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The Many Musical Faces of Miley Cyrus
百變流行天后麥莉

While everyone’s music taste is different, there’s a good chance that you’ll enjoy at least one song by Miley Cyrus. This singer and actress has done it all—from happy pop music and R & B to dance music and sad country songs. She has changed her style so many times in her career that it’s impossible to define her. 
Cyrus is no stranger to fame. She’s the daughter of country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus, but it was her own decision to become a performer. The first time she watched a play at a theater, she told her father, “This is what I want to do, Daddy. I want to be an actress.”  
Just a few years later, she landed the lead role in the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana when she was 12 years old. The part allowed her to show off her musical talents in addition to her acting skills, and she became one of Disney’s biggest stars. When the show ended in 2011, she had millions of fans, but that wasn’t the end for Cyrus. 
雖然每個人的音樂喜好皆不同，但你很有可能至少會喜歡一首麥莉．希拉的歌曲。這位歌手兼演員什麼都試過——從歡樂的流行樂和節奏藍調到舞曲和悲傷的鄉村歌曲。在她的職業生涯中，她的風格改變很多次，以致於難以定義她。
麥莉對名氣並不陌生。她是鄉村樂傳奇比利．雷．希拉的女兒，但成為一名演員是她自己的決定。第一次在劇院看戲時，她就對父親說：「爸爸，這就是我想做的。我想當演員。」
僅僅幾年後，她十二歲時就在迪士尼頻道的節目《孟漢娜》中擔任主角。這個角色讓她除了展現她的演技外，還展現了她的音樂天賦，並成為迪士尼最耀眼的明星之一。這個節目在二○一一年結束時，她擁有數百萬名粉絲，但這並不是麥莉的終點。

Most child stars don’t have great careers as adults—they lose their fame when they grow up, and they eventually go back to a normal life. Cyrus didn’t want that to happen to her, so she started to build a more mature image as she entered adulthood. She started dressing in wild outfits and released her first dance album, Can’t Be Tamed, in 2010. At first, people didn’t like her new image, and Cyrus received a lot of negative press. That didn’t stop her, however. She kept releasing music and playing with her image, which included sporting every kind of hairstyle under the sun.
Today, Cyrus is considered to be one of the greatest female artists of all time. She has sold over 16 million albums globally, and six of her albums have reached platinum status in the United States. 
What will Miley do next? Will she stick with the rock sound from her latest album, Endless Summer Vacation (2023), or will she go in a new direction? Only Cyrus knows for sure. In any case, people will definitely be paying attention.
大多數童星成年後都沒有傑出的事業——他們長大後就失去了名氣，最終回歸正常生活。麥莉不想要這種事發生在她身上，所以在成年後她就開始打造更成熟的形象。她開始穿著狂野的服裝，並於二○一○年發行了首張舞曲專輯《無法擋》。起初，人們並不喜歡她的新形象，麥莉也收到了很多負面報導。然而，這並沒有阻止她。她持續發行音樂並試驗自己的形象，包括展示各種可能的髮型。
今天，麥莉被認為是有史以來最優秀的女藝人之一。她的專輯在全球銷售了超過一千六百萬張，其中六張專輯在美國達到白金唱片等級。
麥莉接下來會做什麼？她會持續最新專輯《無盡的夏日假期》（二○二三年）中的搖滾樂風格，還是會走向新的方向？只有麥莉自己確切知道。不管怎樣，人們肯定會繼續關注的。

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