyz" were performed in the series as duets between Justice and Thomas, but on the released version, the first song is performed only by Thomas, and the next two only by Justice, for an unknown reason.
  • Thomas only performs one song, which is from the second season and only on the deluxe version, which seems unusual since his character, André Harris, is known as a talented musician.
  • As many as three songs have the word "Boys" in their titles – "L.A. Boyz", "Faster Than Boyz", and "Bad Boys". The first two songs have this word stylized as "Boyz".
  • On TheSlap, "Faster Than Boyz" was titled as "Faster Than the Boyz".[4]
  • For some unknown reason, Jordan Reynolds is credited as the writer for "Bad Boys" only on Spotify.[38]
  • Prior to its release, Justice described "Faster Than Boyz" as one of her favorites.[39]

References[]

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409143045/https://ryanseacrest.com/2012/03/30/victorious-star-victoria-justice-talks-about-new-music-going-on-tour-audio/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813032115/https://www.mmm-mag.com/2012/08/m-exclusive-victorious-will-not-be-returning-for-season-four.html
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/columbia-records-and-nickelodeon-announce-the-release-of-victorious-30-even-more-music-from-the-hit-tv-show-available-november-6-174402231.html
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20121030235802/https://www.theslap.com/
  5. https://twitter.com/VictoriaJustice/status/90188231794114560
  6. https://twitter.com/leonthomas/status/19950738211
  7. https://twitter.com/VictoriaJustice/status/168814826456489984
  8. https://twitter.com/VictoriaJustice/status/179005414329942016
  9. https://twitter.com/LizGillies/status/153856823496146944
  10. https://www.instagram.com/p/Nm2pwGNw0T/
  11. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2012/BB-2012-11-24.pdf
  12. https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2012-11-24/
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20220411160747/https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/tcl/
  14. https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2012-11-24/
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329102353/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2012-12-01
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180328172017/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-01-05
  17. https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-01-12/
  18. https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-01-19/
  19. https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-01-26/
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104428/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-02-02
  21. https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-02-09/
  22. https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-02-16/
  23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/kids-albums/2013-02-23
  24. https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2012-11-24/
  25. https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2012-12-01/
  26. https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2012-12-15/
  27. https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2012-12-22/
  28. https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2013-01-12/
  29. https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks/2013-01-19/
  30. https://twitter.com/DaniellaMonet/status/258313082575659009
  31. https://twitter.com/VictoriaJustice/status/272789264033521665
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20121206223008/https://www.theslap.com/clips/jade-s-music-video
  33. https://tvtonight.com.au/2012/10/victoria-justice-heading-down-under.html
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20130210090230/https://ryanseacrest.com/2013/01/29/draft-victoria-justice-announces-heres-2-us-summer-tour/
  35. https://web.archive.org/web/20130401032047/https://ryanseacrest.com/2013/03/29/big-time-rush/
  36. https://web.archive.org/web/20130329235943/https://www.clevvertv.com/
  37. https://web.archive.org/web/20130429091718/https://www.clevvertv.com/music-news/40540/jackson-guthy-joins-victoria-justice-and-big-time-rush-on-summer-break-tour.html
  38. https://open.spotify.com/album/2QSiC5LBtodAE8M5Fk02ja
  39. https://twitter.com/VictoriaJustice/status/244573000991666176
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