$160,000,000
Miley Cyrus
Net Worth
Born in (City)
Franklin, Tennessee
Born in (Country)
United States
Date of Birth
23rd December, 1992
Date of Death
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Mother
Father
Billy Ray Cyrus
About
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus) is an American singer, actress and, songwriter. She started her career as a Disney teen idol and now has evolved into a renowned star who is now known for her distinctive raspy voice, provocative and non-conformist actions. Over the years both her professional and personal life has sparked a lot of controversies and has received a lot of media coverage. She attained a lot of acclaim and is best known for her role as teenage pop star Hannah Montana Disney Channels's hit sitcom of the same name, Hannah Montana.
Early Life
Miley Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992, in Tennessee to Billy Ray Cyrus and Leticia Finley. Cyrus grew up in the limelight of her father who is a popular country music singer. She became the teenage sweetheart of America while playing the role of Hannah Montana in Disney's show Hannah Montana which aired from 2006 to 2011. Cyrus charted several hits, including two #1 soundtracks on the US Billboard 2020. Miley bagged the role of Hannah Montana when she was 11 years old due to her entertaining abilities to dance, act and sing well. Though she auditioned for the role of Hannah Montana's best friend Lilly, she was cast as the main lead of the show. The show was ranked one of the highest-rated shows of Disney and Miley Cyrus and her character became American teen sensations.
Road to Success
Disney Corp. released an album for Cyrus's Hannah Montana which became a huge commercial hit and topped Billboard charts in the United States and in some other countries globally. It sold well over three million copies and launched Miley's career in television, movies, brand endorsements, and her musical journey as an international pop star. Cyrus toured with other stars, and including her father Billy Cyrus as well and performed in sold-out shows, with Ticketmaster claiming that the level of demand and intensity for Miley is on the same level as the Beatles and Elvis Presley. The success of the tour was filmed and released worldwide as a the concert experience movie "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds".
Cyrus signed an album deal with Hollywood Records and received widespread success with her songs charting on Billboards charts and albums being certified platinum. Some of her famous works include albums - Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), Breakout (2008), Bangerz (2013), and the most recent one She is Coming (2019) among many others. Miley has also made movie appearances in animated movies like Bolt (2008), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), and The Last Song (2010). She has also starred in the series Black Mirror where she plays the role of an exploited artist named Ashley O who wears a purple wig.
Miley supports Libby Ross Foundation which promotes early detection of breast cancer, support programs for survivors, and research to eradicate the disease. She is also involved with Musicians on Call a charity that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients to speed the healing process. Also involved in a wide range of charity work with Red Cross, City of Hope, Blessings in a Backpack, Starkey Hearing Foundation, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity in total supporting 44 charities covering 31 causes. Miley's humanitarian endeavor started at the age of 16 by doing a benefit concert for the City of Hope. The singer to date donates a part of ticket sales money with the organization. Miley is also an animal life advocate and is also follows a vegan. She also founded the non-profit Happy Hippie Foundation in 2014 which is an organization for homeless youth and the LGBTQ community.
Challenges
The controversies surrounding Miley are quite a few and quite diverse – from the almost naked Vanity Fair photoshoot to smoking on camera to pole dancing in a teen choice award. She has also been accused of cultural appropriation and cyberbullying Selena Gomez and the list is endless. Her divorce from Liam Hemsworth was a public divorce where she was criticized for her decision of moving on. In one of her interviews with Vogue, she dispensed the following advice on relationships “Make a list of what you were gaining and what you were losing [in the relationship]. What they were contributing to your life, and what they were subtracting… Value each of these things by one through to ten,” she advised. “Then add it: if they did add more to your life, then you know what you expect for your next relationship. If they were subtracting, you know what you will not accept ever again.”
Failures
Miley Cyrus was caught up in a whirlwind of controversies in her years after the final airing of Hannah Montana. One such incident that got Cyrus barred from being invited to award shows was after she smoked a joint onstage the MTV EMAs show. During the show, Cyrus accepted the award for Best Video Of The Year for her music video Wrecking Ball, she told the audience that she could not fit the award in her bag but instead, she found a joint and lit it on stage. Cyrus upset a lot of people and she was already in hot waters for her twerking performance with Robert Thicke during the 2013 VMAs. She admitted years later that this was why she was not invited to award shows anymore.
Years later she said that moment was why she was no longer invited to awards shows.
Achievements
Miley Cyrus received 16 nominations at the World Music Awards in 2014 and 43 Teen Choice Award nominations from 2006 to 2014, making her the most nominated person in the history of the Teen Choice Awards.|Cyrus was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and won the MTV Movie Award for Best Song From A Movie with her song "The Climb" in 2009.|Cyrus won MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year for Wrecking Ball in 2014.
Quotes
- God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.
- Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.
- As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.