The first single, ' Music Sounds Better with U', written by the band and Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic, premiered via Cambio, on October 21, 2011. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. Though the album had a lower peak position than their previous debut, Elevate sold far more copies its first week respectively than the previous album did. Elevate was released on November 21, 2011, and debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week. The group continued to tour across the US in the summer of 2011. On July 22, 2011, the group released a promotional single, 'If I Ruled the World' featuring Iyaz, in anticipation of their second studio album, Elevate. The group announced they would be recording their second studio album, just after Nickelodeon renewed the series for a third season. 2011–2012: Elevate Big Time Rush performs at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO on February 2, 2012. In April 2011, the group embarked on their first headlining tour, Big Time Rush in Concert in support of the debut album. The album's third single, ' Worldwide' was released on July 23, 2011, and peaked at number 81 in Germany. The song was nominated for a Premios Oye! award in Mexico for Best International English Song of the Year, but lost to Rihanna's single ' Diamonds'. 'Boyfriend' won the award for Favourite Song at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards Argentina. Big Time Rush was nominated for MTV's Favorite Breakthrough Band in 2011. The band performed the song at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, as well as earning a nomination for Favourite Music Group at the event. The song was certified platinum by the RIAA. It also peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart and charted very well in multiple international countries. 'Boyfriend' peaked at number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their most successful song to date.

The song was later released to mainstream US radio on February 15. On February 8, 2011, ' Boyfriend' was released as the band's second official single from the album. On November 30, 2010, they released the Holiday EP, Holiday Bundle, with two songs: 'Beautiful Christmas' and the cover of ' All I Want for Christmas', originally performed by Mariah Carey. In support of the album, the group toured across the US in 2010. The album was later certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 1,000,000 copies in the US. Its track, 'Big Night' debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79. The album also topped the US Billboard Kid Albums and Soundtrack Albums chart. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 67,000 copies in its first week of release. The album, titled BTR, was released on October 11, 2010. On September 21, 2010, Big Time Rush released the lead single, ' Til I Forget About You', to promote the release of their debut album. On August 3, 2010, 'City Is Ours' was released digitally as the fourth promotional single from the album. Big Time Rush also covered a Play song titled ' Famous', and was released via iTunes on June 29, 2010. The single became their first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 93. Another song, 'Halfway There', was released to iTunes on April 27, 2010. The first promotional single, 'Any Kind of Guy' was released digitally on February 2, 2010. The series also saw the releases of promotional singles. It debuted during a one-hour special preview of the series and was the show's opening theme. in November 2009, until it was eventually released worldwide. Officially announced by Nickelodeon, the series was first broadcast in the U.S. For the series, their debut single, 'Big Time Rush', was released on November 20, 2009.

Then, Nickelodeon partnered with Columbia/Epic Label Group to produce the show and include the original music to the show. Nickelodeon signed Big Time Rush to a record deal in 2009 simultaneously with the television series, Big Time Rush. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2014 that lasted until 2021 when the group resumed live performances and released the single 'Call It Like I See It'. The group has released four studio albums: BTR in 2010, Elevate in 2011, 24/Seven in 2013, and Another Life in 2023. The pilot episode featured the group's first promotional single, 'Big Time Rush'. The show ran from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013. The group starred in Nickelodeon's television series of the same name, Big Time Rush. They initially signed with Nick Records in 2009 and then transferred to Columbia Records. The group is composed of Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Carlos PenaVega. Big Time Rush is an American pop music boy band formed in 2009.

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