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Big Time Rush (also known as BTR) is a Bravo Otto Winning boy band, formed by Nickelodeon in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members James Maslow, Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson.BTR is the debut studio album by pop boyband Big Time Rush. Released on October 11, 2010, the track listing for the album was announced on September 1, 2010. The album was preceded by the release of several promotional singles, including their self titled debut single, Big Time Rush. Other promotional songs include "Any Kind of Guy", "City Is Ours", and "Halfway There", which char
Big Time Rush (also known as BTR) is a Bravo Otto Winning boy band, formed by Nickelodeon in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members James Maslow, Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson.BTR is the debut studio album by pop boyband Big Time Rush. Released on October 11, 2010, the track listing for the album was announced on September 1, 2010. The album was preceded by the release of several promotional singles, including their self titled debut single, Big Time Rush. Other promotional songs include "Any Kind of Guy", "City Is Ours", and "Halfway There", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US. On September 21, the band released yet another promotional single, titled "Til I Forget About You". It was the last song to precede the album's release of October 11, 2010. "Boyfriend", which features vocals from rapper Snoop Dogg, was the first official single from the album and has become the band's biggest hit to date, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as reaching the Top 40 of the Pop Songs music chart in the US. Despite not being released as a single, the song "Big Night" also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, where it also reached a peak of seventy-nine.
The album itself was also met with commercial success. In its first week of release in the US, BTR sold over 66,600 copies, landing it at the number three position on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Along with its mainstream success, it also topped the Top Soundtracks, and Kid Albums chart in the US. The album has also managed to gain recognition in Mexico, as well as the Dutch Albums Chart, where it peaked at nine, and Forty-three respectively. As of 2012, Big Time Rush has sold over 3.5 million Albums worldwide, and received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Elevate is the second studio album by American boyband Big Time Rush. It was released on November 21, 2011 by Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. The band worked with accomplished songwriters and producers for the album. These include those that assisted with the material from their debut album, such as Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins, Nicholas RAS Furlong, Damon Sharpe, Eric Sanicola and Lucas Secon, along with other notable songwriters and producers, such as JR Rotem, Christopher Stewart, The-Dream, Jay Sean, and Ryan Tedder. The production process of the album took place between nine months to a year, most of which was during their touring process.
The album acts as the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush, which features songs that appeared in the series’ second season and the upcoming television movie, Big Time Movie. Following the success of their first release, the band was inspired to be more involved in the writing process for this album, writing together or separately a total of eight songs. Elevate is mainly a pop and dance album, which incorporates elements of several musical genres such as electropop, urban pop, synthpop and rock. The first single from Elevate, "Music Sounds Better with U", was released on November 1, 2011. The single was a Top 25 hit on the US Billboard Pop Songs chart.
The group is currently writing and recording new songs for their third album, which will be featured in the third season of their show. Their latest single, Windows Down, is expected to be released on June 25, 2012. The music video was filmed in Maui, Hawaii and was released on June 22, three days before the single's iTunes release.
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