It launches with 61,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Sept. 24, according to Luminate. In total, it’s her sixth leader and 16th top 10-charted set. Miley (aka Miley Cyrus) last stopped the tally with Bangerz in 2013.
Bass Persuades was announced Sept. 1 and dropped on Sept. 18. Its title track and first single was unveiled on Sept. 3. It debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Sept. 19), marking her 24th top 40 hit. The new set comes a little more than a year after her last studio project, Something Beautiful, which debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the June 14, 2025-dated Billboard 200.
It comes alongside the news that the singer will now be billed simply as Miley, and announcing the record, she wrote on social media: “My tenth studio album, ‘Bass Persuades’, is yours September 18th. Music takes hold of us. We feel it, sing it, sometimes dance to it, let it out and carry on. It is powerful, vulnerable, sweet and strong.”
“Heart full, heartache, every part of life in between. That’s what the title means to me. Thank you for being a part of making my wildest dreams come true. I sincerely hope you love this album.”
Miley will celebrate the release with two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 16 and 18. She will be joined by Model/Actriz and she has described the venue as “my favorite place to experience music and see my favorite artists”.
Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Riley Green and beabadoobee score their first top 10s as their newest projects debut.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Oct. 3, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Sept. 29. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
