Austin & Ally is a Disney Channel soundtrack from the hit TV series, Austin & Ally. The album features songs from the show's first season performed by Ross Lynch with two bonus tracks performed by the band R5. It was released digitally and physically by Walt Disney Records on September 11, 2012.
Background and release
During a commercial for the single "Heard It on the Radio", Ross Lynch announced that a soundtrack for the show was on its way. The track list was revealed on July 20, 2012.
[2] On August 6, 2012, the soundtrack cover was revealed by the magazine BOP and Tiger Beat. On the week of September 3, 2012, Radio Disney Planet Premiered songs from the album. Candice and Ross 'took over' the radio station every night at 8PM ET for one hour until September 7, 2012.[3]
Charts and chart performance
The soundtrack peaked at #27 on the Billboard200. It also debuted at #1 on the iTunes Soundtrack chart and remained there for four weeks.
"A Billion Hits" is the debut single by Ross Lynch. It is the first single off of the album. The song was written and produced by Mitch Allan and Jason Evigan. It was released on April 2, 2012.[5] The song was composed by the songwriters Mitch Allan and Jason Evigan. On April 2, the song was officially released to iTunes. The video premiered on Disney Channel during Jessie, on July 13, 2012.
"Heard It on the Radio" is a song performed by Ross Lynch. It is the second single off of the album. The song was written and produced by Jeannie Lurie. It was released on July 13, 2012.[11] The song was composed by the songwriter and producer Jeannie Lurie. On July 13, the song was officially released to iTunes.
Music video
The video premiered on the Disney Channel during Jessie, on July 13, 2012. The music video can be found on YouTube on the channel DisneyChannelVEVO.
