135 Facts About Miley Ray Cyrus

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Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has attained the most US Billboard 200 top-five albums in the 21st century by a female artist, with a total of thirteen entries.

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Cyrus, a daughter of country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus, emerged as a teen idol while portraying the title character of the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana.

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Plastic Hearts became Miley Ray Cyrus's most acclaimed record, and her first entry on the Billboard Rock Chart, debuting atop the chart.

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Miley Ray Cyrus is regarded as one of the few examples of successful child actors-turned-singers.

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On television Miley Ray Cyrus served as a coach on the singing competition series The Voice for two seasons, and starred in the episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" from the Netflix series Black Mirror.

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Miley Ray Cyrus founded the non-profit Happy Hippie Foundation in late 2014 focusing on youth homelessness and the LGBT community.

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Miley Ray Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition causing an abnormal resting heart rate.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's parents nicknamed her "Smiley", which they later shortened to "Miley", because she often smiled as an infant.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's father's first child, Christopher Cody, was born in April 1992 and grew up with his mother, Kristin Luckey, in South Carolina.

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The Miley Ray Cyrus farmhouse is located on 500 acres of land outside Nashville.

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Miley Ray Cyrus attended Heritage Elementary School in Williamson County while she and her family lived in Thompson's Station, Tennessee.

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Miley Ray Cyrus attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring.

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In 2001, when Miley Ray Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada, while her father filmed the television series Doc.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's first acting role was as Kylie in her father's television series Doc.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's mother took on the role of Miley's manager and worked to acquire a team to build her daughter's career.

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Miley Ray Cyrus signed with Mitchell Gossett, director of the youth division at Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty.

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Gossett is often credited with "discovering" Miley Ray Cyrus and played a key role in her auditioning for Hannah Montana.

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Miley Ray Cyrus later signed with Jason Morey of Morey Management Group to handle her music career; Dolly Parton steered her to him.

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Miley Ray Cyrus hired her father's finance manager as part of her team.

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Miley Ray Cyrus auditioned for the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana when she was thirteen years old.

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Miley Ray Cyrus auditioned for the role of the title character's best friend, but was called to audition for the lead role instead.

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Miley Ray Cyrus toured with the Cheetah Girls as Hannah Montana in September 2006 and performed songs from the show's first season.

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Miley Ray Cyrus signed a four-album deal with Hollywood Records to distribute her non-Hannah Montana soundtrack music.

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Miley Ray Cyrus released the two-disc album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus in June 2007.

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Miley Ray Cyrus collaborated with her father on the single "Ready, Set, Don't Go".

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The New York Times subsequently clarified that although the shot left the impression that Miley Ray Cyrus was bare-breasted, she was wrapped in a bed sheet and was not topless.

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Miley Ray Cyrus later starred with John Travolta in the animated film Bolt, her debut as a film actress; she co-wrote the song "I Thought I Lost You" for the film, which she sings as a duet with Travolta.

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In March 2009, Miley Ray Cyrus released "The Climb" as a single from the soundtrack to the Hannah Montana feature film.

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Miley Ray Cyrus released her fourth soundtrack as Hannah Montana in July 2009, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.

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Miley Ray Cyrus embarked on her first world tour, the Wonder World Tour which was a critical and commercial success.

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On December 7,2009, Miley Ray Cyrus performed for Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the British royal family at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, Lancashire.

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Miley Ray Cyrus further attempted to shift her image with the release of her third studio album, Can't Be Tamed.

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Miley Ray 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.

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Miley Ray Cyrus 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".

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Miley Ray Cyrus hosted the March 5,2011, episode of Saturday Night Live where she poked fun at her recent controversies.

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That November it was announced that Miley Ray 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.

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At the time Miley Ray 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.

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Miley Ray Cyrus made an appearance on the MTV television series Punk'd with Kelly Osbourne and Khloe Kardashian.

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Miley Ray Cyrus starred alongside Demi Moore in the independent film LOL.

