Destiny Hope Cyrus is her full name.1)
On November 23, 1992, she was born.2)
She rose to fame as Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006, after minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish during her childhood.3)
Billy Ray Cyrus, her father, also appeared in the episode. Following that, she signed a recording deal with Hollywood Records.4)
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recognized her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus as triple-platinum after it sold over three million copies.5)
In 2008, she released her second album Breakout and debuted as a voice actress in the animated feature Bolt.6)
Miley Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana: The Movie, and with her EP The Time of Our Lives in 2009, she began cultivating a more mature image.7)
She starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song and released her third album, Can't Be Tamed, in 2010. It was her lowest-selling album of her career.8)
Miley Cyrus focused on her acting career in 2011 and 2012, making multiple television and film appearances.9)
While promoting her fourth album Bangerz (2013), her first under her recording contract with RCA Records, her sexually graphic behavior sparked significant outrage.10)
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), Cyrus' fifth studio album released independently, strayed from her conventional pop approach in favor of psychedelic experimentation. She was a coach on the eleventh season of The Voice, a singing competition series, in 2016.11)
Cyrus' third number-one album on the Billboard 200, and her fifth overall, including Hannah Montana soundtrack albums, was Bangerz.12)
“See You Again”, “7 Things”, “The Climb”, “Party in the USA”, “Can't Be Tamed”, “We Can't Stop”, and the chart-topping “Wrecking Ball” are among her seven top 10 Billboard Hot 100 entries.13)
Cyrus has received multiple honors and nominations, and she was named the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009 by Billboard. In 2010, she was placed thirteenth on Forbes' Celebrity 100, and in 2013, MTV named her “Artist of the Year”.14)
In 2008 and 2014, she was included to Time's list of the 100 most influential people.15)
Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, which is characterized by an irregular resting heart rate.16)
Destiny Hope, her birth name, expresses her parents' confidence that she will achieve great things, and she was given the nickname “Smiley”, subsequently shortened to “Miley”, since she smiled a lot as a baby. Her middle name, Miley Ray Cyrus, honors her grandpa, Democratic politician Ronald Ray Cyrus.17)
Cyrus' parents secretly married on December 28, 1993, a year after her birth, against the recommendation of her father's record business.18)
They have two additional children, boy Braison and daughter Noah, together. Her mother has two additional children from prior marriages, Trace and Brandi, and her father has a son named Christopher, who grew up in South Carolina with his mother, Kristin Luckey.19)
Trace later became a vocalist and guitarist for the electronic music band Metro Station, Noah became an actress, Braison became a fashion model, and Brandi became a writer.20)
Dolly Parton, an entertainer, is Cyrus' godmother.21)
She enrolled in Options for Youth Charter Schools and studied with a private tutor on set while working on Hannah Montana.22)
She was raised in a Christian home and was baptized in a Southern Baptist church before relocating to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church on a regular basis as a child and wore a purity ring.23)
Cyrus' inspirations include Madonna, Dolly Parton, Timbaland, Joan Jett, Lil Kim, Shania Twain, Hanson, and Britney Spears.24)
Cyrus has been classified as mostly a pop musician since the beginning of her musical career. Her Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus first studio album was described as being similar to her previous albums such as “Hannah Montana”, with a pop-rock and bubblegum pop vibe.25)
Cyrus co-wrote eight songs for the album and stated, “I really hope this record shows that, more than anything, I'm a writer.” Her early releases include songs with themes about love and relationships.26)
Miley Cyrus is an alto who speaks and sings with a “Nashville twang”.27)
Her vocals on “Party in the USA” (2009) have belter refrains, while those on “Obsessed” (2009) are regarded as “husky”.28)
“The Climb” (2009) and “These Four Walls” (2008) include elements of country music and highlight Cyrus' “twangy voice”.29)
Cyrus explores with an electropop sound in “Fly on the Wall” (2008), a genre she would further explore with the release of her third studio album, Can't Be Tamed (2010). Prior to its completion, it was supposed to have rock music elements, and Cyrus stated after its release that it may be her final pop album.30)
During a musical break, she began working on Bangerz (2013), which she characterized as having a “dirty south feel” before its release. The album's blend of hip hop music with synthpop was praised by critics.31)