2009–10: The Time of Our Lives and Can't Be Tamed
In 2009, Cyrus starred as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie. Both the film and its soundtrack, which contained twelve songs performed by Cyrus,[87] achieved commercial success.[88][89] The soundtrack's lead single, "The Climb", became a Top 40 hit in twelve countries[90] and introduced Cyrus to listeners outside her typical teen pop audience.[91] Cyrus had considered ending Hannah Montana after its third season, which finished production on June 5, 2009,[92] but Disney retained and exercised its option for a fourth season.[93] In September 2009, she participated in the charity single "Just Stand Up!" in support of the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer[94] and in the City of Hope Benefit Concert in support of cancer research and training programs.[95] She also became involved in Disney's Friends for Change, an environmentalist group, for which she recorded the charity single "Send It On" along with several other Disney Channel stars.[96] Shortly afterwards, Cyrus launched the third Hannah Montana soundtrack. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 137,000 copies.[97] This was significantly lower than the first week sales for Cyrus' previous albums, and the soundtrack became her first to not receive an RIAA certification. The soundtrack did, however, spawn the single "He Could Be the One", which entered the Top 10 of the Hot 100.[59] In March 2009, Cyrus published Miles to Go, a memoir co-written by Hilary Liftin chronicling her life through age sixteen.[98]In 2009, Cyrus launched her first clothing line with Max Azria, which was sold exclusively at Wal Mart.[99][100] To promote the clothing line, Cyrus released her first extended play, The Time of Our Lives on August 31, 2009.[101] Cyrus said The Time of Our Lives "is 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."[102] The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 62,000 copies.[103] The following week, however, the album rose to number 2 on the chart, selling 153,000 copies.[104] "Party in the U.S.A.", the album's lead single, debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her highest charting single to date.[105] To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the Wonder World Tour. The tour proved to be critically and commercially successful, grossing over $67.1 million worldwide.[106] On December 7, 2009, Cyrus performed for Queen Elizabeth II and numerous other members of the British Royal Family at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, North West England.[107]
Cyrus had already begun transitioning to a more grown-up image in late 2008, when her representatives negotiated a deal for novelist Nicholas Sparks to write the screenplay and novel basis for a film that would serve as a star vehicle for Cyrus by introducing her to audiences older than the young fans she had gained through Hannah Montana.[108] Sparks and co-writer Jeff Van Wie developed The Last Song.[108] It was important to Cyrus that she not be type cast as a singer: "I didn't want to be a singer in another film. I don't want to do that anymore. You have no idea how many musicals show up on my door. I want to do something a little more serious."[109] Production on The Last Song lasted from June 15, 2009, to August 18, 2009.[110] Cyrus starred in The Last Song, which was released on March 31, 2010 and received generally poor reviews, as did Cyrus's performance.[111] Nonetheless, the film was commercially successful, grossing more than $88 million at the worldwide box office.[112] According to box-office analyst Exhibitor Relations, the film marked "a successful transition to adult roles for Miley Cyrus."[113] Before leaving to work on the film, Cyrus ended her nine-month relationship with model Justin Gaston.[114] While filming later that month, Cyrus began dating her co-star in The Last Song, Australian actor Liam Hemsworth.[115] She later called him her "first serious boyfriend".[116] Though the couple initially broke up shortly after the film's release,>[117] they later reconciled.[118] During this time period, production on the fourth and final season of Hannah Montana began.[119] The fourth and final season began airing on Disney Channel on July 11, 2010, and concluded on January 16, 2011.[120]
While working on these appearances, Cyrus began recording for her third studio album. In the midst of this, Cyrus appeared on the charity singles "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" and "Everybody Hurts", both of which were recorded for the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[121][122] Her third studio album, Can't Be Tamed, was released on June 21, 2010.[123] This would become her last album to be released through Hollywood Records. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 106,000 copies. This made it the lowest first week sales for one of Cyrus' studio albums, and her first studio album to not peak at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The album only went on to sell a total of 343,000 copies in the United States to date, failing to receive an RIAA certification.[124] The album was preceded by the lead single, "Can't Be Tamed". The single was released for sale on May 18, 2010, and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[125] The album's second and final single, "Who Owns My Heart", was released only in select European countries.[126][127] In February 2011, Cyrus confirmed she would be embarking on her Gypsy Heart Tour, which featured no North American dates.[128] Cyrus later explained "Right now I just want to go to the places where I am getting the most love and Australia and South America have done that for me."[129] The tour began in South America on April 29, 2011 and concluded on July 2 in Australia. The outfits and dance routines used by Cyrus while promoting Can't Be Tamed were considerably more provocative than previous performances, arousing media criticism.[130]
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