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Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, actress and director.

In late 2022, Cyrus and her longtime collaborator Mike Will Made It teased new music to be released in 2023. Topping the Hot 100 for eight non-consecutive weeks, it was Cyrus’s second US number-one single—her first in a decade, since “Wrecking Ball” (2013)—and her longest-running chart-topper. “Flowers” became a global success topping the charts in 37 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK. It was 2023’s most-streamed and most downloaded song on various platforms in numerous countries, and the most-consumed song on US radio. On Spotify, the single became the fastest track to surpass 100 million and 1 billion plays (7 and 112 days), at the time.

Due to 57 weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, it became the longest-running number-one song on any Billboard airplay chart in history. It also earned the most cumulative weeks atop all Billboard airplay charts (106 weeks) of all time. “Flowers” topped the year-end charts in various regions, and ranked as the second best-performing song of the year on the year-end Hot 100 chart of 2023. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), it was the best-selling song in 2023 globally. A demo version of the track was made available on March 3, 2023. “Flowers” was certified seven times platinum by the RIAA in March 2025.

Cyrus’s eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, was released on March 10, 2023. She produced it with Kid Harpoon, Greg Kurstin, Mike Will Made It, and Tyler Johnson. Cyrus’s first studio effort with Columbia Records, she described the record as “[her] love letter to LA”, which reflects upon the physical and mental growth she experienced during production. Cyrus decided to primarily focus on songcraft, before handling production, on the album—a pop and dance-pop record. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 119,000 album-equivalent units, marking Cyrus’s tenth top-five and fourteenth top-ten entry on the chart. “River”, the second single off the record, was released on March 13, 2023, and reached number 32 on the US Hot 100. “Jaded”, which peaked at number 56, became the third single in April 2023. Endless Summer Vacation was the 19th best-selling album globally in 2023, according to the IFPI.

At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, Cyrus received six nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Endless Summer Vacation, and won Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Flowers”—her first set of wins. She appeared in a cameo role as Tiffany Plastercaster—inspired by Cynthia Plaster Caster—in the Ethan Coen-directed comedy road film Drive-Away Dolls, released in February 2024. Cyrus then featured on “Doctor (Work It Out)” by Pharrell Williams, an outtake from her fourth album Bangerz (2013). Leaked online in 2017, the track was reworked and re-recorded before being released on March 1, 2024.

Cyrus was then featured on the duet “II Most Wanted” from Beyoncé’s album Cowboy Carter. It was released as the album’s third single in April 2024 and reached the top ten in the US, the UK, and the Global 200. “II Most Wanted” won Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, marking Cyrus’s third career win. As one of 16 acts featured on the Talking Heads tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, Cyrus provided a synth-driven dance-pop rendition of the band’s “Psycho Killer”. The album was released in May 2024. On the soundtrack album to the Gia Coppola-directed The Last Showgirl, Cyrus co-wrote and recorded “Beautiful That Way”; it was released as a promotional single on December 9.

 

It won Best Original Song in an Independent Film at the 15th Hollywood Music in Media Awards and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards and Best Song at the 30th Critics’ Choice Awards. Cyrus performed covers of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Nothing Compares 2 U” with Brittany Howard, and “Flowers” on SNL50: The Homecoming Concert and Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special in February 2025.