V (Vanessa Hudgens album)

V
Studio album by Vanessa Hudgens
Released	September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26) (see release history)
Recorded	June 1–August 31, 2006;[1] Emerald City Studios, Maratone Studios, Dreamlab Studios, Glenwood Studios, Jungle Room Studios, Lalaland Studios[2]
Genre	Pop, dance pop,[3] teen pop, R&B
Length	38:28[4]
Label	Hollywood
Producer	Matthew Gerrard, Brian Reeves, Antonina Armato, Kent Larsson, David Norland, Leah Haywood, Tim James, Daniel James, Jay Jay (11), Wizard of Oz[disambiguation needed ], Arnthor Birgisson, A J Junior, Kent Larrson, Johnny Veira[5]
Vanessa Hudgens chronology
V (2006) Identified (2008)
Alternative cover
V Deluxe edition/Japan & Malaysia re-issue cover
Singles from V
"Come Back to Me" Released: August 25, 2006 "Say OK" Released: March 27, 2007
Digital singles from V
"Let's Dance" Released: September 25, 2007

V is the debut studio album by American pop singer Vanessa Hudgens, first released on September 26, 2006, via Hollywood Records. V had sold 570,000 copies in the U.S. as of August 2009 and one million copies worldwide.^[6] Hudgens supported the album with the The Party's Just Begun Tour and High School Musical: The Concert.

Writing and development

Hudgens stated the title of the album stands for Vanessa, but also for variety, because the album is a mix of genres and styles.^[7]

Critical reception

Upon its release, V received generally mixed reviews from most music critics. Mentioned in Identified review,^[8] Heather Phares praised the album "was her first step toward a less overtly Disney-affiliated career: released by the studio's Hollywood label, it used Christina Aguilera's soulful pop as a template; even if its songs were a bit faceless, they had surprisingly sophisticated production values." She noted that Hudgens "sings about love, dancing, and hanging with her girls" and repeated again in Identified, "the production outclasses the songs and the singing".

The album was nominated as #7 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice.^[9]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[10]
Common Sense Media	[11]
MSN Music	[3]
Rhapsody Music	(favorable)[12]

Chart performance

V debuted on the Billboard 200 in early October 2006 at number twenty-four on the chart, with 34,000 copies sold that week.^[13] On February 2, 2007, the album was certified gold for shipments to retailers of 500,000 copies.^[14]

Singles

• "Come Back to Me" was released as V's lead single on August 25, 2006. It peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Hudgens's highest charting single.^[15] Internationally, the track was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 12 in France^[15] and peaking at top 40 in Australia as well as peaking at number 6 in New Zealand.^[16] The song received generally positive reviews from critics.^[17] The accompanying music video featured Hudgens dancing and socializing with her friends, including her sister, Stella Hudgens, and Alexa Nikolas.

• "Say OK" was released as the album's second single from album. It was made available to the iTunes Store on January 12, 2007 and had an impact on U.S. radio two months later, in March of that year. The track was comparatively less commercially successful than the album's previous single, peaking at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[18] There are two versions of music video, the first version takes place on the High School Musical: The Concert Tour in Seattle, Washington. While the second officially released version, featured Zac Efron, had gathered nearly 90 million views on YouTube.

Promotional singles

• "Let's Dance" was released as a promotional single from the album only in the United States. The song was released digitally on September 25, 2007.^[19] The live version of the song recorded during the High School Musical tour was used for promotion. The song was also used on Dancing with the Stars on U.S. network ABC. A music video was released, showing Vanessa performing in Chile during a tour of High School Musical. The song failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100.

Promotion

There were different editions issued, each containing thirteen or fourteen tracks with varying bonus tracks. A twelve-track version was then released internationally on November 28, 2006. The CD was then released on January 17, 2007 in Japan (sixteen tracks) and on March 17, 2007 in Australia (twelve tracks). She had covered "Whatever Will Be" which was originally by Tammin.

The album was re-released again in a limited Deluxe edition format, released only in Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan.^[20] The song "Let's Dance" was included in a Wii game, called We Cheer 2.^[21]

Hudgens promoted the album when opening for The Cheetah Girls during their The Party's Just Begun Tour. She also promoted her album on the High School Musical: The Concert tour.^[22] Hudgens performed "Come Back to Me", "Say OK" and "Let's Dance" in the concert.

Track listing

{{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 38:28 | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Come Back to Me | writer1 = Antonina Armato, Tim James, Peter Beckett, J.C. Crowley | extra1 = Armato, James | length1 = 2:47 | title2 = Let Go | writer2 = A. Bojanic, E. Hooper, I. Levan | extra2 = Wizards of Oz | length2 = 2:48 | title3 = Say OK | writer3 = Arnthor Birgisson, Savan Kotecha | extra3 = Arnthor | length3 = 3:41 | title4 = Never Underestimate a Girl | writer4 = Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil | extra4 = Gerrard | length4 = 3:01 | title5 = Let's Dance | writer5 = Gerrard, Jonas Jeberg, Bridget Benenate | extra5 = Gerrard, Jay Jay | length5 = 2:52 | title6 = Drive | writer6 = Leah Haywood, David Norland | extra6 = Norland, Daniel James, Hayhood | length6 = 3:25 | title7 = Afraid | writer7 = James, Haywood, Bradley Spalter | extra7 = James, Haywood | length7 = 3:17 | title8 = Promise | writer8 = James, Haywood, [[Shelly Pe

| extra8 = James, Haywood | length8 = 3:16 | title9 = Whatever Will Be | writer9 = Kotecha, Carl Falk, Jake Shultze | extra9 = Kent Larsson, AJ Junior | length9 = 3:47 | title10 = Rather Be with You | writer10 = Bojanic, Hooper | extra10 = Wizards of Oz | length10 = 3:33 | title11 = Psychic | writer11 = Johnny Vieira | extra11 = Vieira | length11 = 3:01 | title12 = Lose Your Love | writer12 = Vieira | extra12 = Vieira | length12 = 3:01 |}}

Wal-Mart exclusive bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Too Emotional"	Armato, James, Scappa	Armato, James	2:50
14.	"Drip Drop"	Alex Cantrall	Cantrall	3:38

Sample credits

• "Come Back to Me" contains a sample from "Baby Come Back" as performed by Player.

