Miley’s “Bass Persuades” debuts at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart, narrowly missing her fourth leader on the ranking. Miley Cyrus at the ceremony honoring Miley Cyrus with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on May 22, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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Miley Cyrus clearly wanted to quickly move on from her 2025 album Something Beautiful. While the pop singer hyped the project and even created a short film to accompany the set, Something Beautiful and its singles largely underperformed. They only spent a handful of weeks on the Billboard charts, and within about a month, the era was essentially over.
Cyrus, who now goes simply by Miley, returns this week with a new album titled Bass Persuades. She only let fans know of the existence of the project shortly before the full-length launched, and the title track and first single arrived a week before the set.
“Bass Persuades” debuts on the Billboard charts this week and becomes a strong seller – and it almost turned out to be the bestselling cut in the United States.
Miley’s “Bass Persuades” Debuts at No. 2
“Bass Persuades” debuts at No. 2 on this week’s Digital Song Sales chart. Luminate reports the track sold 3,500 copies on platforms like iTunes throughout the U.S. in the most recent tracking period.
Miley Misses Her Fourth No. 1 by Only One Spot
Cyrus misses out on her fourth No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart by only a single rung. She has led the charge with three tunes: “Party in the U.S.A.,” “Flowers” and “Wrecking Ball.” The first of that bunch remains her longest-running leader, with half a dozen frames on top to its credit. “Flowers” follows with five, while “Wrecking Ball” only commanded the tally once.
Nine Miley Hits Have Peaked at No. 2
Cyrus has now seen three times as many hits peak at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart as rise all the way to No. 1. Nine cuts by the superstar have stalled in second place, a roundup that now includes “Bass Persuades.”
Here are all of Miley Cyrus’s tracks to peak at No. 2 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart.
- “7 Things”
- “Bass Persuades”
- “Don’t Call Me Angel (Charlie’s Angels)” with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey
- “He Could Be the One”
- “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” with Dolly Parton and Lainey Wilson
- “Malibu”
- “The Climb”
- “Used to Be Young”
- “We Can’t Stop”
Miley Has Scored 22 Digital Song Sales Top 10s
Cyrus is one of the more successful artists on the Digital Song Sales ranking. She’s up to 71 total appearances, although at least a dozen of those tunes would not reach the list these days. Billboard shortened the roster several years back, first from 100 rungs to 50 and then down to 25, where it sits at the moment.
22 of those cuts have spent time within the top 10. She added to that sum earlier this year with “Younger You” from the Hannah Montana twentieth-anniversary special, which launched in sixth place back in April.
Here are all of Miley Cyrus’s top 10 hits on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart.
- “7 Things”
- “Bass Persuades”
- “Can’t Be Tamed”
- “Don’t Call Me Angel (Charlie’s Angels)” with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey
- “Flowers”
- “He Could Be the One”
- “Hoedown Throwdown”
- “II Most Wanted” with Beyoncé
- “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” with Dolly Parton and Lainey Wilson
- “Malibu”
- “Midnight Sky”
- “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” with Mark Ronson
- “Party in the U.S.A.”
- “See You Again”
- “Send It On” with Disney’s Friends for Change
- “Slide Away”
- “The Climb”
- “Used to Be Young”
- “We Can’t Stop”
- “When I Look at You”
- “Wrecking Ball”
- “Younger You”
“Bass Persuades” Almost Rules Several American Charts
“Bass Persuades” doesn’t debut at No. 1 on any tally, but it comes close on several simultaneously. The track launches at No. 2 on the Hot Dance/Pop Songs ranking and No. 3 on the Dance Streaming Songs tally, and it’s a top 40 success on several other rosters as well.
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