Hey guys!
Happy New Year's Eve! What are you guys doing??? I am gonna watch the Sing a long Bowl a thon on Disney Channel! Pretty relaxing night! :D
Yesterday, I got Vanessa Hudgens CD, and it rocks! Does anyone else have it????
TTYL!
Molly
PS. I go back to school on Wednesday :'-( Kinda weird....LOL
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Christmas!
Hey y'all!
How was everyone's Christmas??? I had an awesome Christmas! I got 2 DVDs, a PS2 game, a Gameboy Game, an iTunes giftcard, a Suite Life of Zack and Cody Book, and the HSM DVD board game, and a DVR!
The High School Musical Concert was awesome! It was so cool to see some of my favorite celebs! During some of the songs, they would show parts of the movie along with the song. During Stick to the Status Quo, when the people were singing about how they wanted to do different things, they would show that part of the movie, and when Drew Seeley sang "Dance With Me" they showed the music vid whenever Belinda sang. Also, Ashley, Vanessa, and Corbin sang songs from their CDs. Ashley sang Headstrong, He Said She Said, and I can't remember the other one...:D, Vanessa sang, Lets Dance, Say OK, and Baby Come Back, and Corbin sang "Push it to the Limit and Marching Band". I loved all the songs! And I have Headstrong, He Said, She Said, and all of Vanessa's songs!
Hope you all had an awesome Xmas!!!! Have a Happy New Year!
TTYL!
Molly
How was everyone's Christmas??? I had an awesome Christmas! I got 2 DVDs, a PS2 game, a Gameboy Game, an iTunes giftcard, a Suite Life of Zack and Cody Book, and the HSM DVD board game, and a DVR!
The High School Musical Concert was awesome! It was so cool to see some of my favorite celebs! During some of the songs, they would show parts of the movie along with the song. During Stick to the Status Quo, when the people were singing about how they wanted to do different things, they would show that part of the movie, and when Drew Seeley sang "Dance With Me" they showed the music vid whenever Belinda sang. Also, Ashley, Vanessa, and Corbin sang songs from their CDs. Ashley sang Headstrong, He Said She Said, and I can't remember the other one...:D, Vanessa sang, Lets Dance, Say OK, and Baby Come Back, and Corbin sang "Push it to the Limit and Marching Band". I loved all the songs! And I have Headstrong, He Said, She Said, and all of Vanessa's songs!
Hope you all had an awesome Xmas!!!! Have a Happy New Year!
TTYL!
Molly
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Disney's 'Hannah Montana' outsells rock, hip hop
Hey guys!!! I found this article about Miley/Hannah's success, and there is also stuff about Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu!!
Some of the biggest acts in music -- including the Beatles, Jay-Z and Sarah McLachlan -- are being beaten on the charts this holiday season by a fictional 14-year-old. Her name is Hannah Montana, and she's a Disney Channel character.
Since its October release, Walt Disney Records'"Hannah Montana: Songs From and Inspired by the Hit TV Series" has reliably sold well over 100,000 copies a week, racking up a total of 1.6 million sold in two months. Rapper Jay-Z, whose hyped new album was released in November, has sold about 1 million copies.
It's a critical time in the music industry, and record labels are hoping to prevent overall sales from dropping for a sixth year out of the past seven. The runaway success of an album targeted squarely at tweens (children between the ages of 8 and 12 years of age) highlights the growing importance to record labels of younger and younger fans, as historical core buyers teenagers and college students have slowed their legal music consumption.
As a result, some of the biggest sellers of the year -- from Disney's "High School Musical" and "Cheetah Girls" soundtracks to the "Kidz Bop" series -- are those aimed at the grade-school set.
By contrast, longstanding industry staples like rock and even hip-hop have far less commercial potential. "When we sell 150,000 albums from a new rock group, we think we've set them up pretty well," says Bob Cavallo, chairman of Walt Disney Co.'s Buena Vista Music Group. The "Hannah" soundtrack, meanwhile, sold nearly 274,000 copies last week alone.
"Hannah Montana" is a fictional pop star who exists only on the 10-month-old Disney Channel series of the same name. On the show, 14-year-old actress Miley Cyrus plays a seemingly regular high-school student named Miley Stewart, who secretly moonlights as a pop star named Hannah Montana.
