Lead single “Fly” quickly becomes the go-to angst anthem of millions of teens across the country whose parents just don’t understand them.ĭuff dips back into the illustrious Disney song well and emerges with “The Siamese Cat Song,” a duet with her sister Haylie. Hoping to seize upon the success of Duff’s debut album, her record label rush-releases a self-titled follow-up. Metamorphosis, Duff’s true first album, is released, yielding hit singles like “So Yesterday,” “Come Clean,” and “Sweet Sixteen,” the last of which is co-opted as the theme song to MTV’s reality series My Super Sweet 16.ĭuring a guest appearance on NBC’s American Dreams, Duff plays a member of the Shangri-las and sings lead vocals on “Leader of the Pack.”ĭuff stars, Parent Trap–style, as two characters in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which ends with the still-popular-a- theme-parties “What Dreams Are Made Of.” It’s like Britney Spears on Pop Rocks–flavored steroids. It features a duet with Lil Romeo, who, to his credit, at least shares a writing credit on the song, which Duff does not. In the winter, she releases her “first” album, the soundtrack to the Disney Channel original movie Santa Claus Lane. It remains a better song than the Baha Men’s quasi-offensive “Hakuna Matata” cover from the same album. It’s met with a resounding sigh of “well, I guess this is happening, huh?” Later that year, Duff proves her brand loyalty (synergy!) with a cover of “Tiki Tiki Room” for a Disney compilation.

In an effort to parlay her fame from Lizze McGuire to the recording industry, Duff releases “I Can’t Wait,” a cover of a Brooke McClaymont song.

Duff’s been quiet for more than five years, so we’ve compiled an audio history of her dozen years in the music industry, from her duets with Christina Milian and Lil Romeo to her “edgier” work with superproducer Kara DioGuardi. Well, speculate no more - lead single “Chasing the Sun” was released just yesterday. Ever since fans caught wind of Hilary Duff’s impending new album last fall, there’s been a surprising amount of talk about what it would sound like.

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