 During production of the first season of Hannah Montana , Cyrus commented that " right now we 're just all really focused on making Hannah Montana the show as good as it can be , but hopefully in the future there may be a Hannah Montana soundtrack [ or ] a Miley Cyrus album . " The series itself premiered through the Disney Channel on March 24 , 2006 , and became an immediate commercial success ; with 5 @.@ 4 million viewers , the pilot episode earned the channel the highest ratings in its history at the time . The following month , it was reported that an accompanying soundtrack and Cyrus ' debut studio album had both begun production , the latter of which was scheduled to be released in early 2007 . The first soundtrack Hannah Montana ( 2006 ) debuted at number one with first @-@ week sales of 286 @,@ 000 copies , becoming the first television soundtrack to debut in the peak position of the chart . 
