Miley Ray Cyrus (born
Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as
Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the
Disney Channel sitcom
Hannah Montana. Cyrus recorded music for the soundtracks,
Hannah Montana (2006) and
Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), released by
Walt Disney Records. With the success of the
Hannah Montana franchise she established herself as a
teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus signed to
Hollywood Records to pursue a solo career. She embarked upon the
Best of Both Worlds Tour
the same year, in which she performed as both herself and in character
as Hannah Montana. The tour was eventually turned into a high-grossing
concert film titled
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008). In July 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album,
Breakout (2008), which was commercially successful.She began her foray into film by providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated film
Bolt (2008). Cyrus earned a nomination for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance of
Bolt's theme song, "
I Thought I Lost You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). The
Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack introduced her to new audiences within
country and
adult contemporary markets.Shhttp://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6974435025560284435#editor/target=post;postID=7979883123148516438e began to cultivate an adult image in 2009 with the release of
The Time of Our Lives (2009), an extended play which presented a more mainstream pop sound, and by filming
The Last Song (2010), a coming-of-age drama film. The former included Cyrus's best-selling single, "
Party in the U.S.A." (2009). A studio album titled
Can't Be Tamed was released in 2010 and presents a new dance-pop sound. The music video and lyrics of the album's lead single, "
Can't Be Tamed", portrays a more sexualized image for the entertainer. Cyrus ranked number thirteen on
Forbes' 2010
Celebrity 100.
[3] In April 2011, Cyrus was named the 64th hottest woman in the world on
Maxim's Hot 100.
[4] In May 2011, Cyrus was also named the 89th sexiest woman in the world on
FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the world.
[5] For the 2011 Guinness book of world records, she was named the “Most Charted Teenager” following her 29th US
Billboard Hot 100 chart entry on November 7, 2009 with “Party in the USA.”
[6]first single was "The Best of Both Worlds", the theme song to
Hannah Montana, which was released on March 28, 2006.
[38]
"The Best of Both Worlds" is credited to "Hannah Montana", the pop star
Cyrus portrays on the series by the same name. As with other songs
credited to Montana, Cyrus typically dressed as the character when
performing the song live.
[39] Cyrus's first release under her own name was a cover of
James Baskett's "
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", released on April 4, 2006 on the
fourth edition of
DisneyMania.
[40] Dressed as Hannah Montana, Cyrus opened for
The Cheetah Girls on twenty dates of their
The Party's Just Begun Tour, beginning on September 15, 2006.
[41] On October 24 of same year,
Walt Disney Records released the first
Hannah Montana soundtrack.
Of the nine tracks on the soundtrack performed by Cyrus, eight were
credited to "Hannah Montana" and one, a duet with her father titled "
I Learned from You", was credited to Cyrus as herself. The album peaked at number one on the U.S.
Billboard 200 chart.
[42]The second season of
Hannah Montana premiered on April 23, 2007, and ran until October 12, 2008.
[43] Cyrus signed a four-album deal with Disney-owned
Hollywood Records and, on June 26, 2007, released a double-disc album. The first disc was the soundtrack to the second season of
Hannah Montana, while the second, titled
Meet Miley Cyrus, was Cyrus's debut album credited to her own name. The double-disc album peaked at number one on the
Billboard 200
[44] and was later
certified three times platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
[45] Meet Miley Cyrus generated "
See You Again", Cyrus's first single to be released under her own name and her first top ten hit on the
Billboard Hot 100.
[46] In Fall 2007, Cyrus launched her first tour, the
Best of Both Worlds Tour, to promote
Meet Miley Cyrus and the
Hannah Montana soundtracks. With the
Jonas Brothers,
Aly & AJ, and
Everlife as her opening acts, Cyrus toured from October 17, 2007 to January 31, 2008 with stops in the U.S. and Canada.
[47] Tickets sold out in minutes and were
scalped for up to $2,500 and an average of $214, well above their $26–$65 face value.
[48] A
Ticketmaster
official commented, "Hell hath no fury like the parent of a child
throwing a tantrum. People who have been in this business for a long
time are watching what's happening, and they say there hasn't been a
demand of this level or intensity since
The Beatles or
Elvis."
[49]On July 22, 2008, Cyrus released her second studio album under her own name, titled Breakout. Cyrus said
Breakout was inspired by "what's been going on in my life in the past year."
[53] Cyrus co-wrote eight out of twelve songs on the album.
[53]
"Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever, [...] I
just hope this record showcases that, more than anything, I'm a writer."
