"Life's What You Make It" is a single by
Hannah Montana
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and is featured on the ''
Disney Channel
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's
Hannah Montana 2'' soundtrack album. It premiered on
Radio Disney
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The network broadcast music programming ...
. It was also performed at the
Disney Channel Games
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2007 concert. There is an official music video for this song, available for viewing on the
Disney Channel
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website. The promotional music video for the song is the performance of the song at the Hannah Montana 2 concert taping. Another promotional music video shows the concert performance from the
Disney Channel Games
''Disney Channel Games'' are a ''Battle of the Network Stars''-based annual television series that aired on the Disney Channel during the summer from 2006 to 2008. Phill Lewis was the co-host of the first two editions in 2006 and 2007, and Brian ...
opening ceremonies as well as some clips of the cast of Hannah Montana at
Walt Disney World
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's
Magic Kingdom
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. "Life's What You Make It" has peaked at number 7 on the
iTunes
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Top Songs list.
The song debuted at number 25 on the U.S.
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in July 2007, in the same week that ''Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus'' debuted at number one on the album chart. This song was Hannah Montana's highest debut entry, later beaten by "He Could Be The One", which entered at number 10.
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Billboard.com, July 5, 2007. In March 2023, "Life's What You Make It" was
certified gold
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by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) for shipping over 500,000 copies.
A Hannah Montana DVD titled ''Life's What You Make It'', was released on October 9, 2007.
Charts
Certification
References
2007 singles
Hannah Montana songs
Songs from television series
Songs written by Matthew Gerrard
Songs written by Robbie Nevil
Walt Disney Records singles
2007 songs
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