Headstrong is the debut
studio album by American singer-songwriter
Ashley Tisdale, released on February 6, 2007, by
Warner Bros. Records. Tisdale began working on the project after the first installment of
High School Musical (2006), and after she had achieved the feat of being the first female artist to debut with two songs on the
Billboard Hot 100. The singer worked with a variety of established writers and producers on the album, including
Diane Warren,
J.R. Rotem,
Ryan Tedder,
Evan "Kidd" Bogart, and
Kara DioGuardi, among others. Commenting that the album garnered its title from her personality, Tisdale said she wanted to use her first album to formally introduce herself personally, and as not one of the characters she portrays.