Peter Gene Bayot Hernandez, better known by his artistic name, Bruno Mars, is a singer,
songwriter and music producer from the US.
He was born on October 8th 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
His father is puertorican and his mother filipina.
He was raised in the hawaiian island, surrounded by music.
When he was 2 years old, his father nicknamed him “Bruno”, since he looked like the
wrestler Bruno Sammartino.
Mars has 1 brother, Eric and 4 sisters, Presley, Jaime, Tiara and Tahíti.
Together, they are the Lylas.
As it also happened with his whole family, Mars started making music when he was very
young.
He performed in several music shows in his hometown while he was a kid.
Since his early years, he’s been able to sing, dance and play the guitar, the ukulele,
the piano, the drums…
He even appeared as little Elvis in the movie Honeymoon in Vegas in 1992.
Once he finished High School, advised by his uncle, he decided to continue his music career
in Los Angeles.
He didnt have a great start.
He signed a contract with Motown but it didn’t work out.
He met the songwriter Philip Lawrence, and he encouraged him to try some luck writing
songs for other artists.
Together, they founded The Smeezingtons, and they started writing songs for Brandy, Flo
Rida, Alexandra Burke, Travie McCoy or Adam Levine.
Mars became a guaranteed value as a song writer and producer, but this wasnt enough for him.
His first music appearance as a singer was in the album Animal by Far East Movement.
His big chance came with his participation in the songs “Nothin on You” by B.o.B.
and “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy.
They both made it to the top 10 in hit lists around the world.
After this great success, Mars debuted with the EP It’s better If You Don’t Understand
in May 2010.
He co-wrote with Cee Lo Green “F*ck You!”, and got nominated to the Grammy Awards thanks
to it.
He made a medley of Nothin On You and Airplanes with B.o.B. and Hayley Williams for the MTV
Video Music Awards in 2010.
His album would come soon after.
“Doo-Wops & Hooligans” was released in October that same year.
The first single, “Just the Way You Are”, rapidly made it to the 1st position of the
Billboard Hot 100.
Mars collaborated in the song “Lighter” by Bad Meets Evil, a band formed by the rappers
Eminem and Royce Da 5’9’’, and in September 2011, he released “Mirror” with Lil Wayne.
He also participated in the soundtrack of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, and collaborated
with the single “Young, Wild and Free” by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa.
In the Grammy Awards 2012, he got 6 nominations and won the best male pop vocal performance
Award.
He also posed for the Playboy magazine, becoming the tenth man to make it to the front page
of the magazine.
On March 22nd 2012, a contract with BMG was announced.
On October 1dt 2012, he released Locked Out of Heaven, the first single in is second studio
album, Unorthodox Jukebox, released in December.
Locked Out of Heaven was number one in the Billboard Hot 100 and in several countries
all around the world.
In the US, the album debuted with a second position in the Billboard 200, and in a first
position in Switzerland and the UK.
The second single in the album, When I Was Your Man, also became an international hit,
making it to the number one in the Billboard Hot 100.
In February 2013, Mars was nominated for best rap song in the grammy awards, as a producer
and writer of “Young, Wild and Free”.
During the ceremony, he sang with Sting, Rihanna, Ziggy and Damian Marley, on a tribute to Bob
Marley.
In 2013, he collaborated with Major Lazer in the song “Bubble Butt”.
On January 26th 2014, Mars won the Grammy Award for best pop vocal album with Unhorthodox
Jukebox.
A week later, he led the Super Bowl show, along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers as special
guests.
Mars became the first singer younger than 30 years old of puertorican origins to ever
sing in the show.
In February 2016, he went to the Superbowl again, with Coldplay and Beyoncé.
In 2015, people was moving to the beat of Uptown Funk, the world superhit by Mark Ronson,
with the invaluable collaboration of our Bruno.
And 4 years from the release of his last cd, Bruno Mars released in October 7th 2016 24K
Magic, the first single of his homonymous cd, which came out in November 18th, with
hits such as Versace On The Floor or Finesse (he has a remix of this last one with Cardi
B).
Right now, he is on a world tour with the 24K Magic World Tour.
Funkiest than ever, Bruno Mars, with his endless mix of styles and influences invites us all
to dance.
We can’t wait to listen to more!!