Bruno Mars... Sweet-voiced, purposeful, talented American performer. The best-selling artist on the Internet, distinguished by his uniqueness and spectacular appearance. He has a very interesting biography. And although the singer tries to hide much of it in secrecy, the ubiquitous reporters introduce fans to one or another sensation from the life of Bruno Mars, and especially to his personal life.
Nickname, jackets and bracelets
The singer's real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. Bruno Mars is a nickname part of which his father came up with while chubby Peter was still small, in honor of the well-known wrestler Bruno Samartino. The singer came up with the second part himself. The famous performer was born in the USA on October 8, 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Peter's nationality is Puerto Rican. The singer is distinguished by his short height of 165 centimeters, for which he even has an award called “The Smallest Star”.
He was also included in the following lists:
- TOP 10 most fashionable male stars;
- TOP 12 sexiest;
- TOP 30 richest stars.
Has a dimple on his left cheek. His clothing style is also interesting: he wears jackets of completely different colors, black glasses and a hat like Frank Sinatra. This habit came from childhood. He covered his head with such a headdress after his lush hair was cut.
He felt very uncomfortable without them. Also, his look is always complemented by a large number of different bracelets. This is the external environment of the artist with the pseudonym Bruno Mars. His biography is similar to the biographies of many “colored” stars.
Biography of Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is the stage name of the musician. His real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. Peter was born on October 8, 1986 in Honolulu, USA. The family in which Peter was raised had many children. Besides Peter there were four more children. His parents were musicians, and from childhood the boy followed in their footsteps. Bruno's father played percussion instruments, and my mother sang well.
Peter's parents organized a musical family group. All family members took part in it, even the smallest ones. It was at this time that the singer’s pseudonym appeared. His father gave him a nickname in reference to his favorite wrestler Bruno Samartino. Peter made up his own last name. Friends often said that he was strange, and this became the reason to choose an unusual surname. The young man told his fans that he was from Mars. This is how the pseudonym Bruno Mars appeared.
Already at the age of four, Bruno appeared before the audience as a singer. The funny little boy was remembered by the public for his hairstyle in the form of a high bouffant. He tried to be like Elvis Presley. During family tours, the boy began to independently compose poems for songs.
Since childhood, Bruno's main hobby has been music. He spent all his free time listening to songs performed by Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. They were his idols, and Peter dreamed of achieving the same celebrity.
In 1992, the song performed by little Peter was heard in the film “Honeymoon in Las Vegas.” In 2003, the future singer graduated from school and left for Los Angeles to start his career.
The career of singer Bruno Mars began with the creation of musical compositions. His works have been performed by Sean Kingston, Adam Levine, Alexandra Burke.
In 2006, the singer created his own channel on YouTube. In 2020, he has already gained more than 14 million subscribers.
In 2010, Bruno Mars released his first single entitled "It's Better If You Don't Understand". In the same year, Bruno's first album was released. In December 2012, the second album was released; it was the leader in the Billboard 200 chat for a long time.
On February 13, 2011, Bruno was presented with a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance".
In 2014, the animated film “Rio 2” was released, the character of this cartoon was voiced by Mars himself. Additionally, in 2014, Bruno became the youngest headliner at the Super Bowl in New Jersey. He received an Emmy Award for this performance. And at the 56th Grammy nomination, Mars won in the Best Pop Album category.
At the 57th Grammy Awards, the singer won in two categories: “Record of the Year” and “Best Pop Duo Performance.” The award was presented to Bruno and Mark Ronson for their joint hit "Up Town Funk". Their hit stayed at the top of the chat for more than 14 weeks.
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Bruno Mars Billboard Music Awards – 2013: red carpet, show and winners
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More than 10 years have passed, but it seems like the photo was taken just yesterday. I wonder if Bruno himself remembers that day? Celebrities at prom
At prom, Bruno Mars accompanied probably the hottest girl in his class. Celebrities at prom.
Artistry runs in the family
Both of Bruno Mars' parents had musical education. Despite the fact that they did not live together for long and divorced, they still maintained friendly, warm relations. The artist's father's name is Peter Hernandez, he is a rocker. Thanks to him, Bruno became addicted to music.
Dad was involved in his musical education and always attended performances where the boy shone with his talent. He came up with the idea of a family revue, with which little Bruno began his musical career. In addition to singing songs, Bruno plays various instruments: drums, guitar, keyboards.
Personal life
Bruno never talked much about relationships with representatives of the weaker half of humanity. Despite the musician’s efforts not to make his personal life public, nosy journalists always managed to find out the most piquant and scandalous details about the artist’s interactions with women off stage.
Bruno Mars and Chanel Malvar
So, in 2006, paparazzi photographed the singer in the company of professional dancer and actress Chanel Malvar. True, this relationship, which lasted 4 years, did not end with Mendelssohn’s March. Media representatives were unable to find out the reason why this couple ceased to exist.
In 2009, Mars was spotted relaxing on a yacht in the company of Russian model Yulia Lukashkina. Later, the artist stated that he and the model have exclusively friendly relations.
In 2011, after Bruno Mars performed two versions of the song “Grenade”, in one of which the singer addresses a girl, and in the other a boy, some pop music fans started talking about the musician’s gayness. But it turned out that in this way the artist showed his sense of humor and also increased the sales of the disc.
Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
In 2011, Cupid’s arrow again hit the heart of the performer of the song “Grenada,” and the handsome man fell in love at first sight with Rita Ora, an artist who, as fans believed, would become the singer’s wife. Despite the long family life he predicted, the couple separated. Between them came a job that neither lover was going to give up.
Bruno Mars and Rita Ora
At the end of the same year, the press managed to capture Bruno with a new girlfriend, actress and model Jessica Cabin. Now lovers no longer hide their relationship. So, Caben often posts photos of him and Bruno together on his Instagram.
Bruno Mars and Jessica Caben
Bruno Mars is 165 cm tall and weighs 67 kg, for which the singer even received the “Smallest Star” award at the MTV Movie Awards in 2009. But the artist is not going to worry about this. It seems that Bruno even enjoys appearing at special events surrounded by tall models.
Bruno Mars doesn't have a problem with his height
Bruno Mars does not remain aloof from the fashion for decorating the body with tattoos. He has several tattoos on his arms. This is an image of a heart with the name of the mother, and an inscription dedicated to the father, and an anchor carved in honor of the grandfather-sailor. As a talisman image, the singer created a tattoo in the form of a portrait of a fortune teller.
Mars does not forget his homeland and regularly participates in charity events aimed at various times to help Hawaiians affected by the disaster.
Music career
He began his career by composing songs for other famous performers. The artist's musical activity has always been a means of self-expression. He mixed various genres together: pop, hip-hop, and even rock music. His producers never liked this, but it was thanks to this passion that he acquired his own unique musical style.
His favorite performers and idols have always been Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson . He even wore the same hairstyle as Presley when he started his career during family performance trips. It was then that his first compositions began to appear.
He always dreamed of becoming famous. For this he goes to Los Angeles. His goal is to become a professional performer. There he enters into a contract with a famous recording company and his first song performed by himself is released.
Popularity was brought by studio albums such as Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010), a debut album that brought resounding success. Bruno's career began to develop rapidly after his release. This was followed by Unorthodox Jukebox (2012) and 24K Magic (2016). All his performances are always lively and incredibly dynamic. The artist sang duets with many famous performers, for example, Hayley Williams, Mark Ronson, Anthony Kiedis.
Music
Before becoming a successful solo artist, Bruno was a songwriter for Alexandra Burke, Travie McCoy, Adam Levine, Sean Kingston, Flow Rida and the Sugababes.
His first appearance as a musical artist was on the Far East Movement album Animal. Popularity came after the songs BoB “Nothin' on You” and Travie McCoy “Billionaire”, in which Mars was both a performer and co-author.
Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy - "Billionaire"
On May 11, 2010, the artist released the EP “It’s Better If You Don’t Understand,” which took 99th place on the Billboard 200. In August 2010, he co-wrote the Cee Lo Green group’s single “Fuck You!”, and on September 12, at the MTV Video ceremony Music Awards 2010" performed on the same stage with BoB and Hayley Williams.
The singer's debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, was released in October 2010. The first single was the song "Just the Way You Are", released on July 19, 2010 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a couple of weeks. The next two singles were the musical works “Liquor Store Blues” and “Grenade”. Since October of the same year, the vocalist has performed as the opening act for the Maroon 5 tour in support of their album “Hands All Over”.
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars
The second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox, was released in December 2012. The Unorthodox Jukebox album contained pop and R&B compositions, and also included the musical styles of rock, soul and reggae. In the US, the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with a circulation of 192 thousand copies in the first week of release.
In November 2014, the artist released the single “Uptown funk”, sung in a duet with Mark Ronson, shot a video for the composition, and after the end of the Moonshine Jungle Tour, he announced that he had begun work on his 3rd album.
Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson - "Uptown funk"
As a result, the album with new hits “24K Magic” was released in November 2016 and received positive reviews from listeners and online publications “Irish Times”, “AllMusic”, “Slant Magazine”, “Entertainment Weekly”, “Cleveland.com” and USA Today.
Throughout the album, one can feel the influence of Mars' childhood heroes: New Edition, Boyz II Men and many other legendary artists from the golden era of R&B who inspired the singer when creating the CD.
Bruno Mars with Grammy Award
On “24K Magic,” Bruno makes his point by making a point about remembering the old school, and instead of filling the record with collaborations with amazing artists of the era, the artist urges the kids of the 80s to stay forever young. According to music critics, "24K Magic" breathed new life into vintage R&B, which played in a new way in 2020.
In March 2017, the video for the single “That’s What I Like” premiered, and in August the video for the song “Versace On The Floor” was released. Soon the singer rushed to cities with a concert program in support of the album “24K Magic”. It is known that in October the famous artist visited the cities of Orlando, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Miami and Tampa with performances.