[54] The album debuted at #1 on the U.S.
Billboard 200 chart
[55] and its lead single, "
7 Things", peaked at number 9 on the
Billboard Hot 100.
[56][57] She hosted the 2008
CMT Music Awards with her father in April
[58] and the 2008
Teen Choice Awards by herself in August.
[59] Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008
computer-animated film
Bolt, which was released on November 21, 2008 to critical acclaim.
[60] Cyrus also co-wrote and recorded the song "
I Thought I Lost You" as a duet with
John Travolta for the film, for which she received a
Golden Globe nomination.
[61] In September 2009, she participated in the
charity single "
Just Stand Up!" in support of the anti-cancer campaign
Stand Up to Cancer[62] and in the
City of Hope Benefit Concert in support of cancer research and training programs.
[63] She also became involved in
Disney's Friends for Change, an
environmentalist group, for which she recorded the charity single "
Send It On" along with several other Disney Channel stars.
[64]Cyrus had already begun transitioning to a more grown-up image in late
2008, when her representatives negotiated a deal for novelist Nicholas Sparks to write the screenplay and novel basis for a film that would serve as a
star vehicle for Cyrus by introducing her to audiences older than the young fans she had gained through
Hannah Montana.
[65] Sparks and co-writer Jeff Van Wie developed
The Last Song.
[65] It was important to Cyrus that she not be
type cast
as a singer: "I didn't want to be a singer in another film. I don't
want to do that anymore. You have no idea how many musicals show up on
my door. I want to do something a little more serious."
[66] In March 2009, Cyrus published
Miles to Go, a memoir co-written by Hilary Liftin chronicling her life through age sixteen.
[67] Cyrus starred as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in
Hannah Montana: The Movie, released April 10, 2009. Both the film and its soundtrack, which contained twelve songs performed by Cyrus,
[68] achieved commercial success.
[69][70] The soundtrack's lead single, "
The Climb", became a
Top 40 hit in twelve countries
[71] and introduced Cyrus to listeners outside her typical teen pop audience.
[72] Cyrus had considered ending
Hannah Montana after its third season, which finished production on June 5, 2009,
[73] but Disney retained and exercised its option for a fourth season.
[74]Production on The Last Song lasted from June 15, 2009 to August 18, 2009.[75] In between, Cyrus launched the
third Hannah Montana soundtrack, recorded the extended play
The Time of Our Lives, and released the EP's lead single, "Party in the U.S.A."
[76] Cyrus said
The Time of Our Lives
"is a transitioning album. [...] really to introduce people to what I
want my next record to sound like and with time I will be able to do
that a little more."
[77] "Party in the U.S.A." debuted at number two on the
Billboard Hot 100 for her best-ever ranking on the chart.
[78] The Time of Our Lives was released in conjunction with a clothing line co-designed by Cyrus and
Max Azria for
Walmart.
[79]From September 14, 2009 to December 29, 2010, Cyrus toured on her Wonder World Tour to promote
Breakout and
The Time of Our Lives.
[citation needed] On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for
Queen Elizabeth II and numerous other members of the
British Royal Family at the
Royal Variety Performance in
Blackpool,
North West England.
[80]From September 14, 2009 to December 29, 2010, Cyrus toured on her Wonder World Tour to promote
Breakout and
The Time of Our Lives.
[citation needed] On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for
Queen Elizabeth II and numerous other members of the
British Royal Family at the
Royal Variety Performance in
Blackpool,
North West England.
[80]Production on the fourth and final season of Hannah Montana began on January 18, 2010.[81] In the aftermath of the
2010 Haiti earthquake, Cyrus appeared on the charity singles "
We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" and "
Everybody Hurts".
[82][83] Her third studio album,
Can't Be Tamed, was released on June 21, 2010. The album's first single is the title track, "
Can't Be Tamed". The single was released for sale on May 18, 2010 and entered the
Billboard Hot 100 at number eight.
[84] Cyrus's costumes and dances while promoting
Can't Be Tamed were also considerably more provocative than previous performances, arousing media criticism.
[85] After releasing the album, Cyrus intends to take a break from the music industry in order to focus on her film career.
[86]
She commented, "I've not taken, like, acting lessons or anything, but
it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do [...] I'm probably
going to go book an acting coach."
[87]
Cyrus has also decided to opt out of college for the same reason,
saying "I'm a firm believer that you can go back at any age you want,
because my Grandma went back to college at 62 [...] For right now, I
really want to focus on my career. I've worked hard to get to where I am
now, and I want to enjoy it while it lasts."
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