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• REAL NAME: Peter Gene Hernandez
• BIRTHDAY: October 8, 1985
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Just The Way You Are" (2010)
• BIGGEST LP: Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 1
• "I'm a big fan of doo-wop music... that's what you call your girl, your 'doo-wop'..." - Bruno Mars
  
  
  
  
  

• Bruno Mars was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985 and raised in Hawaii. The nickname 'Bruno' came from his dad in reference to a famous wrestler (Bruno Sammartino) with 'Mars' added to give his name 'pizzazz.' Best known for his solo hits, Bruno had an established history as a songwriter and producer before becoming known as a successful solo artist. When Bruno was 18, he signed with Motown Records after moving to California - but his hopes for becoming a star didn't happen. Bruno later acknowledged that his youth would have been a hinderance for his stardom because he was unprepared for what it takes to be a serious artist. Bruno joined the production team 'The Smeezingtons' (along with Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine) and helped produce and or co-write songs for Flo Rida, Brandy, Cee Lo Green, Travie McCoy, B.o.B, and K'Naan.

• October 8: Bruno Mars was born.

• August 28: Bruno appeared in the film Honeymoon In Vegas as a child Elvis impersonator.

# 6 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 27: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You."

• April 3: Bruno hit the Top 10 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You."
• April 3: Bruno topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 7 weeks helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You." The song also topped the charts in the Netherlands.
• April 10: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Travie McCoy with "Billionaire."

• May 1: Bruno topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 2 weeks and the Hot Digital Songs chart for 2 weeks helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You."
• May 11: Bruno released the digital EP It's Better If You Don't Understand.
• May 15: Bruno hit #1 for 1 week on The ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You."
• May 22: Bruno topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 3 weeks and Pop Songs chart for 1 week helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You."
• May 29: Bruno topped the UK singles chart for 1 week helping out B.o.B with "Nothin' On You." The song also topped the charts in the Netherlands.

• June 12: Bruno hit the Top 10 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Travie McCoy with "Billionaire."

• August 7: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Just The Way You Are."

• September 4: Bruno hit the Top 10 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Just The Way You Are."
• September 12: The video for "Nothin' On You" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video.
• September 19: Bruno was arrested in Las Vegas for cocaine possession.
• September 25: Bruno topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Just The Way You Are."

• October 2: Bruno topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 4 weeks with "Just The Way You Are."
• October 2: Bruno topped the UK singles chart for 2 weeks with "Just The Way You Are." ." The song also topped the charts in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.
• October 4: Bruno released his debut LP Doo-Wops & Hooligans (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP hit the Top 10 in the US, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Entertainment Weekly described the LP as "...instant-access melodies, creamy production, sly snatches of dance-floor swagger..." while Rolling Stone hailed the LP as "...10 near-perfect songs that move from power ballads to bedroom anthems to pop-reggae and deliver pleaure without pretension. Call it bubblegum that eats like a meal."
• October 6: Bruno began as the opening act on the Maroon 5 'Hands All Over' tour.
• October 9: Bruno performed "Just The Way You Are" and "Grenade" on Saturday Night Live.
• October 9: Bruno topped the Canadian singles chart for 4 weeks with "Just The Way You Are."
• October 16: Bruno hit #1 for 4 weeks on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Just The Way You Are."
• October 18: Bruno began a European tour co-headlining with Travie McCoy.
• October 23: Bruno topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart for 1 week with Doo-Wops & Hooligans and Billboard Radio Songs chart for 7 weeks with "Just The Way You Are."
• October 30: Bruno topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart for 3 weeks with "Just The Way You Are."

• November 6: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Grenade."
• November 16: Bruno embarked on his US 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour' kicking off in California.
• November 27: Bruno topped the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart for 5 weeks with "Just The Way You Are."

• December 18: Bruno hit the Top 10 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Grenade."

# 2 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male Artist of the Year)

• January 1: Bruno topped the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart with "Grenade."
• January 8: Bruno topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart with "Grenade."
• January 20: Bruno topped the Canadian LP chart with Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
• January 22: Bruno topped hit #1 for 6 weeks on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Grenade."
• January 22: Bruno topped the UK and Candian singles chart with "Grenade." The song also topped the charts in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.
• January 29: Bruno topped the UK LP chart with Doo-Wops & Hooligans.

• Bruno is expected to plead guilty to cocaine possession (from a charge 4 months ago) and will pay a fine and serve a year of probation.
• February 5: Bruno topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart with "Grenade."
• February 5: Bruno topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with "Just The Way You Are."
• February 13: Bruno won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Just The Way You Are"), and was nominated for Record of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Nothin' On You" with B.o.B), Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) ("F*** You" (performed by Cee Lo Green)) and Producer of the Year (non-classical) as part of 'The Smeezingtons' producing team.
• February 16: Bruno plead guilty to cocaine possession and received probation, community service, and drug counseling.
• February 26: Bruno topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart with "Grenade."

