The Pop Star’s Latest Label Move Comes After a Major Run With Columbia
Miley Cyrus is officially starting a new chapter in her music career. The Grammy-winning singer has signed with Atlantic Records, marking her exit from Columbia Records, the label she joined in 2021.
For Cyrus, the deal arrives after several major milestones. Her time with Columbia included the release of Endless Summer Vacation, the 2023 album that produced “Flowers,” one of the biggest hits of her career and the song that earned her her first Grammy Award in 2024. The record also featured “Jaded” and continued a run of music that kept Cyrus at the center of pop culture.
Now she is taking that momentum somewhere new.
A Whole New Label
Cyrus joined Columbia in 2021, beginning a partnership that would eventually lead to the release of Endless Summer Vacation. The album arrived in March 2023, with “Flowers” serving as its lead single. The song became a global hit and earned Cyrus the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance in 2024.
Her Columbia era also included the release of Something Beautiful, her ninth studio album, which arrived in May 2025. The project added another chapter to a career that has moved through pop, rock, country influences, and more experimental territory.
The Atlantic deal now gives Cyrus a new label home as she continues building on that history. Atlantic is part of Warner Music Group and has a roster that spans contemporary pop, hip-hop, rock, and legacy acts. The label’s current artist roster includes Charli xcx, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and many others.
That puts Cyrus in a new musical neighborhood, surrounded by artists working across some of the same genres and creative spaces she has explored throughout her career.
The change also comes as Cyrus continues expanding her creative profile outside the traditional album cycle. In 2026, she served as guest editor for Wonderland magazine’s summer issue, collaborating with creatives including Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Noah Cyrus, Kelela, Lykke Li, and Sky Ferreira. The project offered another look at her wider artistic interests.
From Disney Star to Pop Mainstay
Miley Cyrus has been in the public eye since her teenage years, first becoming a global star through Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana. The character became a defining part of her early career, while her own music eventually established her as a solo artist with a career that continued long after the series ended.
Her breakthrough as a solo pop star included “Party in the U.S.A.,” which was released in 2009 and became one of the most recognizable songs of her catalog. Over the years, Cyrus continued evolving her sound and image, releasing albums including Can’t Be Tamed, Bangerz, Younger Now, Plastic Hearts, and Endless Summer Vacation.
Her career has also included collaborations with artists across different generations and genres. That range has helped Cyrus maintain a place in popular music while continuing to move between styles rather than staying tied to a single sound.
The Atlantic move arrives after more than a decade of career evolution, giving the singer another opportunity to shape the direction of her next musical chapter.
What Next for Miley?
There are still plenty of questions surrounding what Cyrus’ Atlantic era will sound like. No new album has been announced as part of the label move, and there are no confirmed details about upcoming releases attached to the deal.
That makes the signing a starting point rather than a finished story.
Cyrus has already shown that she can reinvent herself without abandoning the audience that has followed her career from its earliest days. Her catalog stretches from the teen-pop success of Hannah Montana to the rock-influenced Plastic Hearts and the polished pop of Endless Summer Vacation. Each period has brought a different side of the artist to the forefront.
Her move to Atlantic gives her another opportunity to decide what comes next.
For fans, the biggest takeaway is simple: a new label chapter is officially underway. After a Columbia run that delivered a Grammy-winning global hit and two studio albums, Cyrus now has a fresh platform for whatever music she chooses to release next.
Atlantic Records has added another major name to its roster, and Miley Cyrus has opened another door in a career that has already lasted more than two decades.
The next era has not been fully revealed yet. But with the label switch now official, the anticipation for what Cyrus does next has already begun.