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Miley Ray Cyrus starred in the comedy film So Undercover playing the role of an undercover FBI agent at a college sorority.

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Miley Ray 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.

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Miley Ray Cyrus collaborated with producers Rock Mafia on their song "Morning Sun", which was made available for free download online.

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Miley Ray Cyrus had previously appeared in the music video for their debut single, "The Big Bang".

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Miley Ray Cyrus later provided guest vocals on "Decisions" by Borgore.

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Miley Ray Cyrus went on to guest star as Missi in two episodes of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.

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Miley Ray 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".

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In 2013, Miley Ray Cyrus hired Larry Rudolph to be her manager, although she is currently managed by Maverick's Adam Leber; Rudolph is best known for representing Britney Spears.

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Miley Ray Cyrus worked with producers such as Pharrell Williams and Mike Will Made-It on her fourth studio album, resulting in a hip hop-influenced sound.

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Miley Ray Cyrus collaborated with numerous hip hop artists releases and appeared on the Snoop Lion song "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks", released as the lead single from his twelfth studio album, Reincarnated.

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Miley Ray Cyrus provided guest vocals on the Lil Twist song "Twerk", which featured vocals by Justin Bieber.

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On May 23,2013, it was confirmed that Cyrus would be featured on the Mike Will Made It single "23", with Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J The single went on to peak at number eleven on the Hot 100, and had sold over onemillion copies worldwide as of 2013.

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Miley Ray Cyrus performed with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, a performance that resulted in widespread media attention and public scrutiny.

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Miley Ray Cyrus released "Wrecking Ball" as the second single from Bangerz on the same day as the VMAs.

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On November 5, Miley Ray Cyrus featured on rapper Future's "Real and True" with Mr Hudson; an accompanying music video premiered five days later on November 10,2013.

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Miley Ray Cyrus was featured in the Marc Jacobs Spring 2014 campaign along with Natalie Westling and Esmerelda Seay Reynolds.

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Miley Ray Cyrus launched her controversial Bangerz Tour that year, which was positively received by critics.

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Two weeks later, Miley Ray Cyrus suffered an allergic reaction to the antibiotic cephalexin, prescribed to treat a sinus infection, resulting in her hospitalization in Kansas City.

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Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help from My Fwends, Miley Ray Cyrus began working with Wayne Coyne on her fifth studio album.

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Miley Ray Cyrus claimed 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.

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Reports began to surface in 2015 that Miley Ray Cyrus was working on two albums simultaneously, one of which she hoped to release at no charge.

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The album was written and produced primarily by Miley Ray Cyrus, and has been called experimental and psychedelic, with elements of psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, and alternative pop.

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Miley Ray Cyrus was a key advisor during the tenth season of the reality singing competition The Voice.

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In September 2016, Miley Ray Cyrus co-starred in Crisis in Six Scenes, a television series Woody Allen created for Amazon Studios.

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Miley Ray Cyrus played a radical activist who causes chaos in a conservative 1960s household while hiding from the police.

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Miley Ray Cyrus had an uncredited voice cameo as Mainframe in the superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

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On May 11,2017, Miley Ray Cyrus released "Malibu" as the lead single from her sixth album.

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On October 2, as part of her one-week regular musical appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Miley Ray 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.

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That same year Miley Ray Cyrus returned as a coach in the thirteenth season of The Voice after taking a one-season hiatus.

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On October 5,2017, Miley Ray Cyrus confirmed that she would not be returning to The Voice for season fourteen.

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On October 30,2017, Miley Ray Cyrus revealed she would neither release any further singles from Younger Now nor tour for it.

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Miley Ray Cyrus 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".

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Miley Ray Cyrus Is Coming, which 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.

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Miley Ray Cyrus promoted the EP with a summer European tour that visited A-list festivals like Glastonbury and Primavera Sound.

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Miley Ray Cyrus starred in "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too", an episode of the Netflix science fiction series Black Mirror, which she filmed in South Africa in November 2018.

