Miley Cyrus album Bass Persuades suffers historic chart drop

Miley Cyrus has experienced a historic fall on the Billboard chart with her new album, Bass Persuades. Variety, Entertainment Weekly, and the Daily Mail all reported on October 6, 2026, that the record suffered the biggest chart drop ever for an album in the week after debuting at number one. [1][2][3]

The record breaking fall was also reported by Yahoo News UK, That Grape Juice, and InMusic Blog. While Entertainment Weekly described it as one of the biggest drops in chart history, Variety, the Daily Mail, and That Grape Juice confirmed that the plunge set a new historic record on the Billboard charts. [1][2][3][8][9][10]

The lead single from the album, also titled Bass Persuades, was released through Atlantic Records on September 3, 2026. A remix of the track by Model/Actriz was subsequently issued on September 14, 2026. The single achieved commercial success by charting within the top 30 in Belgium, Canada, and the Netherlands. [12]

Cyrus previously established her career as a child actress starring as Miley Stewart on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana from 2006 to 2011. During that period, she achieved two number one soundtracks on the Billboard 200 chart. [13]