Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and dancer.
Bruno Mars 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.
Bruno Mars 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 the same year, Bruno Mars released his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which blended pop with reggae pop and R&B and spawned the international number-one singles “Just the Way You Are”, “Grenade”, and “The Lazy Song”.
Drawing inspiration from disco, funk, rock, reggae and soul genres, Bruno Mars’ second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), was his first number one on the Billboard 200.
It amassed two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, “Locked Out of Heaven” and “When I Was Your Man”.
In October 2017, Bruno Mars had to call off his Monday concert in Denver because of a severe sinus infection, a condition in which the cavities around the nasal passages become inflamed.