Miley Cyrus

Miley Ray Cyrus (, ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus, November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

She has been recognized for her evolving artistry *

Destiny Hope Cyrus was born November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Leticia "Tish" Jean Cyrus (née Finley) and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

She was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition causing an abnormal resting heart rate.

Her birth name, Destiny Hope, expressed her parents' belief that she would accomplish great things.

Her parents nicknamed her "Smiley", which they later shortened to "Miley", because she often smiled as an infant.

Her father's first child, Christopher Cody, was born in April 1992 and grew up separately with his mother, waitress Kristin Luckey, in South Carolina.

All of Cyrus's maternal siblings are established entertainers.

Trace is a vocalist and guitarist for the electronic pop band Metro Station.

Noah is an actress and, along with Braison, models, sings, and is a songwriter.

Brandi was formerly a musician for the indie rock band Frank + Derol and is a professional DJ.

The Cyrus farmhouse is located on 500 acres of land outside Nashville.

Cyrus attended Heritage Elementary School in Williamson County while she and her family lived in Thompson's Station, Tennessee.

When she was cast in Hannah Montana, the family moved to Los Angeles and she attended Options for Youth Charter Schools studying with a private tutor on set.

Against the advice of her father's record company, Cyrus's parents secretly married on December 28, 1993, a year after her birth.

They had two more children, son Braison and daughter Noah.

From a previous relationship, her mother has two other children, Brandi and Trace.

In 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada, while her father filmed the television series Doc.

After Billy Ray Cyrus took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia! at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Miley Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, "This is what I want to do, daddy. I want to be an actress."

Raised as a Christian, she was baptized in a Southern Baptist church before moving to Hollywood in 2005.

She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring.

Her solo career started with the US number-one albums Meet Miley Cyrus (2007) and Breakout (2008); featuring the top-ten singles "See You Again" and "7 Things".

Apart from music, Cyrus starred in the films Bolt (2008), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), The Last Song (2010), LOL (2012), and So Undercover (2013), and appeared briefly in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Drive-Away Dolls (2024).

She has appeared in listicles such as the Time 100 (2008 and 2014) and Forbes 30 Under 30 (2014 and 2021).

Billboard ranked her as the ninth-greatest Billboard 200 female artist and the 62nd greatest artist of all time.

In 2008, she legally changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus; her middle name honors her grandfather, Democratic politician Ronald Ray Cyrus, who was from Kentucky.

Cyrus's godmother is singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.

The EP The Time of Our Lives (2009) reached number two in the US while its lead single "Party in the U.S.A." became one of the best-selling singles of all time in the country and was later certified diamond by the RIAA.

The ballad "The Climb", also reached number four in the US.

Trying to recalibrate her image, she explored dance-pop in Can't Be Tamed (2010), which received mixed reviews; however, its title track reached the top-ten in the US.

Cyrus is the eighth highest-certified female digital singles artist by the RIAA, and one of the most successful artists of the 2010s by Billboard.

She later signed with RCA Records and took a new artistic direction with the hip-hop and R&B-influenced Bangerz (2013), which became her fifth chart-topping album.

Featuring the singles "We Can't Stop" and her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one "Wrecking Ball", it earned Cyrus her first Grammy Award nomination.

On television, she led and produced the documentary, Miley: The Movement (2013), served as a coach on The Voice (2016–2017), starred in the "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" episode from the Netflix series Black Mirror (2019), hosts the yearly NBC holiday special Miley's New Year's Eve Party (2021–present), and starred in and executive produced the Disney+ documentary concert special, Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) (2023).

In 2014, she founded the non-profit Happy Hippie Foundation, which was supported by the web video series Backyard Sessions (2012–2023).

Cyrus has received numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, five Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, and eight Guinness World Records.

She then dabbled in diverse genres with albums like Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), Younger Now (2017) and Plastic Hearts (2020).

After signing with Columbia Records in 2021, Cyrus released Endless Summer Vacation (2023).

Its lead single "Flowers" set various records and marked her second US number-one.

The song won two Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and the album was nominated for Album of the Year.