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BRUNO MARS

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985),
professionally known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is
an American singer-songwriter, record producer, voice
actor, and choreographer. 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 the 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. Mars' production formula allowed
him, and his production team, to work with an assortment
of artists from various genres.
His debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, released in
2010, peaked at number three on the Billboard 200,
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". In 2011, Mars released a
song which was only played on radios called "I Was Only
Dancing". His second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, released
in 2012, peaked at number one in the United States, UK
and other international markets. It won Best Pop
Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards. The album
spawned the international singles "Locked Out of
Heaven", "When I Was Your Man" and "Treasure".
Throughout his singing career, Mars has won 2 Grammy
Awards and sold more than 11 million albums and 68 million
singles worldwide. Four of his singles are counted
among the best-selling singles of all time. Mars is
now regarded as one of the most successful solo artists
in the world, landing 5 number-one singles on the Billboard
Hot 100 since his career launched in 2010, faster than
any male singer since Elvis Presley. In 2011, Mars was
named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential
people in the world. In 2014, he was ranked number
one on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. Mars was also
nominated as Top Artist of the Year in May 2014 at the
Billboard Music Awards.
Mars is known for his stage performances and retro
showmanship, that usually include playing a variety
of instruments such as electric guitar, piano, keyboards
and drums, dancing and performing a wild range of musical
styles, including reggae, soul and funk music.
Life and career
1985–2003: Early life and musical
beginnings
Bruno Mars was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October
8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was raised in the Waikiki
neighborhood of Honolulu. He is the son of Peter
Hernandez and Bernadette "Bernie" San Pedro Bayot (b.
August 14, 1957, Manila, d. June 1, 2013, Honolulu).
His father is of half Puerto Rican and half
Ashkenazi Jewish (from Ukraine and Hungary) descent,
and is originally from Brooklyn, New York. Mars'
mother immigrated to Hawaii from the Philippines as a
child, and was of Filipino descent, with distant Spanish
ancestry. His parents met while performing in a
show, where his mother was a hula dancer and his father
played percussion. At the age of two, he was
nicknamed "Bruno" by his father, because of his
resemblance to professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.

Mars is one of six children and came from a musical family
who exposed him to a diverse mix of reggae, rock, hip
hop, and R&B. In addition to being a dancer, his
mother was a singer and his father used his musical ability
to perform Little Richard rock and roll music. Mars'
uncle was an Elvis impersonator, and encouraged three-
year-old Mars to perform on stage as well. Mars also
performed songs by artists such as Michael Jackson, The
Isley Brothers, and The Temptations. At age four,
Mars began performing five days a week with his family's
band, The Love Notes, in which he became known on the
island for his impersonation of Presley. In 1990,
Mars was featured in MidWeek as "Little Elvis", going on
to have a cameo in the film Honeymoon in Vegas in 1992.

His time spent impersonating Presley had a major impact
on Mars' musical evolution and performing techniques.
He later began playing guitar after drawing inspiration
from Jimi Hendrix. In 2010, he also acknowledged his
Hawaiian roots and musical family as an influence,
explaining, "Growing up in Hawaii made me the man I am. I
used to do a lot of shows in Hawaii with my father's
band. Everybody in my family sings, everyone plays
instruments...I've just been surrounded by it. When
he attended at President Theodore Roosevelt High School
he performed in a group called The School Boys. In
2003, shortly after graduating from President Theodore
Roosevelt High School at the age of 17, Mars moved to
Los Angeles, California, to pursue a musical career. He adopted his stage name from the nickname his
father gave him, adding "Mars" at the end because "I felt
like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I’m
out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars.
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