2024 year in review: Disney Channel divas
LOS ANGELES, CA – 2024 saw the Disney Channel logo changed, as well as its current and former 2010s divas having great year in 2024. From Zendaya's huge box office success, to Sabrina Carpenter's music prominence. Here are the Disney Channel female stars of 2010s' 2024 year recap!
Carson's fellow Adventures in Babysitting co-star Sabrina Carpenter enjoyed her further success in 2024. She started the year in a collaboration with Norwegian rock band Girl in Red titled "You Need Me Now?" as well as opening for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concerts. After completed the production of her sixth album Short n' Sweet (released on August 23), Carpenter began promoting singles from the album like "Espresso", "Please Please Please" and "Taste", those singles took the top-five in Billboard Hot 100 chart, marked Carpenter the first act to do so since The Beatles in 1960s, and thus became both the singles and albums chart-topper for the first time in Carpenter's career. She went on to embark on her sold-out Short n' Sweet Tour concerts across North America and Europe. Thanks to those successes, the Girl Meets World star received numerous accolades in 2024; her song "Espresso" won Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV European Music Awards. Furthermore, Carpenter added her success as a Grammy-nominee singer-songwriter. Due to its successes Carpenter also endorsed for numerous brands such as Sweet Tooth fragrances, Skims lingerie, Van Leeuwen ice cream, Prada beauty, Versace eyewear, and most recently Dunkin espresso brown sugar shake coffee. However, behind those successes, Carpenter stated in December that she took a break from her relationship with Irish actor Barry Keoghan, whom Carpenter began dating publicly in February. Carpenter wrapped her 2024 sweet year with her Christmas special A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter, released on Netflix on December 6.
Rodrigo began 2024 by releasing the deluxe version of her 2023 Grammy-nominee album Guts, titled Guts Spilled, with five new songs including her single "Obsessed". From there, the Bizaardvark star began to embark on the Guts World Tour.
1. Zendaya
The KC Undercover and Shake It Up star had a great year of 2024 in terms of acting: she stars as Tashi in the based-on-true-story tennis film Challengers, and reprises her role as Chani in Golden Globe nominee Dune: Part 2, a sequel of 2021 film based on Dune trilogy novels. By the end of 2024, Zendaya is currently filming and co-producing for the third (and final) season of HBO's top-rated drama series Euphoria, which is slated for late 2025 or early 2026 release, where she reprises her role as main character Rue Bennett. Zendaya also modeled for fashion brands like Louis Vuitton and Bvlgari as its brand ambassador. The sweet darling for her fellow MCU Spider-Man co-star Tom Holland ranks at top 50 in TC Candler's 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2024.2. Bella Thorne
Zendaya's Shake It Up bestie also had a busiest year in 2024, endorsing her own jewelry and accessories brands Thorne Dynasty and Bella by Thorne, as well as directing films.3. Dove Cameron
She might had not released music in 2024, but Cameron stated last summer that her upcoming album had been completed its production. From October to November, Cameron teased snippets for her upcoming singles "Too Much", "French Girls" and "Whatever You Like" which will be included on her forthcoming album. The Liv and Maddie star also modeled for fashion endorsements in 2024 like Balmain Beauty and Schwarzkopf Hair. Cameron is currently still dating with frontman of Italian rock band Maneskin, Damiano David. Cameron's upcoming movie, Love Me Dead is slated for summer 2025 release.4. Sofia Carson
Cameron's fellow Descendants star Sofia Carson has also had her busiest year in 2024: she released her two romantic ballad singles "I Hope You Know" and "Jokes On Me", collaborated with Jimin of world's number one boyband BTS, as well as with Italian maestro Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli. Carson began filming for her upcoming films My Oxford Year and The Life List. Her latest film Carry-On (stylized as CARRY•ON), co-starring Kingsman star Taron Egerton released on Netflix on December 13, and topped Netflix's movies chart globally. Aside of acting and singing, Carson also continues her program as UN Goodwill Ambassador.6. Jenna Ortega
Carpenter's co-star in "Taste" music video Jenna Ortega had also her busiest year in 2024. Her film credits included Miller's Girl (February) as Cairo Sweet, and Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (September) as Astrid Deetz. Ortega would reprise her role as Tara Carpenter in the upcoming Scream 7, sequel to Scream 5 & 6 films which Ortega starred, however, the Stuck In the Middle star announced in January that she will withdrew from filming Scream 7 due to her scheduling conflicts for filming season 2 of Netflix horror comedy series Wednesday, where Ortega reprises her role as titular character Wednesday Addams. The 2nd season of Wednesday is scheduled for spring 2025 release on Netflix.
Carpenter's co-star in "Taste" music video Jenna Ortega had also her busiest year in 2024. Her film credits included Miller's Girl (February) as Cairo Sweet, and Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (September) as Astrid Deetz. Ortega would reprise her role as Tara Carpenter in the upcoming Scream 7, sequel to Scream 5 & 6 films which Ortega starred, however, the Stuck In the Middle star announced in January that she will withdrew from filming Scream 7 due to her scheduling conflicts for filming season 2 of Netflix horror comedy series Wednesday, where Ortega reprises her role as titular character Wednesday Addams. The 2nd season of Wednesday is scheduled for spring 2025 release on Netflix.
So, what's next for them in 2025?