Does anyone remember the Disney Neo teen pop era

Hannah Montana was just getting off the ground in 2006 as well as the Jonas Bros.
Vanessa Hudgens was appearing everywhere and ZAch effron was on the cover of every teen magazine.

This era lasted til 2008 when Katy Perry & Lady Gaga took over the pop world.
Some would say this Neo teen pop era was Generation Z/Y cusp.
TRL was pushing hard as **** for this movement to get big.


Was Disney trying to artificially create another teen pop era in the late 00s?
I need to know as many opinions as possible because this topic is rarely brought up.

Disney Faileddddd

I've thought about this before and I agree it is the generational cusp!

I didn't know TRL heavily supported it though! Interesting. I wonder what TRL would be pushing if they were around today? Would they have gone the Ariana/Selena/Demi/Miley route? Would they be pushing the pop girls and rap heavyweights? Would they be pushing EDM the same way hip hop was pushed in the 90s? It's so weird to think of all the 'what if's that we'll never have the answer to.

Yes, this existed. I think it did happen and wasn't really a flop or anything. Other things play a factor in it's death like Miley and the High School Musical cast getting too old for Disney and basically having their respective shows/movies ended. There was no way to keep the momentum. Had Nickelodeon did a push like that then too, maybe they could have kept competition and demand high for a few more years.

Back in 2006 and 2008 I would occasionally watch TRL and they would always bring up Miley's new wadrobe or Vanessa Hudgens backstage High school musical antics. They even had a segment on TRL just for Disney Stars.

I agree with you for several reasons.

Mtv in 1997 decided to promote pop acts & soon afterwords pop acts became the defining
sound of pop music.

Mtv is known for hoping on the newest trend and ride the sh i t out of it.


The thing is this lil era did not last at all. After 2008 Miley was showing her mature signs
and most other Disney Stars were an afterthought minus Demi and Selena. But I can say
Mtv would be pushing them well into 2012 if it wasn't for Gaga and Dance Pop breaking through.


This era was weird tho because many could tell they were trying to artificially create stars.

I can def see Mtv thinking oh this Tween pop thing is getting big lets hop on it
to ride its success.

in 2009 i think thats why Victorious got a huge push.

Victoria Justice was suppose to be Nicks answer to Miley.

TRL D I C K riding Disney

a weird ass era

It was an awful era. I'm glad it didn't blow up