2006–2009: Hannah Montana and early musical releases in 2007 Cyrus auditioned for the
Disney Channel television series
Hannah Montana when she was thirteen years old. She auditioned for the role of Miley Stewart's best friend, but was called to audition for
Miley Stewart instead seeing her comical performance. she was later cast as Miley Stewart because of her singing and goofy acting abilities. The series premiered in March 2006 to the largest audience for a Disney Channel program and quickly ranked among the highest-rated series on basic cable. The success of the series led to Cyrus' being labeled a "
teen idol". She toured with
the Cheetah Girls as Hannah Montana in September 2006 and performed songs from the show's first season.
Walt Disney Records released a
soundtrack credited to Cyrus's character in October of that year. The record was both a critical and commercial success, topping the
Billboard 200 chart in the United States; it went on to sell over threemillion copies worldwide. With the release of the soundtrack, Cyrus became the first act within
the Walt Disney Company to have deals in television, film, consumer products, and music. She released the two-disc album
Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus in June 2007. The first disc was credited as the second soundtrack by "Hannah Montana", while the second disc served as Cyrus's debut studio album. Months after the release of the project, "
See You Again" (2007) was released as the lead single from the album. The song was a commercial success, and has sold over twomillion copies in the United States since its release. She collaborated with her father on the single "
Ready, Set, Don't Go" (2007). Next Cyrus embarked on her highly successful
Best of Both Worlds Tour (2007–08) to promote its release.
Ticketmaster officials commented that "there [hadn't] been a demand of this level or intensity since
The Beatles or
Elvis." The tour's success led to the theatrical release of the 3D concert film
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008). While initially intended to be a limited release, the film's success led to a longer run. Cyrus and friend
Mandy Jiroux began posting videos on
YouTube in February 2008, referring to the clips as "The Miley and Mandy Show"; the videos garnered a large online following. In April 2008, several pictures of Cyrus in her underwear and swimsuit were leaked online by a teenager who hacked her
Gmail account. Further controversy erupted when it was reported that the then-15-year-old Cyrus had posed topless during a photo shoot by
Annie Leibovitz for
Vanity Fair.
The New York Times subsequently clarified that although the shot left the impression that Cyrus was bare-breasted, she was wrapped in a bed sheet and was not topless. Cyrus went on to release her second studio album,
Breakout (2008), in June of that year. The album earned the highest first-week sales of her career thus far and became her third to top the
Billboard 200. Cyrus later starred with
John Travolta in the animated film
Bolt (2008), her debut as a film actress; she also co-wrote the song "
I Thought I Lost You" (2008) for the film, which she sings as a duet with Travolta. The film was both a critical and commercial success and earned her a
Golden Globe Award nomination for
Best Original Song. In March 2009, Cyrus released "
The Climb" (2009) as a single from the soundtrack to
Hannah Montana: The Movie. It was met with a warm critical and commercial reaction, becoming a crossover hit in both pop and country music formats. The soundtrack, which features the single, went on to become Cyrus's fourth entry to top the
Billboard 200; at age 16, she became the youngest artist in history to have four number-one albums on the chart. She released her
fourth soundtrack as Hannah Montana in July 2009, which debuted at number two on the
Billboard 200. Cyrus later launched her first fashion line, Miley Cyrus and
Max Azria, through
Walmart. It was promoted by the release of "
Party in the U.S.A." (2009) and the
EP The Time of Our Lives (2009). Cyrus said the record was "a transitioning album [...] really to introduce people to what I want my next record to sound like and with time I will be able to do that a little more". She embarked on her first world tour, the
Wonder World Tour (2009) which was a critical and commercial success. On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for
Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the
British royal family at the
Royal Variety Performance in
Blackpool,
Lancashire.
Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female music artist of 2009.