The 13-song "Hannah" disc, featuring Ms. Cyrus in character as her small-screen alter-ego Hannah, has remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart for all eight weeks it has been in release. During that same period, many new titles by stars, even those that debuted high on the chart, have plummeted quickly.
Ms. Cyrus, whose father is '90s country star Billy Ray Cyrus, of "Achy Breaky Heart" fame, says she is gratified by the soundtrack's success, particularly because she considers acting a sideline. "Singing was always my main thing," the teenager said in a telephone interview. She calls following her father into the upper reaches of the sales charts "so crazy." Mr. Cyrus plays her father and manager on the show.
Together, they are mining one of the few sweet spots in today's music marketplace. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, 10- to 14-year-olds accounted for 8.6 percent of music sales in 2005, up from 7.9 percent a decade ago. In the same period, teenagers ages 15 to 19 dropped to 11.9 percent, down from 17.2 percent; 20- to 24-year-olds' share of the buying public dropped, too.
Music releases from Hannah Montana and another tween act, The Cheetah Girls, are aided by the fact that both are featured regularly on the Disney Channel and Radio Disney. Another factor that has helped lift the kids' market relative to other genres: very young children are less apt to engage in online piracy, and more likely to need the physical compact disc to hear the music.
Pre-teens "can be counted on to buy a CD," says Mr. Cavallo. "Young people, but also their moms and grandmoms -- those people don't steal music, for the most part.
"The explosion of music targeted at very young children also represents a shift from music industry marketing tactics of the late 1990s, when pop stars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera ruled the pop charts. Such sexually charged performers were difficult to shoehorn onto family-oriented outlets like the Disney Channel -- despite the fact that both Ms. Spears and Ms. Aguilera were Mouseketeers early in their careers.
The arrival in 2001 of Hilary Duff, then 15, and her "Lizzie McGuire" character heralded an era of teen stars deemed wholesome enough by executives and parents to market to the youngest fans. The 2003 "Lizzie McGuire Movie" soundtrack has been certified double platinum by the RIAA; Ms. Duff's album "Metamorphosis" is triple platinum.
Music aimed at the prepubescent has become so successful that it is quickly becoming the basis for several franchises. Following the multimillion-selling success of the Kidz Bop albums, its creators are now staging a touring version of the singalong series.
"High School Musical" has spun off a concert tour and two forthcoming albums by cast members Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu. Major labels, which normally shun children's music as too niche-oriented to bother with, are even jumping in. Ms. Tisdale's album is set for release by Warner Music Group Corp.'s Warner Bros. label in February, while Mr. Bleu's is to be released by Disney's Hollywood Records label in April. Hollywood has also signed "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens.
Disney is now planning a "Hannah Montana" concert tour for next summer, in which Ms. Cyrus may perform half the show in character as Hannah and half as herself.
In the wake of the success of her TV character, Ms. Cyrus is working to establish her own musical identity. One performance on the "Hannah" soundtrack is credited to Miley Cyrus, not to Hannah Montana -- a duet with her father called "I Learned From You." Ms. Cyrus says her father is "a total perfectionist," who recorded multiple takes of his vocal parts and pushed her to do the same. "That was a good experience the first time," Ms. Cyrus says. "But I don't know when I'll be doing it again."She is now working on an album to be released under her own name. "Everybody knows Miley Stewart," says Ms. Cyrus. "And everybody knows Hannah Montana. But people don't know Miley Cyrus, the person underneath."
Source: post-gazette.com
Posted on 22 Dec 2006
Enjoy!
Some of the biggest acts in music -- including the Beatles, Jay-Z and Sarah McLachlan -- are being beaten on the charts this holiday season by a fictional 14-year-old. Her name is Hannah Montana, and she's a Disney Channel character.
Since its October release, Walt Disney Records'"Hannah Montana: Songs From and Inspired by the Hit TV Series" has reliably sold well over 100,000 copies a week, racking up a total of 1.6 million sold in two months. Rapper Jay-Z, whose hyped new album was released in November, has sold about 1 million copies.
It's a critical time in the music industry, and record labels are hoping to prevent overall sales from dropping for a sixth year out of the past seven. The runaway success of an album targeted squarely at tweens (children between the ages of 8 and 12 years of age) highlights the growing importance to record labels of younger and younger fans, as historical core buyers teenagers and college students have slowed their legal music consumption.
As a result, some of the biggest sellers of the year -- from Disney's "High School Musical" and "Cheetah Girls" soundtracks to the "Kidz Bop" series -- are those aimed at the grade-school set.
