This year, there were a few records that delivered less-than-optimal returns on either the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200 – and they all came from former Disney pop stars.

Demi Lovato’s latest album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200, where it spent one week and then fell off; Selena Gomez’s record with Benny Blanco peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, but no songs cracked the top 40; and Miley Cyrus’s album is her shortest charting project to date. On this episode of Switched On Pop, Nate and Reanna try to get to the bottom of the so-called “Disney curse,” and why these artists are unable to recapture their past commercial success.

Songs discussed:

• Demi Lovato – Here All Night
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – Sunset Blvd
• Miley Cyrus – End of the World
• Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
• Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
• Demi Lovato – Skin of my Teeth
• Demi Lovato – Fast
• Kesha – JOYRIDE.
• Demi Lovato – Frequency
• Demi Lovato – Kiss
• Todd Terry, Martha Wash – Keep On Jumpin'
• Demi Lovato – Sorry To Myself
• Selena Gomez, A$AP Rocky – Good For You
• Kygo, Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me
• Selena Gomez, Marshmallo – Wolves
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco, Gracie Abrams – Call Me When You Break Up
• benny blanco, Selena Gomez, J Balvin, Tainy – I Can't Get Enough
• J Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – Bluest Flame
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco, The Marías – Ojos Tristes
• Miley Cyrus, Big Sean – Love Money Party
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Miley Cyrus – Easy Lover
• Miley Cyrus, Naomi Campbell – Every Girl You've Ever Loved

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