Deluxe edition

CD[23]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Too Emotional"	Armato, James, Scappa	Armato, James	2:50
14.	"Drip Drop"	Cantrall	Cantrall	3:38
15.	"Don't Talk"	Armato, James, Scappa	Armato, James	2:37
16.	"Make You Mine"	Gerrard, Kara DioGuardi	Gerrard	3:42
17.	"Come Back to Me" (Chris Cox Remix Radio Mix)	Armato, James	Armato, James, Beckett, Crowley	4:23
18.	"Come Back to Me" (Chris Cox Remix Club Mix)	Armato, James	Armato, James, Beckett, Crowley	9:26
Total length:				65:04

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come Back to Me" (Music video)	2:49
2.	"Say OK" (Music video)	3:39
3.	"Come Back to Me" (Music video; live version)	2:56
4.	"Say OK" (Music video; live version)	3:28
5.	"Vanessa Hudgens Interview"	3:08
Total length:		16:00

Personnel^[24]

• Vanessa Hudgens – vocals
• Vanessa Hudgens, Ulrika Lundkvist, Bridget Benenate, Char Licera, Anna Nordell, Jeanette Olsson, Keely Pressly, Dionyza Sutton, Leah Haywood – background vocals
• Jack Daley – bass
• Bradley Polan, Jay Jay – drums
• Tyrone Johnson, Scott Jacoby, Daniel James,^{[disambiguation needed ]} Tim Pierce, Matthew Gerrard, Darren Elliott – guitar
• Matthew Gerrard, Leah Haywood – keyboards
• Mattias Bylund – piano
• Irene Bylund – viola
• Martin Bylund – violin

Production personnel

• Jon Lind, Mio Vukovic, Johnny Vieira – executive producer
• Antonina Armato, Tim James, Wizard of Oz, Arnthor, Matthew Gerrard, Jay Jay, David Norland, Leah Haywood, Daniel James, Kent Larsson, AJ Junior, Johnny Vieira – executive producer
• Leah Haywood, Daniel James (In Tracks: 11, 12) – additional production
• David Norland, Leah Haywood, Daniel James – vocal arrangement
• Nigel Lundemo, Brian Reeves, Wizard of Oz, Jake Davies, Ben Eggehorn – engineers
• Jon Lind, Mio Vukovic – A&R
• Andrew McPherson – photography
• Enny Joo – art direction & design

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2006–07)[25] Peak position French Albums Chart 59 Irish Albums Chart 27 New Zealand Albums Chart 35 US Billboard 200 26

Certifications Country Certification Sales Argentina Platinum[26] 8,000 United States Gold[27] 570,000[28]

Release history

Region	Date	Label
United States	September 26, 2006	Hollywood
Brazil	October 30, 2006	Universal Music
Italy	December 1, 2006	EMI
United Kingdom	December 4, 2006	Angel
Germany[29]	February 9, 2007	EMI
United States (Bonus DVD)[30]	June 10, 2008	Hollywood

References

1. ^ Vanessa Hudgens at Allmusic
2. ^ Vanessa Hudgens's V Digital Booklet
3. ^ ^{a b} V at MSN Music
4. ^ Amazon.com V: Vanessa Hudgens
5. ^ V - Vanessa Hudgens
6. ^ Visakowitz, Susan (April 30, 2008). "Interest In Cyrus' Music Continues Amid Photo Scandal". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). http://www.billboard.com/news/interest-in-cyrus-music-continues-amid-photo-1003796872.story#/news/interest-in-cyrus-music-continues-amid-photo-1003796872.story. Retrieved 2008-07-24. 
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11. ^ V at Common Sense Media
12. ^ V at Rhapsody Music
13. ^ Hasty, Katie (October 4, 2006). "Ludacris Scores Third No. 1 With 'Release Therapy'". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003219507. Retrieved 2008-07-24. 
14. ^ V RIAA Certification (February 2, 2007) Retrieved November 3, 2008.
15. ^ ^{a b} "Come back to me", in various singles charts, on Acharts.com
16. ^ "Come back to me", in various singles charts, on Lescharts.com
17. ^ "Amazon.com Review". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H5V8UY. 
18. ^ Say OK - Vanessa Hudgens
19. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lets-dance-live-single/id264313077
20. ^ amazon.jp. "V Deluxe Edition". Amazon. http://mora.jp/package/80307944/AVCW-13089/. 
21. ^ "Namco Bandai Games Announces Full Roster of Songs for We Cheer 2". http://wii.ign.com/articles/997/997016p1.html. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 
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24. ^ V: Credits
25. ^ Vanessa Hudgens - V - Music Charts
26. ^ "V performance". CAPIF Certifications. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Vanessa+Hudgens&album=V&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=P&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. Retrieved 2008-10-16. 
27. ^ "Gold & Platinum - June 04, 2010". RIAA. 2007-02-27. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=vanessa%20hudgens&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-06-05. 
28. ^ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums (2007-09-02). "Interest In Cyrus' Music Continues Amid Photo Scandal". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/news/interest-in-cyrus-music-continues-amid-photo-1003796872.story#/news/interest-in-cyrus-music-continues-amid-photo-1003796872.story. Retrieved 2010-06-05. 
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30. ^ "V Bonus DVD". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1392191.