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Miley Cyrus' album sales slide down the pole: Tween fans think she is too "grown up"

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Barrett2

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YOU might think that it would be worried, overprotective mothers who would rebel against the overt sexualization of the teenage star Miley Cyrus, who became a pop phenomenon as Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel hit show. But no. It’s the young girls who think Ms. Cyrus has gone too far. And many of them are moving on.

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So last month, when Ms. Cyrus released her post-adolescent anthem, “Can’t Be Tamed,” her once-adoring fan was unimpressed, unmoved by, among other things, the singer’s sexy music video.

“It was weird,” Perry said of Ms. Cyrus’s bird wings and black ribbon corset. “I feel like she acts 25. She looks so old. She is too old for herself.” She, like others her age, has had enough. First-week album sales for the more adult “Can’t Be Tamed” tallied a mere 102,389, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks music sales. That was 72 percent less than her 2008 solo debut, “Breakout,” and 33 percent less than last year’s “Time of Our Lives,” both of which were popular with teenagers.

Ms. Cyrus’s appeal among those age 13 to 17 has dropped, too, according to E-Poll Market Research, a brand and celebrity research firm. Of those surveyed online recently, only 24 percent said they liked or liked her a lot, compared with 45 percent in 2008. Those who track preteens are noticing the shift. Tina Wells, a market research executive who consults with Fortune 500 companies, said Ms. Cyrus ranked No. 7 in April on its list of celebrities considered cool by children 8 to 12 years old. Two years ago she was No. 1.

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It is tricky for any teenage star to navigate the path to adulthood. (Britney Spears? Lindsay Lohan?) But Ms. Cyrus, it seems, is alienating her fans faster than she is gaining new ones. Partly to blame is last year’s pole dance at the Teen Choice Awards, and the recent video posted on TMZ of her giving a lap dance to a 44-year-old film director.

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Some parents chalk up her behavior to teenage angst. “It doesn’t surprise me what she is going through,” said Wendy Ellis, a mother of two from Odenton, Md. “The raging hormones. She is testing the limits of the box and what is appropriate.”

BUT young girls are not always as forgiving as their mothers. Jenna Ellis, 7, said she watches “Hannah Montana” only when her 9-year-old sister, Regan, isn’t watching Nickelodeon’s “iCarly,” a popular series about a young girl who creates her own Web show. Jenna doesn’t want Ms. Cyrus to “do what she doesn’t want to do,” but added, “I wish she’d be the same as the show.”

Indeed, much of the conversation about Ms. Cyrus between Ms. Ellis and her daughters has focused on the notion that Miley Cyrus and her television alter ego are separate personas. Regan, for one, said she is bored by Ms. Cyrus’s new act. “She used to be more kid-friendly, sweeter,” Regan said. “Now she is just Miley.”

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Valerie Gonzalez, 15, of San Fernando, Calif., has enjoyed Hannah Montana’s wholesome antics since the show’s 2006 debut. That is why she was shocked when she turned on the “Teen Choice Awards” last August and saw Ms. Cyrus dancing in top-of-the-thigh shorts and black boots.

“What I don’t like so much is she is exposing herself,” Valerie said. Recently, she was struck by Ms. Cyrus’s writhing on a bed of peacock feathers in the “Can’t Be Tamed” music video. “I don’t think she is going down the right path,” Valerie said.

Teenagers are Ms. Cyrus’s core demographic, but the singer is seeking older fans, too, which puts the onus on parents to explain her motives. One member of TwitterMoms posted a comment about her daughter, saying, “It’s my job as a parent to explain to her why Miley is changing and to point out she is a performer, an actress and singer.”


Besides, there is always a fresh face to satisfy the teenage crowd. Valerie Gonzalez is now smitten with Selena Gomez, who stars in Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.” And few can ignore the demure 20-year-old female country singer who has become a favorite: Taylor Swift. Already Ms. Ellis has had to explain to Regan what the phrase “gave everything she had to a boy” meant in Ms. Swift’s song “15.”

Still, Perry Hamm could barely contain her excitement when she brought up her name.

“I think she is so adorable,” she squealed. “I think her songs are really catchy!”
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Sapiens

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What's the big surprise, bitch? It's rare for a teen pop idol to have a long shelf life.

Britney Spears really pushed the envelope on it, and she paid dearly, losing her sanity in the process.

It's better this way, Miley is really starting to show a lot of deformity in her face due to the inbreeding.

It's going to be fun to see how desperate Miley and her camp get.
 
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PersonaX

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And? ANNND!?! What The Fuck is with GAF and it's obsession on fucking Miley Cyrus, there's like at least one Miley thread a week. Yes, i mad.
 
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Barrett2

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I forgot to mention in the OP, my favorite part of the article was going to "TwitterMoms" for a quote. I find that hilarious and sad.
 
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Calcaneus

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Well, if this is actually what she wants to do (which I doubt), she gets to learn that doing what you want gets you less money.
 
