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Miley Cyrus
Name at birth: Destiny Hope Cyrus
Miley Cyrus became a TV star at the age of 13 as the title character in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana. Cyrus is the oldest daughter of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, who topped the charts in 1992 with "Achy Breaky Heart." Miley began performing at an early age, and by the age of 9 was embarking on a professional career. Prior to Hannah Montana, she had a mere handful of jobs, most notably a small part in Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003, starring Ewan McGregor). After a series of auditions that began when she was 11, Cyrus landed the lead role of Hannah Montana, a teen pop star who leads a double life as an average schoolgirl. Her dad, Billy Ray, was then chosen to play her widowed father in the TV series, and the entire Cyrus family moved from Nashville, Tennessee to southern California to encourage Miley's career. The instant success of her television series led to a record deal for Cyrus, whose husky singing voice is often featured in the show. In October of 2006 the soundtrack to Hannah Montana, featuring eight songs by Miley and a duet with her father, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top 200 chart. The album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus was released in 2007, and Cyrus toured the country in a successful Hannah Montana concert series.
Extra credit: Her nickname "Miley" is a shortened form of her other nickname, "Smiley Miley"... In January of 2008 she announced she had officially changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus.
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is the title character of a popular TV show which debuted on the Disney Channel in March of 2006. Hannah is a famous pop music star who secretly leads a "normal" life as a mildly nerdy Malibu teenager named Miley Stewart, who suffers all the usual complications that come with hiding a famous alter ego. The show created a popular confusion of Hannah Montana with
Miley Cyrus, the actress who plays her. (Hannah's father and manager, a former country music star, was played by Cyrus's real-life father and manager, and former country music star, Billy Ray Cyrus.) The show was an immediate hit and led to a nationwide "Hannah Montana" music tour in 2007, with Miley Cyrus performing as Hannah. The album
Hannah Montana was released in 2006, with
Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus following in 2007.
Extra credit: Hannah Montana is sometimes compared to another Disney show for teens, Lizzie McGuire, which made a star of teen actress Hilary Duff... Country star Dolly Parton has appeared on the show as Hannah's Aunt Dolly... Hannah Montana is no relation to NFL quarterback Joe Montana.
Four Good Links
The official site of the show
With short reports on each
2006 NY Times report on Miley and Montana
Notes on the character and her albums
Vital Stats
Birth
2006
Birthplace
Television
Death
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Best Known As
Double-life-leading pop star teen
Something in Common with Montana
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