Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show

Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show
Soundtrack album by
Victorious cast and Victoria Justice
ReleasedAugust 2, 2011
Recorded2009–2010
Studio
  • The Backhouse (Los Angeles)
  • Blakeslee Recording (North Hollywood)
  • CMK Island (Los Angeles)
  • The DoJo (West New York)
  • Kite Music (Studio City)
  • Maratone (Stockholm)
  • Westlake (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length36:52
Label
Producer
Victorious cast and Victoria Justice chronology
Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show
(2011) 		Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show
(2012)
Singles from Victorious
  1. "Freak the Freak Out"
    Released: November 22, 2010
  2. "Beggin' on Your Knees"
    Released: April 1, 2011
  3. "Best Friend's Brother"
    Released: May 20, 2011
  4. "You're the Reason"
    Released: December 3, 2011[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk72%[3]
AllMusic[1]

Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show is the debut soundtrack for the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious. The majority of the album was sung by the lead actress of the television series, Victoria Justice, with the Victorious cast being listed beside her. Some of the other singers on the album include Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies, Miranda Cosgrove, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett, Daniella Monet and Avan Jogia. The majority of the album was written by Michael Corcoran, Dan Schneider, Savan Kotecha, Kool Kojak and CJ Abraham with Victoria Justice involved in the composition of "Best Friend's Brother" and Leon Thomas III on "Song 2 You".

The album was released August 2, 2011 by Nickelodeon Records, in association with Columbia.[4][5] All of the songs on this soundtrack appear on previously aired episodes of the first two seasons of Victorious. In the United States, the soundtrack debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number five with 41,000 copies sold.[6] It also peaked at number one on the Kid Albums and Soundtracks charts.

The lead single from the album, "Freak the Freak Out", was released on November 22, 2010, and was the soundtrack's most successful single released, peaking on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart at number 50. Other singles from the album include "Beggin' on Your Knees" (released April 1, 2011), "Best Friend's Brother" (released May 20, 2011) and "You're the Reason" (released December 3, 2011).

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ ""You're the Reason" by Victoria Justice". iTunes. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  3. ^ DeAndrea, Joe (August 2, 2011). "Victorious Cast feat. Victoria Justice - Victorious - Album Review - AbsolutePunk.net". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Victorious (2011). "Victorious Cast feat. Victoria Justice - Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show - Amazon.com Music". amazon.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
  5. ^ ""Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show" by Victoria Justice and Victorious cast". iTunes. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  6. ^ Caulfield, Keith (August 10, 2011). "Adele's '21' Scores 12th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 — Most Since 2000 – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. The soundtrack to the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious debuts at No. 5 (41,000) while the various-artists R&B compilation Slow Grind jumps in at No. 9 with 32,000.