24/Seven is the third studio album by American boy band Big Time Rush. It was released June 11, 2013 by Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. Recording for the album began in 2012 and ended in early 2013, a portion of which took place during the Big Time Summer Tour. The album is preceded by the promotional single "Like Nobody's Around", which saw its premiere on VEVO during the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards. The song became available for digital download on April 30, 2013 when the album was released on iTunes for pre order. As with the previous two albums, the album acts as the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush, which features songs that appeared in the series' fourth season. Motivated from songwriting that took place on the previous album, Elevate, the group became heavily involved in the songwriting process for the album. Kendall Schmidt confirmed that the group had recorded 40–50 new songs for the album, the majority of which were written by Big Time Rush. Musically, the record marks the return of the traditional pop music that was featured on the band's first two albums. However, 24/seven features many more guitars as well as synthesizers, marking a departure from the electronic sound of the the previous album, Elevate. The band worked with several collaborators to produce the album including Matt Squire, The Supsex, Damon Sharpe and Eric Sanicola. Upon release in the United States, the album shot to number 2 on the albums sales charts within a few Minutes. According to the Billboard Website, 24/Seven has already sold over 45,000 copies in the US so far since its release an peaked at Number 1 on the pop Album charts. Prompting it for an initial Number 2 debut on the top 200 Albums chart. figures could double however over the next week, But Billboard will have the official Sales numbers on June 19th, 2013.