Breakout and film career
On July 2008, Cyrus released her second studio album under her own name, entitled Breakout. Cyrus said Breakout was inspired by "what's been going on in my life in the past year.Cyrus co-wrote all but two songs on the album."Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever,I just hope this record showcases that, more than anything, I'm a writer.
The album debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with a first week sales of about 371,000 copies. As of July 31, 2008 this was the second-biggest sales week of the year for a female artist; Mariah Carey's E=MC² previously sold 463,000 copies in its first week."7 Things" was the first single to be released from Breakout.The single debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.Two weeks later of released, it rose sixty spots from number 70 to number nine.She hosted the 2008 CMT Music Awards with her father in April.In 2008, Cyrus hosted the Teen Choice Awards.Cyrus recorded a version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" for the 2008 compilation album All Wrapped Up.
Cyrus provided the voice of Penny in the 2008 computer-animated feature film, Bolt, a movie about a television dog on his quest to find his owner. On its opening weekend, the film opened #3 with $26,223,128.On its second weekend, it rose to #2 behind Four Christmases with a 1.4% increase.As of February 20, 2009, the film has grossed $113,643,011 in Canada and the United States and $286,244,489 worldwide.
Cyrus co-wrote and recorded one of the two original songs to the soundtrack of Bolt, the song also features the other Bolt star John Travolta. Titled "I Thought I Lost You", it was later nominated to a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.Cyrus again played the title role in the Hannah Montana film spin-off, Hannah Montana: The Movie which was released on April 10, 2009. The film is in regards to Stewart finding her roots and deciding on which life to choose, her own or as Hannah Montana. The film was received well and has grossed over $152,900,286, worldwide.
Her single, "The Climb" from the movie's soundtrack peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, thus becoming her highest charting single since "See You Again" and "7 Things" which charted at #10 and #9 respectively; later "Party in the U.S.A." charted at # 2. The movie's soundtrack became the third album under the franchise to take the lead of the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA.In June 2009, Cyrus changed her TV and movie career representation from United Talent Agency to Creative Artists Agency, which had already represented her for music.[52] Also in June, Cyrus began filming her upcoming movie The Last Song, based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, in which she plays a rebellious teenage girl who spends a summer with her estranged father at his home in a quiet beach town. It is scheduled for release in 2010 and filming ended post 2009 Teen Choice Awards.[53] The film was conceived as a "star vehicle" with the intention of introducing Cyrus to an older audiences.[54] Cyrus recorded a song with the Jonas Brothers titled "Before the Storm" for their fourth studio album Lines, Vines and Trying Times. She also launched another Hannah Montana soundtrack (for the third season), titled Hannah Montana 3 on July 7, 2009 which brought her her first top ten as Montana and her fourth overall, "He Could Be the One."
"Party in the U.S.A." was officially released to radio on July 29, 2009.The song is from a Wal-Mart exclusive EP entitled The Time of Our Lives which will be released on August 31, 2009.It will be released as promotion for Cyrus' clothing line. The song made it to no. 1 on Hot Digital Songs with 226,000 paid downloads, making her the youngest artist to top the chart, which led its big debut on the Billboard Hot 100, where it was placed at number two, topping "The Climb" (that peaked at number four).With this position, Cyrus tied with the Black Eyed Peas for highest debut of 2009. It is also the highest debut by a female solo artist since Carrie Underwood's 2005 song "Inside Your Heaven", which debuted at number one.The song thereby became the "fastest breaking single in Hollywood Records' history."
Cyrus announced her "2009 North American Tour." The tour will begin on September 14, 2009 in Portland, Oregon and span 45 dates across North America. Eventually moreor dates were announced for the United Kingdom making the tour change names to the "2009/2010 World Tour." The tour will feature the band Metro Station as a special guest.Tickets went on sale to the general public on June 13, 2009 and for the UK dates on June 12, 2009.In July 2009, Disney acquired the film rights to Aprilynne Pike's novel Wings, in which Cyrus is expected to star.