Just so you know, there is a Song of the Summer, and all of 2023.
Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers,” written by Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack, has been a the top of every chart for a solid six months.
The catchy hit — a throwback to real songs — has sold — are you ready? — 4.9 million copies. It’s almost all from streaming. How many streams? According to Lumimate, 765 million. Fans are just playing it over and over again.
The album it’s from, “Endless Summer Vacation,” has sold a very healthy 780,000 copies. But “Flowers” is so massive there’s really been no follow up single. (I don’t know why, there were plenty of good choices.) “Flowers” is such an overwhelming success that if it weren’t Miley being a superstar already, the song would be a one hit wonder (like “Call Me Maybe”).
So yes, Taylor Swift is the album queen. But Miley’s going to win Song and Record of the Year at the Grammys. If she doesn’t there will be a congressional investigation.
Viva “Flowers”! It just keeps growing.
