Girl Authority is the debut cover album by pop girl group Girl Authority. The album is a cover album of previous hit songs by other female solo singers and girl groups, with the exception of two songs, originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and ABBA. The album peaked at No. 167 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, No. 9 on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart (a chart that records sales of children's music albums)and No. 5 on their Top Heatseekers chart.
Track listing "Hollaback Girl" – 3:21 (Hugo, Stefani, Williams) (Gwen Stefani) "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – 2:58 (Schwartz) (Pat Benatar) "Material Girl" – 3:51 (Brown, Rans) (Madonna) "Pon de Replay" – 3:39 (Brooks, Nobles, Rogers, Sturken) "Beautiful" (Perry) "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" – 3:34 (Deere, Osborn) "Dancing Queen" – 3:36 (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) "Get the Party Started" – 3:11 (Perry) (Pink) "Shop Around" – 3:18 (Gordy, Robinson) "I Love Rock N' Roll" – 2:53 (Mamburg, Sachs) (Joan Jett) "Karma" – 4:16 - (Augello, Brothers, Cook, Smith) "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" – 3:35 (Hazard) (Cyndi Lauper) "Leave (Get Out)" – 4:03 (Cantrall, Kenneth, Schack, White) (Jojo) "Breakaway" (Benenate, Gerrard, Lavigne) "We Got the Beat" – 2:32 (Caffey) (The Go-Go's)
Critical response Marisa Brown of AllMusic called the album "too much too bear", criticizing "the fact that many of the songs are thematically inappropriate for kids" and "the semi-talented yet extremely puerile interpretations, with the intermittent giggling and nasally tag-team-like vocals".
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