• March 12: Bruno hit the Top 40 with "The Lazy Song."
• March 25: Doo-Wops & Hooligans was certified platinum.

• April 30: Bruno hit the Top 10 with "The Lazy Song."

• May 21: Bruno topped the UK single chart with "The Lazy Song."

• July 9: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Bad Meets Evil with "Lighters."

• August 28: The video for "Grenade" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Pop Video, and "The Lazy Song" was nominated for Best Choreography.

• October 15: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "It Will Rain" The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn soundtrack.

• November 12: Bruno hit the Top 10 with "It Will Rain."
• November 20: Bruno won a American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and was nominated for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

• December 17: Bruno topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart with "It Will Rain."
• December 17: Bruno hit The ARC Weekly Top 40 with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa with "Young, Wild & Free."

• January 7: Bruno topped hit #1 for 4 weeks on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "It Will Rain."
• January 18: Bruno was cleared by a Las Vegas judge who dismissed the cocaine possession case after Bruno completed community service and court-ordered drug education classes.

• February 4: Bruno topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart with "It Will Rain."
• February 12: Bruno was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album (Doo-Wops & Hooligans), and Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance ("Grenade").
• February 25: Bruno hit the Top 10 with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa with "Young, Wild & Free."

It's Better If You Don't Understand (EP) Released: May 11, 2010 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 99 Tracks: "Somewhere In Brooklyn" - "The Other Side" (featuring Cee Lo Green & B.o.B) - "Count On Me" - "Talking To The Moon"

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Doo-Wops & Hooligans Released: October 4, 2010 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 3 Billboard #1: Digital Albums chart Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B* Tracks: "Grenade" - "Just The Way You Are" - "Our First Time" - "Runaway Baby" - "The Lazy Song" - "Marry You" - "Talking To The Moon" - "Liquor Store Blues" (featuring Damian Marley) - "Count On Me" - "The Other Side" (featuring Cee Lo Green & B.o.B) Import Edition also includes: "Somewhere In Brooklyn" - "Talking To The Moon" (Acoustic Piano Version) - Deluxe Edition CD/DVD also includes: "Talking To The Moon" (Acoustic Piano Version) and "Just The Way You Are" (Remix featuring Lupe Fiasco) also available on vinyl

1	Just The Way You Are from the LP Doo-Wops & Hooligans ARC chart run: 35 - 21 - 19 - 13 - 9 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 16 - 19 - 23 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 3 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary Grammy Winner: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male	1(4)	26		2010	iTunes Amazon.mp3
2	Grenade from the LP Doo-Wops & Hooligans ARC chart run: 37 - 28 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 13 - 19 - 24 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 5 RIAA Certification: Gold Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Digital Songs, Pop Songs, Radio Songs Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Pop Video	1(6)	24		2011	iTunes Amazon.mp3
3	It Will Rain from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn soundtrack ARC Chart Run: 32 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 10 - 16 - 21 - off RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Pop Songs, Digital Songs	1(4)	24		2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Billionaire [Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars] from the Travie McCoy LP Lazarus ARC Chart Run: 40 - 37 - 33 - 26 - 23 - 19 - 17 - 16 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 12 - 16 - 28 - 39 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 20	3	24		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
5	Nothin' On You [B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars] from the B.o.B LP B.o.B Presents The Adventures Of Bobby Ray ARC Chart Run: 38 - 28 - 23 - 17 - 14 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11 - 13 - 16 - 21 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 26 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Billboard Hot 100, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Pop Songs, Rhythmic Top 40 Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song MTV VMA Nominee: Best Pop Video	1(1)	22		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
6	The Lazy Song from the LP Doo-Wops & Hooligans ARC Chart Run: 40 - 36 - 28 - 22 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 9 - 12 - 15 - 21 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 21 MTV VMA Nominee: Best Choreography	2	22		2011	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
7	Lighters [Bad Meets Evil featuring Bruno Mars] from the LP Hell: The Sequel ARC Chart Run: 38 - 28 - 22 - 14 - 12 - 12 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 12 - 14 - 18 - 23 - 27 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 33	2	21		2011	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
8	Young, Wild & Free [Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars] from the Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa LP Mac & Devin Go To High School ARC Chart Run: 36 - 29 - 24 - 21 - 17 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 15 - 20 - 29 - 35 - off	8	20		2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Liquor Store Blues [Bruno Mars featuring Damian Marley] from the LP Doo-Wops & Hooligans	**	**		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Marry You from the LP Doo-Wops & Hooligans	**	**		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often including track listings and sound samples).