If You Play It, They Will Come

Actors Turned Singers

Ed Westwick
Band: The Filthy Youth
It seemed impossible, but 'Gossip Girl' bad boy Chuck Bass just got hotter to scores of screaming teens. British? In a band? Irresistible.

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Robert Downey, Jr.
Album(s): The Futurist
Iron Man wrote 8 of the tracks on his debut album, which was released in 2004. Reviews were wildly mixed, but it's certainly not the most embarrassing art project ever made. (Sorry, Hulk Hogan.)

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Alyssa Milano
Album(s): Look In My Heart, Alyssa, etc.
In the late '80s and early '90s, Alyssa Milano made a tidy sum selling albums only available in Japan.

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Scarlett Johansson
Album(s): Anywhere I Lay My Head
The lovely Scarlett released an album consisting mostly of Tom Waits songs. We're not sure we liked the end result, but we applaud her verve.

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Hayden Panettiere
Album(s): Falling Down
She can walk through flames, regenerate missing digits... and sing! Claire Bennet - er, Hayden Panettiere released her first single 'Wake Up Call' in August. Her full album is due in 2009.

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Kevin Bacon
Album(s): Forosoco, Getting There, Can't Complain, White Knuckles
In 1995, Bacon and his brother Michael formed a band called, creatively, The Bacon Brothers.

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Julianne Hough
Album(s): Julianne Hough
The 'Dancing With the Stars' personality won an Emmy nom for her choreography - and her first album debuted at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. 2007 was a good year for Julianne.

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Paris Hilton
Album(s): Paris
The star of 'The Simple Life,' a gazillion paparazzi shots and one special home movie, Paris Hilton released her first album in 2006. The sales were disappointed, but we had 'Stars Are Blind' stuck in our heads for days.

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David Hasselhoff
Album(s): Too numerous to list
We're not trying to hassle the Hoff's acting, but at this point, he might be more famous for his renditions of 'Hooked on a Feeling' and the insane come-on anthem 'Jump In My Car' than his turn on 'Baywatch.'

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Jared Leto
Album(s): 30 Seconds to Mars, A Beautiful Lie
Once he was merely Jordan Catalano, now he's the front man of 30 Seconds to Mars. In 2007, the band won Fuse's Best of 2007 Award.

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