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Headstrong is the debut album by Ashley Tisdale star from High School Musical and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The album features the hits "Be Good to Me" (featuring David Jassy) and He Said She Said with 2 new singles "Not Like That" and "Suddenly". The album was released on February 6, 2007 in the United States via Warner Bros Records. Tisdale promoted the album during her Headstrong Tour Across America and then promoted on the High School Musical Tour. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 with 64,000 copies sold in its first week.^[1] The album, thus far, has yielded three commercial singles: "Be Good to Me", "He Said She Said" and "Suddenly". "Headstrong" was used as a promotional single to promote her tour in United States and "Not Like That" was released as the album's fourth single in some parts of Europe.

Ashley started the recording process in early 2006 in US, at the recording studios of Los Angeles, California entirely. She worked with important producers and songwriters J. R. Rotem, Kara Dioguardi, Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic), Evan Bogart, Bryan Todd, amongst others. She recorded cover songs by artist Tata Young (Zoom Zoom), Sandy Molling (Goin' Crazy (Originally title "Eyes on You") and Sarah Hudson (Unlove You). Tisdale was gliding to realize the album at the end of 2006 but for the recordings of her series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and promotions of High School Musical the album was postponed for the firsts months of 2007, it was finally released February 6. Her first single was "He Said She Said" it leaked first in the High School Musical: The Concert on December 10, 2006 but for conflict because of the lyric of the song, the song was backward and "Be Good To Me" was released on December 25, 2006 acting as the first single.

On February 6, 2007 the album debuted at number 5 in the Billboard 200, Canada and number 14 in the United World Chart albums for 68,000 copies in the first week. Then the album went down in the lists for the scanty promotion on behalf of Ashley since there were rolling the second part of High School Musical called High School Musical 2. On September 17, 2007 He Said She Said was re-released, the song turned radial success and with his music video it also managed to increase the sales of the album in United States, Latin America and Europe. On November 13, 2007 she released her first DVD called There's Something About Ashley and started her first tour "Headstrong Tour Across America" to promote the disc. On January 25, 2008 Not Like That was released as her third general single and second single in Germany after He Said She Said. Also it was realised in other Europa's countries.

The album was #6 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Choice. The Album debuted at #17 on the U.L. LP Chart and entered the top 10 at number 6, ten weeks later and peaked at #1 on October 28, 2007, beating out "High School Musical 2" and "Blackout" by Britney Spears, it has sold 1 million. ^[2] Although Tisdale's singles from Headstrong hited to chart in the UK, the album reached number 155 on the UK Albums Chart in December 2007, only digital downloads.

"So Much for You" along with "Suddenly" is currently being released and promoted on Brazil.

Ashley will re-release her debut album "Headstrong" with 5 new songs and a bonus DVD in May 28 as a Deluxe Edition. Also the tracks are confirmed: "It's Life", "Who I Am", "I Will Be Me", and "Last Christmas."

The bonus DVD will incluide the four music videos, the "Headstrong Tour" full concert, the live performances in the High School Musical The Concert and a exclusive interview with Ashley about her life and next album. ^[3]

Headstrong was met with generally positive reviews, receiving a 3/5 on the website All Music Guide.^[4] Headstrong's sound is much more mature than the soundtrack's teen pop-meets-musicals vibe, incorporating heavy hip-hop beats, dancehall's call-and-response, Middle Eastern elements, and other mid-2000s pop music trends into the Disney pop sound. "Positivity"'s syncopated beats and old-school synths make it one of the best examples of this approach, and one of the best songs on the album. Gwen Stefani's hip-pop is another major influence, especially on "Headstrong" itself, which mixes and matches slinky verses with cheerleadery, "Hollaback Girl" choruses. At times, Headstrong's songs reflect that Tisdale is a little older than some of her Radio Disney peers, but at other times that fact is ignored: "He Said She Said" features a hard-hitting beat and backing vocals that sound like Kidz Bop; "Not Like That" has Tisdale singing, "I'm the kind of chick that hits spots/In my flip-flops/Listenin' to hip-hop." A few straightforwardly catchy tracks make up for missteps like the mopey ballad "Unlove You" and "Suddenly", which seems to be about Tisdale discovering her own stardom. "Goin' Crazy" sounds a lot like Britney Spears's "Drive Me Crazy", and "Over It" is a pretty typical angry breakup song, but they both deliver some much-needed hooks. Headstrong isn't as winning as either High School Musical or Hannah Montana, which is a little surprising considering the high-profile songwriters and producers involved (Diane Warren, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Nicolas Molinder, Joacim Persson, and Guy Roche, to name a few). However, it's fine for anyone who just wants to hear more of Ashley Tisdale's -- and not Sharpay Evans' -- singing.^[5]

At October 2007 Oye! Awards (Premios Oye! in Spanish) released in Mexico nominated the album in the category International Breakthrough Artist of 2007 for the debut album Headstrong

The album was #6 on "Album of The Year" by Billboard Readers' Magazine Choice.

This is the first studio album for which Tisdale did not do any promotion prior to its release with the exception of her performance at the different television shows how on ABC's Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly and TRL. However, Warner Bros. Records posted the commercial for the album, which was in rotation on television and on its official YouTube page. On October 2007, Tisdale started her first tour called Headstrong Tour Across America for different malls of the United States and then promoted on the High School Musical Tour for US, Canada and Latin America.

1. "Intro" (Jack D. Elliot) — 1:04
2. "So Much for You" (Adam Longlands, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards) — 3:05
3. "He Said She Said" (Jonathan Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Ryan "Alias" Tedder) — 3:08
4. "Be Good to Me" (Kara DioGuardi, David Jassy, Joacim Persson, Niclas Molinder) — 3:33
5. "Not Like That" (Joacim Persson, Niclas Molinder, Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Ashley Tisdale) — 3:01
6. "Unlove You" * (Guy Roche, Shelly Peiken, Sarah Hudson) — 3:29
7. "Positivity" (Guy Roche, Shelly Peiken, Samantha Jade) — 3:44
8. "Love Me for Me" (Diane Warren) — 3:45
9. "Goin' Crazy" * (Joacim Persson, Niclas Molinder, Pelle Ankarberg, Celetia Martin) — 3:09
10. "Over It" (Ashley Tisdale, Bryan Todd, Michael "Smidi" Smith) — 2:54
11. "Don't Touch (The Zoom Song)" * (Adam Anders, Nikki Hassman, Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Rene Tromborg) — 3:11
12. "We'll Be Together" (Shelly Peiken) — 4:00
13. "Headstrong" (Adam Longlands, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwuards) — 3:11
14. "Suddenly" (Janice Robinson, Ashley Tisdale) — 3:39

Notes: The star (*) means the song was covered by Tisdale.

"It's Life", "Who I Am", "I Will Be Me", and 17. "I Will Be Me" — 3:14

Main article: There's Something About Ashley

The There's Something About Ashley: A Music Video Trilogy trailer premiered on Tisdale's YouTube channel September 12, 2007. The video states that the DVD will be released November 13, 2007. The 3 music videos ("He Said She Said", "Not Like That" and "Suddenly") are blend into a mini movie by a storyline that progresses through each song. The DVD was included in the Headstrong Holiday Edition pack, along with a bracelet that Ashley had designed.

Ashley Tisdale promoted the DVD with an American tour and various public appearances.

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Headstrong debuted at no. 5 on the Billboard 200 with over 64,000 copies sold in it's first week. The following week it dropped down, selling about 27,000 copies. Headstrong quickly fell off the charts, but later re-entered the Billboard 200 once Ashley Tisdale began to promote the single "He Said She Said." To date the album has sold over 420,000 copies in the U.S. In March 2008 Headstrong incresed in sales in Japan and Chile.

¹ Album has so far charted in the UK at number 155, being in the full data sales (Top 200) charts. To be officially charted in the albums chart, the album needs to be chart in the Top 75.

• Vocals – Ashley Tisdale
• Background vocals – Ashley Tisdale, Jack D. Elliot, Keely Pressly , The Matrix , Kara DioGuardi , David Jassy , Victoria Sandstorm , Tahnii Marquis , Windy Wagner , Bryan Todd , Tata Young ,Marissa Pontecorvo and Lanae` Hale
• Keyboards - Rasmus Billie Bähncke
• Bass – Adam Anders
• Guitar - Adam Anders, Emanuel Kiriakou and Joacim Persson

• The Official Website of Ashley Tisdale
• The Official Music Site of Ashley Tisdale
• The Official Music MySpace of Ashley Tisdale
• Ashley Tisdale Network - AshleyT.net - Ashley Tisdale Fan Site