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Following the Jesse McCartney discussion a few posts back, I happened upon this article over at PopMatters. I'm not quite sure what to make of it, but it's an interesting take on the early days of Disney pop.

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Dream Street: Big in Japan?

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OK, now I'm being reductive of the article itself with the "sleep with" talk, but I do wish the topic, which is a really volatile one, was given a lot more nuance.

That's why I see Dream Street as an ebb, not anything resembling a "peak" -- they may have been more specifically targeted to tweens, but it was because people in general were already moving away from the boybands, so the audience (probably) fractured a little. That's speculation, too, but it feels consistent with the lack of crossover of these artists -- many of whom were on otherwise huge labels like Jive (No Secrets was off the top of my head) -- had after 2001.

But then again, the A*Teens were pretty huge at Radio Disney (and sold more than Dream Street, I bet) by catering to a more narrow audience range. But I still think you can chalk it up a lot more to novelty appeal than sexual appeal.