2010–2012: New image with ''Can't Be Tamed'' and focus on acting in
São Paulo, 2011|left Hoping to foster a more mature image, Cyrus starred in the film
The Last Song (2010), based on the
Nicholas Sparks novel. It was met with negative critical reviews but was a box office hit. Cyrus further attempted to shift her image with the release of her third studio album, ''
Can't Be Tamed'' (2010). The album featured a more dance-oriented sound than her prior releases and stirred a considerable amount of controversy over its lyrical content and Cyrus's live performances. It sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release and became her first studio album not to top the
Billboard 200 chart in the United States. Cyrus released her
final soundtrack as Hannah Montana in October 2010; it was seen as a commercial failure due to its low position on the charts compared to her previous albums. Cyrus was the subject of further controversy when a video posted online in December 2010 showed her, then aged eighteen, smoking
salvia with a
bong. 2010 ended with her ranking at number thirteen on the
Forbes Celebrity 100 list. She embarked on her worldwide
Gypsy Heart Tour in April 2011 which had no North American dates; she cited her various controversial moments as the reason, claiming that she only wanted to travel where she felt "the most love". Following the release of ''Can't Be Tamed
, Cyrus officially parted ways with Hollywood Records. With her obligations to Hannah Montana'' fulfilled, Cyrus announced her plans to take a hiatus from music so she could focus on her acting career. She confirmed she would not be going to college. Cyrus hosted the March 5, 2011, episode of
Saturday Night Live where she poked fun at her recent controversies. That November it was announced that Cyrus would be the voice of Mavis in the animated film
Hotel Transylvania; however by February 2012 she was dropped from the project and replaced with
Selena Gomez. At the time Cyrus said her reason for leaving the movie was wanting to work on her music; later it was revealed the real reason behind her exit was because she bought her then-boyfriend Liam Hemsworth a birthday cake shaped like a penis and licked it. She made an appearance on the
MTV television series ''
Punk'd with Kelly Osbourne and Khloé Kardashian. Cyrus starred alongside Demi Moore in the independent film LOL (2012). The film had a limited release; it was a critical and commercial failure. She starred in the comedy film So Undercover'' playing the role of an undercover FBI agent at a college sorority. Cyrus released a string of live performances known as the
Backyard Sessions on YouTube during the spring and summer of 2012; the performances were of classic songs she personally liked. She collaborated with producers
Rock Mafia on their song "Morning Sun" (2012), which was made available for free download online. She had previously appeared in the music video for their debut single, "
The Big Bang" (2010). Cyrus later provided guest vocals on "
Decisions" (2012) by
Borgore. Both Cyrus and Hemsworth appeared in the song's music video. She went on to guest star as Missi in two episodes of the
CBS sitcom
Two and a Half Men. Cyrus drew significant media attention when she cut her traditionally long, brown hair in favor of a blonde,
pixie cut; she commented that she had "never felt more [herself] in [her] whole life" and that "it really changed [her] life."
2013–2015: Bangerz and Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz in
Tampa,
Florida In 2013, Cyrus hired
Larry Rudolph to be her manager, best known for previously representing
Britney Spears. It was confirmed that Cyrus had signed with
RCA Records for her future releases. She worked with producers such as
Pharrell Williams and
Mike Will Made-It on her fourth studio album, resulting in a hip hop-influenced sound. She collaborated with numerous hip hop artists releases She collaborated with
will.i.am on the song "
Fall Down" (2013), released as a promotional single that same month. The song entered the
Billboard Hot 100 at number fifty-eight, marking her first appearance on the chart since "
Can't Be Tamed" (2010). She provided guest vocals on the
Lil Twist song "Twerk", which also featured vocals by
Justin Bieber. The song was unreleased for unknown reasons but leaked online. The single went on to peak at number eleven on the Hot 100, and had sold over onemillion copies worldwide as of 2013. Cyrus released her new single "
We Can't Stop" on June 3. Touted as her comeback single, it became a worldwide commercial success, topping charts in territories such as the United Kingdom. The song's music video set the
Vevo record for most views within twenty-four hours of release and became the first to reach 100million views on the site. Cyrus performed with
Robin Thicke at the
2013 MTV Video Music Awards, a performance that resulted in widespread media attention and public scrutiny. Her simulated sex acts with a foam finger were described as "disturbing" and the whole performance as "cringe-worthy". Cyrus released "
Wrecking Ball" (2013) as the second single from
Bangerz on the same day as the VMAs. The accompanying music video, which showed her swinging naked on a wrecking ball, was viewed over nineteen million times within 24 hours of its release, and drew criticism from some for allegedly
objectifying Cyrus, including fellow singer
