Article: A CONVERSATION WITH ...SINGER MANDY MOORE.(NEWS)

Teen pop star Mandy Moore launched her career by singing the national anthem at local sporting events in her native Orlando, Fla.

The 17-year-old estimates she's performed the song 115 times - and yes, she's sick of it. She's also sick of being dismissed as a Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera wannabe.

The obvious differences between Ms. Moore and her better-known counterparts - she doesn't wear revealing clothing or appear in suggestive photo shoots - have helped her carve out a niche as one of pop's more wholesome teens. ''I think at this point we've differentiated from each other,'' she says, adding that she's about three years younger than Ms. Spears and Ms. ...

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