BTR (album)

Occupation

• Vocals: Logan Henderson, James Maslow, Carlos Pena, Kendall Schmidt, Jordin Sparks
• Rap: Cymphonique, New Boyz, Snoop Dogg

B.T.R. or BTR is the debut album by the American band Big Time Rush.

Backgrounds and appearance

The recordings on the album began in 2009 with creation of the Single Big Time Rush. The album was not only the first studio album by the band, but also the soundtrack to her eponymous series. On 1 September 2010, the track list of the album was released on the Internet. The result was a discussion that two of the most popular songs from the series, namely Any Kind Of Guy and Famous, which is a cover version of the original Swedish girl group Play, were not in the title list. The song Boyfriend was found in the list of titles also, but only the album version because Boyfriend was later turned into a single, made it in the editions published later. In the list of titles you also saw that the song Count On You Big Time Rush sings along with the American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, was also available. The album was named BTR, which is an acronym for the band name Big Time Rush, which was often used in the series. In the U.S., the album was released as a U.S. Edition on 11 October 2010 on the only the first eleven tracks were heard. This U.S. edition was released in Germany on 17 December 2010 as a download only. This edition of the album did not make it in the German album charts. The published 15 April 2011 Germany edition made ​​it into the German charts. On this edition of Germany were five bonus tracks, including Any Kind Of Guy and Famous. On iTunes, there were even six more bonus tracks, as stucco was as track # 17 still exists. In the edition were, inter alia, two other versions of the song Boyfriend heard. The Germany Edition, you could buy in stores. In the USA, Germany edition was published under the name International Fan Edition, this edition also managed in the U.S. charts. In the UK, published on 11 July 2011, the UK edition with six bonus tracks were also present, but not the same as on the Germany edition.

Commercial success

The album B.T.R. was a total of ten different states in the charts and was ranked number three in the U.S. album charts. It sold 700,000 copies worldwide, including more than 500,000 sales in the United States. For the many sales on 31 March 2011 it was given a gold record in the U.S., which was the first award for music sales for Big Time Rush at the same time. In Mexico, the album sold over 50,000 copies and got this the second gold record on 30 September 2011. In Germany, the album has sold over 40,000 copies and debuted at number sixteen of the German album charts.

Reception

The album got various reviews. On one side was not much criticized, and the album was described as a "very impressive debut album". On the other hand some were criticized. Since the band Big Time Rush was taken from a series, said FemaleFirst.co.uk " Fans of the show will love the album, but this has little relation to the substance." " Although the album is not amazing, they carry the tunes well before " the page FemaleFirst.co.uk on BTR. On iTunes got album of the users an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Title list

Cover

The cover of the album shows the four friends as they bend down and run together. The logo of the band is on the cover as well as the series logo.

Charts

Album

The album could not prevail only in the national album charts, but also managed in two other U.S. album charts, namely the top soundtrack chart and the children's album charts. In both charts was B.T.R. Square one.

Singles

Before the release of the album managed only two of the seven previously released singles in the U.S. charts, namely Halfway There and Big Night. Following the publication of yet appeared the single Boyfriend, but it was not on the U.S. edition. The single made ​​it into the charts of four different states. Ultimately, the song Worldwide was still published in Germany and Austria as a single and made ​​it to number 81 in the German charts. So the album contained a total of four singles with official singles chart placement.

• 2009: Big Time Rush
• 2010: Any Kind Of Guy
• 2010: Famous
• 2010: City Is Ours
• 2010: Til ' I Forget About You