Musik

BRUNO MARS

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career. Mars produced songs for other artists, co-founding production team The Smeezingtons.
Mars had an unsuccessful stint with Motown Records, but then signed with Atlantic in 2009. He became recognized as a solo artist after lending his vocals to the songs "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B, and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy, which were worldwide successes, and for which he co-wrote the hooks. He also co-wrote the songs "Right Round" by Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha, and "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan, allowing him to work with an assortment of artists from various genres. Mars' debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010), peaked at number three on the Billboard 200,^[3] anchored by the worldwide number-one singles "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade", as well as by the single "The Lazy Song". The album was nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning Best Pop Vocal Performance for "Just The Way You Are". His second album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), peaked at number one in the United States.^[4] The album spawned the international singles "Locked Out of Heaven", "When I Was Your Man" and the moderate success "Treasure".
He has sold 10 million albums during his 3-year singing career^[5] and 58 million singles worldwide.^[6] His combined downloaded works as a singer, songwriter, and producer total over $115 million .^[7] As a solo artist he has had five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and seven top-ten singles, only the second artist to do so after Richard Marx. "Just the Way You Are" sold 12.5 million copies and contributed to Mars becoming the best-selling digital artist in 2011.^[8] In 2011, Mars was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.^[9] In 2014, he was ranked number one on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.^[10]