By contrast, longstanding industry staples like rock and even hip-hop have far less commercial potential. "When we sell 150,000 albums from a new rock group, we think we've set them up pretty well," says Bob Cavallo, chairman of Walt Disney Co.'s Buena Vista Music Group. The "Hannah" soundtrack, meanwhile, sold nearly 274,000 copies last week alone.
"Hannah Montana" is a fictional pop star who exists only on the 10-month-old Disney Channel series of the same name. On the show, 14-year-old actress Miley Cyrus plays a seemingly regular high-school student named Miley Stewart, who secretly moonlights as a pop star named Hannah Montana.
The 13-song "Hannah" disc, featuring Ms. Cyrus in character as her small-screen alter-ego Hannah, has remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart for all eight weeks it has been in release. During that same period, many new titles by stars, even those that debuted high on the chart, have plummeted quickly.
Ms. Cyrus, whose father is '90s country star Billy Ray Cyrus, of "Achy Breaky Heart" fame, says she is gratified by the soundtrack's success, particularly because she considers acting a sideline. "Singing was always my main thing," the teenager said in a telephone interview. She calls following her father into the upper reaches of the sales charts "so crazy." Mr. Cyrus plays her father and manager on the show.
Together, they are mining one of the few sweet spots in today's music marketplace. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, 10- to 14-year-olds accounted for 8.6 percent of music sales in 2005, up from 7.9 percent a decade ago. In the same period, teenagers ages 15 to 19 dropped to 11.9 percent, down from 17.2 percent; 20- to 24-year-olds' share of the buying public dropped, too.
Music releases from Hannah Montana and another tween act, The Cheetah Girls, are aided by the fact that both are featured regularly on the Disney Channel and Radio Disney. Another factor that has helped lift the kids' market relative to other genres: very young children are less apt to engage in online piracy, and more likely to need the physical compact disc to hear the music.
Pre-teens "can be counted on to buy a CD," says Mr. Cavallo. "Young people, but also their moms and grandmoms -- those people don't steal music, for the most part.
"The explosion of music targeted at very young children also represents a shift from music industry marketing tactics of the late 1990s, when pop stars like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera ruled the pop charts. Such sexually charged performers were difficult to shoehorn onto family-oriented outlets like the Disney Channel -- despite the fact that both Ms. Spears and Ms. Aguilera were Mouseketeers early in their careers.
The arrival in 2001 of Hilary Duff, then 15, and her "Lizzie McGuire" character heralded an era of teen stars deemed wholesome enough by executives and parents to market to the youngest fans. The 2003 "Lizzie McGuire Movie" soundtrack has been certified double platinum by the RIAA; Ms. Duff's album "Metamorphosis" is triple platinum.
Music aimed at the prepubescent has become so successful that it is quickly becoming the basis for several franchises. Following the multimillion-selling success of the Kidz Bop albums, its creators are now staging a touring version of the singalong series.
"High School Musical" has spun off a concert tour and two forthcoming albums by cast members Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu. Major labels, which normally shun children's music as too niche-oriented to bother with, are even jumping in. Ms. Tisdale's album is set for release by Warner Music Group Corp.'s Warner Bros. label in February, while Mr. Bleu's is to be released by Disney's Hollywood Records label in April. Hollywood has also signed "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens.
Disney is now planning a "Hannah Montana" concert tour for next summer, in which Ms. Cyrus may perform half the show in character as Hannah and half as herself.
In the wake of the success of her TV character, Ms. Cyrus is working to establish her own musical identity. One performance on the "Hannah" soundtrack is credited to Miley Cyrus, not to Hannah Montana -- a duet with her father called "I Learned From You." Ms. Cyrus says her father is "a total perfectionist," who recorded multiple takes of his vocal parts and pushed her to do the same. "That was a good experience the first time," Ms. Cyrus says. "But I don't know when I'll be doing it again."She is now working on an album to be released under her own name. "Everybody knows Miley Stewart," says Ms. Cyrus. "And everybody knows Hannah Montana. But people don't know Miley Cyrus, the person underneath."
Source: post-gazette.com
Posted on 22 Dec 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
High School Musical: The Concert
Hey Guys!!
GUESS WHAT!?!!!!????! My parents surprised me with tickets to High School Musical the Concert today!!! The concert's tonight! I'm wearing my lucky shirt, so I'm hoping something lucky will happen!!!!!
