Do iTunes Sales Show "High School Musical" Fans Breaking Free Of The Franchise? [A 100 And Single Special Report]

In the doldrums of January 2006, several weeks after the annual flurry of post-Christmas music-buying, the iTunes Store was livened up by the sudden appearance on its best-sellers list of a bunch of new hit songs. It’s not unheard of for the industry to drop new songs in the dead of winter by non-blockbuster, developing acts—but these songs were credited to a bunch of kids who’d never had a hit, or even a shred of major-label promotion. Within a month, eight songs by this ga...

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