Miley Cyrus Makes Her Live Return, But Did She Persuade Hollywood Bowl-Goers With Her Show?

Starting with her very first episode of Hannah Montana back in 2006, Miley Cyrus became an almost-instant household name. In the two decades since, she’s had a chameleonic career that slithers between genres and wins over new audiences along the way — especially with her biggest hit yet, 2023’s “Flowers,” which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned the star her first-ever Grammy.

Over this past weekend, Cyrus made her return to live performing after years away with shows Friday and Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl. But what should have been a celebration of her latest Billboard 200-topping album, September’s Bass Persuades, ended up turning defensive when Cyrus had to spend a portion of Sunday’s show responding to critics of Friday’s concert.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the feedback Cyrus responded to and what can often be the blessing and curse of playing for an audience that has known you for so long and so well that they often measure you against your own unmatchable past performances.

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Taylor Swift continues to dominate both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Hot 100 songs chart, how Dominic Fike gets his first top 10 on the Hot 100 with a six-year-old song, and how Ariana Grande gets a second top 10 from her petal album on the Pop Airplay chart.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)