Can't wait to tell y'all all about it!!!
TTYL!
Molly :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
GUESS WHAT!?!!!!????! My parents surprised me with tickets to High School Musical the Concert today!!! The concert's tonight! I'm wearing my lucky shirt, so I'm hoping something lucky will happen!!!!!
Can't wait to tell y'all all about it!!!
TTYL!
Molly :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
New Blog!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Guys!!
How y'all doing??
I put up my new blog My Magnificent Stories, where I'm gonna post my stories that I have written.
http://magnificent-stories.blogspot.com
I hope y'all like the site!!!
TTYL!
Molly
PS. 4 days til Xmas, 5 days til Kwanzaa and Happy winter solstice!!!!!!!
If you're celebrating Hanukkah, I hope you are having a great Holiday!
How y'all doing??
I put up my new blog My Magnificent Stories, where I'm gonna post my stories that I have written.
http://magnificent-stories.blogspot.com
I hope y'all like the site!!!
TTYL!
Molly
PS. 4 days til Xmas, 5 days til Kwanzaa and Happy winter solstice!!!!!!!
If you're celebrating Hanukkah, I hope you are having a great Holiday!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
A New Blog idea
Hey Guys!
I'm thinking about starting a blog where I can start posting my stories, so that it will be easier for me and you guys too! I'll (of course) still update this blog, and the other one will be the exact same, except for the links. There will be links to fanfiction.net, as well as some of my favorite stories on fanfiction! I'll also post my BFF's stories if she'll let me!
What do you guys think???
TTYL!
Molly
PS. Anyone have any ideas for a title/url??? LOLZ
I'm thinking about starting a blog where I can start posting my stories, so that it will be easier for me and you guys too! I'll (of course) still update this blog, and the other one will be the exact same, except for the links. There will be links to fanfiction.net, as well as some of my favorite stories on fanfiction! I'll also post my BFF's stories if she'll let me!
What do you guys think???
TTYL!
Molly
PS. Anyone have any ideas for a title/url??? LOLZ
Jump to the Rhythm
This is Jordan Pruitt's new song Jump to the Rhythm from the soundtrack to Jump In. It rocks!!!
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Get to know me!
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?? Neither
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He wraps them!
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored
4. Do you hang mistletoe? I wish :(
5. When do you put your decorations up? A week before xmas
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? turkey
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: opening presents on Christmas day
8. How did you learn the truth about Santa? My parents told me
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yup
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Colorful lights with various ornaments.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? What's snow? lol
12. Can you ice skate? HAHAHHAHAHA no
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My Gameboy Advance SP
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Listening to Holiday songs
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Chocolate pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Being with my mom and Dad on xmas eve
17. What tops your tree? A pretty angel that plugs into the lights and it lights up
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? both
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? Last Christmas
20. Candy Canes! yuck or yummy? In the middle
21. Fave Christmas Movie? I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He wraps them!
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored
4. Do you hang mistletoe? I wish :(
5. When do you put your decorations up? A week before xmas
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? turkey
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: opening presents on Christmas day
8. How did you learn the truth about Santa? My parents told me
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yup
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Colorful lights with various ornaments.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? What's snow? lol
12. Can you ice skate? HAHAHHAHAHA no
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My Gameboy Advance SP
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Listening to Holiday songs
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Chocolate pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Being with my mom and Dad on xmas eve
17. What tops your tree? A pretty angel that plugs into the lights and it lights up
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? both
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? Last Christmas
20. Candy Canes! yuck or yummy? In the middle
21. Fave Christmas Movie? I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Friday, December 15, 2006
SCHOOL'S OUT!!!!!!!
Okay, techniqually, School isn't out, but we are on winter break!!!!!!!!!! YYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY YAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYYAYAYAYAYYAYAYYAYAYYAYAYAYYA!!!!!
I'm excited, can you tell? ;-)
Lol!
TTYL!
Molly
PS. Only 10 days til xmas, 11 more days til Kwanza, and 7 days til winter solstice! Happy Hanakkah for those celebrating!!!!
PPS. and only 16 days til 2007!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!
PPPS. Yes, I am hyper
I'm excited, can you tell? ;-)
Lol!
TTYL!
Molly
PS. Only 10 days til xmas, 11 more days til Kwanza, and 7 days til winter solstice! Happy Hanakkah for those celebrating!!!!
