LONDON, Ont. - Can 7,200 girls (and their parents) be wrong?

There’s something wholesome, yet enticing about teen singing and acting sensation Hilary Duff, who performed for her young fans last night at the John Labatt Centre.

Her allure may be puzzling to the older set, but she clearly does something for the eight-to-18 crowd. (There were even a few kids that looked to be as young as four.)

Despite staging a sold-out show for 9,400 fans at the JLC only six months ago, it’s amazing that Duff was able to pack ’em in again.

Even she mentioned the good-sized crowd after she sang a couple of songs — Wake Up, her biggest hit on the charts, and Get Away.

“I can’t believe it. I was here in the winter. There are so many people here,” the 18-year-old singer said.

Twelve-year-old Madison Bygrave made the trek twice from Ajax to see Duff here.

“I like her a lot; she’s my idol,” Madison said. “I also wanted to see (the concert) with my London friends.”

Older girls staying on their own, got instructions from their mothers: Don’t go to the bathroom alone; keep your cellphone with you; pick-up time is 9:30 p.m.

Must have been an exciting time for those able to ditch the parents.

The little princesses were thrilled with Duff and her entourage. The high-pitched screaming and the constant bopping of green glow sticks indicated their pleasure.

Heck, even the sound check had them screaming.

Duff, wearing jeans, a rose-coloured tank top, black cowboy boots and a ponytail under a blue cap, only encouraged them to make more noise once she came on the stage.

“You guys are really loud tonight; we love that,” she said during her 18-song concert that took 80 minutes.

She also encouraged her fans to boogie.

“I don’t care how old you guys are — how young — everyone knows how to dance,” she said as she led them into Party Up from 2005.

Duff performed most of her hits, including Come Clean, her first U.S. Top 40 hit, and So Yesterday, a Top 10 hit in several countries, including No. 2 in Canada. Both songs are off her first studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), which reached No. 1 on the U.S. and Canadian charts.

Her show had lots of laser beams, glitter and smoke — didn’t see any mirrors, but there may have been.

Duff, born in Houston, Texas, calls herself a redneck girl who likes to have fun. She’s also a material girl.

She’s starring in the movie Material Girls — set to hit theatres later this year — with her sister, Haylie, who also sings.

Duff, who came to fame in 2001 with Lizzie McGuire, which first aired on the Disney Channel, also does a cover of Madonna’s hit Material Girl for her latest movie.

We’ll see if she has Madonna’s staying power.

Duff stresses the importance of her charity work aiding children. It’s a way to give back to kids — her fan base — who convince their parents to buy her CDs and take them to her movies.

“For the parents that bring their little ones, thank you very much,” she said to the London crowd.

Guess those 7,200 fans aren’t wrong.