Pokémon 2.B.A. Master
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| Pokémon 2.B.A. Master Music From The Hit TV Series | |
 CD cover art featuring a Poké Ball | |
| Release date | June 29, 1999 |
|---|---|
| By | 4Kids Entertainment and KOCH Records |
| Catalogue number | KOC-MC-8901 KOC-CD-8901 |
| Number of tracks | 13 |
Pokémon 2.B.A. Master is a soundtrack album featuring various English Pokémon songs, both from and inspired by Pokémon the Series: The Beginning. It was released on CD and audio cassette on June 29, 1999 by 4Kids Entertainment and KOCH Records.
The CD version included the full video of the first Pokérap, playable on Windows and Macintosh computers.
The album had numerous international releases in countries where 4Kids distributed Pokémon the Series, including French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.
The album is available on Spotify in Spanish.
Tracklist
| No. | Track Title | Artist | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pokémon Theme | Jason Paige | 3:18 |
| 2 | 2.B.A. Master | Russell Velázquez | 4:04 |
| 3 | Viridian City | Jason Paige and Andre Betts | 3:29 |
| 4 | What Kind of Pokémon Are You? | Joshua Tyler | 3:41 |
| 5 | My Best Friends | Ray Greene | 3:29 |
| 6 | Everything Changes | Sheila Brody | 4:40 |
| 7 | The Time Has Come (Pikachu's Goodbye) | Marti Lebow | 3:05 |
| 8 | Pokémon (Dance Mix) | Vicki Sue Robinson | 3:53 |
| 9 | Double Trouble (Team Rocket) | Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Maddie Blaustein, and Ted Lewis | 3:53 |
| 10 | Together Forever | J. P. Hartmann | 3:55 |
| 11 | Misty's Song | Yvette Laboy | 4:43 |
| 12 | PokéRAP | James "D Train" Williams and Babi Floyd | 3:03 |
| 13 | You Can Do It (If You Really Try) | John Loeffler | 3:09 |
Chart performance
| Country | Chart | Year | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Australian Albums Chart | 1999 | 20 |
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New Zealand Albums Chart | 1999 | 50 |
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US Billboard 200 | 1999 | 90 |
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US Billboard Kid Albums | 1999 | 1 |
Sales and certifications
| Country | Chart | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
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RIAA | Gold | 500,000^ |
| ^shipments figures based on certification alone | |||
Gallery
 Canadian French cover artwork |
 German cover artwork |
 European Portuguese cover artwork |
 Latin American Spanish cover artwork |
 Brazilian Portuguese cover artwork |
 English audio cassette cover artwork |
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Trivia
- The lyrics booklet misspells Poké Ball as "Pokéball".
- Three books of sheet music were released of the music from this album. There are two for piano - Pokémon 2.B.A. Master and Pokémon Five-Finger Piano, and one for recorder, Pokémon 2.B.A. Master: Recorder Fun!.
- In France, a special edition version of this album was released which included a second disc containing the additional track "La Chanson D'Ondine" and four versions of the song "Pokédance".
- On the iTunes release, the album was named Pokémon: 2.B.A. Master (Music from the TV series).
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
 Czech
|
Pokémon - Chyťte je všechny! Pokémon, Catch them all! | |
 Danish
|
Pokémon | |
| French |  Canada
|
Pokémon: Le plus grand maître Pokémon Pokémon: The greatest Pokémon master |
 Europe
|
Pokémon - Bande originale de la série TV Pokémon - Original Music from the TV Series | |
 German
|
Pokémon - Schnapp' sie dir alle Pokémon - Gotta catch'em all | |
 Greek
|
Pokémon - Μουσική από την τηλεοπτική σειρά Pokémon - Music From The Television Show | |
 Hungarian
|
Pokémon - A népszerű TV-sorozat zenéje Pokémon - Music From The Popular TV Series | |
 Italian
|
Pokémon: Le Canzoni Autentiche Della Serie TV Pokémon: The Authentic Songs From The TV Series | |
 Norwegian
|
Pokémon - Du må fange dem alle! Pokémon - You must catch them all! | |
 Polish
|
Pokémon, Złap je wszystkie! Pokémon, Catch all of Them! | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
|
Pokémon: Para Ser Um Mestre Pokémon: To Be A Master |
 Portugal
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Pokémon - Vamos Apanhá-los! Pokémon - Let's Catch Them! | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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Pokémon: ¡Para Ser Un Maestro! Pokémon: To be a Master! |
 Spain
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Pokémon: ¿Eres capaz de aprenderte el PokéRap? Pokémon: Are you capable of learning the PokéRap? | |
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This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician. |
