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Billy Ray Cyrus Net Worth: How Rich is the Musician in 2022?

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3 years ago

June 14, 2022

Cyrus is an American country singer and actor known for being a multi-platinum selling artist and starring in Hannah Montana. The Billy Ray Cyrus net worth figure is $20 million in 2022.

Billy Ray Cyrus attends MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Joni Mitchell at the MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom — (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

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Early Life and Bio

Full Name	Billy Ray Cyrus
Birth Date / Age	August 25, 1961 / 60 Years Old
Birth Place	Flatwoods, Kentucky, USA
Source of Wealth	Singing / Acting
Relationship Status	Single
Height	6 ft. 0 in. / 183 cm.
Net Worth	$20 Million

Billy Ray Cyrus was born in August of 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky to parents Ron and Ruth Ann Casto. Notably, his father was a steelworker who became a politician.

Meanwhile, Billy Ray has a brother named Kevin as well as two sisters, Cherie and Angie.

Cyrus was surrounded by bluegrass and gospel music throughout his childhood, even beginning to sing at the age of four.

As far as education goes, Cyrus graduated from Russell High School in 1979. Then, he enrolled at Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship. Hoewver, he dropped out in his junior year.

Afterward, he played in a band called Sly Dog and eventually, signed a record contract with Mercury Nashville Records. Interesingly, the band was named after a one-eyed dog of Cyrus’s.

Billy Ray Cyrus performs during day 4 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium — (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Billy Ray Cyrus Net Worth and Career

Billy Ray’s debut studio album, Some Gave All, released in 1992. Incredibly, it topped the Billboard Top Country Albums, Billboard 200, and Canadian Country Albums charts.

Now, the album is nine-times platinum in the U.S. and has moved 20 million units globally.

Since then, Cyrus has dropped 15 more albums. The country singer is a multi-platinum selling artist, with eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart under his belt.

Over the years, Billy Ray’s music has earned him Country Music Association Awards, a Billboard Music Award, three American Music Awards, along with two Grammy Awards.

In 1992, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame for his vast successes.

In 2006, he and his daughter Miley began co-starring in the Disney Channel original television series, Hannah Montana. The show ran for four seasons and a total of 98 episodes.

According to the New York Post, Billy Ray was making about $15 thousand per episode.

Billy Ray Cyrus Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the entertainer possesses about 2 million Instagram followers. To go along with that, Billy Ray has another 1.5 million followers on his Twitter account as of June 2022.

Thanking all the fans and our men and women in the military… 30 years ago this album came out and still today we know freedom is never free. #somegaveall pic.twitter.com/QTbE56hlkO
— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) May 19, 2022

Personal Life

Cyrus was married to Cindy Smith from 1986 until their divorce in 1991. Actually, the couple recorded songs Wher’m I Gonna Live? and Some Gave All from his debut LP.

In 1992, Billy Ray had two children with two different women. First, Christopher Cody to Kristin Luckey, followed by Miley Cyrus to Leticia “Tish” Finley.

He married Finley the following year and the couple had two more children with one another. They had a son nmaed Braison Chance and a daughter by the name of Noah Lindsey.

Billy Ray Cyrus Net Worth

The Billy Ray Cyrus net worth figure of $20 million has been amassed since his debut album, Some Gave All, in 1992. His music sales, along with his acting career, and other business endeavors have yielded him millions over the course of three decades.

Billy Ray Cyrus FAQ

Who is Billy Ray Cyrus’s daughter?

As most know, Billy Ray’s daughter is none other than pop star Miley Cyrus. Fans will remember the fahter-daughter duo co-starring on the Disney Channel show, Hannah Montana.

Where does Billy Ray Cyrus live?

Nowadays, Cyrus is residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the years, he has lived in Los Angeles, Georgetown, and South Carolina.