Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American actress and singer-songwriter best known for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana (she is the daughter of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus). Her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop, R&B, and experimental music.
As Hannah Montana, she attained two number-one and three top-five soundtracks on the Billboard 200, and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single "He Could Be the One". Cyrus' initial solo career consisted of the teen-friendly pop rock U.S. number-one albums Meet Miley Cyrus (2007) and Breakout (2008); these releases contained the US top-ten singles "See You Again" and "7 Things". She then released the extended play The Time of Our Lives (2009), which peaked at number two in the U.S; its lead single, "Party in the U.S.A", became one of the best-selling singles in the United States and was certified diamond by the RIAA. She also released the country pop ballad "The Climb", which peaked at number four. Cyrus attempted to establish a mature public image with her third album, Can't Be Tamed (2010), which explored dance-pop. The record was critically panned; however, its title track reached the top ten in the U.S. Following a two-year hiatus, she underwent a more mature and provocative musical shift with the release of the R&B and southern hip hop-infused Bangerz (2013), which became her fifth number-one album and included the singles "We Can't Stop" and the chart-topping "Wrecking Ball". The album earned Cyrus her first Grammy Award nomination. She experimented with psychedelic music on her follow-up, the free album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), before exploring country pop on Younger Now (2017), which contained the top-ten single "Malibu", and trap on the EP She Is Coming (2019). Plastic Hearts (2020) saw Cyrus venture into rock and glam rock; the record became her first number-one entry on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart. In 2021, Cyrus collaborated with The Kid Laroi on a remix of his single, "Without You". Cyrus' eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation (2023), was preceded by the lead single "Flowers", which set several streaming records and became her second U.S. number-one single.
Cyrus has also starred in the films Bolt (2008), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), The Last Song (2010), LOL (2012), and So Undercover (2013), and appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). On television, she served as a coach on the singing competition series The Voice (2016–2017), starred in the "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" episode from the Netflix series Black Mirror (2019), and hosts the yearly NBC holiday special Miley's New Year's Eve Party (2021–present). She founded the non-profit organization Happy Hippie Foundation in 2014, which was supported by the web video series Backyard Sessions (2012–2023). She starred in and executive produced the Disney+ documentary concert special, Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) (2023).
Cyrus has been referred to as the "Teen Queen" of 2000s pop culture. She is known for her musical versatility and has been critically lauded for constantly reinventing her sound and style every musical era.[3][4][5] Regarded as one of the few examples of a child star with a successful career as an adult,[6] Cyrus' accolades include nineteen Teen Choice Awards, four World Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, one People's Choice Award, and a GLAAD Media Award. She has made the Time 100 list in 2008 and 2014, Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2014 and 2021, was named MTV's Best Artist of 2013, appeared on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists chart in 2019, and was ranked as the ninth greatest Billboard 200 female artist of all time.
Cyrus made her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live on March 5, 2011, the sixteenth episode of SNL's 36th season (with The Strokes as the musical guests).
She returned to Saturday Night Live to making her 2nd hosting stint and her first time as the musical guest on October 5, 2013, the second episode of Season 39, where she performed her two songs "Wrecking Ball" and "We Can't Stop". She also made a cameo on October 26, 2013 where she appeared in the opening monologue with Alec Baldwin to help actor Edward Norton for his first-time hosting and as one of the women in the "12 Years Not a Slave" sketch.
She returned to Saturday Night Live to making her 3rd hosting stint and made her 2nd musical guest appearance on October 3, 2015, which is the Season 41 premiere; which coincidentally, was the first episode for first-year featured player Jon Rudnitsky. She performed her two songs "Karen Don't Be Sad" and "The Twinkle Song".
She returned to Saturday Night Live again as the musical guest for her 3rd appearance, as well as her 7th appearance on November 4, 2017, the fourth episode of Season 43, hosted by former SNL writer, actor and comedian Larry David, star of HBO's comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm. She performed her two songs "Bad Mood" and "I Would Die for You" and a couple of sketches.
She returned to Saturday Night Live as the musical guest for her 4th musical guest appearance, with Mark Ronson performing "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" and a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", on December 15, 2018, the ninth episode and the Christmas show of Season 44, hosted by actor Matt Damon.
She returned to Saturday Night Live again as the musical guest for her 5th musical guest appearance on April 25, 2020, the seventeenth episode of Season 45, billed as Saturday Night Live At Home, where she performs a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", thus making her a five-time musical guest.
She most recently appeared as the musical guest for her 6th appearance, as well as her 10th appearance on the May 8, 2021 episode, the eighteenth episode and Mother's Day show of Season 46, alongside Elon Musk as the host. She performed "Without You" with The Kid LAROI and "Plastic Hearts" and appears in the cold opening performing "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" originally performed by her godmother, Dolly Parton.
She made a cameo on December 11, 2021 (when Billie Eilish hosted & performed as the musical guest).
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