Miley Cyrus is being sued over the Grammy-winning song Flowers because she allegedly copied the Bruno Mars hit

Miley Cyrus is being sued for copyright infringement in connection with her 2023 chart hit “Flowers.”

The 31-year-old singer has been sued for copyright infringement for allegedly copying Bruno Mars' earlier hit “When I Was Your Man,” which was released in 2013 and also topped the pop charts.

However, it is not Mars who is suing Cyrus, but Tempo Music Investments, TMZ reported on Monday.

DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Cyrus and Mars for comment.

In the lawsuit, Tempo Music accused Cyrus of “intentionally copying” “When I Was Your Man in Flowers” because the two songs had significant similarities.

Mars, who is not a plaintiff, sold part of his music catalog in 2020 to Warner Music Group, which had invested in Tempo Music Group; pictured in Las Vegas in 2018

The investment company claims that “Flowers” ​​features a similar melody and harmony to the earlier song in both the verses and chorus.

It claims that the chord progressions in Cyrus' song – which she co-wrote with Aldae (real name: Gregory Hein) and Michael Pollack – are similar to those in Mars' song. It also claims that some of the lyrics are similar to those in “When I Was Your Man,” which Mars co-wrote with Philip Lawrence, Ari Levin and Andrew Wyatt.

Tempo claims in its lawsuit: “Given the combination and numerous similarities between the two recordings, it cannot be denied that Flowers would not exist without When I Was Your Man.”

Both songs were hits for their respective artists, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

“When I Was Your Man” was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014, but Flowers was even more successful.

The song won the Record Of The Year award – an award that recognizes songwriters – and also the Best Pop Solo Performance award, for which Mars was nominated.

Flowers was also nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammys, but did not win.

Tempo Music accuses Cyrus, her producers Kid Harpoon and Tyler Harper, and her record label of all having access to Mars' song. In fact, however, almost everyone has access to the song, which was a hit when it was released a decade ago and has been readily available on physical media and via streaming since then.

The investment firm is seeking damages from Cyrus, but it is unclear whether it has yet specified a specific amount.

In an even tougher move, the firm is demanding that she and her label be barred from distributing “Flowers,” which could mean the song being removed from digital and future physical versions of her 2023 album “Endless Summer Vacation.” In addition, the firm is demanding that Cyrus be banned from ever performing the popular song again.

And it is not Mars who appears to have filed Tempo Music's lawsuit after the company reportedly acquired a portion of the copyright to the song.

In May 2021, it was reported that the Uptown Funk hitmaker had sold part of his song catalog to Warner Music Group six months earlier.

Few details were disclosed at the time about the scope of the deal, but Mars (real name: Peter Hernandez) reportedly retained majority ownership of his catalog.

In late 2019, Warner Music Group and Providence Equity Partners announced plans to invest $650 million in a new platform, Tempo Music Investments, according to Variety.

Tempo Music, which claims to own part of Mars' copyright, says Flowers bears strong similarities to the melody, harmonies, chord structure and lyrics of When I Was Your Man; Cyrus pictured in Flowers video

Mars' song was a chart-topper in 2013 but didn't win a Grammy. Cyrus' song also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but she also won Record of the Year (for Songwriter) and Best Pop Solo Performance, which Mars was nominated for but lost; Mars to be seen in LA in 2021

The investment firm is demanding money from Cyrus and wants to be banned from distributing Flowers and from performing it live; here in LA in February

Tempo was designed to invest in artists' catalogues, both their master recordings and their publishing rights.

In recent years, it has become increasingly common for artists to sell their entire catalog or parts of it to investment firms such as Tempo or its larger competitor Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

The move will bring huge profits to the artists, many of whom – including Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan – are at the end of their careers, while the companies can profit from royalties on the songs.

It is less common for younger artists like Mars to sell their catalogues, but he himself only sold a portion of his catalogues.