Big Time Rush is an American pop music boy band formed in 2009.

The group is composed of Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Carlos PenaVega.

The group starred as a fictional version of themselves in Nickelodeon's television series of the same name, Big Time Rush.

The pilot episode featured the group's first promotional single, "Big Time Rush".

The band went on hiatus in 2014, which lasted until 2021 when the group resumed live performances and released the single "Call It Like I See It".

[9] Big Time Rush also covered the Play song "Famous", which was released on June 29, 2010.

[17] The band performed the song at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, as well as earning a nomination for Favourite Music Group at the event.

award in Mexico for Best International English Song of the Year, but lost to Rihanna's single "Diamonds".

[17] In April 2011, the group embarked on their first headlining tour, Big Time Rush in Concert in support of the debut album.

[29] On July 22, 2011, the group released a promotional single, "If I Ruled the World" featuring Iyaz, in anticipation of their second studio album, Elevate.

[38] In late February, Big Time Rush announced a national summer tour starting July 5 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH.

[43] In 2012 Nickelodeon renewed the Big Time Rush series for a 13-episode fourth season; production started in early 2013.

The album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and marked the lowest first week sales for the quartet, selling 35,000 copies.

[50] In 2013, after the end of the run of the Big Time Rush television series, the group members continued touring[51] until March 2014 and later put the band on hiatus, and went on to pursue solo careers.

[53] James Maslow competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2014 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2018, while Carlos PenaVega voiced the character of Bobby Santiago on Nickelodeon's animated series The Loud House.

[2] Henderson took some time away from performing before launching a solo career, releasing his debut single "Sleepwalker" in 2017.

[56] In December 2020, member James Maslow uploaded a video of the band performing their song "Beautiful Christmas" via YouTube.

[61] The group continued releasing non-album singles in 2022 including "Fall", "Honey" and "Dale Pa'Ya" (featuring Maffio), before announcing that two EPs and an album were in the works.

In a review of their first studio album, BTR, Jessica Dawson from Common Sense Media wrote: "Big Time Rush is a standout, not only because of their boyish charm and good looks, but because their music is a cool blend of synth-pop, hip-hop, and boy-band harmonies.

They follow the recent success of fellow Brits [the Wanted] and Nickelodeon's cross-market creation [Big Time Rush].

'[72] Melinda Newman from The Washington Post stated, "In the grand tradition of boy bands, these acts share certain traits with their similarly manufactured pop ancestors: Members of the Wanted and Big Time Rush auditioned for their parts at a casting call.

"[71] In Parade's 2012 poll, Big Time Rush was voted the "Best Boy Band in the World", topping both One Direction and the Wanted.

An interview and photo set highlighting the group's win that coincided with the honor was featured in the same issue.