By this point, the Hilary Duff promotion machine was in overdrive: her website offered a pay-as-you-go mobile phone branded with her name and bundled with Hilary-themed ringtones and wallpapers. The collection included three new songs - including the single "Wake Up," written by Benji and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte - as well as remixed versions of past Hilary hits like "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean." There was also the Most Wanted tour, which stretched into September, ending just in time for her 18th birthday. In July, Duff started preparing for the August release of Most Wanted. That June, The Perfect Man debuted in a bit of genius casting, it featured Heather Locklear as Duff's unlucky-in-love mother. Publicity for the album continued into 2005. Released on September 28th (her 17th birthday), Hilary Duff eventually peaked at number two on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Internet Albums charts, and helped Hilary net "Most Searched by Kids and Teens on AOL" honors and more Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
The record continued to shape Duff's public persona, which was a continually evolving dynamo of branding, image, and teenage ambition. She appeared in movies like A Cinderella Story, Agent Cody Banks, and Raise Your Voice, and also released her self-titled second album, which exchanged the neutral fluffiness of Metamorphosis for an anthemic rock-pop style consistent with efforts from Ashlee Simpson and Avril Lavigne.
She also appeared in that year's film Cheaper by the Dozen and embarked on a tour that fall.ĭuff remained just as busy in 2004.
HILARY DUFF JINGLE BELL ROCK SONG TV
Duff's omnipresence in 2003 continued with appearances at that year's MTV Video Music Awards and the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, where she accepted Lizzie McGuire's trophy for Favorite TV Show. The album charted at number two on the Billboard 200 on the week of its release, and its single "So Yesterday" topped the pop singles chart earlier that summer. The album had a hipper and more eclectic sound than any of the material she had been given previously, and helped establish her as a personality outside of her Lizzie McGuire fame. The soundtrack went platinum in summer 2003.Īround that time, Metamorphosis, Duff's bona fide debut as a singer, was released.
HILARY DUFF JINGLE BELL ROCK SONG MOVIE
The soundtrack to the movie also featured several songs by Duff, including the singles "Why Not" and "I Can't Wait," which were both successes in their own right. Episodes of the show continued to run into 2003, but by that time Duff had begun to move on, appearing in the teen spy movie Agent Cody Banks and playing Lizzie one last time in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, where funnily enough, she goes to Italy and is mistaken for a teen pop star. That year, production ended on Lizzie McGuire, freeing up Duff to pursue other opportunities. Lizzie McGuire mania continued through 2002, and Duff began her first steps toward her singing career with the song "Santa Claus Lane," which appeared on the soundtrack to The Santa Clause 2, as well as her own Christmas album, also named Santa Claus Lane. As Lizzie, she was pretty, funny, and smart, but not intimidatingly so she had two best friends, Gordo and Miranda, so she wasn't super-popular or an outcast and she was confident enough to blaze her own trail, but still vulnerable enough to have crushes on unattainable boys.Īt the same time Lizzie was taking off, Duff also appeared in the indie film Human Nature, reflecting her continuing big-screen aspirations.
Aside from the show's unique format, one of the main reasons for its success was Duff herself. Lizzie McGuire, which chronicled the ups and downs of a junior high schooler's life using live-action and animated clips, debuted in 2001 and quickly became a hit with the preteen set. Appearances in the 1997 western True Women, 1998's Casper (as the Friendly Ghost's human friend Wendy), and 1999's The Soul Collector paved the way for her best-known role. Like most overnight successes, however, she paid her dues for several years before her big break. Hilary Duff first made a name for herself on the enormously successful Disney Channel/ABC Kids show Lizzie McGuire, which she parlayed into dual careers as a pop singer and film actress. 2002.Hilary Duff first made a name for herself on the enormously successful Disney Channel/ABC Kids show Lizzie McGuire, which she parlayed into dual careers as a pop singer and film actress.
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