The New York Times took note of some sensible young girls this weekend:

Perry Hamm, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, has adored Hannah Montana since the age of 8. At 10 she bought a ticket to “Hannah Montana: the Movie,” along with one of the three million soundtracks sold after the film’s debut. Last September she scored one of the most coveted tickets among teenagers in 2009: Hannah Montana in concert.
But now at 11, Perry’s enthusiasm for the 17-year-old Ms. Cyrus has fizzled. She wishes Ms. Cyrus would ditch the tight T-shirts and Uggs for the sassy skirts her television persona wears. And she is still puzzled why Ms. Cyrus posed seemingly nude, a sheet draped around her chest, in Vanity Fair two years ago. “I don’t know what was going on in her head,” Perry wondered aloud.
So last month, when Ms. Cyrus released her post-adolescent anthem, “Can’t Be Tamed,” her once-adoring fan was unimpressed, unmoved by, among other things, the singer’s sexy music video.
“It was weird,” Perry said of Ms. Cyrus’s bird wings and black ribbon corset. “I feel like she acts 25. She looks so old. She is too old for herself.” She, like others her age, has had enough. First-week album sales for the more adult “Can’t Be Tamed” tallied a mere 102,389, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks music sales. That was 72 percent less than her 2008 solo debut, “Breakout,” and 33 percent less than last year’s “Time of Our Lives,” both of which were popular with teenagers.

The market may just save the life (and/or dignity) of the next Britney Spears.