Sinéad O'Connor, who said that "you will obscure your talent by allowing yourself to be pimped, whether it's the music business or yourself doing the pimping". Despite this, the single became Cyrus's first to top the Hot 100 in the US, and maintained the number-one spot for three weeks. It sold over two million copies. On October 2, 2013, MTV aired the documentary
Miley: The Movement, that chronicled the recording of her fourth studio album
Bangerz, which was released on October 4. The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the
Billboard 200 with first week sales of 270,000 copies. On October 5, Cyrus hosted
Saturday Night Live for the second time. On November 5, Cyrus featured on rapper
Future's "
Real and True" with
Mr. Hudson; an accompanying music video premiered five days later on November 10, 2013. In late 2013 she was declared Artist of the Year by MTV. On January 29, 2014, she played an acoustic concert show on
MTV Unplugged, performing songs from
Bangerz featuring a guest appearance by
Madonna. It became the highest-rated
MTV Unplugged in the past decade, with over 1.7million streams. Cyrus was also featured in the
Marc Jacobs Spring 2014 campaign along with
Natalie Westling and Esmerelda Seay Reynolds. She launched her controversial
Bangerz Tour (2014) that year, which was positively received by critics. Two months into her tour, Cyrus's
Alaskan Klee Kai was found mauled to death at her home after fighting with a coyote. Two weeks later, Cyrus suffered an allergic reaction to the
antibiotic cephalexin, prescribed to treat a sinus infection, resulting in her hospitalization in
Kansas City. Though she rescheduled some of her US tour dates, she resumed the tour two weeks later, beginning with the European leg. While collaborating with
the Flaming Lips on their remake of the Beatles' ''
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help from My Fwends'', Cyrus began working with
Wayne Coyne on her fifth studio album. She said that she was taking her time to focus on the music, and that the album would not be released until she felt it was ready. Coyne compared his collaborative material with Cyrus to the catalogs of
Pink Floyd and
Portishead and described their sound as being "a slightly wiser, sadder, more true version" of Cyrus's pop music output. Cyrus also worked on the films
The Night Before (2015) and
A Very Murray Christmas (2015) during this period; both roles were cameos. Reports began to surface in 2015 that Cyrus was working on two albums simultaneously, one of which she hoped to release at no charge. This was confirmed by her manager who claimed she was willing to end her contract with RCA Records if they refused to let her release a free album. Immediately following the performance, Cyrus announced that her fifth studio album,
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), was available for free streaming on
SoundCloud. with elements of
psychedelic pop,
psychedelic rock, and
alternative pop.
2016–2017: The Voice and Younger Now '' in 2017 In 2015, following the release of her fifth studio album, Cyrus resumed working on her sixth studio effort. She was a key advisor during the
tenth season of the reality singing competition
The Voice. In March 2016, Cyrus had signed on as a coach for the
eleventh season of
The Voice as a replacement for
Gwen Stefani; Cyrus became the youngest coach to appear in any incarnation of the series. In September 2016, Cyrus co-starred in
Crisis in Six Scenes, a television series
Woody Allen created for
Amazon Studios. She played a radical activist who causes chaos in a conservative 1960s household while hiding from the police. On September 17, 2016, she appeared on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and covered
Bob Dylan's "Baby, I'm In the Mood for You". Cyrus also had an uncredited voice cameo as
Mainframe in the superhero film
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, released in May 2017. On May 11, 2017, Cyrus released "
Malibu" as the lead single from her sixth album. The single debuted at No. 64 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 10 on the chart on its second week. On June 9, Cyrus released "
Inspired" after performing the song at the
One Love Manchester benefit concert. It served as a promotional single from the album. On August 8, Cyrus announced that her sixth studio album would be titled
Younger Now and would be released on September 29, 2017. The album's title track was released as the second single from the album on August 18 and debuted and peaked at No. 79 on the
Billboard Hot 100. On August 27, Cyrus performed the track at the
2017 MTV Video Music Awards. On September 15, she performed "Malibu", "
Younger Now", "
See You Again", "
Party in the U.S.A." and a cover of the
Roberta Flack hit "
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (written by
Ewan McColl) for the
BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. On October 2, as part of her one-week regular musical appearances on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Cyrus sang her 2009 hit single "The Climb" for the first time since 2011 alongside a cover of "
No Freedom" by
Dido to honor the victims of the
Las Vegas shooting. The former song has since been performed at multiple charity events, protests, and marches, including at the
March For Our Lives demonstrations in
Washington, D.C. That same year, Cyrus returned as a coach in the
thirteenth season of
The Voice after taking a one-season hiatus. On October 5, 2017, Cyrus confirmed that she would not be returning to
The Voice for season fourteen. On October 30, 2017, Cyrus revealed she would not release any further singles from
Younger Now, nor would she tour for it.
