Editing Billy Ray Cyrus (section)

{{short description|American country singer and actor (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Colonel (U.S. honorary title)|Colonel]]
| name               = Billy Ray Cyrus
| image              = Billy Ray Cyrus 2019.jpg
| caption            = Cyrus in 2019
| birth_name         = William Ray Cyrus
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1961|8|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Flatwoods, Kentucky]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[Georgetown College (Kentucky)|Georgetown College]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actor}}
| years_active       = 1989–present
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Cindy Smith|1986|1991|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Tish Cyrus|Tish Finley]]|1993|2023|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Firerose|October 10, 2023|August 5, 2024|reason=divorced}}}}
| children           = 6, including [[Brandi Cyrus|Brandi]], [[Trace Cyrus|Trace]], [[Miley Cyrus|Miley]], and [[Noah Cyrus]]
| father             = [[Ron Cyrus]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Billy Ray Cyrus|Full list]]
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| instrument      = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[country pop]]<ref name="cpopAM">{{cite web |title=Country-Pop - Overview |url=https://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/country-pop-ma0000004416 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref>}}
| label           = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Monument Records|Monument]]|Madacy|[[Word Records|Word]]|[[Curb Records|Curb]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|New Door|UMe|[[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]|[[Lyric Street Records|Lyric Street]]|[[Buena Vista Records|Buena Vista]]|[[Broken Bow Records|Broken Bow]]}}
| past_member_of = [[Brother Clyde]]
| website            = {{URL|billyraycyrus.com}}
}}
}}
'''William Ray Cyrus''' ({{IPAc-en|'|s|aɪ|r|ə|s}} {{respell|SY|rəs}}; born August 25, 1961)<ref name="BioEp"/><ref name=divorcefiling2013>{{cite web | url = http://www.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/BillyRayCyrusDivorce1.pdf | title = Billy Ray Cyrus v. Latisha {{Sic|Finnely|nolink=y}} Cyrus: Petition for Divorce | date = June 13, 2013 | access-date = July 22, 2013 | publisher = Chancery Court for Williamson County, Tennessee | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143227/http://www.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/BillyRayCyrusDivorce1.pdf | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | via = [[E!]] | url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter and actor.<ref name="Country Worldwide">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0LYxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1510,3298161&dq=billy+ray+cyrus+country+worldwide&hl=en |title=Country is No. 1 musical style |date=August 19, 1992 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903213452/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0LYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_OIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1510,3298161&dq=billy+ray+cyrus+country+worldwide&hl=en |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref name="Country Worldwide3">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/504338431.html?dids=504338431:504338431&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+25%2C+1993&author=Jack+Hurst&pub=The+Record&desc=Country+music+is+making+waves+across+the+seas&pqatl=google |title=Country music is making waves across the seas |date=November 25, 1993 |work=thestar.com |access-date=July 26, 2010 |first=Jack |last=Hurst |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506081606/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/504338431.html?dids=504338431:504338431&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+25%2C+1993&author=Jack+Hurst&pub=The+Record&desc=Country+music+is+making+waves+across+the+seas&pqatl=google |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Having released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, he is known for his hit single "[[Achy Breaky Heart]]", which topped the U.S. [[Hot Country Songs]] chart and became the first single ever to achieve triple platinum status in Australia. It was also the best-selling single in the same country in 1992.<ref name="Achy Australia">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24305208.html?dids=24305208:24305208&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04%2C+1993&author=Jack+Hurst%2C+Country+music+writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ACHY+BREAKY+START+BRUISED+BY+THE+CRITICS%2C+BILLY+RAY+CYRUS+IS+COMING+BACK+FOR+MORE&pqatl=google |title=Achy Breaky Start Bruised By The Critics, Billy Ray Cyrus Is Coming Back For More |date=July 4, 1993 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=July 25, 2010 |first=Jack |last=Hurst |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24305208.html?dids=24305208:24305208&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04,+1993&author=Jack+Hurst,+Country+music+writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ACHY+BREAKY+START+BRUISED+BY+THE+CRITICS,+BILLY+RAY+CYRUS+IS+COMING+BACK+FOR+MORE&pqatl=google |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref name="Achy Australia1">{{cite web |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1992 |url=http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1992.htm |access-date=July 25, 2010 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}</ref> Due to the song's music video, the [[line dance]] rose in popularity.<ref name="Achy linedance5">{{cite news |date=December 6, 2010 |title=Line dancing: good for that achy breaky heart |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B51Q920101206 |access-date=December 9, 2010 }}</ref>

