Birthplace: Franklin, Tennessee
Best Known As: Star of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana
Name at birth: Destiny Hope Cyrus
Miley Cyrus became a TV star at the age of 13 as the title character in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana. Cyrus is the oldest daughter of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, who topped the charts in 1992 with "Achy Breaky Heart." Miley began performing at an early age, and by the age of 9 was embarking on a professional career. Prior to Hannah Montana, she had a mere handful of jobs, most notably a small part in Tim Burton 's Big Fish (2003, starring Ewan McGregor). After a series of auditions that began when she was 11, Cyrus landed the lead role of Hannah Montana, a teen pop star who leads a double life as an average schoolgirl. Her dad, Billy Ray, was then chosen to play her widowed father in the TV series, and the entire Cyrus family moved from Nashville, Tennessee to southern California to encourage Miley's career. The instant success of her television series led to a record deal for Cyrus, whose husky singing
voice is often featured in the show. In October of 2006 the soundtrack to Hannah Montana, featuring eight songs by Miley and a duet with her father, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top 200 chart. The album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus was released in 2007, and Cyrus toured the country in a successful Hannah Montana concert series. The 2008 film Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour was a hit, and Hannah Montana: The Movie took in $34 million on its opening weekend in 2009, proving that Cyrus was still a very popular star. Also in 2009, at age 16, she published the memoir Miles to Go.
Her nickname "Miley" is a shortened form of her other nickname, "Smiley Miley"... Cyrus officially changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus in January of 2008... Her half-brother Trace Cyrus is the guitarist and singer for the band Metro Station.
Career
2001–2005: Early work
Cyrus became interested in acting when she was nine, and took classes at the Armstrong Acting Studio while her family lived in Toronto, Canada. Her early career was marked by minor roles, the first of which was playing a girl named Kylie on her father's television series Doc. In 2003, Cyrus was credited under her birth name for her role as "Young Ruthie" in Tim Burton's Big Fish.Doly parton, Miley's
godmother, advised Cyrus’ mother to sign Cyrus with Morey Management Group, which The Hollywood Reporter said "was the best advice she could [have gotten] on who should rep her daughter". The group's leader, Jim Morey, and his son, Jason, began co-managing Cyrus’ career alongside Tish Cyrus.
When Cyrus was 12, she auditioned for the role of "best friend" in a Disney Channel television show about a "secret pop star". Disney Channel executives at first judged her to be too young, but Cyrus’ persistence resulted in her being called back for further auditions. She eventually auditioned for the lead role, Chloe Stewart (as seen in her book Miley Cyrus her auto- biography) When she won the role, the character's name was changed to Miley Stewart since Miley claims she was called by too many names. According to Disney Channel president Gary Marsh, Cyrus was chosen because of her energetic and lively performance and was seen as a person who "loves every minute of life," with the "everyday relatability of Hilary Duff and the stage presence of Shania Twain." Cyrus had tried for several years to lose her Southern accent, but Disney decided to include it in the storyline. Later, Cyrus had to audition her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, for the role of the main character's father. The show focuses on adolescence while incorporating a "secret identity" aspect to the storyl
2008–2009: Breakout, The Time of Our Lives EP and film career
After the Best of Both Worlds Tour ended on January 31, 2008, Walt Disney Records/Hollywood Records released the film's soundtrack on March 11, 2008. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. In July 2008, Cyrus released her second studio album under her own name, entitled Breakout.Cyrus said Breakout was inspired by "what's been going on in my life in the past year." Cyrus co-wrote eight out of twelve songs on the album. "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." The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with a first week sales of about 371,000 copies. As of July 31, 2008, this was the second-biggest sales week of the year for a female artist; Mariah Carey's E-MC previously sold 463,000 copies in its first week. "7 Things" was the first single to be released from Breakout and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.She hosted the 2008 CNT Music Awards with her father in April. In 2008, Cyrus hosted the Teen Choice Awards.
Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008 computer-animated feature film, Bolt about a television star dog on his quest to find his owner. Cyrus co-wrote and recorded one of the two original songs on the soundtrack of Bolt, which features her Bolt co-starJohn Travolta . Titled "I Thought I Lost You", it was later nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Origin
Song. Cyrus again played the title role in the Hannah Montana film spin-off, Hannah Montana:The Movie which was released on April 10, 2009. The film is about Stewart returning to her country roots and deciding which life to choose, her own normal life or as pop star Hannah Montana. Her single, " The Climb" from the movie’s soundtrack peaked at number four on the
Billboard Hot 100, thus becoming her highest charting single since "See You Again" and "7 Things" which charted at #10 and #9 respectively; later " party in the U>S.A. charted at # 2. The movie's soundtrack became the third album under the franchise to take the lead of the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
In June 2009, Cyrus changed her TV and movie career representation from United Talent Agency to Creative Artists Agency, which had already represented her for music. Also in June, Cyrus began filming her movie The Last Song, based on a novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks , in which she plays a rebellious teenage girl who spends a summer with her estranged father at his home in a quiet beach town. The film was conceived as a "star vehicle" with the intention of introducing Cyrus to older audiences. Cyrus recorded a song with the Jonas Brothers titled "Before the Storm" for their
fourth studio album Lines, Vines and Trving Times.She also launched another Hannah Montana soundtrack (for the third season), titled Hannah Montana 3on July 7, 2009
" Party in the U.S.A" was officially released to radio on July 29, 2009. The song is from a Wal-Mart exclusive EP entitled The Time of our Lives which released on August 31, 2009. It was released as promotion for Cyrus’ clothing line. The song made it to number one on Hot Digital Songs with 226,000 paid downloads, making her the youngest artist to top the chart, which led its big debut on the Billboard Hot 100, where it was placed at number two, topping "The Climb" (that peaked at number four).[39][49] The song thereby became the "fastest breaking single in Hollywood Records' history."[50]
Cyrus announced her 2009 North American Tour. The tour began on September 14, 2009 in Portland, Oregon and spanned 45 dates across North America. Eventually, additional dates were announced for the United Kingdom making the tour change names to the Wonder World Tour. The tour featured the band Metro Station as a special guest.[51] Tickets went on sale to the general public on June 13, 2009 and for the UK dates on June 12, 2009.[52] In July 2009, Disney acquired the film rights to Aprilynne Pike's novel Wings, in which Cyrus is expected to star.[53] In early December 2009, Cyrus performed her hits "See You Again", "The Climb" and "Party in the U.S.A." at the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball at London's The O2 arena.[54] 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, along with fellow American pop singer Lady GaGa.[55] In December, Timbaland released his album, Shock Value II, which features a track with Cyrus called "We Belong to the Music". Cyrus was ranked number four on Billboard's list of the Top Female Artists of 2009, above artists such as Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson.[56]
In late 2009, Cyrus recorded a cover of the Poison song Every Rose Has Its Thorn in collaboration with Bret Michaels. The track was produced by John Shanks.[57][58] Cyrus plans to take a break from recording music after releasing her next album in hopes of developing an "edgier" sound.
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