"Metamorphosis" was credited with helping to significantly raise the industry and corporate profile and marketplace presence of Hollywood Records, which Geoff Mayfield, charts director and senior analyst for "Billboard" magazine, said "had some top albums before with the "Tarzan" movie soundtrack in 2000, but not like this Hilary Duff album". The "San Fernando Valley Business Journal" wrote that the album was "giving Hollywood Records a needed shot in the arm" after a decline in CD sales during the previous two years had forced the label to reduce costs and alter its operation. Hilliard Lyons analyst Jeffrey Thomison cited "Metamorphosis" as a reflection of Disney's ability to develop "great synergy between their cable, film and music segments", particularly after "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" indicated that Duff's television fanbase could be migrated to film — Geoff Mayfield said on the subject, "All things being equal, if this album were done by anybody else, it would not be a hit". "Metamorphosis" made Duff the first "breakout artist" for Hollywood Records in its ten-year history, and its success coincided with that of albums by other artists on the label, such as Rascal Flatts and Josh Kelley, and of soundtracks for films such as "The Cheetah Girls", "Freaky Friday" and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie". Later, partly as a result of "Metamorphosis", Hollywood Records used the Disney Channel to launch brands such as "High School Musical" and "Hannah Montana", and artists such as Aly & AJ, The Cheetah Girls, "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, Raven-Symoné, Vanessa Hudgens and Jesse McCartney.