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Billy Ray Cyrus has an estimated net worth of $10 million, built across three decades as a country music singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality. Born William Ray Cyrus on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky, he achieved one of the most dramatic debut-album launches in country music history with Some Gave All (1992), parlayed his fame into a long-running Disney Channel role on Hannah Montana, and reached a new generation in 2019 when his feature on Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” set the all-time record for consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Updated March 2026: According to Newsweek, Billy Ray Cyrus’s net worth is currently estimated at $10 million, reflecting his combined earnings from music royalties, television work, touring, and licensing across a career spanning more than 30 years.
William Ray Cyrus was born on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky, to Ron Cyrus — a steelworker who later became a politician — and Ruth Ann (née Casto). His parents divorced in 1966. Music ran deep in the family: his grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and bluegrass and gospel were household staples. Cyrus began singing at age four.
He enrolled at Georgetown College in Kentucky on a baseball scholarship but shifted his focus to music and dropped out during his junior year. The turning point came when he attended a Neil Diamond concert; he gave himself a 10-month deadline to become a professional musician. Through the 1980s he fronted a band called Sly Dog — named after his one-eyed dog — playing clubs and bars before attracting the attention of Mercury Nashville Records, which signed him in the early 1990s.
Mercury Nashville released Some Gave All on May 19, 1992. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart — the first debut album ever to do so — and remained there for 34 weeks, a record for debut albums at the time. It also topped the Billboard 200. Certified 9× multi-platinum by the RIAA, the album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling debut album by a solo artist of all time, according to uDiscover Music.
The lead single, “Achy Breaky Heart,” spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart — the longest run by a debut single since 1967 — and crossed over to peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became the first country single certified platinum by the RIAA since “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1983, and in Australia it was the first single ever to achieve triple-platinum status, according to Billboard. Johnny Cash wrote Cyrus a personal note comparing his cultural impact to that of Elvis Presley.
Subsequent albums — It Won’t Be the Last (1993, platinum) and Storm in the Heartland (1994, gold) — kept Cyrus in the country top 10. He continued releasing albums through the 2000s and 2010s, including Home at Last (2007), which produced the father-daughter duet “Ready, Set, Don’t Go” with Miley Cyrus, peaking at No. 4 on Hot Country Songs.
In April 2019, Cyrus appeared on the remix of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” which went on to spend 19 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the longest run in chart history, since tied but not surpassed. The song was certified diamond (10 million U.S. units) by the RIAA in October 2019 and ultimately reached 16× platinum in the United States, according to Wikipedia. The remix won two Grammy Awards at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video — Cyrus’s first Grammy wins. Across his recording career he has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles, charting 36 entries on country charts.
Cyrus transitioned into acting in the late 1990s. He starred in the Syfy Channel movie Radical Jack (1999) and had a supporting role in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001). He then led the family drama series Doc on PAX TV (2001–2004), appearing in 88 episodes as Dr. Clint Cassidy.
His highest-profile acting role came when he was cast as Robby Ray Stewart in Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana (2006–2011), playing the father of Miley Cyrus‘s character across 95 episodes. The series was a ratings phenomenon for Disney; its merchandise alone generated $1 billion in sales in 2008, according to The Guardian. He reprised the role in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). Later television work includes Still the King (CMT, 2016–2017) and an appearance on The Masked Singer in 2026, where he performed as the Owl.
Billy Ray Cyrus has been married three times. His first marriage was to Cindy Smith from 1986 to 1991. He married Leticia “Tish” Finley on December 28, 1993; the couple filed for divorce multiple times before Tish Cyrus ultimately finalized their separation. During their nearly 30-year marriage, they had three biological children together: Miley Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus, November 23, 1992), Braison Chance Cyrus (born 1994), and Noah Lindsey Cyrus (born January 8, 2000). Billy Ray also adopted Tish’s two children from a prior relationship: Brandi Glenn Cyrus (born 1987) and Trace Dempsey Cyrus (born 1989). He also has a son, Christopher Cody Cyrus (born 1992), with Kristin Luckey. In June 2021, Braison’s son made Billy Ray a grandfather.
On October 10, 2023, Cyrus married Australian singer Firerose. He filed for divorce on May 22, 2024, and the divorce was finalized on August 5, 2024 — roughly eight months after their wedding, according to Yahoo Entertainment. In April 2025, Cyrus went public with a relationship with actress Elizabeth Hurley, according to The New York Post.
Cyrus maintains a property in the Nashville, Tennessee area, where he has lived for much of his adult life. The family’s former 500-acre farm in Thompson Station, roughly 30 miles south of Nashville, was a primary residence for many years before the family relocated to Los Angeles to support Miley during the run of Hannah Montana.
Billy Ray Cyrus’s net worth is estimated at $10 million as of 2026, according to Newsweek. His fortune was built through record sales — including the best-selling debut album by a solo artist, Some Gave All (20+ million copies worldwide) — television acting (95 episodes of Hannah Montana), touring, and the diamond-certified “Old Town Road” collaboration with Lil Nas X.
Billy Ray Cyrus is currently not married. His most recent marriage to Australian singer Firerose (married October 10, 2023) ended in divorce on August 5, 2024 — just under 10 months after the wedding. Prior to that, he was married to Tish Cyrus from December 28, 1993 until their divorce was finalized. As of April 2025, he has been publicly dating actress Elizabeth Hurley.
Billy Ray Cyrus is 64 years old, born on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky. He grew up in a musical family — his grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher — and started singing at age four before signing with Mercury Nashville Records in the early 1990s.
Billy Ray Cyrus stands 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) tall, according to his IMDb profile. He has light brown hair and blue eyes.
No current annual salary figure for Billy Ray Cyrus is publicly disclosed. Historical earnings include a reported $250,000 per season for his Syfy Channel television work and fees across 95 episodes of Hannah Montana. Ongoing income streams include music royalties from “Achy Breaky Heart,” the 9× platinum Some Gave All album, and the 16× platinum “Old Town Road” remix, as well as touring and licensing revenue.
Billy Ray Cyrus is based in the Nashville, Tennessee area, where he owns a property estimated at approximately $5 million. The Cyrus family previously maintained a 500-acre farm in Thompson Station, Tennessee, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Southern California used during the years Miley was filming Hannah Montana in Los Angeles. As of 2025, Tennessee is his primary residence.
Billy Ray Cyrus has six children. With his ex-wife Tish Cyrus, he has three biological children: Miley Cyrus (b. 1992), Braison Chance Cyrus (b. 1994), and Noah Lindsey Cyrus (b. 2000). He adopted Tish’s two children from a prior relationship: Brandi Cyrus (b. 1987) and Trace Cyrus (b. 1989). He also has a son, Christopher Cody Cyrus (b. 1992), from a relationship with Kristin Luckey. In June 2021, Braison’s child made Billy Ray a grandfather.