Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Miley Cyrus Returns to Billboard No. 1 After 13 Years
Miley Cyrus released a new album called Bass Persuades.
It became the most popular album in the United States for one week.
The album sold or earned the equivalent of 61,000 copies.
Most of that total came from people buying the album.
Some of the total came from people streaming its songs online.
This is Miley’s sixth album to reach No.
1.
Her previous No.
1 album was Bangerz in 2013.
Bass Persuades includes songs about love, peace, and loving yourself.
Miley Cyrus’s 10th studio album, Bass Persuades, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
The album earned 61,000 equivalent album units during the week ending September 24.
Bass Persuades is Cyrus’s sixth Billboard 200 No. 1 and her 16th top-10 album.
About 47,000 units came from album sales, while streaming contributed 14,000 units.
The album is Cyrus’s first chart-topper since 2013’s Bangerz, which featured “Wrecking Ball” and “We Can’t Stop.”
- Who
- Miley Cyrus released Bass Persuades.
- What
- The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 61,000 equivalent album units.
- When
- The album was released September 18; its chart performance covered the tracking week ending September 24, on the Billboard 200 dated October 3.
- Where
- The album topped the United States Billboard 200.
- Why
- Its opening-week performance was driven mainly by album purchases, which accounted for about 47,000 of its 61,000 units.
- Album
- Bass Persuades
- Artist
- Miley Cyrus
- Chart position
- No. 1 on the Billboard 200
- Opening-week units
- 61,000 equivalent album units
- Album sales
- Approximately 47,000 units
- Streaming contribution
- 14,000 units, representing about 14.22 million on-demand official streams
- Previous No. 1
- Bangerz in 2013