"In their drive to become the Next Big Thing in teenage entertainment, the Clique Girlz have had more opportunities than most.The youthful trio, backed by Interscope Records and the powerful Creative Artists Agency, have opened for the Jonas Brothers and appeared on “Today,” where Al Roker called them “Hannah Montana times three.” They sang in last year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Interscope has flooded YouTube with over 30 videos.None of those sparks have started a fire. Instead, the Clique Girlz — Destinee Monroe, 14; her sister, Paris, 12; and their best friend, Ariel Moore, 14 — are in danger of washing out of the entertainment industry before their first full CD comes to market. So far, at least, digital downloads have been anemic, and play on Radio Disney, where programming is based on listener requests, has been modest at best.But the Clique Girlz, who hail from Egg Harbor Township, N.J., have been thrown what could turn out to be a lifeline — and from no lesser a judge of talent than Michael D. Eisner, the former chief executive of the Walt Disney Company..."

"In today's hardscrabble music industry, there's very little shame in selling out. With compact-disc sales falling off a cliff, licensing is one of the few ways that artists and labels actually make money these days. Take the case of the nouveau tweeny-bopper trio known as the Clique Girlz. Their record label is actually pushing aside efforts to get their music heard in favor of first establishing the group as a commercial powerhouse. To wit, the girls have been commissioned by Topps, Michael Eisner's post-Disney baseball-card and candy empire, to reimagine the theme song for some newfangled sugary confection known as Baby Bottle Pops. So what exactly is a Baby Bottle Pop, and why does Clique Girlz's record company and management team think that this path will pave their way into the mainstream? Three words: the Jonas Brothers.That's right, in a little-known (and little-publicized) twist of their lore, the Jo Bros caught their big break when they signed on to do a series of commercials publicizing this very same product. They were between record deals at the time, and the exposure they got from these commercials helped convince Disney to give them a big push back in the summer of 2007. Still, if you're anything like us, you're shaking your head out of curiosity because you've never even heard of Baby Bottle Pops.