Demi Lovato is a Breakout Star

Demi Lovato strikes a post in these new pics from Entertainment Weekly, which labeled her one of 2008’s Breakout Stars. (Robert Pattinson, Russell Brand, Estelle, Tristan Wilds, and David Cook were among the others.)

The 16-year-old actress-singer dished to EW that acting isn’t just something she’s giving up on. “Music comes naturally, but acting is a mind challenge and I have a huge passion for it,” she reveals.

Demi will get that challenge in her new Disney channel series, Sonny With a Chance, out February 2009.