2018–2019: She Is Coming and Black Mirror Before the release of
Younger Now in September 2017, Cyrus expressed she was "already two songs deep on the next [album]". Producers attached to her seventh studio album included previous collaborator
Mike Will Made It and new collaborators
Mark Ronson and
Andrew Wyatt. Her first collaboration with Ronson, "
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" from his 2019 album
Late Night Feelings, was released on November 29, 2018, to great commercial reception, especially in Europe, where it peaked at number two on the
UK Singles Chart as well as in
Ireland and topped the charts in several
Eastern European countries including
Hungary or
Croatia. During the first quarter of 2019, Cyrus became quite notable for her cover songs. Having already taken part in
MusiCares Person of the Year in 2018 celebrating
Fleetwood Mac, she returned the year after to honor the career of her godmother
Dolly Parton by performing "
Islands in the Stream" alongside Canadian singer-songwriter
Shawn Mendes, with whom she also performed "
In My Blood" a couple days later at the
61st Grammy Awards. Cyrus's other covers include her version of
Ariana Grande's "
No Tears Left to Cry" for
BBC Radio's
Live Lounge, her participation at the
Chris Cornell tribute concert I Am The Highway, where she sang "As Hope & Promise Fade" as well as her cover record of
Elton John's "
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", included in the tribute album
Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. Cyrus also honored John at the I'm Still Standing: A Grammy Salute to Elton John tribute concert in 2018, where she covered "
The Bitch Is Back". '' at
Primavera Sound On May 31, 2019, Cyrus tweeted that her seventh studio album would be titled
She Is Miley Cyrus and would comprise three six-song EPs, which would be released before the full-length album:
She Is Coming on May 31,
She Is Here in the summer, and
She Is Everything in the fall.
She Is Coming, which also included vocal collaborations with
RuPaul,
Swae Lee,
Mike Will Made It and
Ghostface Killah, debuted at number five on the US
Billboard 200 with 36,000 album-equivalent units, while the lead single "
Mother's Daughter" entered at number 54 on the US
Billboard Hot 100. The
Wuki remix of "Mother's Daughter" received a nomination for
Best Remixed Recording at the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards while the original music video won two
MTV Video Music Awards. Cyrus promoted the EP with a summer European tour that visited A-list festivals like
Glastonbury and
Primavera Sound. Cyrus starred in "
Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too", an episode of the
Netflix sci-fi series
Black Mirror, which was filmed in South Africa in November 2018. It was released on Netflix on June 5, 2019. In the episode, she played fictional pop star Ashley O and voiced her
AI doll extension, Ashley Too. The plot was compared to
Britney Spears's
conservatorship and the
Free Britney movement, which Cyrus has been an advocate for. The music video for the song "
On a Roll" from the episode was released on June 13; the song itself and the B-side "Right Where I Belong" were released to digital platforms the next day. On June 27, it was revealed that Cyrus had collaborated with
Ariana Grande and
Lana Del Rey on "
Don't Call Me Angel", the lead single of the soundtrack to the 2019 film ''
Charlie's Angels.'' It was released on September 13, 2019. In August 2019, Cyrus released "
Slide Away", her first song since announcing her separation from then-husband Hemsworth. The song hinted at their breakup and contained lyrics such as "Move on, we're not 17, I'm not who I used to be". A music video was released in September 2019 that contained further references, including a
ten of hearts playing card at the bottom of a pool to represent the end of her decade-long relationship with Hemsworth.
