Miley Cyrus

[TheBoss 13,517]

2 minutes ago, creditcardromancer said:

Fastest song to 100 million streams in history, in under a week

Gaining streams daily

#1 on iTunes in 40 countries

#1 on Spotify in 32 countries 

#1 on youtube in 26 countries

#1 on Apple Music in 71 countries 

#1 on Shazam in 11 countries 

#1 on Deezer in 33 countries 

75k PURE sales

 

And Plastic Hearts is gaining on streaming too. 

 

Miley deserves this so much. No cheap gimmicks, no desperate tactics, just writing an empowerment anthem after having to let go of a relationship where she was essentially with the man for a decade, engaged twice, married, lost her entire home in the fires with, and then divorced to. 

 

When you have talent and people can tell you’re actually genuine, you always end up winning in the end, even if it’s a hard journey. Miley is one of the hardest working artists alive, she’s constantly performing, writing and evolving. She deserves this moment. 

 

 

 

All this! She deserves it! Flowers is cute, sure, but it's a total ear-worm which a multigenerational audience can relate to

[evalionisameme 13,900]

How many songs is she going to release about Liam? move on girl, he’s living his life while you’re losing  Great voice though but no material lyrically to write about because she’s had no experiences.

[Trash Magic 28,472]

The Cyrussance I know that’s right 

[Flamingos 565]

11 minutes ago, evalionisameme said:

How many songs is she going to release about Liam? move on girl, he’s living his life while you’re losing  Great voice though but no material lyrically to write about because she’s had no experiences.

[creditcardromancer 780]

17 minutes ago, evalionisameme said:

How many songs is she going to release about Liam? move on girl, he’s living his life while you’re losing  Great voice though but no material lyrically to write about because she’s had no experiences.

 

Seethe more 

[TrashMagiq 58,954]

It's so random how This is the song that's smashing bsdjfh I guess it makes sense tho since it's very easy to listen to and replayable. Midnight Sky should've gotten this recognition but o well

[Terrence Loves Me 72,892]

More proof that the general public are braindead. Anyway stream dead petz  

[bluechemtrails 27,325]

Can someone explain to me why this boring mediocre song is so successful?

[The Siren 30,526]

6 minutes ago, bluechemtrails said:

Can someone explain to me why this boring mediocre song is so successful?

because Miley moved from RCA to Capitol Columbia.

RCA did NOTHING for Plastic Hearts (was even late to releasing physicals of the album)

and Capitol are PUSHING hard for Miley

[Deleted Member 23,729]

1 minute ago, The Siren said:

because Miley moved from RCA to Capitol.

omg i’m not being mean correcting you i just hate Capitol Records so i have to point out that she actually moved to *Columbia which yeah explains a lotttt. she can make such more interesting music than whatever Flowers is though 

[The Siren 30,526]

1 minute ago, lilac heaven said:

omg i’m not being mean correcting you i just hate Capitol Records so i have to point out that she actually moved to *Columbia which yeah explains a lotttt. she can make such more interesting music than whatever Flowers is though 

Columbia

Capitol

what the fuck ever

they both start with a C

[Deleted Member 23,729]

Just now, The Siren said:

Columbia

Capitol

what the fuck ever

they both start with a C

easy mix up i just can’t handle any praise even mistakenly for Capitol Records, that whole company is going to burn 

 

[The Siren 30,526]

8 minutes ago, lilac heaven said:

easy mix up i just can’t handle any praise even mistakenly for Capitol Records, that whole company is going to burn 

 

i hope the same for Atlantic and RCA

[evalionisameme 13,900]

32 minutes ago, creditcardromancer said:

 

Seethe more 

Happy for her ❤️ just an opinion 

[Veinsineon 77,850]

Flowers is by far more replayable than midnight sky. That song suffered the fate of being incredibly vapid and dated just like Prisoner.

[creditcardromancer 780]

55 minutes ago, bluechemtrails said:

Can someone explain to me why this boring mediocre song is so successful?

Because the GP (who are actually the driving force behind successful hits) are enjoying and endeared by a cute, relatable summer bop sung by an artist most of us grew up with. 

[the ocean 67,601]

honestly i think part of the reason is that they've been HAMMERING on the spotify promotion

like i open spotify and i'm quite literally plastered with miley stuff and i don't listen to her that often

[creditcardromancer 780]

5 minutes ago, paris texas said:

honestly i think part of the reason is that they've been HAMMERING on the spotify promotion

like i open spotify and i'm quite literally plastered with miley stuff and i don't listen to her that often

So spotify promo explains 75k pure sales, it being #1 in 71 countries on apple music and it’s HUGE gain on radio in less than a week?

