Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus, born in 1992 and a working child actress before she was ever a pop star, became a teen idol playing Miley Stewart on the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, a franchise that spun off 2 number-one soundtracks before she had even started her own record career. Once she did, it moved fast: Meet Miley Cyrus and Breakout both went to number one in the US, pop rock with a polished shine and a singer who sounded older than the target audience.

Then came "Party in the U.S.A.", from her 2009 EP The Time of Our Lives, a sunny, sticky slice of pop that became one of the best-selling singles going. From there she has made a career out of refusing to stay put. Can't Be Tamed went for dance-pop and a grown-up image, Bangerz dove into trap-pop and R&B and gave her a first Hot 100 number one with "Wrecking Ball", and Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, Younger Now and Plastic Hearts wandered through psychedelia, country and rock.

After signing with Columbia she made Endless Summer Vacation in 2023, and its lead single "Flowers", a breezy, easy-rolling strut, was the best-selling single of that year and won 2 Grammys, including Record of the Year. She plays guitar and piano as well as singing, and she has also been named a Disney Legend and given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.