High School Musical Phenomenon

High School Musical is an Emmy Award-winning American television film. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it was the most successful Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOM) ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and the feature film High School Musical 3: Senior Year to be released theatrically in October 2008. It will be the first Disney Channel Original movie to have a theatrical sequel. A fourth installment, High School Musical 4, has been announced to be in the writing stages.


Since the premiere of the first highly succesful film, adoring fans have spawned thousands and thousands of fan-dedicated websites and message boards devoted to the film themselves and the stars. Below is a list of the top "fan sites" created for the films by fans.

Top "HSM' Fan Sites

1. The Official Worldwide "HSM" Fan Club(groups.myspace.com/officialhsm)- Created by growing internet celebrity, Connor Kidd.

2. http://www.hsmusicalweb.org/- Creater not known.

3. http://hsmusical.org/- Site currently up for "adoption".

The most succesful site is The Official Worldwide "HSM" Fan Club on myspace.com. The site has over 5000 active members from around the globe, including numerous film/television stars and major publications. The sies owner has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Popstar Magazine, and Interview Magazine. He has in addition appeared on his home state's morning show "Virginia This Morning".


With the success of the film's many merchandising products have been made available to the masses. (Dolls, books, CD's, toys, etc.)
 
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