Washington, June 5 : Mandy Moore has said that she "always knew" her music style would be different from that of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera's.

The 25-year-old, who rose to prominence at the same time as her fellow pop singers, said she did not like sticking to formula music and would rather prefer to take a different road.

"I kind of always knew we would all differentiate ourselves from one another," Contactmusic quoted her as telling MTV News.

"Musically, they''ve stuck to a formula that works for them and, obviously, has always proven successful. I don''t think I found that same success singing music that really, at the end of the day, I wasn''t happy singing," she added.

Mandy further defended her new album ''Amanda Leigh'' based on "70s sort of California pop", insisting: "It wasn''t a bold gesture to try and show that I was an adult. I sort of have taken my baby steps to get to where I am today. I feel comfortable singing the music that I''m singing, because it''s coming from me, finally." (ANI)