Miley Cyrus, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Target accused in infringement for Grammy-winning song Flowers. Here's what has happened

Miley Cyrus and her co-songwriters have been accused of plagiarizing or copying parts of Bruno Mars' song ‘When I Was Your Man’ and using it for her single 'Flowers' which won the Grammy awards.

Tempo Music Investments has in its lawsuit have made allegations against Cyrus, Michael Pollack and Gregory Hein. The lawsuit also accused streaming-service owners including Apple and Amazon and retailers including Target and Walmart of infringing Tempo's copyright by distributing Cyrus' song. Spokespeople for the companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment, as per a Reuters report.

The complaint, filed on Monday by music-rights owner Tempo Music Investments, said that "Flowers" duplicates "numerous melodic, harmonic and lyrical elements" of Mars' song, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.


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Mars is not a party in the lawsuit, and spokespeople for his label, Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records, declined to comment. Tempo said in the complaint that it bought its share of "When I Was Your Man" from the song's co-writer Philip Lawrence in 2020.

Cyrus released "Flowers" on her 2023 album "Endless Summer Vacation." "Flowers" has more than 1 billion streams on Spotify and won the Grammy award for Song of the Year in 2024.

Tempo's lawsuit said that "Flowers" has "striking similarities" to "When I Was Your Man," including melodies, bass lines, chord progressions and lyrical elements. It also cited a Billboard article from 2023, which said that "any listener can detect that [Mars' song] boasts a chorus that is the inverse of what Cyrus sings on 'Flowers.'"

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Tempo asked the court for an unspecified amount of monetary damages and an order blocking the alleged infringement.

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Q1. Has Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' song won Grammy?
A1. Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' song won Grammy awards.

Q2. What is the age of Miley Cyrus?
A2. Miley Cyrus is 31-year-old.