2020–2022: Plastic Hearts and television projects On August 14, 2020, Cyrus released the lead single from her seventh studio album, "
Midnight Sky" and confirmed the cancellation of the EPs
She Is Here and
She Is Everything due to major recent changes in her life that did not fit the essence of the project, including her divorce from Hemsworth, and the burning of the couple's house during the
Woolsey Fire in
California. "Midnight Sky" became her highest-charting solo single since "
Malibu" in 2017, peaking at number 14 on the US
Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, in the United Kingdom the song has thus far peaked at number five on the
UK Singles Chart. The track was later
mashed up with
Stevie Nicks' "
Edge of Seventeen". In October, Cyrus had a third
Backyard Session on
MTV and announced via Instagram that her seventh studio album
Plastic Hearts would be released on November 27, 2020. It was previously intended to be called
She Is Miley Cyrus, completing the EP series once finalized. The album was released to positive reviews from critics and performed well, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200, with 60,000 units, becoming her twelfth top ten entry on the chart. With that entry, Cyrus broke the record for attaining the most US
Billboard 200 top-five albums in the 21st century by a female music artist.
Plastic Hearts marked a step of Cyrus into
rock and
glam rock music and spawned two other singles: "
Prisoner" featuring English singer
Dua Lipa and "
Angels like You", which peaked at 8 and 66 respectively in the United Kingdom. The album also included vocal collaborations with
Billy Idol and
Joan Jett. Due to popular demand and social media virality, Cyrus included the live covers of
Blondie's "
Heart of Glass" and
The Cranberries' "
Zombie". Cyrus won a
2020 Webby Special Achievement Award. In February 2021, Cyrus performed at the first TikTok Tailgate show in
Tampa, for 7,500
vaccinated healthcare workers. It served as a pre-show before
Super Bowl LV. It aired on
TikTok and
CBS. The performance was featured in the music video for "
Angels like You". In March 2021, Cyrus departed RCA and signed with
Columbia Records, a sister label of RCA under the
Sony Music umbrella. That same month Cyrus embraced her days as Hannah Montana and wrote an open letter to the character on social media for the show's 15th anniversary, despite all statements that her days as Montana gave Cyrus an
identity crisis. Rumors about a possible revival of the show have been around ever since. On April 23, 2021,
The Kid Laroi released a remix of his single "
Without You" featuring Cyrus, her first release under Columbia Records. On April 3, 2021, Cyrus performed at the
NCAA March Madness Final Four in Indianapolis with the frontline health care workers in the audience. In May 2021, Cyrus signed an overall deal with
NBCUniversal, including a first-look deal with her studio Hopetown Entertainment, as part of which she would develop projects for the company's outlets and star in three specials; with the first project off the deal being the
Stand By You Pride concert special, which was released the following month on
Peacock. In June, Cyrus released a studio cover version of
Metallica's "
Nothing Else Matters", which was included in
The Metallica Blacklist, a
tribute album to the band's
homonymous record, featuring renditions recorded by various artists and released in conjunction to the original album's 30th anniversary. The track also features
Elton John on the piano,
Yo-Yo Ma and
Red Hot Chili Peppers'
Chad Smith. The singer initially teased a Metallica cover album in October 2020 and had already performed the track live during her set at
Glastonbury. To promote
Plastic Hearts, Cyrus teased a concert tour around the album's release. Later that year, she revealed she would tour South America
for the first time in seven years in early 2022. The second special off her deal with NBCUniversal was ''
Miley's New Year's Eve Party, which Cyrus co-hosted from Miami with Saturday Night Live'' cast member
Pete Davidson and also co-executive produced under her production company Hopetown Entertainment, featuring performances by Cyrus,
24kGoldn,
Anitta,
Billie Joe Armstrong,
Brandi Carlile,
Jack Harlow, Kitty Cash, and
Saweetie. In February 2022, Cyrus embarked on her music festival concert tour,
Attention Tour, in support of