[the ocean 67,601]

1 minute ago, creditcardromancer said:

So spotify promo explains 75k pure sales, it being #1 in 71 countries on apple music and it’s HUGE gain on radio in less than a week?

it doesn't, that's why i said part of the reason

[bored 7,938]

I think it's unfair to blame to RCA for Miley's success (or lack of) the past decade. They were the ones that pushed the Bangerz era which gave Miley her biggest hit ever (thus far). Of course the music video and her personal life at the time helped make Bangerz so huge but the label did everything they had to do? I know Adore You didn't get the promo it deserved but it was following 23 which had been a moderate hit for her and also this was the beginning of the streaming age; I'm pretty sure they rush released it cos it was doing well digitally. And if I remember correctly 4x4 was gonna be pushed as a single in 2014 but everything kinda ground to a halt when Floyd passed away. Which isn't there fault or Miley's but I imagine it was Miley who just wanted to wrap up the tour and have a break.

 

Then we have the follow up... What do you follow up one of the biggest selling albums of the year, which was #1 around the world, with 2 global #1 singles and a world tour? Miley Cyrus And Her Dead Petz - a 23 track album (which was pretty eclectic) with no mainstream single choices! Plus Miley wanted to put it out for free on SoundCloud... As a record label that's not what you'd want to fund or promote. I think they tried to give BB Talk the single treatment but at this point I think she'd lost the GP and alienated a lot of her fan base (even more so then the transition between Disney and Bangerz).

 

I'd just like to point out that I am a fan of Dead Petz and I respect what Miley was doing as a creative and an artist and how she was the reason we are able to get mixtapes etc from mainstream pop artists now in the present day (in my opinion).

 

Then begins the course correction in 2017, an overhaul of image and sound. I feel it was definitely Miley's idea to steer into the country-pop lane and maintain a more conservative image and I can see why the label were happy to support it considering the previous era(s). We all know RCA asked Miley to make Malibu more pop and as a "comeback" single it got Miley her first top in a few years and seemed like a good move! Obviously Younger Now the album and single didn't do as well, leaving the record label no incentive to fund more singles or a tour (which Miley said she was planning but later said wouldn't be doing due to wanting to spend time at home). But the promo was still there, Miley did a lot of late night show appearances, radio tour for Malibu, festival slots etc.

 

Nothing Breaks Like A Heart is another example of the course correction taking place. Mark Ronson had had a lot of success with Lady Gaga and her country pop record, Joanne. It was again a way of transitioning Miley's sound subtly, maintaining the twang of the past era whilst introducing more prominent production elements. The song was a relative success and I assume at this point SHE IS MILEY CYRUS was being recorded.

 

Now... SHE IS MILEY CYRUS. An interesting era, Miley announces that she's reuniting with her hip-hop collaborator Mike WiLL Made-It. She describes the record as a representation of all ger previous sounds as well as new ones. I'm guessing unsure of which tracks will be a success the label suggested the 3 EP rollout. The first being SHE IS COMING. Lead single, Mother's Daughter was sent to radio, we got the music video and Miley began her festival tour. She also had the benefit of being in Black Mirror and gaining promotion via her acting and singing in that series. Unfortunately Mother's Daughter didn't really do much on the charts and the fate of the other EP's was unknown.

 

Then we have the Malibu fires and Miley losing her home, there's also things going on in her relationship with Liam at this time. She drops Slide Away as a surprise if I remember correctly? A music video did folk and we got the VMA performance. RCA did fuck up here by not sending the single to radio and therefore it came and went. Now fans spend a year in limbo waiting on a forthcoming album with no real singles or details confirmed.

 

Here we are in 2020, lockdown for most of us. The teasers begin for Midnight Sky. This becomes her most successful release since Malibu and finally felt like the start of an album campaign. Miley did a lot of promo for the song and all in all it did the job, it was big on radio, she did a lot of performances alongside covers. It felt like this era was the one? 

Plastic Hearts is announced and everything seems to be going well, the critics are praising her covers, she's performing at the VMAs etc. Next up is Prisoner! On paper, a smash. Following the radio success of Midnight Sky, with one of the biggest pop stars at that time, I can see why RCA thought it would be huge. As we know, whilst it got Miley a second top 10 single from the album in the UK, it didn't do a lot anywhere else. And obviously, we all know once again that RCA fucked up with the physical copies in the US, being released on Black Friday. Meaning Miley ultimately lost out on going #1 in the US. But in terms of getting her back on top, it really did feel like the label were going in the right direction!

 

I do agree more singles from each era could've been pushed but sometimes I think Miley was too keen to move on from that sound etc. And so we'd get half of album campaign, she has been vocal about disowning her previous records a lot!