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Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show
EP by
Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice
ReleasedJune 5, 2012
GenrePop
Length18:22
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) 		Victorious 3.0: Even More Music from the Hit TV Show
(2012)
Singles from Victorious 2.0
  1. "Take a Hint"
    Released: March 3, 2012
  2. "Make It in America"
    Released: May 15, 2012

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.

Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show is a pop record and peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200. Two singles were released for the extended play. "Take a Hint", the extended play'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.

Release

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In March 2012, Victorious actress Victoria Justice announced during an interview with On Air with Ryan Seacrest that more music for the show was in development.[1] In May 2012, entertainment website Celebuzz exclusively revealed the extended play's cover art, title, and a scheduled release date for June 2012.[2] Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show was officially released for digital download and streaming on June 5, 2012 by Nickelodeon Records, in association with Columbia.[3][4] The extended play was subsequently released digitally and physically in Australia on November 9, 2012 by Sony Music.[5]

Music and composition

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The extended play features Justice (pictured in 2007) on vocals.

Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show is primarily a pop record.[6] The extended play opens with "Make It in America", an upbeat pop and pop rock track.[7][8] Lyrically, the song is about Justice's to achieve fame in the music industry.[7][9] "Take a Hint" is a pop and electropop track with Justice and Elizabeth Gillies on vocals.[10][11][12] The song's lyrics are about having the right to consent and standing up against unwanted advances.[9][10]

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.[6][7][13][14] "Countdown" is an upbeat pop track that features Justice and Leon Thomas III on vocals.[6][15] The extended play closes with a cover version of Simple Minds's 1985 single "Don't You (Forget About Me)" featuring Justice on vocals.[6][16] The iTunes version of the extended play concludes with "I Think You're Swell" that features Matt Bennett on vocals.[17][18]

Promotion

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In June 2012, Justice announced her debut concert tour, the Make It in America Tour, would be starting later that year. The tour spanned 17 dates across the United States.[19][20][21] In November 2012, Justice traveled to Australia for a press and promotional tour in support of the extended play.[5]

Singles

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"Countdown" was released as a promotional single on February 18, 2012.[22][23] The song peaked at number ten on the US Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart.[24][25] "Take a Hint" was released as the lead single from the extended play on March 3, 2012.[26][27][28] It peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[29] 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.[30] It was also certified silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 200,000 certified units.[31]

"Make It in America" was released as the second single on May 15, 2012.[32] 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.[5] A music video for the song was released in May 2012.[33][34][35] The video features Justice and the Victorious cast driving through Los Angeles in a convertible.[7][33] Justice promoted the song by performing it live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2012.[19] The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart.[36]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Kidzworld[18]

The staff of Kidzworld gave Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show three stars out of five.[18] Heather Phares, writing for AllMusic, gave the extended play three and a half stars out of five, opining that Justice's "commanding vocals are the main attraction here".[6] She stated the songs in the extended play were "upbeat but not too slick".[6] Ashely Rose from Cambio described the tracks on Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show as "awesome summertime jams", mentioning that they "totally can't wait" to "check out the new songs".[4]

Commercial performance

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Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show debuted and peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 17,000 copies sold.[37][38] It also peaked at number 18 on the US Top Current Album Sales,[39] number two on the US Soundtrack Albums chart,[40] and number one on the US Kid Albums chart.[41] Outside of the United States, the extended play charted at number 44 on the UK Compilation Albums chart and number 16 on the UK Soundtrack Albums chart in the United Kingdom.[42][43]

Track listing

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All tracks are performed by Victorious cast, with featured artists noted.

Standard edition[44]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Make It in America" (featuring Victoria Justice)
Johnson3:20
2."Take a Hint" (featuring Victoria Justice and Elizabeth Gillies)
Michael2:34
3."Shut Up and Dance" (featuring Victoria Justice)
2:56
4."5 Fingaz to the Face" (featuring Victoria Justice)
  • Corcoran
  • Goldman
  • Schneider
  • Backhouse Mike
  • Goldman
1:58
5."Countdown" (featuring Leon Thomas III and Victoria Justice)
Kool Kojak3:27
6."Don't You (Forget About Me)" (featuring Victoria Justice)
  • Backhouse Mike
  • Goldman
4:07
Total length:18:22
iTunes Store[17][18]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
7."I Think You're Swell" (featuring Matt Bennett)Matt BennettB. Charles3:35
Total length:21:57

Charts

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Release history

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Release dates and formats for Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various June 5, 2012
Columbia [17]
Australia November 9, 2012 Digital download Sony [5]

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