American singer-songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus was born 33 years ago as Destiny Hope Cyrus in Franklin, Tennessee, is divorced and does not have any kids.
Miley is country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus’s daughter and singer Dolly Parton’s godchild. As an infant, her parents used to call her ‘smiley’ since she smiled a lot and this nickname was abbreviated to ‘miley’, hence her current name.
At the age of 9, her father took her to see a theatrical production of ‘Mamma Mia!’ and afterwards she told him that she wanted to become an actress. Following this, she started attending an acting studio to take singing and acting lessons.
In 2001, her dad filmed the TV series ‘Doc’ and Miley experienced her first acting role. This was followed by another role 2 years later in the movie ‘The Big Fish’, for which she was credited for. Then, at 13 years old, Miley auditioned for the famous teen sitcom ‘Hannah Montana’ and succeeded in obtaining the leading role thanks to her acting and singing potential. This sitcom ran for almost 5 years, during which time Miley became a teen idol.
Regarding music, Miley states that she was inspired by several famous singers like Madonna, Dolly Parton, Britney Spears and Whitney Houston, to name a few, but her greatest influence was Elvis Presley. Nicknamed the ‘Teen Queen’, she is best known for her unique, husky voice and sings in various music genres including hip hop, rock and pop/country pop. Some of her most popular songs include ‘Flowers’, ‘Midnight Sky’, ‘Adore You’, ‘We Can’t Stop’, ‘Malibu’ and ‘Wrecking Ball’.
Miley is also a huge philanthropist and supports numerous charities. In 2014, she created the Happy Hippie Foundation, which mainly supports youth homelessness, LGBTQ and other vulnerable adolescents. Last year she announced that the Foundation’s name was being changed to Miley Cyrus Foundation.
As ‘Hannah Montana’, Miley released 13 albums and 14 singles plus 17 albums, 76 singles and 5 EPs as herself. She had global sales of 55 million singles and 20 million albums. Miley has also starred in several films, both on the big and on the small screen, as well as documentaries.
During her career so far, Cyrus received an impressive 129 awards out of 404 nominations. These include Grammy, Billboard Music, BMI Pop, MTV Video Music, Radio Disney Music and Teen Choice Awards, amongst many others.
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