Must Haves. Music Edition. Bruno Mars.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Active1990s - 2020s

BornOctober 8, 1985 in Honolulu, HI

Genre

Pop/Rock

R&B

Styles

Contemporary Pop/Rock

Pop

Contemporary R&B

Member Of

Silk Sonic

The Smeezingtons

ALBUMS

doo-wops & hooligans, Unorthodox Jukebox24k, an evening with silk sonic

HITS

Just the way you are, marry me, locked out of heaven, the lazy song, 24k magic, treasure, grenade, please me, finesse, wake up in the sky, skate, leave the door open, fly as me, smoking out the window

CULTURAL IMPACT

Globally diagnosed pop artist Bruno Mars is a Grammy-triumphing performer whose hooky sound attracts upon a combination of R&B, hip-hop, and dance-rock influences. An all-round entertainer, Mars additionally performs more than one instruments, produces, and choreographs. His route to mainstream achievement changed into lengthy. After operating a string of behind-the-scenes songwriting jobs, he broke thru with 2010`s Doo-Wops & Hooligans, turning into the primary male vocalist in many years to crack the Top Ten together along with his first 4 singles, including "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade." He has remained a chart regular, incomes his first Billboard 2 hundred primary together along with his sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, which spawned the huge hit "Locked Out of Heaven," and took domestic the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. Mars once more hit the pinnacle of the charts making a song on Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," and he constructed upon that achievement together along with his personal funk- and '90s R&B-inspired album, 2016's 24K Magic. In 2021, he and Anderson .Paak fashioned a brand new musical partnership beneathneath the call Silk Sonic.

Born Peter Hernandez in 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mars kicked off his profession on the age of 4 through fronting his uncle's band, turning into Oahu's youngest Elvis impersonator withinside the process. Ten years later, he changed into impersonating the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, as a part of the Legends in Concert show. After graduating excessive faculty in 2003, he took his uncle's recommendation and moved to California to pursue a track profession. He sooner or later met songwriter Phillip Lawrence, who satisfied Mars to strive his hand at writing songs for different artists. The dubbed themselves the Smeezingtons and co-wrote Brandy's "Long Distance." The duo scored their first primary hit in 2009, after they co-authored Flo Rida's global smash "Right Round."

Silk Sonic is a nostalgic soul outlet for born entertainers Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. The pair made their collaborative debut as a making a song duo in 2021 with the primary pop hit "Leave the Door Open," scored a Top 20 unmarried with the follow-up "Skate," and supplied the full-duration An Evening with Silk Sonic that November.