Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus was born in Tennessee and has country music roots through her father, Billy Ray Cyrus. Her birth name is Destiny Hope Cyrus, but she later legally changed it to Miley, because of a nickname she got in her childhood – Smiley, shortened to Miley. It all went upwards for Miley Cyrus after starring in Hannah Montana in 2006, following in her dad’s footsteps. The show hit record ratings, tours were sold out, as well as the merchandise. That made Miley a worldwide superstar and helped her achieve singing success once she branched out from acting.

Miley Cyrus started her career very young – after a Mamma Mia! theatre visit. She grabbed her Dad’s hand and said “This is what I want to do, daddy. I want to be an actress.” It wasn’t long until she landed the role of Kylie in TV show Doc (2003) and afterward had a chance to play with Taylor Lautner in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. However, she decided to go for Hannah Montana and hired a youth managed Mitchell Gossett, who is often credited with discovering Miley Cyrus’ talent, then hired Jason Morey for the musical part of her career.

Hannah Montana really marked her career, and even though Miley auditioned for another character, she got the main role instead, and her singing and playing abilities had a huge role in the decision. The series was a huge success, and Miley Cyrus got the label of a teen idol. Soundtracks of the show followed, as well as merchandise. The period was marked by a 2-year relationship with Tyler Posey, and he later said he had his first kiss with Miley.

Nick Jonas was her boyfriend later on, and she had a closer relationship with other super popular teens at the time – Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. On a professional field at the time she signed a four-album contract with Hollywood records, improving her musical career as well, and creating discs for fans to listen to. The album reached the top of Billboard 200 list, and over three million copies were sold. Miley Cyrus also went on a tour with her father called Best of Both Worlds Tour in 2007 and 2008 to promote her single.

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She also had a YouTube channel at the time. Of course, it wasn’t a popular service like it is nowadays, but Miley still managed to attract quite a few followers. She filmed videos with her friend Mandy Jiroux and they called them “The Miley and Mandy Show”. In June of 2008, Miley Cyrus launched her second album, Breakout, breaking records for the highest first-week sales of her career, and it topped Billboard 200 list. John Travolta starred with her in a Bolt (2008) movie the same year, earning Miley her first Golden Globe nomination.

These past years it seemed like Miley Cyrus has changed a lot from that innocent teenage idol girl. Her behavior was deemed very controversial, especially after she announced she wasn’t straight, and that she noticed her attraction to girls when she was 14. It is completely normal to go through changes when you grow up, but it’s very hard when you’re in the spotlight. Especially when there are people trying to take a photograph of you in a bad spot. However, Miley said that people that judge her or say that she’s crazy, don’t know half the stuff that their kids are doing, which is honestly very true. Also, she was open about her cannabis recreational use, although she said she quit in 2017 and is also a supporter of the LGBT community. Whether you like what she believes in or not, it’s undeniable she’s highly successful and very influential among the younger crowd.

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