A new album from “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus fell short of No. 1 and to make it even worse it did not even make it to the No. 1 on the pop chart either.

Her last three major releases debuted at the top of the charts. But the new record’s sales were a fraction of her previous studio albums’ first-week sales.

The album is the soundtrack to the singer-actress’ upcoming “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” which opens April 10 and takes the Disney Channel series’ character from her home in Malibu to her family’s roots in Tennessee.

Outpacing the soundtrack to “Hanna Montana: The Movie” was the 30th volume in the compilation series “NOW That’s What I Call Music!” which opened with 146,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. OUCH!

Miley only sold 139,000 copies this week compared to 371,000 copies during the first week of release of her summer 2008 album “Breakout,” the first album she released under her name instead of “Hannah Montana.” The soundtrack’s sales results also reverse the upward trend of the previous albums under the “Hannah Montana” name. A 2006 soundtrack to the Disney Channel series sold 281,000 copies in its first week, and a double-disc effort in 2007 bowed with 326,000 copies.

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