Miley 射线, 雷 Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and pop singer. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the 迪士尼 Channel sitcom Hannah Montana. Cyrus recorded 音乐 for the soundtracks, Hannah Montana (2006) and Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), released 由 Walt 迪士尼 Records. With the success of the Hannah Montana franchise she established herself as a teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus signed to Hollywood Records to pursue a solo career. She embarked upon the Best of Both Worlds Tour the same year, in which she performed as both herself and in character as Hannah Montana. The tour was eventually turned into a high-grossing 音乐会 film entitled Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 音乐会 (2008). In July 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album, Breakout (2008), which was commercially successful.
She began her foray into film 由 providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated film Bolt (2008). Cyrus earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance of Bolt's theme song, "I Thought I 迷失 You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). The Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack introduced her to new audiences within country and adult contemporary markets.
She began to cultivate an adult image in 2009 with the release of The Time of Our Lives (2009), an extended play which presented a 更多 mainstream pop sound, and 由 filming The Last Song (2010), a coming-of-age drama film. The former included Cyrus's best-selling single, "Party in the U.S.A." (2009). A studio album titled Can't Be Tamed was released in 2010 and presents a new dance-pop sound. The 音乐 video and lyrics of the album's lead single, "Can't Be Tamed", portrays a 更多 sexualized image for the entertainer. Cyrus ranked number thirteen on Forbes' 2010 Celebrity 100.[3] In April 2011, Cyrus was named the 64th hottest woman in the world on Maxim's Hot 100.[4] In May 2011, Cyrus was also named the 89th sexiest women in the world on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the world.[5]
Early life
Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee to Leticia Jean "Tish" (née Finley) and country singer Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus.[6][7] Her parents named her Destiny Hope because they believed that she would accomplish great things with her life. They gave her the nickname "Smiley", which was later shortened to "Miley", because she smiled so often as a baby.[8] Cyrus suffers from a mild 心 condition causing tachycardia which, though not dangerous, is often bothersome.[9]
Against the wishes of her father's record company,[10] Cyrus's parents secretly married a 年 after Cyrus's birth on December 28, 1993.[7][11] Tish had two children from a 前一个 relationship: Trace and Brandi. Billy 射线, 雷 adopted Trace and Brandi when they were young.[12] She has a half-brother, Christopher Cody, Billy Ray's son from a brief relationship, born the same 年 as Miley; he grew up with his mother in South Carolina.[10] Tish and Billy 射线, 雷 had two 更多 children, Braison and Noah. Cyrus's godmother is entertainer Dolly Parton.[13] Cyrus was very close to her paternal grandfather, Democratic politician Ronald 射线, 雷 Cyrus.[14] Cyrus has paid her grandfather several tributes since his death in 2006, including eventually changing her middle name to "Ray".[15] According to Cyrus's father, "A lot of people say Miley changed her name to Miley 射线, 雷 because of Billy Ray, but that's not true. She did that in honor of my dad, because the two of them just loved each other to pieces."[9]
Cyrus grew up on a 500-acre (2.0 km2) farm in Franklin, Tennessee, approximately an 小时 away from Nashville,[16] and attended Heritage Elementary School.[17] She was raised Christian and was baptized in a Southern Baptist church prior to moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring.[18] Several of Cyrus's siblings also eventually entered the entertainment business: Trace became a vocalist and guitarist for the electronic pop band Metro Station,[19] Noah became an actress, and Brandi became a guitarist.[20]
Career
2001–05: Early work
In 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the 电视 series Doc.[21] Cyrus 说 watching her father film the 显示 inspired her to pursue acting. After Billy 射线, 雷 took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia! at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, "This is what I want to do, daddy. I want to be an actress."[22] She began taking 唱歌 and 表演 classes at the Armstrong 表演 Studio in Toronto.[23] In her first role, Cyrus played a girl named Kylie on Doc.[8] In 2003, Cyrus was credited under her birth name for her role as "Young Ruthie" in Tim Burton's Big Fish.[24]
At age 11, Cyrus learned about the casting for what became Hannah Montana, a 迪士尼 Channel children's 电视 series about a school girl with a secret double life as a teen pop star. Cyrus sent in a tape auditioning for the show's best friend role, but received a call asking her to audition for the lead, "Chloe Stewart".[1] After sending in a new tape and flying to Hollywood for further auditions,[25] Cyrus was told that she was too young and too small for the part.[25][26] However, her persistence and ability to sing in addition to act led the show's producers to invite her back for further auditions. Cyrus eventually received the lead, renamed "Miley Stewart" after herself, at the age of twelve.[25] During this time, she also auditioned with Taylor Lautner for the feature film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D and it came down to her and another actress, but Cyrus started doing Hannah Montana instead.[27]
As Cyrus's career took off, Tish Cyrus made several critical decisions regarding her daughter's representation. She signed Cyrus with Mitchell Gossett, director of the youth division at Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty. Gossett, who specializes in creating child stars, had arranged for Cyrus's auditions for Hannah Montana and is credited with "discovering" her.[28][29] For Cyrus's 音乐 career, Tish followed the 建议 of Dolly Parton, Cyrus's godmother and a singer herself, and signed Cyrus with Jason Morey of Morey Management Group. "Dolly 说 the Moreys are people 你 can trust around your daughter," Tish Cyrus recalls, "and she 说 they have good morals, which is not always the case in this business."[30] According to trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter, Parton's 建议 was "the best 建议 [Tish] could [have gotten] on who should rep her daughter."[30] Tish also recruited Billy Ray's business manager to manage her daughter's finances. Tish herself continues to co-manage 或者 produce many of Cyrus's career decisions.[30] For her education, Cyrus enrolled at Options for Youth Charter Schools[31] and studied with a private tutor on the set of her 电视 show.[32]
2006–07: Hannah Montana and Meet Miley Cyrus
Cyrus performing in the Best of Both Worlds Tour, January 4, 2008
Hannah Montana became an instant hit and propelled Cyrus to teen idol status, according to The Daily Telegraph.[24] The series premiered on March 26, 2006 to the largest audience ever for a 迪士尼 Channel show[33] and soon became one of the highest-rated series on basic cable, elevating Cyrus's wealth and fame along with it.[34] Time magazine reports that Cyrus's "phenom[enal]" success is due partially to her talent and partially to "Disney learning to use its vast, multimedia holdings" and market Cyrus and Hannah Montana appropriately.[35] Cyrus eventually became the first artist to have deals in television, film, consumer products, and 音乐 within The Walt 迪士尼 Company.[28]
Cyrus's first single was "The Best of Both Worlds", the theme song to Hannah Montana, which was released on March 28, 2006.[36] "The Best of Both Worlds" is credited to "Hannah Montana", the pop 星, 星级 Cyrus portrays on the series 由 the same name. As with other songs credited to Montana, Cyrus typically dressed as the character when performing the song live.[37] Cyrus's first release under her own name was a cover of James Baskett's "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", released on April 4, 2006 on the fourth edition of DisneyMania.[38] Dressed as Hannah Montana, Cyrus opened for The Cheetah Girls on twenty dates of their The Party's Just Begun Tour, beginning on September 15, 2006.[39] On October 24 of same year, Walt 迪士尼 Records released the first Hannah Montana soundtrack. Of the nine tracks on the soundtrack performed 由 Cyrus, eight were credited to "Hannah Montana" and one, a duet with her father titled "I Learned from You", was credited to Cyrus as herself. The album peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.[40]
The 秒 season of Hannah Montana premiered on April 23, 2007, and ran until October 12, 2008.[41] Cyrus signed a four-album deal with Disney-owned Hollywood Records and, on June 26, 2007, released a double-disc album. The first disc was the soundtrack to the 秒 season of Hannah Montana, while the second, titled Meet Miley Cyrus, was Cyrus's debut album credited to her own name. The double-disc album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200[42] and was later certified three times platinum 由 the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[43] Meet Miley Cyrus generated "See 你 Again", Cyrus's first single to be released under her own name and her first 最佳, 返回页首 ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.[44] In Fall 2007, Cyrus launched her first tour, the Best of Both Worlds Tour, to promote Meet Miley Cyrus and the Hannah Montana soundtracks. With the Jonas Brothers, Aly & AJ, and Everlife as her opening acts, Cyrus toured from October 17, 2007 to January 31, 2008 with stops in the U.S. and Canada.[45] Tickets sold out in 分钟 and were scalped for up to $2,500 and an average of $214, well above their $26–$65 face value.[46] A Ticketmaster official commented, "Hell hath no fury like the parent of a child throwing a tantrum. People who have been in this business for a long time are watching what's happening, and they say there hasn't been a demand of this level 或者 intensity since The Beatles 或者 Elvis."[47]
2008–09: Breakout, transitions and film career launch
Cyrus at 2008 音乐电视 Video 音乐 Awards.
After the end of the Best of Both Worlds Tour in January 2008, Walt 迪士尼 Pictures released Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, a 3D 音乐会 film of the tour, on February 1, 2008 for what was expected to be a one-week run. The film earned over $31 million [48] at the box-office and an average of $42,000 per theater, twice the expected total, convincing 迪士尼 executives to extend the release for an indefinite run. "We don't want to turn away kids from the theaters who couldn't get into the concerts," 说 Chuck Viane, Disney's chief of distribution.[49] The film's soundtrack was released 由 Walt 迪士尼 Records/Hollywood Records on March 11, 2008 and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200.[50]
On July 22, 2008, Cyrus released her 秒 studio album under her own name, entitled Breakout. Cyrus 说 Breakout was inspired 由 "what's been going on in my life in the past year."[51] Cyrus co-wrote eight out of twelve songs on the album.[51] "Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever, [...] I just hope this record showcases that, 更多 than anything, I'm a writer."[52] The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart[53] and its lead single, "7 Things", peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[54][55] She hosted the 2008 CMT 音乐 Awards with her father in April[56] and the 2008 Teen Choice Awards 由 herself in August.[57] Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008 computer-animated film Bolt, which was released on November 21, 2008 to critical acclaim.[58] Cyrus also co-wrote and recorded the song "I Thought I 迷失 You" as a duet with John Travolta for the film, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.[59] In September 2009, she participated in the charity single "Just Stand Up!" in support of the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer[60] and in the City of Hope Benefit 音乐会 in support of cancer research and training programs.[61] She also became involved in Disney's 老友记 for Change, an environmentalist group, for which she recorded the charity single "Send It On" along with several other 迪士尼 Channel stars.[62]
Cyrus performing at Wonder World Tour in 2009.
Cyrus had already begun transitioning to a 更多 grown-up image in late 2008, when her representatives negotiated a deal for novelist Nicholas Sparks to write the screenplay and novel basis for a film that would serve as a 星, 星级 vehicle for Cyrus 由 introducing her to audiences older than the young 粉丝 she had gained through Hannah Montana.[63] Sparks and co-writer Jeff 面包车, 范 Wie developed The Last Song.[63] It was important to Cyrus that she not be type cast as a singer: "I didn't want to be a singer in another film. I don't want to do that anymore. 你 have no idea how many 音乐剧 显示 up on my door. I want to do something a little 更多 serious."[64] In March 2009, Cyrus published Miles To Go, a memoir co-written 由 Hilary Liftin chronicling her life through age sixteen.[65] Cyrus starred as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie, released April 10, 2009. Both the film and its soundtrack, which contained twelve songs performed 由 Cyrus,[66] achieved commercial success.[67][68] The soundtrack's lead single, "The Climb", became a 最佳, 返回页首 40 hit in twelve countries[69] and introduced Cyrus to listeners outside her typical teen pop audience.[70] Cyrus had considered ending Hannah Montana after its third season, which finished production on June 5, 2009,[71] but 迪士尼 retained and exercised its option for a fourth season.[72]
Production on The Last Song lasted from June 15, 2009 to August 18, 2009.[73] In between, Cyrus launched the third Hannah Montana soundtrack, recorded the extended play The Time of Our Lives, and released the EP's lead single, "Party in the U.S.A."[74] Cyrus 说 The Time of Our Lives "is a transitioning album. [...] really to introduce people to what I want my 下一个 record to sound like and with time I will be able to do that a little more."[75] "Party in the U.S.A." debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for her best-ever ranking on the chart.[76] The Time of Our Lives was released in conjunction with a clothing line co-designed 由 Cyrus and Max Azria for Walmart.[77]
From September 14, 2009 to December 29, 2010, Cyrus toured on her Wonder World Tour to promote Breakout and The Time of Our Lives.[citation needed] On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for 皇后乐队 Elizabeth II and numerous other members of the British Royal Family at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, North West England.[78]
2010–present: Can't Be Tamed and focus on film career
Cyrus at Kids Choice Awards 2011.
Production on the fourth and final season of Hannah Montana began on January 18, 2010.[79] In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Cyrus appeared on the charity singles "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" and "Everybody Hurts".[80][81] Her third studio album, Can't Be Tamed, was released on June 21, 2010. The album's first single is the 标题 track, "Can't Be Tamed". The single was released for sale on May 18, 2010 and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number eight.[82] Cyrus's costumes and dances while promoting Can't Be Tamed were also considerably 更多 provocative than 前一个 performances, arousing media criticism.[83] After releasing the album, Cyrus intends to take a break from the 音乐 industry in order to focus on her film career.[84] She commented, "I've not taken, like, 表演 lessons 或者 anything, but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do [...] I'm probably going to go book an 表演 coach."[85] Cyrus has also decided to opt out of college for the same reason, saying "I'm a firm believer that 你 can go back at any age 你 want, because my Grandma went back to college at 62 [...] For right now, I really want to focus on my career. I've worked hard to get to where I am now, and I want to enjoy it while it lasts."[86][87][88]
Cyrus starred in The Last Song, which was released on March 31, 2010, and received generally poor reviews, as did Cyrus's performance.[89] Nonetheless, the film was commercially successful, grossing 更多 than $88 million at the worldwide box office.[90] According to box-office analyst Exhibitor Relations, the film marked "a successful transition to adult roles for Miley Cyrus."[91]
The fourth and final season of Hannah Montana began airing on 迪士尼 Channel on July 11, 2010 and was ended on January 16, 2011.[92]
As of December 2010, Cyrus is set to 星, 星级 in two 更多 films, LOL: Laughing Out Loud and So Undercover. In LOL, a remake of a 2008 French teen comedy, Cyrus plays "a daughter who is involved with all the wrong kids, doing drugs, failing school, but [...whose] mother has her on this perfect pedestal" and says "[She] just fell in 爱情 with the story."[93] Miley's character loses her virginity, smokes cannabis, gets wasted and kisses two girlfriends on the lips.[94] She will also 星, 星级 in So Undercover, an action comedy film. Cyrus will play the part of "a tough, street-smart private eye hired 由 the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority."[95] She will learn 街, 街道 fighting for the role.[95]
Cyrus hosted Saturday Night Live on March 5, 2011, where she performed in several sketches. She also sang a brief song about her several controversies, such as the bong incident, the 照片 of her friend and she eating a Twizzler, and the "pole dance" on a hotel pole at the Teen Choice Awards, stating "I'm sorry that I'm not perfect." [96][97]
In March 2011, father Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus confirmed on talk show, The View, that Miley had been in talks with producer Dr. Luke on a new album, despite her earlier announcement that she'd be focusing 更多 on 表演 in the future.[98]
From April 29, 2011 to July 2, 2011, Cyrus is touring on her Gypsy 心 Tour to promote her album Can't Be Tamed.
Earnings
In 2008, Cyrus earned $25 million, up from her earnings of $18 million in 2007, and was ranked number 35 on Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list.[99] Parade magazine reported she was the richest teenage celebrity and that her franchise would be worth approximately $1 billion 由 the end of the year.[100] In 2009, Forbes ranked her #29 on the Celebrity 100 and reported she had earned a total of $25 million.[101] Then Cyrus got ranked number thirteen on Forbes' 2010 Celebrity 100 ranking $48 million.[3] From the $48 million she made between June 2009 to June 2010 made her the no. 4 highest earners under 30 and the youngest on the list.[102]
From working on Hannah Montana, Cyrus got paid $15,000 per episode she did on the hit show, making her the 6th highest paid child 星, 星级 on 电视 behind fellow 迪士尼 stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse and Keke Palmer with $20,000 for their shows. Also, she is behind friend and 迪士尼 星, 星级 Selena Gomez that makes $25,000 per episode of her show, Nick 星, 星级 Miranda Cosgrove with $180,000 per episode of her show, and one time co-star Angus T. Jones that got paid $250,000 for each episode of his show.[103] Though she had not got paid as much as other 迪士尼 stars, she is still on "Top 20 World's Richest Female Singers Of All Time" 列表 with over $100 million in 5 years active throughout her career.[104]
Image and personal life
With Cyrus's increased success came increased media attention. In a May 2008 interview with The Los Angeles Times, Francois Navarre, the proprietor of the X17 照片 agency, 说 Cyrus's market value had picked up considerably after the Vanity Fair 照片 controversy: "She's started to sell more. [...] It used to be $300, and now it's $2,000 for a picture."[105] Estimates for a picture of the then-15 年 old's first 吻乐队(Kiss) ranged from $30,000 to $150,000.[105] Navarre noted that Cyrus rarely behaved against her wholesome image 或者 went out without a parent and stated, "She has people waiting for the moment she starts to be less traditional. [...] It's natural. Any teenager. But it's going to come very fast. [...] As soon as her mom lets her go out 由 herself. It's going to start to be interesting."[105] Time magazine included her on the 2008 Time 100, the magazine's 列表 of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her write-up was written 由 former child 星, 星级 Donny Osmond, who warned, "As an idol to tweens the world over, singer-actress Miley Cyrus, 15, is riding a huge tidal wave at the pinnacle of her career; this is as it should be. I hope she enjoys it. [...] Within three to five years, Miley will have to face adulthood. [...] As she does, she'll want to change her image, and that change will be met with adversity."[106]
Cyrus celebrated her 16th birthday at Disneyland with a charity fundraiser for Youth Service America, a youth volunteer service organization.[107][108][109]
At the end of 2009, Billboard magazine ranked Cyrus the fourth best-selling female artist[110] and the fifth best-selling singer overall.[111]
On October 26, 2010, less than a 月 before Cyrus's eighteenth birthday, her father Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus filed for divorce from her mother in Tennessee, citing irreconcilable differences.[112] In a statement made to People the 下一个 日 announcing the split, the couple said, "As 你 can imagine, this is a very difficult time for our family... We are trying to work through some personal matters. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers."[113] However, on March 18, 2011, Cyrus's father announced on The View that he had dropped the divorce.[114]
Controversies
In December 2007, a brief controversy emerged when 照片 Cyrus had 发布 on her private MySpace account, depicting her and a female friend sharing a piece of licorice and "almost kissing", were spread across the internet, prompting rumors of lesbianism. Cyrus comments, "For me, I was like, That's two girls—it's not a big deal. But they got spread around. Like someone copied and pasted and said, Omigod, look at this, and blah blah blah."[115]
In April 2008, several provocative 图片 of Cyrus in her underwear and 泳装, 游泳衣 were leaked onto the web 由 a teenager who hacked Cyrus's Gmail account.[116][117][118][119] Cyrus described the 图片 as "silly, inappropriate shots" and stated, "I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone."[120][121] On April 25, 2008, the televised entertainment program Entertainment Tonight reported that Cyrus, then 15, had posed topless for a photoshoot taken 由 photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair.[122] On April 29, 2008, The New York Times clarified that though the pictures left an impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless.[123] Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which a 迪士尼 spokesperson described as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines." Gary Marsh, president of entertainment for 迪士尼 Channel Worldwide, was quoted 由 投资组合 magazine to have said, “For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her a godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back."[123] In response to the Internet circulation of the 照片 and ensuing media attention, Cyrus released a statement of apology on April 27, 2008: "I took part in a 照片 shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and 阅读 the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my 粉丝 who I care so deeply about."[123] Leibovitz also released a statement: "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful."[123][124]
In May 2008, Gossett, Cyrus's longtime 表演 agent, left Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty for United Talent Agency, partially with the hope of "giving Cyrus the major-agency backing that would support a widening career", according to The Hollywood Reporter.[30][125] About a 年 later in June 2009, Cyrus left both Gossett and UTA, which had recently negotiated her deals for The Last Song and the fourth season of Hannah Montana, and joined the Creative Artists Agency, which had already represented her for music.[126] Nikki Finke, who broke the news, reported, "Is this fair to UTA? Of course not. But I hear the decision was made 由 Miley's mother Trish [sic] Cyrus".[127]
Cyrus's performance of "Party in the U.S.A." at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards incited a media uproar, with some viewers criticizing Cyrus's provocative outfit and inclusion of a brief pole dance as inappropriate for her age, then sixteen, and for her young fans.[128][129] Conversely, Newsday reported that her sexualization "has been coming for some time."[130] Ian Drew, senior editor of US Weekly, said, "She already has this risque image, so it really wasn't much of a stretch. That's how Britney [Spears] took off. She was the good girl gone bad, and it looks to be working for Miley as well."[130] Cyrus was also criticized that 年 for dating Gaston, five years her senior,[131] and for a 照片 displaying Cyrus and 老友记 making "slant-eyed" expressions, which the Organization of Chinese Americans claimed was offensive to the Asian community.[132] Cyrus apologized for the 照片 on her website, defending her actions and saying, "In NO way was I making fun of any ethnicity! I was simply making a goofy face."[133]
Later in 2010, TMZ released a video of Cyrus, then 16, giving Adam Shankman, producer of The Last Song, a lap dance at the film's 包, 换行 party.[134][135][136] Cyrus's father defended her actions, saying Miley was just "having fun" and that "it's what people her age do".[137] Later that 年 in December, TMZ released a video of Cyrus, which took place five days after her 18th birthday at her Los Angeles home, in which she is seen smoking from a bong. She claimed she was smoking the psychoactive plant salvia divinorum, although this has not been confirmed 由 anybody but Cyrus herself.[138][139][140] Salvia is legal in the state of California, and Cyrus was of legal age at the time the video was shot.[141] Cyrus's father expressed his sadness regarding the matter on Twitter, saying, "Sorry guys. I had no idea. Just saw this stuff for the first time myself. Im so sad. There is much beyond my control right now".[142][143]
Relationships
Cyrus told Seventeen magazine that she and Nick Jonas had dated for two years and "were in love", but were "fighting a lot" 由 the end.[144] After the break-up, Cyrus says that she initially "rebell[ed] against everything Nick wanted me to be. And then I was like, I've got to be 由 myself for now, and just figure out who I really am."[144] In February 2008, Cyrus and her friend Mandy Jiroux opened a YouTube account and began posting 视频 of what they called The Miley and Mandy Show. The show, described as a "YouTube hit," is 说 to be filmed for fun 由 Cyrus and Jiroux and to be entirely their work, with Cyrus and Jiroux editing the footage together.[145]
In June 2009, Cyrus ended her nine-month relationship with model Justin Gaston shortly before flying to Georgia to film The Last Song.[146] While filming later that month, Cyrus began dating her co-star in The Last Song, Australian actor Liam Hemsworth.[147] She later called him her "first serious boyfriend".[148] In August 2010, it was confirmed that her relationship with Hemsworth had ended.[149][150] Cyrus and Hemsworth were seen together a 月 later, and were reportedly back together.[151] It was announced in early November that the couple had 分裂, 拆分 again.[152] As of March 2011, Cyrus and Hemsworth are reportedly back together.
Filmography
Films
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Big Fish Young Ruthie Film debut
2007 High School Musical 2 Girl at pool Cameo
2008 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Herself 3D 音乐会 film
2008 Bolt Penny Voice-over Role
2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana Based on TV series
2010 The Last Song Veronica "Ronnie" Miller Film adaption of book
2010 Sex and the City 2 Herself Cameo
2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Herself Cameo
2011 LOL: Laughing Out Loud Lola Remake of French film
2011 So Undercover Molly Filming[153]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001–2003 Doc Kylie Recurring role
2006–2011 Hannah Montana Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana Lead role
2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" (Season 2, Episode 20)
2006–2008 Disney 365 Herself In 9 episodes, 2006-2008.
2007 The Replacements Celebrity 星, 星级 (voice) "Frog Prince" (Season 2, Episode 5)
2007–2008 The Emperor's New School Yata (voice) Recurring role
2009 The Suite Life on Deck Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana "Double-Crossed" (Season 1, Episode 21)
2011 Saturday Night Live Herself Host, March 5 episode.
Discography
Main article: Miley Cyrus discography
Studio albums
Meet Miley Cyrus (2007)
Breakout (2008)
Can't Be Tamed (2010)
Extended plays
The Time of Our Lives (2009)
Tours
Best of Both Worlds Tour (2007–08)
Wonder World Tour (2009)
Gypsy 心 Tour (2011)
Awards and nominations
列表 of awards and nominations received 由 Miley Cyrus
She began her foray into film 由 providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated film Bolt (2008). Cyrus earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance of Bolt's theme song, "I Thought I 迷失 You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). The Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack introduced her to new audiences within country and adult contemporary markets.
She began to cultivate an adult image in 2009 with the release of The Time of Our Lives (2009), an extended play which presented a 更多 mainstream pop sound, and 由 filming The Last Song (2010), a coming-of-age drama film. The former included Cyrus's best-selling single, "Party in the U.S.A." (2009). A studio album titled Can't Be Tamed was released in 2010 and presents a new dance-pop sound. The 音乐 video and lyrics of the album's lead single, "Can't Be Tamed", portrays a 更多 sexualized image for the entertainer. Cyrus ranked number thirteen on Forbes' 2010 Celebrity 100.[3] In April 2011, Cyrus was named the 64th hottest woman in the world on Maxim's Hot 100.[4] In May 2011, Cyrus was also named the 89th sexiest women in the world on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the world.[5]
Early life
Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee to Leticia Jean "Tish" (née Finley) and country singer Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus.[6][7] Her parents named her Destiny Hope because they believed that she would accomplish great things with her life. They gave her the nickname "Smiley", which was later shortened to "Miley", because she smiled so often as a baby.[8] Cyrus suffers from a mild 心 condition causing tachycardia which, though not dangerous, is often bothersome.[9]
Against the wishes of her father's record company,[10] Cyrus's parents secretly married a 年 after Cyrus's birth on December 28, 1993.[7][11] Tish had two children from a 前一个 relationship: Trace and Brandi. Billy 射线, 雷 adopted Trace and Brandi when they were young.[12] She has a half-brother, Christopher Cody, Billy Ray's son from a brief relationship, born the same 年 as Miley; he grew up with his mother in South Carolina.[10] Tish and Billy 射线, 雷 had two 更多 children, Braison and Noah. Cyrus's godmother is entertainer Dolly Parton.[13] Cyrus was very close to her paternal grandfather, Democratic politician Ronald 射线, 雷 Cyrus.[14] Cyrus has paid her grandfather several tributes since his death in 2006, including eventually changing her middle name to "Ray".[15] According to Cyrus's father, "A lot of people say Miley changed her name to Miley 射线, 雷 because of Billy Ray, but that's not true. She did that in honor of my dad, because the two of them just loved each other to pieces."[9]
Cyrus grew up on a 500-acre (2.0 km2) farm in Franklin, Tennessee, approximately an 小时 away from Nashville,[16] and attended Heritage Elementary School.[17] She was raised Christian and was baptized in a Southern Baptist church prior to moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring.[18] Several of Cyrus's siblings also eventually entered the entertainment business: Trace became a vocalist and guitarist for the electronic pop band Metro Station,[19] Noah became an actress, and Brandi became a guitarist.[20]
Career
2001–05: Early work
In 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the 电视 series Doc.[21] Cyrus 说 watching her father film the 显示 inspired her to pursue acting. After Billy 射线, 雷 took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia! at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, "This is what I want to do, daddy. I want to be an actress."[22] She began taking 唱歌 and 表演 classes at the Armstrong 表演 Studio in Toronto.[23] In her first role, Cyrus played a girl named Kylie on Doc.[8] In 2003, Cyrus was credited under her birth name for her role as "Young Ruthie" in Tim Burton's Big Fish.[24]
At age 11, Cyrus learned about the casting for what became Hannah Montana, a 迪士尼 Channel children's 电视 series about a school girl with a secret double life as a teen pop star. Cyrus sent in a tape auditioning for the show's best friend role, but received a call asking her to audition for the lead, "Chloe Stewart".[1] After sending in a new tape and flying to Hollywood for further auditions,[25] Cyrus was told that she was too young and too small for the part.[25][26] However, her persistence and ability to sing in addition to act led the show's producers to invite her back for further auditions. Cyrus eventually received the lead, renamed "Miley Stewart" after herself, at the age of twelve.[25] During this time, she also auditioned with Taylor Lautner for the feature film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D and it came down to her and another actress, but Cyrus started doing Hannah Montana instead.[27]
As Cyrus's career took off, Tish Cyrus made several critical decisions regarding her daughter's representation. She signed Cyrus with Mitchell Gossett, director of the youth division at Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty. Gossett, who specializes in creating child stars, had arranged for Cyrus's auditions for Hannah Montana and is credited with "discovering" her.[28][29] For Cyrus's 音乐 career, Tish followed the 建议 of Dolly Parton, Cyrus's godmother and a singer herself, and signed Cyrus with Jason Morey of Morey Management Group. "Dolly 说 the Moreys are people 你 can trust around your daughter," Tish Cyrus recalls, "and she 说 they have good morals, which is not always the case in this business."[30] According to trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter, Parton's 建议 was "the best 建议 [Tish] could [have gotten] on who should rep her daughter."[30] Tish also recruited Billy Ray's business manager to manage her daughter's finances. Tish herself continues to co-manage 或者 produce many of Cyrus's career decisions.[30] For her education, Cyrus enrolled at Options for Youth Charter Schools[31] and studied with a private tutor on the set of her 电视 show.[32]
2006–07: Hannah Montana and Meet Miley Cyrus
Cyrus performing in the Best of Both Worlds Tour, January 4, 2008
Hannah Montana became an instant hit and propelled Cyrus to teen idol status, according to The Daily Telegraph.[24] The series premiered on March 26, 2006 to the largest audience ever for a 迪士尼 Channel show[33] and soon became one of the highest-rated series on basic cable, elevating Cyrus's wealth and fame along with it.[34] Time magazine reports that Cyrus's "phenom[enal]" success is due partially to her talent and partially to "Disney learning to use its vast, multimedia holdings" and market Cyrus and Hannah Montana appropriately.[35] Cyrus eventually became the first artist to have deals in television, film, consumer products, and 音乐 within The Walt 迪士尼 Company.[28]
Cyrus's first single was "The Best of Both Worlds", the theme song to Hannah Montana, which was released on March 28, 2006.[36] "The Best of Both Worlds" is credited to "Hannah Montana", the pop 星, 星级 Cyrus portrays on the series 由 the same name. As with other songs credited to Montana, Cyrus typically dressed as the character when performing the song live.[37] Cyrus's first release under her own name was a cover of James Baskett's "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", released on April 4, 2006 on the fourth edition of DisneyMania.[38] Dressed as Hannah Montana, Cyrus opened for The Cheetah Girls on twenty dates of their The Party's Just Begun Tour, beginning on September 15, 2006.[39] On October 24 of same year, Walt 迪士尼 Records released the first Hannah Montana soundtrack. Of the nine tracks on the soundtrack performed 由 Cyrus, eight were credited to "Hannah Montana" and one, a duet with her father titled "I Learned from You", was credited to Cyrus as herself. The album peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.[40]
The 秒 season of Hannah Montana premiered on April 23, 2007, and ran until October 12, 2008.[41] Cyrus signed a four-album deal with Disney-owned Hollywood Records and, on June 26, 2007, released a double-disc album. The first disc was the soundtrack to the 秒 season of Hannah Montana, while the second, titled Meet Miley Cyrus, was Cyrus's debut album credited to her own name. The double-disc album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200[42] and was later certified three times platinum 由 the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[43] Meet Miley Cyrus generated "See 你 Again", Cyrus's first single to be released under her own name and her first 最佳, 返回页首 ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.[44] In Fall 2007, Cyrus launched her first tour, the Best of Both Worlds Tour, to promote Meet Miley Cyrus and the Hannah Montana soundtracks. With the Jonas Brothers, Aly & AJ, and Everlife as her opening acts, Cyrus toured from October 17, 2007 to January 31, 2008 with stops in the U.S. and Canada.[45] Tickets sold out in 分钟 and were scalped for up to $2,500 and an average of $214, well above their $26–$65 face value.[46] A Ticketmaster official commented, "Hell hath no fury like the parent of a child throwing a tantrum. People who have been in this business for a long time are watching what's happening, and they say there hasn't been a demand of this level 或者 intensity since The Beatles 或者 Elvis."[47]
2008–09: Breakout, transitions and film career launch
Cyrus at 2008 音乐电视 Video 音乐 Awards.
After the end of the Best of Both Worlds Tour in January 2008, Walt 迪士尼 Pictures released Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, a 3D 音乐会 film of the tour, on February 1, 2008 for what was expected to be a one-week run. The film earned over $31 million [48] at the box-office and an average of $42,000 per theater, twice the expected total, convincing 迪士尼 executives to extend the release for an indefinite run. "We don't want to turn away kids from the theaters who couldn't get into the concerts," 说 Chuck Viane, Disney's chief of distribution.[49] The film's soundtrack was released 由 Walt 迪士尼 Records/Hollywood Records on March 11, 2008 and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200.[50]
On July 22, 2008, Cyrus released her 秒 studio album under her own name, entitled Breakout. Cyrus 说 Breakout was inspired 由 "what's been going on in my life in the past year."[51] Cyrus co-wrote eight out of twelve songs on the album.[51] "Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever, [...] I just hope this record showcases that, 更多 than anything, I'm a writer."[52] The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart[53] and its lead single, "7 Things", peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[54][55] She hosted the 2008 CMT 音乐 Awards with her father in April[56] and the 2008 Teen Choice Awards 由 herself in August.[57] Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008 computer-animated film Bolt, which was released on November 21, 2008 to critical acclaim.[58] Cyrus also co-wrote and recorded the song "I Thought I 迷失 You" as a duet with John Travolta for the film, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.[59] In September 2009, she participated in the charity single "Just Stand Up!" in support of the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer[60] and in the City of Hope Benefit 音乐会 in support of cancer research and training programs.[61] She also became involved in Disney's 老友记 for Change, an environmentalist group, for which she recorded the charity single "Send It On" along with several other 迪士尼 Channel stars.[62]
Cyrus performing at Wonder World Tour in 2009.
Cyrus had already begun transitioning to a 更多 grown-up image in late 2008, when her representatives negotiated a deal for novelist Nicholas Sparks to write the screenplay and novel basis for a film that would serve as a 星, 星级 vehicle for Cyrus 由 introducing her to audiences older than the young 粉丝 she had gained through Hannah Montana.[63] Sparks and co-writer Jeff 面包车, 范 Wie developed The Last Song.[63] It was important to Cyrus that she not be type cast as a singer: "I didn't want to be a singer in another film. I don't want to do that anymore. 你 have no idea how many 音乐剧 显示 up on my door. I want to do something a little 更多 serious."[64] In March 2009, Cyrus published Miles To Go, a memoir co-written 由 Hilary Liftin chronicling her life through age sixteen.[65] Cyrus starred as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie, released April 10, 2009. Both the film and its soundtrack, which contained twelve songs performed 由 Cyrus,[66] achieved commercial success.[67][68] The soundtrack's lead single, "The Climb", became a 最佳, 返回页首 40 hit in twelve countries[69] and introduced Cyrus to listeners outside her typical teen pop audience.[70] Cyrus had considered ending Hannah Montana after its third season, which finished production on June 5, 2009,[71] but 迪士尼 retained and exercised its option for a fourth season.[72]
Production on The Last Song lasted from June 15, 2009 to August 18, 2009.[73] In between, Cyrus launched the third Hannah Montana soundtrack, recorded the extended play The Time of Our Lives, and released the EP's lead single, "Party in the U.S.A."[74] Cyrus 说 The Time of Our Lives "is a transitioning album. [...] really to introduce people to what I want my 下一个 record to sound like and with time I will be able to do that a little more."[75] "Party in the U.S.A." debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for her best-ever ranking on the chart.[76] The Time of Our Lives was released in conjunction with a clothing line co-designed 由 Cyrus and Max Azria for Walmart.[77]
From September 14, 2009 to December 29, 2010, Cyrus toured on her Wonder World Tour to promote Breakout and The Time of Our Lives.[citation needed] On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for 皇后乐队 Elizabeth II and numerous other members of the British Royal Family at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, North West England.[78]
2010–present: Can't Be Tamed and focus on film career
Cyrus at Kids Choice Awards 2011.
Production on the fourth and final season of Hannah Montana began on January 18, 2010.[79] In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Cyrus appeared on the charity singles "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" and "Everybody Hurts".[80][81] Her third studio album, Can't Be Tamed, was released on June 21, 2010. The album's first single is the 标题 track, "Can't Be Tamed". The single was released for sale on May 18, 2010 and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number eight.[82] Cyrus's costumes and dances while promoting Can't Be Tamed were also considerably 更多 provocative than 前一个 performances, arousing media criticism.[83] After releasing the album, Cyrus intends to take a break from the 音乐 industry in order to focus on her film career.[84] She commented, "I've not taken, like, 表演 lessons 或者 anything, but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do [...] I'm probably going to go book an 表演 coach."[85] Cyrus has also decided to opt out of college for the same reason, saying "I'm a firm believer that 你 can go back at any age 你 want, because my Grandma went back to college at 62 [...] For right now, I really want to focus on my career. I've worked hard to get to where I am now, and I want to enjoy it while it lasts."[86][87][88]
Cyrus starred in The Last Song, which was released on March 31, 2010, and received generally poor reviews, as did Cyrus's performance.[89] Nonetheless, the film was commercially successful, grossing 更多 than $88 million at the worldwide box office.[90] According to box-office analyst Exhibitor Relations, the film marked "a successful transition to adult roles for Miley Cyrus."[91]
The fourth and final season of Hannah Montana began airing on 迪士尼 Channel on July 11, 2010 and was ended on January 16, 2011.[92]
As of December 2010, Cyrus is set to 星, 星级 in two 更多 films, LOL: Laughing Out Loud and So Undercover. In LOL, a remake of a 2008 French teen comedy, Cyrus plays "a daughter who is involved with all the wrong kids, doing drugs, failing school, but [...whose] mother has her on this perfect pedestal" and says "[She] just fell in 爱情 with the story."[93] Miley's character loses her virginity, smokes cannabis, gets wasted and kisses two girlfriends on the lips.[94] She will also 星, 星级 in So Undercover, an action comedy film. Cyrus will play the part of "a tough, street-smart private eye hired 由 the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority."[95] She will learn 街, 街道 fighting for the role.[95]
Cyrus hosted Saturday Night Live on March 5, 2011, where she performed in several sketches. She also sang a brief song about her several controversies, such as the bong incident, the 照片 of her friend and she eating a Twizzler, and the "pole dance" on a hotel pole at the Teen Choice Awards, stating "I'm sorry that I'm not perfect." [96][97]
In March 2011, father Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus confirmed on talk show, The View, that Miley had been in talks with producer Dr. Luke on a new album, despite her earlier announcement that she'd be focusing 更多 on 表演 in the future.[98]
From April 29, 2011 to July 2, 2011, Cyrus is touring on her Gypsy 心 Tour to promote her album Can't Be Tamed.
Earnings
In 2008, Cyrus earned $25 million, up from her earnings of $18 million in 2007, and was ranked number 35 on Forbes magazine's "Celebrity 100" list.[99] Parade magazine reported she was the richest teenage celebrity and that her franchise would be worth approximately $1 billion 由 the end of the year.[100] In 2009, Forbes ranked her #29 on the Celebrity 100 and reported she had earned a total of $25 million.[101] Then Cyrus got ranked number thirteen on Forbes' 2010 Celebrity 100 ranking $48 million.[3] From the $48 million she made between June 2009 to June 2010 made her the no. 4 highest earners under 30 and the youngest on the list.[102]
From working on Hannah Montana, Cyrus got paid $15,000 per episode she did on the hit show, making her the 6th highest paid child 星, 星级 on 电视 behind fellow 迪士尼 stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse and Keke Palmer with $20,000 for their shows. Also, she is behind friend and 迪士尼 星, 星级 Selena Gomez that makes $25,000 per episode of her show, Nick 星, 星级 Miranda Cosgrove with $180,000 per episode of her show, and one time co-star Angus T. Jones that got paid $250,000 for each episode of his show.[103] Though she had not got paid as much as other 迪士尼 stars, she is still on "Top 20 World's Richest Female Singers Of All Time" 列表 with over $100 million in 5 years active throughout her career.[104]
Image and personal life
With Cyrus's increased success came increased media attention. In a May 2008 interview with The Los Angeles Times, Francois Navarre, the proprietor of the X17 照片 agency, 说 Cyrus's market value had picked up considerably after the Vanity Fair 照片 controversy: "She's started to sell more. [...] It used to be $300, and now it's $2,000 for a picture."[105] Estimates for a picture of the then-15 年 old's first 吻乐队(Kiss) ranged from $30,000 to $150,000.[105] Navarre noted that Cyrus rarely behaved against her wholesome image 或者 went out without a parent and stated, "She has people waiting for the moment she starts to be less traditional. [...] It's natural. Any teenager. But it's going to come very fast. [...] As soon as her mom lets her go out 由 herself. It's going to start to be interesting."[105] Time magazine included her on the 2008 Time 100, the magazine's 列表 of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her write-up was written 由 former child 星, 星级 Donny Osmond, who warned, "As an idol to tweens the world over, singer-actress Miley Cyrus, 15, is riding a huge tidal wave at the pinnacle of her career; this is as it should be. I hope she enjoys it. [...] Within three to five years, Miley will have to face adulthood. [...] As she does, she'll want to change her image, and that change will be met with adversity."[106]
Cyrus celebrated her 16th birthday at Disneyland with a charity fundraiser for Youth Service America, a youth volunteer service organization.[107][108][109]
At the end of 2009, Billboard magazine ranked Cyrus the fourth best-selling female artist[110] and the fifth best-selling singer overall.[111]
On October 26, 2010, less than a 月 before Cyrus's eighteenth birthday, her father Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus filed for divorce from her mother in Tennessee, citing irreconcilable differences.[112] In a statement made to People the 下一个 日 announcing the split, the couple said, "As 你 can imagine, this is a very difficult time for our family... We are trying to work through some personal matters. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers."[113] However, on March 18, 2011, Cyrus's father announced on The View that he had dropped the divorce.[114]
Controversies
In December 2007, a brief controversy emerged when 照片 Cyrus had 发布 on her private MySpace account, depicting her and a female friend sharing a piece of licorice and "almost kissing", were spread across the internet, prompting rumors of lesbianism. Cyrus comments, "For me, I was like, That's two girls—it's not a big deal. But they got spread around. Like someone copied and pasted and said, Omigod, look at this, and blah blah blah."[115]
In April 2008, several provocative 图片 of Cyrus in her underwear and 泳装, 游泳衣 were leaked onto the web 由 a teenager who hacked Cyrus's Gmail account.[116][117][118][119] Cyrus described the 图片 as "silly, inappropriate shots" and stated, "I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect. I never intended for any of this to happen and I am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone."[120][121] On April 25, 2008, the televised entertainment program Entertainment Tonight reported that Cyrus, then 15, had posed topless for a photoshoot taken 由 photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair.[122] On April 29, 2008, The New York Times clarified that though the pictures left an impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless.[123] Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which a 迪士尼 spokesperson described as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines." Gary Marsh, president of entertainment for 迪士尼 Channel Worldwide, was quoted 由 投资组合 magazine to have said, “For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her a godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back."[123] In response to the Internet circulation of the 照片 and ensuing media attention, Cyrus released a statement of apology on April 27, 2008: "I took part in a 照片 shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and 阅读 the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my 粉丝 who I care so deeply about."[123] Leibovitz also released a statement: "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful."[123][124]
In May 2008, Gossett, Cyrus's longtime 表演 agent, left Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty for United Talent Agency, partially with the hope of "giving Cyrus the major-agency backing that would support a widening career", according to The Hollywood Reporter.[30][125] About a 年 later in June 2009, Cyrus left both Gossett and UTA, which had recently negotiated her deals for The Last Song and the fourth season of Hannah Montana, and joined the Creative Artists Agency, which had already represented her for music.[126] Nikki Finke, who broke the news, reported, "Is this fair to UTA? Of course not. But I hear the decision was made 由 Miley's mother Trish [sic] Cyrus".[127]
Cyrus's performance of "Party in the U.S.A." at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards incited a media uproar, with some viewers criticizing Cyrus's provocative outfit and inclusion of a brief pole dance as inappropriate for her age, then sixteen, and for her young fans.[128][129] Conversely, Newsday reported that her sexualization "has been coming for some time."[130] Ian Drew, senior editor of US Weekly, said, "She already has this risque image, so it really wasn't much of a stretch. That's how Britney [Spears] took off. She was the good girl gone bad, and it looks to be working for Miley as well."[130] Cyrus was also criticized that 年 for dating Gaston, five years her senior,[131] and for a 照片 displaying Cyrus and 老友记 making "slant-eyed" expressions, which the Organization of Chinese Americans claimed was offensive to the Asian community.[132] Cyrus apologized for the 照片 on her website, defending her actions and saying, "In NO way was I making fun of any ethnicity! I was simply making a goofy face."[133]
Later in 2010, TMZ released a video of Cyrus, then 16, giving Adam Shankman, producer of The Last Song, a lap dance at the film's 包, 换行 party.[134][135][136] Cyrus's father defended her actions, saying Miley was just "having fun" and that "it's what people her age do".[137] Later that 年 in December, TMZ released a video of Cyrus, which took place five days after her 18th birthday at her Los Angeles home, in which she is seen smoking from a bong. She claimed she was smoking the psychoactive plant salvia divinorum, although this has not been confirmed 由 anybody but Cyrus herself.[138][139][140] Salvia is legal in the state of California, and Cyrus was of legal age at the time the video was shot.[141] Cyrus's father expressed his sadness regarding the matter on Twitter, saying, "Sorry guys. I had no idea. Just saw this stuff for the first time myself. Im so sad. There is much beyond my control right now".[142][143]
Relationships
Cyrus told Seventeen magazine that she and Nick Jonas had dated for two years and "were in love", but were "fighting a lot" 由 the end.[144] After the break-up, Cyrus says that she initially "rebell[ed] against everything Nick wanted me to be. And then I was like, I've got to be 由 myself for now, and just figure out who I really am."[144] In February 2008, Cyrus and her friend Mandy Jiroux opened a YouTube account and began posting 视频 of what they called The Miley and Mandy Show. The show, described as a "YouTube hit," is 说 to be filmed for fun 由 Cyrus and Jiroux and to be entirely their work, with Cyrus and Jiroux editing the footage together.[145]
In June 2009, Cyrus ended her nine-month relationship with model Justin Gaston shortly before flying to Georgia to film The Last Song.[146] While filming later that month, Cyrus began dating her co-star in The Last Song, Australian actor Liam Hemsworth.[147] She later called him her "first serious boyfriend".[148] In August 2010, it was confirmed that her relationship with Hemsworth had ended.[149][150] Cyrus and Hemsworth were seen together a 月 later, and were reportedly back together.[151] It was announced in early November that the couple had 分裂, 拆分 again.[152] As of March 2011, Cyrus and Hemsworth are reportedly back together.
Filmography
Films
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Big Fish Young Ruthie Film debut
2007 High School Musical 2 Girl at pool Cameo
2008 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Herself 3D 音乐会 film
2008 Bolt Penny Voice-over Role
2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana Based on TV series
2010 The Last Song Veronica "Ronnie" Miller Film adaption of book
2010 Sex and the City 2 Herself Cameo
2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Herself Cameo
2011 LOL: Laughing Out Loud Lola Remake of French film
2011 So Undercover Molly Filming[153]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001–2003 Doc Kylie Recurring role
2006–2011 Hannah Montana Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana Lead role
2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" (Season 2, Episode 20)
2006–2008 Disney 365 Herself In 9 episodes, 2006-2008.
2007 The Replacements Celebrity 星, 星级 (voice) "Frog Prince" (Season 2, Episode 5)
2007–2008 The Emperor's New School Yata (voice) Recurring role
2009 The Suite Life on Deck Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana "Double-Crossed" (Season 1, Episode 21)
2011 Saturday Night Live Herself Host, March 5 episode.
Discography
Main article: Miley Cyrus discography
Studio albums
Meet Miley Cyrus (2007)
Breakout (2008)
Can't Be Tamed (2010)
Extended plays
The Time of Our Lives (2009)
Tours
Best of Both Worlds Tour (2007–08)
Wonder World Tour (2009)
Gypsy 心 Tour (2011)
Awards and nominations
列表 of awards and nominations received 由 Miley Cyrus