▁Christ ina ▁Agu il era ▁and ▁Brit ney ▁Spe ars ▁in ▁their ▁earlier ▁years , ▁and ▁commented ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁itself ▁was ▁" s ad ly ▁w an ". ▁E van ▁S aw de y ▁from ▁Pop Mat ters ▁shared ▁the ▁same ▁concern , ▁addition ally ▁not ing ▁the ▁ir ony ▁that ▁C yrus ' ▁first ▁project ▁after ▁Hann ah ▁Mont ana ▁was ▁released ▁through ▁the ▁Disney - owned ▁Hollywood ▁Records . ▁E ly sa ▁Gard ner ▁from ▁USA ▁Today ▁op ined ▁that ▁C yrus ▁had ▁successfully ▁" made ▁the ▁full ▁le ap ▁from ▁t ween ▁queen ▁to ▁pop ▁tart " ▁with ▁the ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" Can ' t ▁Be ▁T amed ", ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁maintain ▁this ▁image ▁with ▁" generic , ▁anonymous ▁t unes " ▁on ▁the ▁parent ▁album . ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁performance ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Can ' t ▁Be ▁T amed ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁three ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁with ▁first - week ▁sales ▁of ▁ 1 0 2 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁behind ▁the ▁ 7 4 1 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 4 4 7 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁moved ▁by ▁Rec overy ▁by ▁E min em ▁and ▁Thank ▁Me ▁Later ▁by ▁Dra ke , ▁respectively . ▁The ▁record ▁was ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁commercial ▁disappoint ment ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁given ▁that ▁C yrus ' ▁second ▁studio ▁album ▁Break out ▁( 2 0 0 8 ) ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁the ▁chart ▁with