At 17 years old, Miley Cyrus is trying to transition from Disney aged audiences to adult listeners. However that transition is off to weak start. Her new album 'Can't Be Tamed' has fallen from #3 to #9 on the Billboard Top 200, it has been out for two weeks only selling $135,000 copies. Compared to her first album 'Breakout" which sold 534,000 copies, this latest effort is disappointing.
The drop in popularity is thought to be because so many of her fans are kids, and they are put off by her grown-up new look and sound. Also adults might not be interested in her, one because she is only 17 but dressing like she's 27, and because she is associated with being a Disney kid singer.
Either way Miley has a long way to go to get her popularity back.