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Witchfinder General

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over 100,000 in first week sales. There are amazingly talented bands out there who drink themselves stupid in celebration when they sell 10,000 copies in first month sales.

Fuck her.
 
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perfectchaos007

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Good, kids shouldn't be into Mileys new music. 10 and 11 year old girls shouldn't be thinking that they "Can't be tamed" Miley has clearly outgrown those little girls.
 
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dabig2

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And so she follows the litany of other disney pop-stars that have been shitted out by that gigantic corporation the last 11 years. What a surprise. Too bad she hasn't even hit 18 yet though.

Oh well, awaiting the eventual sex tape and Lohan-ification in 3 years.
 
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Mush

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Witchfinder General said:
over 100,000 in first week sales. There are amazingly talented bands out there who drink themselves stupid in celebration when they sell 10,000 copies in first month sales.

Fuck her.
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DMeisterJ

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Poor Miley... when I saw her album sales, I was pretty unshocked. Too much 'growing up' in such a short period of time didn't work out too well for her I guess.
 
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Dabanton

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Is it any surprise? Miley is another young artist who has mistaken dressing like a slut as a sign of her 'growing up' and maturing.

The people who she seems to appeal to now i.e weirdo perverts won't buy her albums. it seems little girls are better judges of character than they are given credit for. They can see a skank and have no desire to copy that kind of sleazy nonsense.

Although from when her dad let her do that ill advised photo shoot you knew this was coming the extra revealing outfits and shedding of her 'innocent' persona.
 
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Stumpokapow

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The article seems to imply that her declining popularity is a recent phenomenon, and yet the only piece of evidence they give (first week album sales), says:

First-week album sales for the more adult “Can’t Be Tamed” tallied a mere 102,389, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks music sales. That was 72 percent less than her 2008 solo debut, “Breakout,” and 33 percent less than last year’s “Time of Our Lives,” both of which were popular with teenagers.
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So her sales dropped from 2008 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2010. How is this new?
 
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Barrett2

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Oddly enough, it seems like Zack Effron is the best example of how to transition from kid star to adult actor. He was in that Orson Welles movie, and is now in some family friendly movie about a ghost kid, but in an age appropriate role. He actually seems like he will be a legit working actor into adulthood.
 
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broadwayrock

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lawblob said:
Oddly enough, it seems like Zack Effron is the best example of how to transition from kid star to adult actor. He was in that Orson Welles movie, and is now in some family friendly movie about a ghost kid, but in an age appropriate role. He actually seems like he will be a legit working actor into adulthood.
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Not a good example.

Me and Orson Welles has a worldwide gross of $1.7 million from a production budget of $25 million.

The Miley Cyrus film The Last Song has a worldwide gross of $86 million from a production budget of $20 million.
 
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Escape Goat

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Her voice is terrifying. She looks stuck somewhere between childhood and puberty. And she has zippo talent as an artist. She was living on borrowed time anyways.
 
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esquire

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and the recent video posted on TMZ of her giving a lap dance to a 44-year-old film director.
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What the fuck? Why would you do that?
 
Vigilant Walrus

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Party in the USA was a fucking brilliant song though. I've never even been to the US, but want to go to the US. If the party is like she says it is, then me be going.
 
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BobTheFork

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Vigilant Walrus said:
Party in the USA was a fucking brilliant song though. I've never even been to the US, but want to go to the US. If the party is like she says it is, then me be going.
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IF you love songs about parties then go get some Andrew W.K.
 
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DMeisterJ

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broadwayrock said:
Not a good example.

Me and Orson Welles has a worldwide gross of $1.7 million from a production budget of $25 million.

The Miley Cyrus film The Last Song has a worldwide gross of $86 million from a production budget of $20 million.
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'17 Again' did good though didn't it?
 
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Jerk

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Stumpokapow said:
The article seems to imply that her declining popularity is a recent phenomenon, and yet the only piece of evidence they give (first week album sales), says:



So her sales dropped from 2008 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2010. How is this new?
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Now it is a bona fide decline instead of a possible anomaly.
 
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charsace

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Sapiens said:
What's the big surprise, bitch? It's rare for a teen pop idol to have a long shelf life.

Britney Spears really pushed the envelope on it, and she paid dearly, losing her sanity in the process.

It's better this way, Miley is really starting to show a lot of deformity in her face due to the inbreeding.

It's going to be fun to see how desperate Miley and her camp get.
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Agreed. I also see the inbreed deformities. Her face is shaped like an orange.
 
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Koomaster

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Probably no big deal for Ms. Cyrus, those album sales are still great; but she can always just transition to being a full time actress and get loads of work. She is super talented and will always find new fans in whatever she decides to do.
 
Arjen

Arjen

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Vigilant Walrus said:
Party in the USA was a fucking brilliant song though. I've never even been to the US, but want to go to the US. If the party is like she says it is, then me be going.
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I heard seaworld is pretty nice.
 
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