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On June 27, it was revealed that Miley Ray 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.

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In October, Miley Ray 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.

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In February 2021, Miley Ray Cyrus performed at the very first TikTok Tailgate show in Tampa, for 7,500 vaccinated healthcare workers.

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In March 2021, Miley Ray Cyrus departed RCA and signed with Columbia Records, a sister label of RCA under the Sony Music umbrella.

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That same month Miley Ray 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 Miley Ray Cyrus an identity crisis.

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The tour was postponed due to the pandemic but thanks to the high vaccination rates in the United States, Miley Ray Cyrus was able to headline several music festivals in the country during summer 2021, including Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, and Music Midtown.

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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 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.

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In February 2022, Miley Ray Cyrus embarked on her music festival concert tour, Attention Tour, in support of Plastic Hearts, which took place in North, South, and Central America.

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Miley Ray Cyrus said the album was "curated by the fans for the fans".

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Miley Ray Cyrus has cited artists such as Madonna, Lana Del Rey, Dolly Parton, Timbaland, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Joan Jett, Lil Kim, Shania Twain, Hanson, OneRepublic, and Britney Spears as influences.

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Since the beginning of her music career, Miley Ray Cyrus has been described as being predominantly a pop artist.

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Miley Ray Cyrus hoped that the release of Breakout would help distance her from this sound; the record featured Miley Ray Cyrus experimenting with various genres.

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Miley Ray Cyrus possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range, although her vocals were once described as alto with a "Nashville twang" in both her spoken and singing voice.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's voice has a distinctive raspy sound to it, similar in vein to that of Pink and Amy Winehouse.

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Miley Ray Cyrus experimented with an electropop sound on "Fly on the Wall", a genre that she would explore further with the release of Can't Be Tamed, her third studio album.

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Miley Ray Cyrus began working on Bangerz during a musical hiatus, and described the record as having a "dirty south feel" prior to its release.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has become known for her controversial performances, most notably on her Bangerz Tour and Milky Milky Milk Tour.

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Miley Ray Cyrus faced similar controversy over her performance of "Can't Be Tamed" on Britain's Got Talent, where the singer pretended to kiss one of her female backup dancers onstage; she defended the performance, arguing that she did nothing wrong.

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Miley Ray Cyrus became the subject of media and public scrutiny following her performance of "We Can't Stop" and "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

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Miley Ray Cyrus entered the stage of her Bangerz Tour by sliding down a slide in the shape of a tongue, and draw media attention during the tour for her outfits and racy performances.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's fame increased dramatically in the wake of the Vanity Fair photo scandal in 2008, and it was reported that photographs of Cyrus could be shopped for $2,000 apiece.

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In September 2010, Miley Ray Cyrus placed tenth on Billboards first-ever list of Music's Hottest Minors of 2010; she was ranked twenty-first in 2011 and eighteenth in 2012.

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Miley Ray Cyrus was chosen by Time magazine as one of the finalists for Person of the Year in November 2013; she came in third place with 16.

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In 2015, Miley Ray Cyrus was listed as one of the nine runners-up for The Advocates Person of the Year.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has an equals sign tattooed on her ring finger in support of same-sex marriage.

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Miley Ray Cyrus is the founder of the Happy Hippie Foundation, which works to "Fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTQ youth and other vulnerable populations".

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Miley Ray Cyrus was a vegan and had stopped eating animal products since 2014.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has been open about her recreational use of cannabis.

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Miley Ray Cyrus told Rolling Stone in 2013 that it was "the best drug on earth" and called it, along with MDMA, a "happy drug".

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In 2019, Miley Ray Cyrus sent "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" collaborator Mark Ronson a cannabis bouquet from Lowell Herb Co as a tongue-in-cheek Valentine's Day gift.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has said that she dated singer-actor Nick Jonas from June 2006 to December 2007, claiming they were "in love" and began dating soon after they first met.

