charts discussion Miley's biggests hits in the UK.

[rcksluke]

5. Midnight Sky
Released: 2020
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 5
Total UK chart units: 1.3 million

Many may point to 2023 single Flowers (and trust us, we'll get to that!) as Miley's true post-Bangerz comeback to commercial prominence, and while it may have been her most successful single since 2013, the groundwork was laid fair in advance with the dazzling lead track from Plastic Hearts. A shimmering disco tune with a dark underbelly, Miley's tale of a tordid, sordid break-up and the emancipation that comes afterwards also handily works as a coda to the much-sought freedom and peace she would find on her endless summer vacation...

4. Wrecking Ball
Released: 2013
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 1.4 million

Simply put, one of the best power ballads this side of 1982, Wrecking Ball will probably always be the defining moment of Miley's career. But take away the licking of hammers, the naked swings and you'll find a song that still stands up. When the crystalline synths on the chorus shatter when Miley howls 'I came in like a wrecking ball!' you'll soon remember why this was the biggest song in the world as soon as it dropped. 

3. Flowers
Released: 2023
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 1
Total UK chart units: 1.4 million

She can love herself better, baby. Flowers came about at the perfect time for Miley Cyrus; after years of sonic experimentation it landed her in the happy middle-ground of pop, indie-rock and disco, it offers a fascinating coda into the media obsession with her personal life and it was - can you believe it - a cracking song too. Jumping straight in at Number 3 on her all-time ranking after being released in January this year, Flowers is already Miley's second most-streamed song ever in the UK (165 million streams) and, after 10 consecutive weeks at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, at the time of writing, Flowers is also the biggest song of 2023 so far. Not bad going, right? 

2. Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (with Mark Ronson)
Released: 2019
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 2
Total UK chart units: 1.41 million

A forlorn country ballad but make it...a banger? Sadly, we never got to see the full breadth of Miley's collaborations with Mark Ronson (they were supposed to work on her She Is Miley Cyrus that was unfortunately scrapped, but Mark does appear in the credits of some Plastic Hearts tracks), Nothing Breaks Like A Heart was something of a surprise hit for both artists at the end of 2019 - reaching Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart and garnering nearly 160,000 digital downloads and 156 million streams/

1. Party in the USA
Released: 2009
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 11
Total UK chart units: 1.8 million

Perhaps the biggest takeaway here - Party in the USA never even got to Top 10 in the UK?! What was up with that, guys?

Because, really, what's not to like? Party in the USA functions as the perfect bridge from Miley's past as Hannah Montana to what then seemed to be (and, indeed, turned out to be) an exciting pop future. She puts her hands up! The DJ is playing Britney Spears! Seems like a pretty perfect set-up to us. 

Overall, Party in the USA ranks as Miley's most successful track by far in the UK. It tops the list with 1.8 million chart units in total, including over 320,000 digital downloads and the most streams of any Miley track here, 172 million.

Suddenly, this does seem like a Nashville party.

Source: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/miley-cyruss-biggest-songs-on-the-official-uk-chart__19032/

[ChrisTheLoner]

Midnight Sky top 5, the TASTE 

The whole top 5 ATE 

[wish]

UK gave Midnight Sky and NBLAH what they deserved

[Walk_Away21]

STOMP

[naval23]

Party in the USA peaking at #11 and being her biggest almost at 2 million omg I was not ready 

 

The amount of #11 peaking singles she had there was insane 

[Robert]

Midnight Sky really got justice

 

The longevity of PITUSA is insane

[Shinning]

Midnight Sky and Nothing Breaks like a Heart  

UK has taste

[Heartbreak Prince]

Midnight Grammy & Nothing Breaks Like A Smash.  UK serving taste for once.

[Power love]

1 hour ago, ChrisTheLoner said:

Midnight Sky top 5, the TASTE 

The whole top 5 ATE 

 

[Smarticle]

Midnight Sky 

[Alex]

Midn#1ght Sky

[tiagol88]

Her bigger hits in the UK are much better than the USA ones tbh

[jijie101]

Wait,I thought We Can't Stop was bigger than Wrecking Ball there

[Mr. Duff]

Surprised to not see We Can't Stop  

 

Midnight Sky making it  

[Fitzswiftie]

7 hours ago, naval23 said:

 

 

The amount of #11 peaking singles she had there was insane 

I’m favourite/weird chart stat was that until the Plastic Hearts release, all of Miley's singles as lead either peaked at #1 or #11

 

#1 We Can't Stop

#1 Wrecking Ball

 

#11 See You Again

#11 The Climb

#11 Party in the USA

#11 Malibu

[Fitzswiftie]

Heart of Glass (live) outstreaming Can’t Be Tamed