Cyrus releasing autobiography

Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is to lift the lid on his life story after signing a deal to write a candid memoir.

The Achy Breaky Heart hitmaker has teamed up with bosses at Amazon.com, who will publish the autobiography next year (13).

Heads at the company announced on Thursday (02Feb12) that Cyrus will tell his story with "great candour" and will detail his career, as well as his relationship with his superstar daughter, Miley, in the book, titled Hillbilly Heart.