A [[Music recording certification|multi-platinum selling artist]], Cyrus has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs]] chart. His most successful album to date is his debut ''[[Some Gave All]]'', which has been certified 9× multi-platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist and by a country artist at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the [[SoundScan]] era.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/albums-no-1-billboard-200-most-consecutive-weeks/the-kingston-trio-the-kingston-trio-at-large/ |title=Albums That Topped the Billboard 200 for the Most Consecutive Weeks — And the Albums That Bumped Them Off |date=October 6, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Some Gave All No.&nbsp;1 in US for 17 weeks">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxEEAAAAMBAJ&q=Billy+Ray+Cyrus&pg=PA29 |title=Billy Ray Cyrus Explores His Gospel 'Side' |date=October 18, 2003 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 29, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Some Gave All 17 consecutive weeks">{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/taylor-swift/news/mariah-carey-cant-stop-taylor-swift--61981514 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216141658/http://new.music.yahoo.com/taylor-swift/news/mariah-carey-cant-stop-taylor-swift--61981514 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |title=Mariah Carey Can't Stop Taylor Swift |date=January 28, 2009 |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=June 29, 2009 }}</ref>
''Some Gave All'' was also the first debut album to enter at number one on the [[Top Country Albums|''Billboard'' Top Country Albums]] chart.<ref name="Some Gave All Country debut record">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78489705.html?dids=78489705:78489705&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16%2C+1992&author=Jack+Hurst%2C+Chicago+Tribune&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=COUNTRIFIED+KATHY+MATTEA+IS+BACK+IN+VOICE+WITH+%27LONESOME+STANDARD+TIME%27&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208145335/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78489705.html?dids=78489705:78489705&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16,+1992&author=Jack+Hurst,+Chicago+Tribune&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=COUNTRIFIED+KATHY+MATTEA+IS+BACK+IN+VOICE+WITH+'LONESOME+STANDARD+TIME'&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |title=COUNTRIFIED KATHY MATTEA IS BACK IN VOICE WITH 'LONESOME STANDARD TIME' |date=October 16, 1992 |publisher=OrlandoSentinel |access-date=July 25, 2010 |first=Jack |last=Hurst }}</ref> The album has also sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist. ''Some Gave All'' was also the best-selling album of 1992 in the US with 4,832,000 copies.<ref name="Some Gave All 20 million copies">{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09100/961830-388.stm |title=Billy Ray Cyrus appeals to a whole new crowd |date=April 10, 2009 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=April 24, 2009 |first=Scott |last=Mervis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523035344/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09100/961830-388.stm |archive-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref name="Some Gave All of the year">{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/42196/week-ending-nov-8-2009-the-host-with-the-most/ |title=Week Ending Nov. 8, 2009: The Host With The Most |first=Paul |last=Grein |access-date=November 11, 2009 |publisher=Yahoo! Music |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115133900/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/42196/week-ending-nov-8-2009-the-host-with-the-most |archive-date=November 15, 2009 }}</ref> During his career he has released 36 charted singles, of which 17 charted in the top 40.

In 2019, Cyrus earned his first number-one single on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] as a featured artist on a remix of [[Lil Nas X]]'s song "[[Old Town Road]]", which spent a record-breaking nineteen consecutive weeks at the top spot (eighteen of them credited to Cyrus). It also spent a record-breaking twenty consecutive weeks (nineteen of them credited to Cyrus) at the top spot on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] and [[Hot Rap Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Rap Songs]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527174/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-hot-rb-rap-songs-records|title=Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs Charts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 12, 2019|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527749/billie-eilish-bad-guy-number-one-hot-100|title=Billie Eilish's 'Bad Guy' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Dethroning Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' After Record 19 Weeks on Top|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref> The R&B/Hip-Hop record has been broken in May 2023 by [[SZA]]'s "[[Kill Bill (song)|Kill Bill]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-breaks-number-1-record-rb-hip-hop-songs-chart-1235342457/|title=SZA's 'Kill Bill' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 30, 2023|access-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref>
Thanks to "Old Town Road", Cyrus won his first two [[Grammy Award]]s, in the categories [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/billy-ray-cyrus|title=Billy Ray Cyrus|date=November 26, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref>

From 2001 to 2004, Cyrus starred on the television series ''[[Doc (2001 TV series)|Doc]]''. The series focused on a country doctor who moved from [[Montana]] to New York City. From 2006 to 2011, he starred as [[Robby Stewart|Robby Ray Stewart]] on the [[Disney Channel]] series ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' with his daughter [[Miley Cyrus]] playing the [[Miley Stewart|title character]]. From 2016 to 2017, he starred as Vernon Brownmule on the [[Country Music Television|CMT]] sitcom ''[[Still the King (TV series)|Still the King]]''.