By Susan Visakowitz
The wholesome 15-year-old singer apologized on Sunday for
posing for sexually provocative pictures for Vanity Fair, and
has taken a drubbing in the media. Everything had been going so
well: She has three albums on the Billboard 200, a box office
hit with a recent concert film, a sold-out 2007 tour, as well
as a hugely popular television show.
The first measure of Cyrus' album sales since the story
broke won't be available until May 7, but Nielsen BuzzMetrics,
which measures blog traffic, shows a 150% spike in discussion
about Cyrus' album "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both
Worlds Concert" between April 27 and April 29.
That album was perched at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 last
week. She also has two other albums on the chart: "Hannah
Montana 2" (No. 34) and "Hannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance
Party" (No. 141).
To date, the singer and star of the Disney Channel series
"Hannah Montana" has sold nearly 7 million records in the
United States between her two personas, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
Other teen musicians touched by scandals in the recent past
were not enjoying Cyrus' level of all-around success when their
stories broke.
But, a year into its life-cycle, sales declines were to be
expected for "V," and it's not clear whether Hudgens' photos
had much, if any, effect on its trajectory. Moreover, Hudgens'
overall individual success to that point was much smaller in
scale than Cyrus' is now. "V" has sold a total of 570,000 units
to date.
Lindsay Lohan also initially rose to fame via Disney, in
her case via films like "The Parent Trap." She added singer to
her resume in 2004 when she released her first album, "Speak,"
but when drugs- and alcohol-related headlines arose in 2007,
Lohan, like Hudgens, was not currently active on the charts.
Reuters/Billboard
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