In 2006, Hudgens signed a record deal with Hollywood Records. Her debut solo studio album, V, was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States. The album reached number twenty-four on the Billboard 200, selling 34,000 copies in its first week.[2] In February 2007, the album was certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies to U.S. retailers.[3] The album has sold 570,000 copies in the United States as of April 2008 and was certified Platinum in Argentina for sales of 8,000 copies.[4][5] Hudgens' second solo studio album, Identified, was released on July 1, 2008 in North America and reached number twenty-three on the Billboard 200, selling 22,000 copies in its first week in the US.[6]
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
^Peak chart positions for soundtracks in Australia:
For High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year: "Search for: High School Musical". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
For Grease Live!: Ryan, Gavin (February 13, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Molly Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
For High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year: "Einfache Suche: High School Musical". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
For High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year: "Recherche pour: High School Musical". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
For High School Musical 2: "History - FIMI"(Set "Titolo" on "Ricerca per". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "High School Musical 2 (O.S.T.)"). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
For High School Musical 3: Senior Year: "History - FIMI"(Set "Titolo" on "Ricerca per". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "High School Musical 3: Senior Year (O.S.T.)"). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^Peak chart positions for soundtracks in New Zealand:
For High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year: "Search for: High School Musical". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^Peak chart positions for soundtracks in Switzerland:
For High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year: "Search for: High School Musical". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^Peak chart positions for soundtracks in the United Kingdom:
For High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year: Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Various Artists (Compilations)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
For "Breaking Free", "We're All in This Together", "What Time Is It?", "Everyday" and "Now or Never": "High School Musical discography". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
For "We're All in This Together" and "Now or Never": "History - FIMI"(Set "Artista/Band" on "Ricerca per". Then, in the "Artista/Band" field, search "High School Musical Cast"). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
For "What Time Is It?" and "Everyday": "History - FIMI"(Set "Artista/Band" on "Ricerca per". Then, in the "Artista/Band" field, search "The Cast of High School Music"). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
For "Start of Something New", "When There Was Me and You", "Say OK", "What Time Is It?", "Work This Out", "You Are the Music in Me", "Gotta Go My Own Way", "Everyday" and "All for One": "Chart Log UK – Chart Coverage and Record Sales 2007". UK Singles Chart. zobbel.de. Retrieved 22 October 2018.