Midnight Sky

"Midnight Sky" was included on several year-end lists of best songs of 2020. Commercially, the song reached number one in Bulgaria, Lebanon, and Serbia, as well as the top five in the United Kingdom and has reached the top ten on music charts in over 15 territories. It was also the longest-running number-one single on UK radio in 2020, spending six weeks atop.

Commercial performance[edit]

In the United States, "Midnight Sky" debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus' 15th top-20 hit in the country and 50th entry on the chart, making her one of the artists with most Hot 100 entries. The song also became her best solo debut on the chart since "Malibu", which peaked at number ten in 2017, although in the meantime Cyrus had also reached number 13 with "Don't Call Me Angel", along with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey. In its first week "Midnight Sky" was the 20th most heard song in the United States in streaming and the third most downloaded legally. The single debuted at number three on Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart after only Cardi B's "WAP" with Megan Thee Stallion and Morgan Wallen's "7 Summers", another release of the week. The single was certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in April 2023.^[40]


In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart for the issue dated August 21, 2020^[41] and reached number seven in its seventh week there, becoming Cyrus' sixth top-ten hit in the country. In its tenth week, it reached a new peak of number five. The song is also the longest-running number-one single on UK radio in 2020, with six weeks so far, and on iTunes, with 29 days atop the chart. Thus, "Midnight Sky" became United Kingdom's biggest song by a female artist of 2020 and second overall, according to The Official Big Top 40 making it Cyrus' second year on a roll having the biggest female song of the year in the country, following "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" in 2019.^[42] The song was also the 11th best-selling single in pure sales of 2020 on the UK Singles Chart.^[43] On June 20, 2022, PPL reported that "Midnight Sky" was United Kingdom's 9th most played track in 2021 and also the only solo song by a female artist in the top 10.^[44][45]


"Midnight Sky" also debuted at number 16 in Australia, later peaking at number seven, number eight in Canada and number one in Scotland.

Live performances[edit]

Cyrus performed "Midnight Sky" for the first time at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, where she swung on a disco ball, in reference to her 2013 song, "Wrecking Ball".^[54][55] The next day, she performed the song on Live Lounge.^[56] On September 10, she performed the song at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.^[57] Ten days later she performed the song on iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020.^[58] On October 9, she performed "Midnight Sky" on The Graham Norton Show amongst "a million Mileys".^[59] On October 16, Cyrus performed the song on her MTV Unplugged: Backyard Sessions special.^[60] She performed the song at Save Our Stages, the event was held on October 20, 2020. She performed again in Amazon Music Holiday Plays digital concert series on December 1.^[61] Later she performed the remix version of Midnight Sky, "Edge of Midnight" for the first time on The Howard Stern Show.^[62] Cyrus again performed the "Edge of Midnight" along with "Party in the U.S.A." and "Prisoner" on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square on December 31.^[63] Cyrus also performed "Edge of Midnight" along with several songs of Plastic Hearts at the 2021 Super Bowl with TikTok Tailgate.^[64] On December 31, 2022, Cyrus performed the song with FLETCHER as a duet on the TV program Miley's New Year's Eve Party.^[65]