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Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus is the second soundtrack from the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana and the debut studio album by Miley Cyrus, the star of the television series. The album was released on June 26, 2007 by Hollywood Records. It is a new "hybrid" album, that is the follow-up to the triple-platinum selling Hannah Montana released in 2006.
The CD has two parts, as it serves a dual purpose: disc one features ten songs by the character of Hannah Montana as the show's 2nd season's soundtrack, while disc two features ten songs by Miley Cyrus as her debut studio album. During its first week of sales, it debuted in the U.S. at number one on the Billboard 200 with 326,000 album copies sold. The album, having sold 3,900,000+ copies in the U.S, has been RIAA-certified 3× multi platinum. The album has also sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
Sales and chart positions
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and sold 326,000 copies, selling faster in its first week than the previous soundtrack, which sold 281,000 copies during its debut week. On the strength of holiday season sales, the album returned and remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in December on the strength of holiday season sales, and sold more than 700,000 copies during that period. It is Cyrus' best selling album to date.
In the UK, the album debuted at #9 on the Compilations chart for the week beginning July 15, 2007; eventually peaking at #8. In Australia, the album debuted at #86 on the ARIA Albums Chart, later reaching the Top 20 it re entered at no.44 and was certified Platinum for shipments of 70.000 units. In New Zealand the album went Gold selling over 7,500 copies. In Venezuela, the album debuted at #5 and stayed in the Top 10 for over 3 weeks. In Japan, Walt Disney Records released a special edition of the album, Hannah Montana 2: Rock Star Edition on December 5, 2007. Walt Disney Records also released a karaoke version of the album called Disney Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana 2 was released exclusively to Wal-Mart for a limited time in 2007, then was re-released to other stores on September 16, 2008.
Singles
From Hannah Montana 2
"Nobody's Perfect" was originally released on the special edition of Hannah Montana. It was later released on May 15, 2007 as the lead single to Hannah Montana 2. The song received high digital sales, peaking at #14 on the Hot Digital Songs Chart and leading to a #27 peak on the Hot 100.
"Make Some Noise" was released to Radio Disney as the second single from Hannah Montana 2. It peaked at #92 on the Hot 100 for the week dated July 14, 2007 due to digital sales.
"Life's What You Make It" was released to Radio Disney as the third single from Hannah Montana 2. To promote the song, Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana performed it live at the Disney Channel Games opening ceremonies. It peaked at #25 on the Hot 100 due to post-album digital sales. This was Hannah's highest charting single at the time, until "He Could Be the One" surpassed it, charting at #10.
From Meet Miley Cyrus
"See You Again" was released on September 15, 2007 as the lead radio single from Meet Miley Cyrus. It peaked at #10 on the Hot 100 the week ending May 3, 2008, giving Cyrus her first top 10 single and first major hit. She performed it at the 2008 Idol Gives Back concert. The Rock Mafia remix was released as a single in Cyrus' second album, Breakout.
"Start All Over" was released as the second radio single from Meet Miley Cyrus in January 2008. It peaked at #68 on the Hot 100 for the week ending January 19, 2008 due to digital sales. The song's music video was released January 29, 2008, and marked Cyrus' first official music video. It was a song from Canadian singer Fefe Dobson's unreleased album, Sunday Love. It was not as successful as "See You Again", the first single from the album.
"True Friend" is a song from Hannah Montana 2 that peaked at #99 on the Hot 100 due to post-album digital sales. "One in a Million" is a song from Hannah Montana 2 that peaked at #12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart (Hot 100 - 112).
"We Got the Party" is a song from Hannah Montana 2 that peaked at #98 on Canada's Hot 100 the week ending May 3, 2008 due to digital sales.
"G.N.O. (Girls' Night Out)" is a song from Meet Miley Cyrus that peaked at #91 on the Hot 100 due to post-album digital sales. To promote the song, Cyrus performed it at the closing ceremonies to the 2007 Disney Channel Games.
"I Miss You" is a song from Meet Miley Cyrus that peaked at #9 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart (equal to position #109 on the Hot 100). It was first heard on an episode of Hannah Montana. Cyrus' wrote the song in honor of her grandfather, Ronald Ray Cyrus, who died in 2006.
"Good and Broken" is a song from Meet Miley Cyrus that Cyrus performed at the 2008 Idol Gives Back concert. After the performance, the song peaked at #100 on the discontinued Pop 100 due to digital sales. Cyrus said she thought it was a "superstar" song.
Cyrus performed both as herself and in character as Hannah Montana on a North American Best of Both Worlds Tour that started on October 18, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri; the tour was extended, due to high demand, until January 31, 2008, with 69 total dates, 14 more than previously planned. The Jonas Brothers were the opening act for most of the tour. Tour tickets for each date sold out in record time after they went on sale.
Non-Stop Dance Party
As a way to give the fans something new to listen to prior to the release of the Hannah Montana 3 soundtrack, Disney released a Non-Stop Dance Party CD of the soundtrack on January 29, 2008, which features all 10 songs from the Hannah Montana 2 soundtrack remixed by Chris Cox. A bonus Megamix was also included on the CD featuring "Old Blue Jeans", "Make Some Noise", "Nobody's Perfect", "Rock Star", "Life's What You Make It", and "We Got the Party" mixed into one song. The CD also has a bonus enhanced feature which includes two live performances from the London Concert special, the performances are of "Nobody's Perfect" and "Life's What You Make It". The enhanced feature also included a photo slideshow, and printable party invitations. A limited edition Wal-Mart exclusive included a bonus remix of "This is the Life" from the Hannah Montana soundtrack.
Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana 2 is a karaoke album of songs by American singer Miley Cyrus, credited to her alter egoHannah Montana. It was released on September 16, 2008. The album contains sixteen tracks featuring karaoke and vocal versions of eight tracks from the Hannah Montana 2 soundtrack.
Artist Karaoke Series: Miley Cyrus is a karaoke album of songs by American singer Miley Cyrus, that features eight karaoke version of songs from the Meet Miley Cyrus CD. It was released on May 20, 2008.
