Olivia Rodrigo Goes Number One Again + How Previous “HSM” Stars Music Careers Fared

May 26, 2021

Olivia Rodrigo is setting records with her first singles off "SOUR." | Photo Credit: rica Hernandez/Universal Music

Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez

Vanessa Hudgens is still charming us over a decade after playing Gabriella Montez. | Photo Credits: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Karwai Tang/Getty Images

Good girl Gabriella Montez introduced us to Vanessa Hudgens back when she also used her middle name Anne. During her High School Musical days, Hudgens released two albums V in 2006 and Identified in 2008. Both were released under Disney’s Hollywood Records label and broke the top 25 of the Billboard 200 at 24 and 23, respectively.

Hudgens has continued to appear in a number of musical roles. She played Mimi in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl in 2010 and made her Broadway debut as the title role in Gigi in 2015. She also starred in FOX’s live productions of Rent as Maureen and Grease as Rizzo. She was featured on the soundtracks for Gigi, Rent: Live and Grease Live!.

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Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling around the globe.

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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling…