Paak, as Silk Sonic, released the collaborative studio album, An Evening with Silk Sonic, supported by the singles ' Leave the Door Open' and ' Smokin Out the Window'. The album also yielded the top-five singles ' 24K Magic', ' That's What I Like', his seventh Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, and a remix of ' Finesse' featuring Cardi B. Mars's third studio album, the R&B-focused, 24K Magic (2016), received seven Grammy Awards, winning the major categories of Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. In 2014, Mars was featured on Mark Ronson's ' Uptown Funk', which topped various music charts, spending a total of fourteen and seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, respectively. It amassed two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, ' Locked Out of Heaven' and ' When I Was Your Man'. Drawing inspiration from disco, funk, rock, reggae and soul genres, his second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), was his first number one on the Billboard 200. It spawned the international number-one singles ' Just the Way You Are', ' Grenade', and ' The Lazy Song'. That year, Mars released his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which blended pop with reggae pop and R&B.

He rose to fame in 2010 buoyed by the success of ' Nothin' on You' by B.o.B and ' Billionaire' by Travie McCoy, both of which featured his vocals. In 2009, he co-founded the production team The Smeezingtons, responsible for various successful singles for Mars himself and other artists. Mars is accompanied by his band, the Hooligans, who play a variety of instruments, such as electric guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, and horns, and also serve as backup singers and dancers.īorn and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mars moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a musical career. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, R&B, funk, soul, reggae, disco, and rock. Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and dancer.

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