Plastic Hearts, which took place in
North,
South, and
Central America. This marked her first tour to South America since her Gypsy Heart Tour in 2011. The tour concluded on March 26, 2022. On April 1, 2022, Cyrus released her third live album,
Attention: Miley Live. Most of the album was recorded during her concert as part of the Super Bowl Music Fest at the
Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 12, 2022, with the set list including songs from her albums
Plastic Hearts,
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz,
Bangerz,
The Time of Our Lives,
Breakout, and
Meet Miley Cyrus, along with multiple cover songs. The album also includes two unreleased tracks—"Attention" and "You". She said the album was "curated by the fans for the fans". Emily Swingle of
Clash gave acclaim to Cyrus's versatile vocals, saying her "voice is truly a force to be reckoned with, seamlessly fitting whatever genre she chooses to tackle. From the playful,
country-hip-hop banger that is '4x4', to
rap-heavy '
23', to the
bluesy, rich cover of
Janis Joplin's '
Maybe', it seems like Cyrus can fit into just about any genre she gets her paws on." By the end of that month, Cyrus released the deluxe version of the album, which includes six additional songs including a mashup of "Mother's Daughter" and "Boys Don't Cry" featuring
Anitta, that are mostly part of her time at the Lollapalooza festival in Brazil and other shows in Latin America; she commented on the addition of her single "Angels Like You" at her concert in Colombia in gratitude due to the song reaching the number one spot on iTunes in that country and because her fans sang the song all night outside the hotel where she was staying in Bogotá. The following month, NBC announced that ''Miley's New Year's Eve Party'' had been renewed for a second iteration set to be aired on New Year's Eve 2022–23. In August 2022, it was announced that Cyrus was set to star in a
Christmas television film ''Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas'', produced by
Dolly Parton for
NBC.
2023–present: Endless Summer Vacation and Something Beautiful In late 2022, Cyrus and her longtime collaborator
Mike Will Made It teased new music to be released in 2023. Days later, during the second edition of ''Miley's New Year's Eve Party'', the singer's next lead single, "
Flowers", was announced. It was released on January 13, 2023, and debuted at number one on the
Billboard Hot 100,
Global 200, and
Global Excl. US charts. With thirteen weeks each atop the Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts, it became the longest-running leader on the former chart, at the time. Topping the Hot 100 for eight non-consecutive weeks, it was Cyrus's second US number-one single—her first in a decade, since "
Wrecking Ball" (2013)—and her longest-running chart-topper. "Flowers" became a global success, reaching number one in 37 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK. It was 2023's most-streamed and most-downloaded song across various platforms in numerous countries, and the most-consumed song on US radio. On Spotify, the single became the fastest track to surpass 100 million and 1 billion plays (7 and 112 days), at the time. Due to 57 weeks atop the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, it became the longest-running number one song on any
Billboard airplay chart in history. It also earned the most cumulative weeks atop all
Billboard airplay charts (106 weeks) of all time. "Flowers" topped the year-end charts in various regions, and ranked as the second best-performing song of the year on the
year-end Hot 100 chart of 2023. According to the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), it was the
best-selling song in 2023 globally. A demo version of the track was made available in March 2023. "Flowers" was certified seven-times platinum by the RIAA in March 2025. Cyrus's eighth studio album,
Endless Summer Vacation, was released on March 10, 2023. Cyrus decided to primarily focus on songcraft, before handling production, on the album—a pop and
dance-pop record. It debuted at number three on the US
Billboard 200, earning 119,000 album-equivalent units. "
River", the second single off the record, was released on March 13, 2023, and reached number 32 on the US Hot 100. "
Jaded", which peaked at number 56, became the third single in April 2023.
