The Miley Cyrus Handbook - Everything you need to know about Miley Cyrus

Mattie Mcgrew

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Miley Cyrus Fan this is your ultimate resource for the talented Miley Cyrus. Here you'll find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life, Music, TV- and Filmography right away: Miley Cyrus discography, Hannah Montana discography, Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus, Breakout (album), The Time of Our Lives (EP), Can't Be Tamed, Best of Both Worlds Tour, Wonder World Tour, Big Fish, High School Musical 2, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Last Song (film), Sex and the City 2, LOL: Laughing Out Loud (2011 film), Doc (TV series), Hannah Montana, That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana, The Replacements (TV series), The Emperor's New School, Studio DC: Almost Live, Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana, List of awards and nominations received by Miley Cyrus

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• Entertainment
• Biography
• Performing Arts

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486433773
• Langue: English
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Contents Articles Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus discography Hannah Montana discography Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus Breakout (album) The Time of Our Lives (EP) Can't Be Tamed Best of Both Worlds Tour Wonder World Tour Articles Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus discography Hannah Montana discography Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus Breakout (album) The Time of Our Lives (EP) Can't Be Tamed Best of Both Worlds Tour Wonder World Tour Big Fish High School Musical 2 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Hannah Montana: The Movie The Last Song (film) Sex and the City 2 LOL: Laughing Out Loud (2011 film) Doc (TV series) Hannah Montana That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana The Replacements (TV series) The Emperor's New School Studio DC: Almost Live Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana

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Cyrus at the 2010 Academy Awards Backgroundinformation Birth name Destiny Hope Cyrus Born November 23, 1992 Origin Nashville, Tennessee, [1] United States Genres [2] Pop, , pop rock, teen pop, country pop, electropop, dance pop Occupations Actress, author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, singer, songwriter

Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano Years active 2001ˀpresent (acting) 2006ˀpresent (singing) Labels Hollywood Website [3] www.MileyCyrus.com

Miley Ray 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 Disney Channel sitcomHannah Montana.

Cyrus recorded music for the soundtracks,Hannah Montana(2006) andHannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), released by Walt Disney Records. With the success of theHannah Montanafranchise she established herself as a teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus signed to Hollywood Records to pursue a solo career. She went on 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 concert film entitledHannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert(2008). In April 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album,Breakout(2008), which was commercially successful. She began her foray into film by providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated filmBolt(2008). Cyrus earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance ofBolt's theme song, "I Thought I Lost You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana inHannah Montana: The Movie (2009). TheHannah 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 ofThe Time of Our Lives(2009), an extended play which presented a more mainstream pop sound, and by filmingThe 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 titledCan't Be Tamed

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Miley Cyrus 2 was released in 2010 and presents a new dance-pop sound. The music video and lyrics of the album's lead single, "Can't Be Tamed", portrays a more sexualized image for the entertainer. Cyrus ranked number thirteen onForbes' [3] 2010 Celebrity 100. Early life and family

Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee to parents Leticia "Tish" (néeFinley) Cyrus and [4] country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. 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", [4] because she smiled so often as a baby. Cyrus suffers from a mild heart condition causing tachycardia which, [5] though not dangerous, is often bothersome. Against the wishes of her father's record company, Cyrus's parents secretly married a month after Cyrus's birth on [6] December 28, 1992. The marriage gave Cyrus three half-siblings: Trace and Brandi, Tish's children from a previous relationship, and Christopher Cody, Billy Ray's son from a previous relationship. Billy Ray adopted Trace [7] and Brandi when they were toddlers and paid child support for Cody, who was also born in 1992 and grew up with [6] his mother in South Carolina. The couple later gave birth to Cyrus's two younger siblings, Braison and Noah. [8] Cyrus's godmother is entertainer Dolly Parton. Cyrus was very close to her paternal grandfather, Democratic [9] politician Ronald Ray Cyrus. Cyrus has paid her grandfather several tributes since his death in 2006, including eventually changing her middle name to "Ray". According to Cyrus's father, "A lot of people say Miley changed her name to Miley Ray because of Billy Ray, but that's not true. She did that in honor of my dad, because the two of [5] them just loved each other to pieces." [10] Cyrus grew up on a 500 acre farm in Franklin, Tennessee, approximately an hour away from Nashville, and [11] attended Heritage Elementary School. She was raised Christian and was baptized in a Southern Baptist church [12] prior to moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring. Cyrus displayed an affinity for performing as a toddler, although she would not seriously consider acting until she was eight. Several of Cyrus's siblings also eventually entered the entertainment business: Trace became a vocalist [13] and guitarist for the electronic pop band Metro Station, Noah became an actress, and Brandi became a [14] guitarist.

Career

2001–2005: Early work

In 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the television [15] seriesDocsaid watching her father film the show inspired her to pursue acting. After Billy Ray took her to. Cyrus see a 2001 Mirvish production ofMamma Mia!at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, [16] "This is what I want to do, daddy. I want to be an actress." She began taking singing and acting classes at the [17] [4] Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto. In her first role, Cyrus played a girl named Kylie onDoc2003, Cyrus. In [18] was credited under her birth name for her role as "Young Ruthie" in Tim Burton'sBig Fish. At age 11, Cyrus learned about the casting for what becameHannah Montana, a Disney Channel children's television series about a school girl with a secret double life as a teen pop star. Cyrus sent in a tape auditioning for [1] the show's best friend role, but received a call asking her to audition for the lead, "Chloe Stewart". After sending in [19] a new tape and flying to Hollywood for further auditions, Cyrus was told that she was too young and too small for [20] [19] the part. 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 [19] twelve. 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,

Miley Cyrus 3 who specializes in creating child stars, had arranged for Cyrus's auditions for Hannah Montana and is credited with [21] [22] "discovering" her. For Cyrus's music career, Tish followed the advice of Dolly Parton, Cyrus's godmother and a singer herself, and signed Cyrus with Jason Morey of Morey Management Group. "Dolly said the Moreys are people you can trust around your daughter," Tish Cyrus recalls, "and she said they have good morals, which is not [23] always the case in this business." According to trade magazineThe Hollywood Reporter, Parton's advice was "the [23] best advice [Tish] could [have gotten] on who should rep her daughter." Tish also recruited Billy Ray's business manager to manage her daughter's finances. Tish herself continues to co-manage or produce many of Cyrus's career [23] [24] decisions. For her education, Cyrus enrolled at Options for Youth Charter Schools and studied with a private [25] tutor on the set of her television show. 2006–2007:Hannah Montanasuccess Hannah Montanabecame an instant hit and propelled Cyrus to teen [18] idol status, according toThe Daily Telegraphseries premiered. The on March 26, 2006 to the largest audience ever for a Disney Channel [26] show and soon became one of the highest-rated series on basic [27] cable, elevating Cyrus's wealth and fame along with it.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 andHannah Montana [28] appropriately. Cyrus eventually became the first artist to have deals in television, film, consumer products, and music within The Walt [21] Disney Company. Cyrus performing in the Best of Both Worlds Tour. Cyrus's first single was "The Best of Both Worlds", the theme song to [29] Hannah Montana, which was released on March 28, 2006. "The Best of Both Worlds" is credited to "Hannah Montana", the pop star Cyrus portrays on the series by the same name. [30] As with other songs credited to Montana, Cyrus typically dressed as the character when performing the song live. Cyrus's first release under her own name was a cover of James Baskett's "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", released on April 4, [31] 2006 on the fourth edition ofDisneyMania. Dressed as Hannah Montana, Cyrus opened for The Cheetah Girls on [32] twenty dates of their The Party's Just Begun Tour, beginning on September 15, 2006. On October 24 of same year, Walt Disney Records released the firstHannah Montanasoundtrack. Of the nine tracks on the soundtrack performed by Cyrus, eight were credited to "Hannah Montana" and one, a duet with her father titled "I Learned from [33] You", was credited to Cyrus as herself. The album peaked at number one on the U.S.BillboardThe200 chart. [34] second season ofHannah Montanapremiered on April 23, 2007, and ran until October 12, 2008. 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 second season ofHannah Montana, while the second, titledMeet Miley Cyrus, was Cyrus's debut album credited to her own name. The double-disc album peaked at number one on theBillboard [35] [36] 200 and was later certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Meet Miley Cyrusgenerated "See You Again", Cyrus's first single to be released under her own name and her first [37] top ten hit on theBillboardHot 100. In Fall 2007, Cyrus launched her first tour, the Best of Both Worlds Tour, to promoteMeet Miley Cyrusand theHannah Montanasoundtracks. 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. Tickets sold out in minutes and were scalped for up to $2,500 and an average of $214, well above their $26ˀ$65 [38] face value. 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 [39] hasn't been a demand of this level or intensity since The Beatles or Elvis."

Miley Cyrus 4 2008: Breakout After the end of theBest of Both Worlds Tourin January 2008, Walt Disney Pictures releasedHannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, a 3D concert film of the tour, on February 1, 2008 for what was expected to be a one-week run. The film earned $29 million at the box-office and an average of $42,000 per theater, twice the expected total, convincing Disney executives to extend the release for an indefinite run. "We don't want to turn away [40] kids from the theaters who couldn't get into the concerts," said Chuck Viane, Disney's chief of distribution. The film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records/Hollywood Records on March 11, 2008 and peaked at [41] number three on the Billboard 200. On July 22, 2008, Cyrus released her second studio album under her own name, entitledBreakout. Cyrus said [42] BreakoutCyrus co-wrote eight out of twelvewas inspired by "what's been going on in my life in the past year." [42] songs on the album. "Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever, [...] I just hope this record [43] [44] showcases that, more than anything, I'm a writer." The album debuted at #1 on the U.S.Billboard200 chart [45] [46] and its lead single, "7 Things", peaked at number 9 on theBillboardShe hosted the 2008 CMTHot 100. [47] [48] Music Awards with her father in April and the 2008 Teen Choice Awards by herself in August. Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008 computer-animated filmBolt, which was released on November 21, 2008 to [49] critical acclaim. Cyrus also co-wrote and recorded the song "I Thought I Lost You" as a duet with John Travolta [50] for the film, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In September 2009, she participated in the [51] charity single "Just Stand Up!" in support of the anti-cancer campaignStand Up to Cancerand in the City of [52] Hope Benefit Concert in support of cancer research and training programs. She also became involved in Disney's Friends for Change, an environmentalist group, for which she recorded the charity single "Send It On" along with [53] several other Disney Channel stars. 2009: Transitions careerand film launch Cyrus had already begun transitioning to a more 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 star vehicle for Cyrus by introducing her to audiences [54] older than the young fans she had gained throughHannah Montana. [54] Sparks and co-writer Jeff Van Wie developedThe Last Songwas. It 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. You have no idea how many musicals show up on my door. I want to do [55] Cyrus at the premiere forHannah Montana: The something a little more serious." In March 2009, Cyrus published Movie Miles To Go, a memoir co-written by Hilary Liftin chronicling her life [56] through age sixteen. Cyrus starred as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana inHannah Montana: The Movie, released April 10, 2009. Both the film and its soundtrack, which [57] [58] [59] contained twelve songs performed by Cyrus, achieved commercial success. The soundtrack's lead single, [60] "The Climb", became a Top 40 hit in twelve countries and introduced Cyrus to listeners outside her typical teen [61] pop audience. Cyrus had considered endingHannah Montanaafter its third season, which finished production on [62] [63] June 5, 2009, but Disney retained and exercised its option for a fourth season. [64] Production onThe Last Songlasted from June 15, 2009 to August 18, 2009. In between, Cyrus launched the third Hannah Montanasoundtrack, recorded the extended playThe Time of Our Lives, and released the EP's lead single, [65] "Party in the USA". Cyrus saidThe Time of Our Lives"is a transitioning album. [...] really to introduce people to [66] what I want my next record to sound like and with time I will be able to do that a little more." "Party in the USA" [67] debuted at number two on theBillboardHot 100 for her best-ever ranking on the chart.The Time of Our Lives [68] was released in conjunction with a clothing line co-designed by Cyrus and Max Azria for Walmart.

Miley Cyrus 5 From September 14, 2009 to December 29, 2010, Cyrus toured on her Wonder World Tour to promoteBreakoutand The Time of Our Lives. On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for Queen Elizabeth II and numerous other members [69] of the British Royal Family at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, North West England. 2010 onwards: Can't Be Tamedand film career [70] Production on the fourth and final season ofHannah Montanabegan on January 18, 2010. In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Cyrus appeared on the charity singles "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" and "Everybody [71] [72] Hurts". Her third studio album,Can't Be Tamed, was released on June 21, 2010. The album's first single is the title track, "Can't Be Tamed". The single was released for sale on May 18, 2010 and entered theBillboardHot 100 at [73] number eight. Cyrus's costumes and dances while promotingCan't Be Tamedwere also considerably more [74] provocative than previous performances, arousing media criticism. After releasing the album, Cyrus intends to [75] take a break from the music industry in order to focus on her film career. She commented, "I've not taken, like, acting lessons or anything, but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do [...] I'm probably going to go [76] book an acting coach." Cyrus has also decided to opt out of college for the same reason, saying "I'm a firm believer that you can go back at any age you 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 [77] [78] [79] lasts." Cyrus starred inThe Last Song, which was released on March 31, 2010, and received generally poor reviews, as did [80] Cyrus's performance. Nonetheless, the film was commercially successful, grossing more than $88 million at the [81] worldwide box office. According to box-office analyst Exhibitor Relations, the film marked "a successful [82] transition to adult roles for Miley Cyrus." As of July 2010, Cyrus is set to star in three more films,Wings,LOL: Laughing Out Loud, andWake. InLOL, 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 love with the [83] story."Wings, based on the first novel in a planned four-book series written by Aprilynne Pike, would star Cyrus [84] [85] as Laurel, a fifteen year old who discovers she is a fairy.Wake, a Paramount Pictures/MTV Films thriller, is [86] based on the first novel in a trilogy by Lisa McMann and would star Cyrus as dream-traveling Janie. Personal life At the end of 2007, Cyrus broke up with her boyfriend of two years, Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. Cyrus told Seventeenmagazine that she and Jonas had been dating for two years and "were in love", but were "fighting a lot" by [87] the end. After the break-up, Cyrus says that she initially "rebell[ed] against everything Nick wanted me to be. [87] And then I was like, I've got to be by myself for now, and just figure out who I really am." In February 2008, Cyrus and her friend Mandy Jiroux opened a YouTube account and began posting videos of what they calledThe Miley and Mandy Show.The show, described as a "YouTube hit," is said to be filmed for fun by Cyrus and Jiroux [88] and to be entirely their work, with Cyrus and Jiroux editing the footage together. Cyrus filed a petition to have her name changed to "Miley Ray Cyrus", her middle name reflecting that of her paternal grandfather's, on March 18, [89] 2008. The change became official on May 1, 2008. Cyrus celebrated her 16th birthday at Disneyland with a charity fundraiser for Youth Service America, a youth [90] [91] [92] volunteer service organization. In June 2009 Cyrus ended her nine month relationship with Justin Gaston shortly before flying to Georgia to film [93] The Last Song. While filming, Cyrus began dating her co-star inThe Last Song, Australian actor Liam [94] [95] Hemsworth. She later called him her "first serious boyfriend". In August 2010 it was confirmed Cyrus had [96] ended her relationship with long time boyfriend Liam Hemsworth.

Miley Cyrus 6 In the media In 2008, Cyrus earned $25 million, up from her earnings of $18 million in 2007, and was ranked number 35 onForbesmagazine's "Celebrity [97] 100" list.Parademagazine reported she was the richest teenage celebrity and that her franchise would be worth approximately $1 [98] billion by the end of the year. With Cyrus's increased success came increased media attention. In a May 2008 interview withThe Los Angeles Times, Francois Navarre, the proprietor of the X17 photo agency, said Cyrus's market value had picked up considerably after the Vanity Fairphoto controversy: "She's started to sell more. [...] It used [99] to be $300, and now it's $2,000 for a picture." Estimates for a picture of the then-15 year old's first kiss ranged from $30,000 to [99] $150,000. Navarre noted that Cyrus rarely behaved against her wholesome image or 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 by herself. It's going to start to be [99] interesting."Timemagazine included her on the 2008Time100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her write-up was written by former child star 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 [100] face adulthood. [...] As she does, she'll want to change her image, and that change will be met with adversity." On October 8, 2009, Cyrus deleted her account on the social networking site Twitter, citing a desire for more privacy. She also toldParademagazine, "I deleted my Twitter account because I said on there that I believed in gay marriage because everyone should have the right to love each other, and I got such hate mail about my being a bad [101] [102] person." Cyrus was very popular on the site: her account was watched by approximately 2 million Twitter [103] [104] users in addition to the general public at the time of deletion. [105] At the end of 2009,Billboardand the fifthmagazine ranked Cyrus the fourth best-selling female artist [106] best-selling singer overall.Forbesranked her #29 on theCelebrity 100and reported she had earned a total of [107] $25 million. Controversies In December 2007, a brief controversy emerged when photos Cyrus had posted on her private MySpace account, depicting her and a female friend sharing a piece of licorice, were spread across the internet. "For me, I was like, That's two girlsˁit's not a big deal. But they got spread around. Like someone copied and pasted and said, Omigod, [108] look at this, and blah blah blah," said Cyrus. In April 2008, several provocative images of Cyrus in her underwear and swimsuit were leaked onto the web by a [109] [110] [111] [112] teenager who hacked Cyrus's Gmail account. Cyrus described the images 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 [113] [114] am truly sorry if I have disappointed anyone." On April 25, 2008, the televised entertainment program Entertainment Tonightreported that Cyrus, then 15, had posed topless for a photoshoot taken by photographer Annie [115] Leibovitz forVanity Fair.On April 29, 2008,The New York Timesclarified that though the pictures left an [116] impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless. Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which a Disney spokesperson described as "a situation