Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana was the pop persona created for Miley Cyrus on the Disney Channel television series that ran from 2006 to 2011. The character's music, released under the Hannah Montana name, included songs like 'He Could Be The One,' 'One In a Million,' and 'True Friend' that became hits with the show's young audience. The albums were essentially soundtracks to the series, with the first one arriving in 2006 and the final one, 'Hannah Montana Forever,' coming out in 2010.

Miley Cyrus performed as Hannah Montana both on the show and in concert tours, playing a teenager living a double life as a normal girl and a pop star. The supporting cast included her father Billy Ray Cyrus as her TV dad Robby Ray Stewart, along with Emily Osment and Mitchel Musso as her friends. The 2009 film 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' expanded the character's reach with its own soundtrack.

After the series ended, Miley Cyrus moved on from the Hannah Montana persona to pursue her own career as a solo artist. The songs from that period remain tied to the specific moment of that Disney Channel phenomenon, a bubblegum pop project that launched before Cyrus developed her own distinct musical direction as an adult.