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Is there a Disney curse?: Demi, Selena, and Miley

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This year, there were a few records that delivered less-than-optimal returns on either the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200 – and they all came from former Disney pop stars. 

Demi Lovato’s latest album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200, where it spent one week and then fell off; Selena Gomez’s record with Benny Blanco peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, but no songs cracked the top 40; and Miley Cyrus’s album is her shortest charting project to date. On this episode of Switched On Pop, Nate and Reanna try to get to the bottom of the so-called “Disney curse,” and why these artists are unable to recapture their past commercial success.

Songs discussed:

  • Demi Lovato – Here All Night
  • Selena Gomez, benny blanco – Sunset Blvd
  • Miley Cyrus – End of the World
  • Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
  • Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
  • Demi Lovato – Skin of my Teeth
  • Demi Lovato – Fast
  • Kesha – JOYRIDE.
  • Demi Lovato – Frequency
  • Demi Lovato – Kiss
  • Todd Terry, Martha Wash – Keep On Jumpin'
  • Demi Lovato – Sorry To Myself
  • Selena Gomez, A$AP Rocky – Good For You
  • Kygo, Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me
  • Selena Gomez, Marshmallo – Wolves
  • Selena Gomez, benny blanco, Gracie Abrams – Call Me When You Break Up
  • benny blanco, Selena Gomez, J Balvin, Tainy – I Can't Get Enough
  • J Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente
  • Selena Gomez, benny blanco – Bluest Flame
  • Selena Gomez, benny blanco, The Marías – Ojos Tristes
  • Miley Cyrus, Big Sean – Love Money Party
  • Miley Cyrus – Flowers
  • Miley Cyrus – Easy Lover
  • Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell – Every Girl You've Ever Loved

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