Buena Vista Music Group's (BVMG) year was led by four platinum artists – country supergroup Rascal Flatts, teen superstars Hilary Duff and Jesse McCartney and rock band Breaking Benjamin. Duff’s third album, Most Wanted, was released in August, entering the charts at number one.

Hollywood Records released the debut album from teen sisters Aly & AJ and the sophomore album from Josh Kelley, Almost Honest.

Walt Disney Records enjoyed its 10th consecutive year as the world's number one children's music label. The Cheetah Girls and The Lizzie McGuire Movie soundtracks were both certified double platinum. Key releases in 2005 included the Disneymania 3 CD, Disneyland's 50th Anniversary box set, and the Chicken Little and Narnia soundtracks, plus the launch of the new Disney Sound imprint with They Might Be Giants.

At Lyric Street Records, Rascal Flatts' third album Feels Like Today was certified double platinum with four number one singles and the debut album from Josh Gracin (American Idol finalist) was certified gold.

Walt Disney Music Publishing experienced continued growth, with its highest grossing year in more than a decade, and opened a new office in Nashville to sign country music writers.

In 2006, BVMG plans to release new albums from Jesse McCartney, Calvin Richardson, the first new Queen album in more than 10 years (with Paul Rodgers of Bad Company on vocals), Disneymania 4 and the soundtracks for Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and The Cheetah Girls 2.