PPS. and only 16 days til 2007!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!
PPPS. Yes, I am hyper
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Can you believe it?
Guess what?? I finished every midterm today!!! I don't have to go back all week!!!
YAY ME!!! Okay, short post, so guess what??
(Announcer: It's time for everyone's favorite show: Top Fives of the month!!!!)
(*crowd cheers*)
YAY ME!!! Okay, short post, so guess what??
(Announcer: It's time for everyone's favorite show: Top Fives of the month!!!!)
(*crowd cheers*)
Top Fives
TV Shows:
- Hannah Montana
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Boy Meets World
- Phil of the Future
- That's So Raven
Movies:
- Monster House
- The Nativity Story
- Cowbelles
- I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Molly: An American Girl on the Home front
Actors:
- Mitchel Musso
- Cody Linley
- Cole Sprouse
- Lucas Grabeel
- Corbin Bleu
Actresses:
- Miley Cyrus
- Emily Osment
- Alyson Michelka
- Ashley Tisdale
- Brenda Song
Songs:
- A Marshmallow World ~ The Cheetah Girls
- Last Christmas ~ Ashley Tisdale
- Five More Days til Christmas ~ The Cheetah Girls
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ~ Hannah Montana
- Little Drummer Boy ~ Aly and AJ
Websites:
Books
- Hannah Montana
- Harry Potter
- Cheetah Girls
- Chicken Soup
- The Report Card
Magazines:
- Popstar!
- Bop
- Tiger Beat
- M
- Discovery Girls
(Annoucer: That was Top 5s of the month!!! See you month!!!)
(*crowd cheers*)
LOLZ!
TTYL!
Molly
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Midterms
Hey guys/girls!
I can't believe its already time for midterms!!! I feel like it was just yesterday I was freaking out because no one was in my classes!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I gave out gifts to my friends today, something I have never done. It was so cool! I gave them a bag filled with candy, a lip balm and a stuffed dog, except Hannah got a penguin. My friend Brittany gave me something yesterday, which was so nice, because I wasn't expecting anything from anyone. Today, 3 of the people I gave my presents to said they were gonna give me something too. How cool is that?!
Anyway, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, we half days because of midterms. We also have two classes a day. Tomorrow is 2nd and 7th, Thursday is 3rd and 5th, and finally, Friday is 4th and 6th.
Then I have 2 weeks off!!!!!! YAY ME!!!!
TTYL!
Molly
I can't believe its already time for midterms!!! I feel like it was just yesterday I was freaking out because no one was in my classes!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I gave out gifts to my friends today, something I have never done. It was so cool! I gave them a bag filled with candy, a lip balm and a stuffed dog, except Hannah got a penguin. My friend Brittany gave me something yesterday, which was so nice, because I wasn't expecting anything from anyone. Today, 3 of the people I gave my presents to said they were gonna give me something too. How cool is that?!
Anyway, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, we half days because of midterms. We also have two classes a day. Tomorrow is 2nd and 7th, Thursday is 3rd and 5th, and finally, Friday is 4th and 6th.
Then I have 2 weeks off!!!!!! YAY ME!!!!
TTYL!
Molly
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Fanfiction
Okay, I know for awhile I was posting my fan fiction Hannah Montana Comes to the Tipton and I stopped, but it was because the chapters got too long!! (lol)
So, I decided to put up the URL for it, and it's sequel Life After the Breakup
Hannah Montana Comes to the Tipton: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3081991/1/
Life After the Breakup: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3185134/1/
and I'm also gonna put up my friend's fanfic The Hannah Montana Hater and it's sequel, Singers, Mixed Up Feelings, and Headaches: (Yes, we like to write a lot)
The Hannah Montana Hater: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3182274/1/
Singers, Mixed Up Feelings, and headaches: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3269910/1/
Enjoy reading!
TTYL!
Molly
So, I decided to put up the URL for it, and it's sequel Life After the Breakup
Hannah Montana Comes to the Tipton: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3081991/1/
Life After the Breakup: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3185134/1/
and I'm also gonna put up my friend's fanfic The Hannah Montana Hater and it's sequel, Singers, Mixed Up Feelings, and Headaches: (Yes, we like to write a lot)
The Hannah Montana Hater: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3182274/1/
Singers, Mixed Up Feelings, and headaches: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3269910/1/
Enjoy reading!
TTYL!
Molly
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