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Miley Ray Cyrus was in a nine-month relationship with model Justin Gaston from 2008 to 2009.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has dated actor Patrick Schwarzenegger and model Stella Maxwell.

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Miley Ray Cyrus indicated that the ceremony was "kind of out of character for [her]" because "[they have] worn rings forever [and] definitely didn't need it in any way".

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Miley Ray Cyrus believed the loss of their home to be the catalyst for getting married, citing that "the timing felt right" and that "no one is promised the next day, or the next, so [she tries] to be 'in the now' as much as possible".

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In October 2019, Miley Ray Cyrus began dating Australian singer Cody Simpson, a longtime friend.

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Miley Ray Cyrus's announcement coincided with the release of her single "Midnight Sky", which was inspired by her breakups with Hemsworth, Carter, and Simpson.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has visited sick fans in hospitals throughout the years.

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Miley Ray Cyrus is an avid supporter of the City of Hope National Medical Center in California, having attended benefit concerts in 2008,2009 and 2012.

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Miley Ray Cyrus celebrated her 16th birthday at Disneyland by delivering a $1million donation from Disney to Youth Service America.

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In July 2009, Miley Ray Cyrus performed at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's 20th annual A Time for Heroes celebrity picnic and donated several items including autographed merchandise, and a script from Hannah Montana for the Ronald McDonald House Auction.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has supported charities such as the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, United Service Organizations, Youth Service America and Music for Relief.

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In January 2010, Cyrus posted the final video to her mileymandy YouTube Account.

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The next day, Miley Ray Cyrus appeared in a promotional video for To Write Love on Her Arms with Joaquin Phoenix, and Liv Tyler.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has continued her support for The Make-A-Wish Foundation and has met with at least 150 children.

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In January 2011, Miley Ray Cyrus met an ailing fan with spina bifida with the charity Kids Wish Network.

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In 2012, Miley Ray Cyrus released a cover version of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" featuring Johnzo West for the charity Amnesty International as a part of the album Chimes of Freedom.

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Miley Ray Cyrus appeared in a commercial for the Rock the Vote campaign, which encouraged young people to make their voices heard by voting in the 2012 federal election.

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In 2013, Miley Ray Cyrus was named the fourteenth most charitable celebrity of the year by Do Something.

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Miley Ray Cyrus appeared with Justin Bieber and Pitbull in a television special entitled The Real Change Project: Artists for Education.

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In early 2015, Miley Ray Cyrus teamed up with cosmetic company MAC Cosmetics to launch her own branded Viva Glam lipstick and the proceeds went to the Mac AIDS Fund.

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In June 2017, Miley Ray Cyrus performed at One Love Manchester, a televised benefit concert organized by Ariana Grande following the Manchester Arena bombing on her concert two weeks earlier.

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In September 2019, Miley Ray Cyrus met with another fan through the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Miley Ray Cyrus has shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement by sharing links and resources on social media, donning a Black Lives Matter face mask, and attending protests following the murder of George Floyd.

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Miley Ray Cyrus is the founder of the Happy Hippie Foundation, which works to "fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTQ youth, and other vulnerable populations".

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Miley Ray Cyrus was the one behind the camera for the photoshoot the whole time and even interviewed her 14 subjects to share their personal stories along with their portraits.

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Miley Ray Cyrus decided to predominate the color yellow since she believes it is a happy and non-sexualized color.

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Miley Ray Cyrus said she wanted to bring attention and celebrate people who wouldn't normally find themselves being the stars of a photoshoot or wouldn't find themselves on the cover of a magazine.

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Miley Ray Cyrus called the series "genre-defining" and likened this model to 1990s teen pop artists such as Britney Spears and NSYNC, who were marketed to children.

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Billboard listed Bangerz as one of the best and most influential albums of the 2010s noting that "with this pivotal album release, Miley Ray Cyrus took control of her public persona, surprising less with her provocative antics than with her constant artistic evolution".

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