Hillary Duff is a young teen singer and actress. Her rival is Lindsey Lohan, and both singers are trying to compete to be the next Britney Spears. Hillary Duff started to become popular after her successful Lizzie McGuire show on the Disney Channel. The Lizzie McGuire show was aimed for young teens, and about a girl who was quiet, not very popular, but fairly confident. After Hillary Duff obtained her name through the Lizzie McGuire show, she then tried for a career as a pop singer and film actress. In August 2002, Hillary Duff came out with her first single called "I Can't Wait" on the Lizzie McGuire soundtrack, which got very good ratings. Since then, Hillary Duff sang a number of songs, such as "So Yesterday" appealing to the young teenage population. Hillary Duff is obviously trying to become the next Britney Spears, and may even succeed, with her popularity. Her theme is obviously different from Britney Spears, her theme being, the young, innocent, and typical adolescent teenage girl. The fact that Hillary Duff can relate to so many teenage girls, is why she is becoming more popular. She is energetic, youthful, and a good role model.

The appearance and influence of Hillary Duff, and most pop singers, definitely plays a huge role in how successful she has become. For this reason, not all of the music of Hillary Duff is high quality. In fact, her music is very generic, yet she is successful, for the reasons I mention above. This is very deceiving because wouldn't most singers only get the job because of their voices or musical abilities? Unfortunately this is how the music of today is ending up. Appearance is everything, even if the quality of music is poor. This is not to say Hillary Duff is not talented, or cannot sing, however, the only reason Hillary Duff is a singer, is because of her fame, and teenage influence. You will never see an adult Hillary Duff audience. Most older people do not listen to any of the teenage pop singers, such as Hillary Duff, or Lindsey Lohan, or Britney Spears. The audience of Hillary Duff will always be young teens.