Endless Summer Vacation was the 19th best-selling album globally in 2023, according to the IFPI. A documentary concert special—as part of Cyrus's
Backyard Sessions series—titled
Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions), premiered on
Disney+ on March 10, accompanying the album's release. Executive produced by Cyrus, it features her performing songs from the album, and her 2009 single "
The Climb", with an appearance by
Rufus Wainwright. In June, she voiced Van, a nihilistic female creature, in the second season of the Netflix
adult animated sitcom
Human Resources. An updated version of Cyrus's Disney+ special, titled
Endless Summer Vacation: Continued (Backyard Sessions), premiered on
ABC on August 24, 2023. The day after, Cyrus released the single "
Used to Be Young", which was included in the digital reissue of
Endless Summer Vacation and debuted at number eight in the US. On October 20,
Dolly Parton released a rock re-recording of Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" featuring her as a guest vocalist, as the final single off her studio album
Rockstar (2023).
Billboard ranked Cyrus as the ninth-best-selling musician of 2023. At the
66th Annual Grammy Awards, Cyrus received six nominations, including
Album of the Year and
Best Pop Vocal Album for
Endless Summer Vacation, and won
Record of the Year and
Best Pop Solo Performance for "Flowers"—her first set of wins. She appeared in a cameo role as Tiffany Plastercaster—inspired by
Cynthia Plaster Caster—in the
Ethan Coen-directed comedy road film
Drive-Away Dolls, released in February 2024. Cyrus then featured on "
Doctor (Work It Out)" by
Pharrell Williams, an outtake from her fourth album
Bangerz (2013). Leaked online in 2017, the track was reworked and re-recorded before being released on March 1, 2024. Cyrus was then featured on the duet "
II Most Wanted" from
Beyoncé's album
Cowboy Carter. It was released as the album's third single in April 2024, and reached the top ten in the US, the UK, and on the Global 200. "II Most Wanted" won
Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the
67th Annual Grammy Awards, marking Cyrus's third career-win. In May 2024, as one of 16 acts featured on the
Talking Heads tribute album ''
Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense'', Cyrus provided a synth-driven dance-pop rendition of the band's "
Psycho Killer". She co-wrote and recorded "Beautiful That Way" for the
soundtrack album to the
Gia Coppola-directed
The Last Showgirl, released as a promotional single on December 9. It won
Best Original Song in an Independent Film at the
15th Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and was nominated for
Best Original Song at the
82nd Golden Globe Awards and
Best Song at the
30th Critics' Choice Awards. In February 2025, Cyrus performed "Flowers", and covers of "
Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "
Nothing Compares 2 U" with
Brittany Howard, on
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and
Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special. Her ninth studio album,
Something Beautiful, was released on May 30, 2025. Cyrus described it as "hypnotic" and "an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music". The album is a
progressive pop record centered around themes of "healing". It was preceded by the lead single "
End of the World" on April 3; as well as four promotional singles: "Prelude" and the title track in March, and "More to Lose" and "Walk of Fame" (featuring Brittany Howard) in May.
Something Beautiful received generally positive reviews from music critics, with many considering it one of Cyrus's most ambitious and introspective records to date.
Rolling Stone's
Rob Sheffield described the album as "Cyrus aiming higher than ever" while Nick Levine of
NME called it "a fully realized artistic statement". The album debuted at number four on the
Billboard 200 with 44,000 units, marking Cyrus's 11th top-five and 15th top-ten album. Elsewhere, it reached number three in the UK and number four in Australia. A
musical film of the same name, written and directed by Cyrus,
Jacob Bixenman, and
Brendan Walter premiered on June 6, 2025 during the
Tribeca Festival and was theatrically released—for one night only—on June 12 in North America, and on June 27 internationally, as a
visual companion to the record.
Billboard called the visual album a "one of a kind pop opera"; it was released to Disney+ and Hulu in July. Later that month,
Billions Club Live with Miley Cyrus: A Concert Film, documenting her June 2025 Paris concert for Spotify, was released on the platform. The deluxe edition of
Something Beautiful was released on September 19, 2025. In December 2025, Cyrus released "
Dream as One" for
the soundtrack to
Avatar: Fire and Ash; it was nominated for
Best Original Song at the
83rd Golden Globes. She executive produced and appeared in the
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, which was released on March 24, 2026, on Disney+. On the special, she performed a new Hannah Montana song, "
Younger You", which was released three days later. A duet version of the song with Cyrus and
Lainey Wilson was released on April 17, 2026. ==Artistry==