

On September 21, 2010, Big Time Rush released a promotional single "Til' I Forget About You" to promote the release of their debut album. The single has become their first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 93 due to strong digital sales. Another song " Halfway There" was released to iTunes on April 27, 2010, after its premiere on the series. That song was released on iTunes on June 29, 2010.
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The series also saw the releases of other promotional singles including " City Is Ours," " Any Kind of Guy," and " Famous". It debuted during a one-hour special preview of the series and it is currently the show's opening theme. Their debut single " Big Time Rush" was released on November 29, 2009. According to Henderson, the term "rush" is "a play on a hockey term", explaining "It's whenever you go for the goal and you rush it's kind of like what we do with our group and then with the show it's kind of just go for it." Career 2009-2010: Beginnings and BTR īig Time Rush performing in Times Square, New York in 2010.īig Time Rush signed a record deal in 2009 simultaneously with the television series Big Time Rush. He described the decision to pick Schmidt as "unanimous." Following the first pilot, the title "Go Big Time" was pitched for the show, but on suggestion from PenaVega, Fellows took a liking to the name "Big Time Rush". Hansen was later replaced by Kendall Schmidt, whom Henderson had, coincidentally, previously met through "the friend group in LA" at a house party. In November 2008, the lineup of Hansen, Maslow, PenaVega, and Henderson filmed a series pilot in Los Angeles under the title Brand New Day. Tortorella was later replaced by Carlos PenaVega, and Curtis by Curt Hansen. Early names considered for the band were "One for All" and "The Boyband Project". Simon Curtis and Nico Tortorella participated in one or more of these screen tests. A total of four screen tests were held, with four different cast lineups. Logan Henderson also said he was selected "very early on," after creator Scott Fellows took interest in him after seeing his role in the Disney Channel pilot Life Bites.

A "nationwide" talent search was conducted, with the directors embarking on four national casting tours, visiting major cities "from LA to New York to Florida to Texas." According to James Maslow, he was the very first actor and singer to audition, and he followed the process throughout the entire two-year span. The casting for Big Time Rush spanned over two years. Scott Fellows, who had previously created the Nickelodeon live-action series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, pitched a series "with musical elements," that would be a co-production with Sony Music and feature original songs created for the show. In 2007, Nickelodeon formed an agreement with Sony Music to collaborate on future music and television projects.
