Billy Ray Cyrus Biography

Fast Facts

• Billy Ray has an impressive list of awards which include 1992 CMA Award for "Single of the Year," 1993 American Music Award for "Favorite Country Single" and "Favorite Country New Artist," and many more
• Donates proceeds from the sale of his album "Change My Mind" to Armed Services YMCA for Operation Outdoors which helps children of soldiers that are stationed overseas
• His album Some Gave All is the best-selling debut album of all time by a male solo artist and stayed at the number one spot on the Billboard Top 200 chart for 17 weeks in a row
• Billy Ray received the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's "Bob Hope Award for Excellence in Entertainment in 1995
• As a high schooler, Billy Ray played football and baseball and later attended Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky․, on an athletic scholarship for his baseball prowess
• Quote: "Looking at my life certainly showed that I probably failed more times than I succeeded ․․․ and I got good at getting back up․ That's kinda like life - you get knocked down, you get back up․"
• Quote: "(On working with Operation Outdoors) "It's a great way to help the children of military personnel ․․․ The whole family, they all make a sacrifice for our freedom and this particular project is a way to support those families and those kids․""
• In a role that seemed to mirror his life, he played the father of his real-life daughter Miley's superstar character on the Disney Channel sitcom "Hannah Montana," and in subsequent Hannah Montana movies