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 album was released on June 5, 2012 by Nickelodeon Records, in association with Columbia.
The EP is a pop record and peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200. Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show was supported by two singles. "Take a Hint", the EP's first single, peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The second single "Make It in America" charted at number one on the US Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart.
Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show is primarily a pop record.[1] The EP opens with "Make It in America", an upbeat pop and pop rock track.[2][3] Lyrically, the song is about Justice desiring to achieve fame in the music industry.[2][4] "Take a Hint" is a pop and electropop track with Justice and Elizabeth Gillies on vocals.[5][6][7] The song's lyrics are about having the right to consent and standing up against unwanted advances.[4][5]
The next track, "Shut Up and Dance," features Justice on lead vocals, while "5 Fingaz to the Face" includes a group performance by Justice and the Victorious cast.[1][2][8] "Countdown" is an upbeat pop track that features Justice and Leon Thomas III on vocals.[1][9] The EP closes with a cover version of Simple Minds 1985 number one single "Don't You (Forget About Me)".[1] The iTunes version of the EP concludes with "I Think You're Swell" that features Matt Bennett on vocals.[10][11]
"Countdown" was released as a promotional single on February 18, 2012.[12] "Take a Hint" was released as the lead single from the EP on March 3, 2012.[13][14][15] It peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[16] The song was certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 1,000,000 certified units.[17] It was also certified silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 200,000 certified units.[18]
"Make It in America" was released as the second single on May 15, 2012.[19] It was later released as a single in Australia by Sony Music to radio airplay on November 1, 2012, and digital download on November 9 of that year.[20] A music video for the song was released in May 2012.[21][22][23] The video features Justice and the Victorious cast driving through Los Angeles in a convertible.[2][21] Justice promoted the song by performing it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2012.[24] The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart.[25]
The staff of Kidzworld gave Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show three stars out of five.[11] Heather Phares, writing for AllMusic, gave the EP three and a half stars out of five, opining that Justice's "commanding vocals are the main attraction here". She stated the songs in the EP were "upbeat but not too slick".[1]
Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show debuted and peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[26] It also peaked at number two on the US Soundtrack Albums chart and number one on the US Kid Albums chart.[27][28] Outside the United States, the EP charted at number 44 on the UK Compilation Albums chart in the United Kingdom.[29]
All tracks are performed by Victorious cast, with featured artists noted.
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