In the early 2000s, Disney Channel practically ruled the country. We had hit TV shows with budding starlets like Sonny With A Chance, Hannah Montana, That’s So Raven, and Wizards Of Waverly Place. And with each of those shows, came a young female singer that Disney would eventually turn into a bonafide pop star.

It had to have been written into the Disney contract that if you were in one of their shows, you were forced to go on tour and release music on the side. Some of them worked: Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato are still dominating the charts with their new, reworked solo careers. We even got bangers from Bridgit Mendler and Raven Symoné via The Cheetah Girls.

But if you didn’t want to go the Disney Channel route, there wasn’t really a place for the reverse: singers getting into the acting world. For me, there was one musician and one musician only who could grace the silver screen and get away with it: Justin freaking Timberlake. I mean JT in Friends With Benefits? Impeccable. The Social Network? Run him his Oscar.

These days, if you have a few platinum records, you’re allowed to enter the acting world. It’s a new wave of nepotism that has nothing to do with who your parents are – only if you can hold a tune. I partially blame the Marvel Cinematic Universe, whose only requirement to join is being attractive and ripped.

And although I don’t believe you have the right to act just because you’re a world-renowned performer, I still stream each and every show or movie these singers are in. Because it’s fun to see how they do and how we all pretend they’re pretty decent actors even if they aren’t.

So, without further ado, here are some of the most notable (and not always in a good way) acting performances from singers as of recent: