Latest Release
- 17 MAY 2024
- 1 Song
- Endless Summer Vacation · 2023
- Plastic Hearts (Apple Music Backyard Sessions Edition) · 2020
- Bangerz (Deluxe Version) · 2013
- Party In the U.S.A. - Single · 2009
- Bangerz (Deluxe Version) · 2013
- COWBOY CARTER · 2024
- Younger Now · 2017
- Late Night Feelings · 2018
- Plastic Hearts · 2020
- Plastic Hearts · 2020
Essential Albums
- Finally, with album number four, fans could see the real Miley Cyrus. The former Disney star said so herself, disowning her previous work and declaring 2013’s Bangerz her first official album. Gone are the days of Hannah Montana and “Party In the U.S.A”. Her 2010 LP, Can’t Be Tamed, hinted that she “can get a bit crazy,” a quality the closet provocateur fully realises with this release. As wild as Cyrus portrays herself, though, her transformation was strategic, down to the twerking on live television and the swinging nude on a wrecking ball. She may have courted the controversy, but she also had the pop prowess and the pipes to deliver some of the decade’s most memorable hits. The album’s “We Can’t Stop”—a woozy glimpse into the singer’s partying lifestyle—reached No. 2 on the charts, and “Wrecking Ball” became her first No. 1 single. No longer bound to the Disney-owned Hollywood Records, Cyrus felt free to chase after her wildest whims, which included bringing in an impressive list of collaborators to join in the revelry. Britney Spears shows up on the brassy dance-floor rouser “SMS (Bangerz)”, which samples Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” and has the two pop firebrands swapping cheeky raps, with Miley slipping in her best mic drop yet: “Why I need his millis when I got Billy on the speed dial?” She also embraces her country roots on the irresistible stomper “4X4,” featuring a cool and collected verse by Nelly, before jumping back into the hot, sweaty club with Big Sean on the wobbly “Love Money Party”. Even with the VIP guest list, Miley is never overshadowed. If anything, Bangerz is the first major showcase of her robust vocal range, which she uses to potent effect on the album’s hard-hitting moments—mostly, those inspired by her (first) failed romance with actor Liam Hemsworth. There is the towering torch song “Adore You” and the raw cabaret sizzler “FU”, in which she belts out the devastating opening line, “Oh, you broke my heart”. And then there’s “Wrecking Ball”, the gut-wrenching breakup ballad (and its risqué video) that manages to be both poignant and provocative—Miley’s most intoxicating combination.
Albums
- 2017
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
Artist Playlists
- The sound of confounded expectations has never been filled with more pop hooks.
- The former Hannah Montana grows up in front of the camera.
- Keep your workout energised with a set of Miley’s bangerz.
- She holds nothing back—whether deep love or heartrending pain.
- Shapeshifting pop with hip-hop bite and a touch of twang.
- Miley opens up about Plastic Hearts, perfectionism and personal growth.
Live Albums
More To Hear
- The artists on their song “Doctor (Work It Out).”
- Techno-pop notched Miley Cyrus her first No. 1 in almost a decade.
- “Wrecking Ball” is as much about love as it is about her reinvention.
- The artist details the creation of her seventh studio album.
- Miley Cyrus on her song "Prisoner" with Dua Lipa.
- Miley revisits pivotal moments and music from her career.
About Miley Cyrus
“I think there’s a time in every artist’s life [when] they have to do something that isn’t for fans, isn’t for success, isn’t for touring,” Miley Cyrus once told Apple Music. Cyrus could have been speaking about any number of moments from her profoundly varied career. Born Destiny Hope Cyrus—the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus—in Tennessee in 1992, the innovative artist leaped to stardom as Disney’s Hannah Montana on the strength of perky, empowering bubblegum pop. Since then, Cyrus has worked hard to shed her wholesome teen image, securing a reputation for an intense work ethic and an unshakable self-assuredness. Her 2009 summer anthem “Party In the U.S.A.” earned her credibility in the pop world, while 2013’s Bangerz—which showcased her musical maturity with “Wrecking Ball” and experimented with elements of Dirty South hip-hop—made her an icon. Cyrus headed to other fields with 2015’s Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, a psych-tinged collaboration with members of The Flaming Lips; 2017’s Younger Now, a countrified pop offering that featured godmother Dolly Parton; and 2020’s Plastic Hearts, a neon-hued explosion of disco, synth-pop and glam rock that features rockers Joan Jett and Stevie Nicks. Those frequent partnerships helped cement her as a pop pace-setter—but on the 2023 smash “Flowers”, a highlight of the breezy Endless Summer Vacation, Cyrus declared her independence and confidently reaffirmed that she’s more than capable of standing on her own.
- HOMETOWN
- Franklin, TN, United States
- BORN
- 23 November 1992
- GENRE
- Pop