Mitchel Musso (album)

Musso worked with Sam Hollander, Dave Katz, Bryan Todd, Justin Gray, Curt Schneider, Matthew Wilder, and other producers and songwriters to produce the album in both Los Angeles and New York. Musso himself also contributed co-writing on two songs of the album's thirteen tracks.[3] Mitchel sings solo on all of the tracks except two titled "Us Against the World" and "Shout It". The two are a duet featuring singer Katelyn Tarver[4] and Musso's brother Mason Musso[5] respectively. Musso stated: "But actually my favorite song off my album is a duet, "Us Against the World" and it's my favorite song. I feel like it's got the most uh, it's kind of a dark vibe but at the same time it's a really upbeat like uh, I would say a happy song. And I think the girls voice, her name's Katelyn Tarver, so it was awesome getting her on the track."[5] "Let's Make This Last 4Ever" was featured on an episode of Hannah Montana and is also a track on the Hannah Montana 3 soundtrack. "Hey" was used as the theme song to Unhitched.

The album was released on June 2, 2009.[2] The physical CD includes a fold-out poster of Musso. They also include an exclusive stream of "Let's Make This Last 4Ever", which will be available once the album is purchased.[4]

Musso promoted the album by setting out on a summer tour with over 54 scheduled dates across the United States and Canada. The band KSM opened for him on a select number of dates.[6][7] Musso also performed as the opening act for his older brother's band Metro Station on 9 dates between July 23 and August 14, 2009. Honor Society also opened for some of his shows.[5][6] Musso promoted the album by performing three songs off the album at the Wango Tango music festival in Los Angeles on May 9, 2009.[8]

Katlyn:The Soundtrack debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 and US Top Soundtracks chart with 126,000 units sold in its first week, becoming the biggest debut for a TV soundtrack in the year. It ended up in the 61st position on Billboard's list of top-selling albums of 2008 and charted for 46 weeks. The soundtrack was certified Gold in July 2008 and Platinum in March 2009 selling over 1 million units in the country. It also debuted at number nineteen on the Canadian Albums and received a Gold certification in the same year. The soundtrack charted outside of the United States in Australia, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom.

"Hey" was released as lead single from the album.[9] Musso filmed a music video for the song and the video premiered on Disney Channel on May 15, 2009. The song debuted at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Shout It" was announced as a single by Musso in his official Twitter page. The music video for the song, which features scenes from his tour, was released on September 29, 2009, on iTunes.

Other songs

"The in Crowd" was released as a promotional single on December 5, 2008.[10] A music video was launched on Disney Channel in early March.[3]

In its first week of release the album sold 20,000 units, which put it at #19 on the Billboard 200.[11] As of August 2009, the album has sold over 100,000 copies in the U.S.

The album was released in the UK on August 24 and in Spain released on August 25.[13] Residents in the UK could listen to full tracks from the album until August 31 on Disney My Page.[14]

• Official Website
• Mitchel Musso at Walt Disney Records