Hilary Duff

With successful television and movie roles already on her resume, Hillary Duff's star continued to rise with the release of her debut CD. The dance-y pop offering made its mark on the Top 40 charts (see "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean"), and helped Duff reach beyond her core teen audience.

Don't be mad at the rocks that she got -- mass-media assassin Hilary Duff wants to be a music
star, too, and the Lizzie McGuire star's backers have shelled out for some of the best pop
songwriting on the market. The snoozers here ("Party Up") are outnumbered by likely hits:
The excellent "Where Did I Go Right?" is Avril pop without the sneer, and "Why Not"
borrows Michelle Branch's sentimental pout. The best songs are so thoroughly f... More >