Disney Channel in Concert is a reality series that combined footage of live concerts with a behind-the-scenes look at the artists' personal lives. The artists came from all genres of music, including hip-hop, country and pop to classical and blues. Episodes often promoted the artist's sales and popularity to a teen and pre-teen audience.[1][2] The series ran from early 1997 to late 2001.

Background

Each show featured a specially taped live concert, with documentary footage playing between songs showing the artist pursuing personal and professional passions, and interviews with mentors, friends and family. Though specials were usually taped at Disney parks or properties like Disney's Hollywood Studios or aboard the Disney cruise ship Disney Magic,[3] the Backstreet Boys concert was filmed at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City[4] and the 98 Degrees and Hoku episode was filmed in the artists' respective hometowns of Cincinnati and Honolulu.[5] The concert specials typically lasted an hour and aired on Fridays, with reruns being shown after it aired on the network frequently.[1] The promotional content for these concerts were hosted in a program called "Behind the Ears" hosted by RuDee Sade Lipscomb.[6]

The episode with NSYNC notably launched the group's career in the U.S.; they were mostly known by European audiences before the concert special.[7][8] A month prior to the airing of the concert, the group's debut album sat at number 82 on the Billboard 200 chart.[9] The concert was replayed on the Disney Channel multiple times, leading album sales to skyrocket. Three weeks after the concert first aired, the album reached the number 9 spot.[10]

Cancellation

Disney Channel took In Concert off the air in late 2001, as well as with music videos, citing the inability to receive a stake in revenue from the artists' CD sales and lack of exclusivity for the videos[11][12] However, they still aired music videos from songs featured in Disney's feature films and from artists played on Radio Disney[13] and signed to Disney's in-house record companies Hollywood Records and Walt Disney Records.[14]

List of concert specials

References

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  2. ^ Gallagher, Caitlin (May 4, 2016). "These Disney Channel Original Concert Throwbacks Will Fill You With Way Too Much Joy". PopSugar. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "InBaseline: Cleopatra in Concert". InBaseline. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Backstreet Boys Get It "That Way" For New Single And Video, Plan Disney Concert Special". MTV News. April 5, 1999. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Basham, David (August 11, 2000). "98 Degrees Pays Visit To Hometown School". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Disney Behind The Ears | Disney Channel | 1999 | B*Witched & Five". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) YouTube.
  7. ^ "*NSYNC Reflects on Making U.S. Debut & Competing With Backstreet Boys as Self-Titled Album Turns 20: 'It Was Us Against the World'". Billboard. March 24, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "SCORE ONE FOR THE BOYS: 'N Sync's Fab Five Make Music to Soothe The Tweenage Soul". Washington Post. March 19, 1999. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. June 13, 1998. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. August 15, 1998. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  11. ^ Hay, Carla (May 26, 2001). "Disney Channel Scales Back Videos, Concert Programming". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 21. p. 67. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (June 25, 2001). "Disney Bounces Videos! Concerts from Schedule". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  13. ^ Applefeld Olson, Catherine (November 11, 2006). "Disney at 50: Walt Disney Builds on a 50-Year Legacy to Target New Audiences". Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 45. pp. 39, 40. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Bickford, Tyler (2020). Tween Pop: Children's Music and Public Culture. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-0819-4. "The two Disney record labels...would release records by Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez, among others"
  15. ^ "An Appealing Concert From 'Musicians'". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1997. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  16. ^ "Cleopatra On Madonna's Many Faces". MTV News. July 7, 1998. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  17. ^ Mayfield, Geoff (December 19, 1998). "Where the boys are" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 51. p. 84. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  18. ^ "B*witched Kicks-Off Tour With 'N Sync, Teams Up With 5ive For TV". MTV News. December 28, 1998. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  19. ^ "Britney Spears, Joey McIntyre Headed To Disney". MTV News. July 16, 1999. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  20. ^ Ives, Brian (October 19, 1999). "Youngstown And Steps To Play Disney Special". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  21. ^ "Will BBMak, M2M B Kids' 2 New Fave?". Orlando Sentinel. February 13, 2000.
  22. ^ Sherrow, Rita (June 16, 2000). "On TV: And an AMC annual". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  23. ^ "Aaron Carter's Oh Aaron In Stores August 7". idobi. July 2, 2001. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
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