We're not talking Jasmine, Belle and Snow White. We're talking about the young women who vaulted from Disney Channel programs to score big-time pop hits, perform sold-out concerts and date a Jonas brother.
Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera don't count — they were trained for pop stardom on "The Mickey Mouse Club." With the latest Disney darling, Grammy-winning Olivia Rodrigo, making her Twin Cities debut April 14 at the Armory, we look at five of Disney's pop princesses.
Hilary Duff
Born: Sept. 28, 1987.
Disney TV: "Lizzie McGuire" (2001-04).
Biggest hits: "Wake Up" (2005), "With Love" (2007).
As a teen dated: Aaron Carter and Good Charlotte's Joel Madden.
Star Tribune review: "The 16-year-old Disney superstar's headline concert debut Sunday at Target Center was more impressive than the first local headline performances by Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or Avril Lavigne. What separates Duff from the other female teen music phenoms that came before her was her stage manner. She seemed real, not contrived or choreographed." (2004)
Now: Starring in and producing Hulu's "How I Met Your Father."