Bruno Mars - Stop. Wait a minute.

Set List Memories

Peter Gene Hernandez is better known as Bruno Mars.  He was born on October 8, 1985.  

His genres considered include pop, R&B, funk, soul, reggae, disco, and rock.

Bruno is the lead to his band, the Hooligans.  The current lineup includes -

Bruno Mars - Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar

Philip Lawrence - Backing vocals 

Jamareo Artis - Bass guitar

Eric Hernandez - Drums 

Kameron Whalum - Trombone, Backing vocals

Dwayne Dugger - Saxophone

James King - Trumpet, Backing vocals

John Fossit - Keyboard

Mateus Asato - Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar

3 albums -

Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)

Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)

24K Magic (2016)

Bruno has 8 No. 1 singles in the U.S. 

Bruno is the first solo male artist with 9 No. 1 positions in the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 (2018).

As of 2020, Mars has sold 200 million singles.

Bruno is the first artist to receive 6 diamond certified singles in the U.S. (2022).  As a reminder, diamond certification is achieved with or in excess of 10,000,000 in sales.  One such honor is impressive enough so six is truly a treasure.

Point of interest - As of 2021, Mars has earned $604.4 million in concert sales.  Less than 30 artists have achieved $600 million in Boxscore history.

Awards -

15 Grammy Awards*

*Record/Song of the Year - 2 songs, Same album (2018)

*Record of the Year - 3 times (2022)

4 BRIT Awards

4 Guinness World Records

11 American Music Awards

14 Soul Train Music Awards

Honors -

No. 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters (2013)

No. 41 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists (2019)

Noteworthy -

Forbes "30 Under 30" (2014)

(Put into perspective - Bruno is two years younger than me so when he made the list, he was 29 years old.)

(Wikipedia)