Set List Special - Bruno Mars

Peter Gene Hernandez

October 8, 1985

"Pop icon"

From collaborating with Mark Ronson to Rose to others I am certain, here are highlights about Bruno Mars.

Genres considered - Pop, R&B, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Disco, Rock

Doo-Wops & Hooligans (debut, 2010)

No. 1 singles - "Just the Way You Are," "Grenade," "The Lazy Song"

Certified Gold Japan (digital), Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, & Sweden

Certified 5x Gold in Germany 

Certified Platinum in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, & Japan

Certified 2x Platinum in France, Italy, & Switzerland

Certified 3x Platinum in Canada

Certified 4x Platinum in Australia, Ireland, & Singapore

Certified 6x Platinum in Denmark

Certified 7x Platinum in the UK & U.S.

Certified 11z Platinum in New Zealand

Certified 2x Diamond in the Philippines

(Wikipedia)

Unorthodox Jukebox (2nd album, 2012)

No. 1 singles - "Locked Out of Heaven" & "When I Was Your Man"

Certified Gold in Austria & Belgium

Certified Platinum in Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, & Sweden

Certified 2x Platinum in Ireland, Philippines, & Singapore

Certified 3x Platinum in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, & the UK

Certified 6x Platinum in the U.S.

Certified Diamond in France

Certified 2x Platinum+Gold in Mexico 

(Wikipedia)

24K Magic (3rd album, 2016)

7 Grammy Awards -

Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year

No. 1 single - "That's What I Like" ... "24K Magic"

Certified Gold in Hungary, Japan, & Portugal

Certified Platinum in Australia, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, & Spain

Certified 2x Platinum in Denmark, Singapore, & the UK

Certified 3x Platinum in Canada, France, New Zealand, & the U.S.

(Wikipedia)

An Evening with Silk Sonic (Collaborative album, 2021)

Recorded with Anderson Paak, as Silk Sonic duo

"Leave the Door Open" 

- No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 & 4 Grammy Awards

- Record of the Year & Song of the Year

Certified Gold in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, & the UK

Certified Platinum in Brazil & the U.S. 

(Wikipedia)

"Die with a Smile" - 2024 duet with Lady Gaga

No. 1 on Billboard Global 200

One of the best-selling music artists of all time - over 130 million records sold worldwide

8 songs reached No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

15 Grammy Awards

4 Brit Awards

11 American Music Awards

13 Soul Train Awards

3 Guinness World Records

Featured on Music Week's Best Songwriters (2011)

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

Featured on Time 100

Featured on Forbes Celebrity 100

No. 1 on Forbes "30 Under 30" (2014)

Billboard Artist of the Year (2013)

Innovator Award - iHeartRadio Music Awards (2017)

Visionary Award - Teen Choice Awards (2017)

6 Diamond-certified songs (first artist to achieve)

(As of 2023, Post Malone holds the record with 9 Diamond certifications.)

"Uptown Funk" 

No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 & UK Singles Chart

Major impact on pop culture

One of the most recognizable pop songs of the century

Partnerships -

Lacoste sportswear

Fender "Bruno Mars Stratocaster"

(Wikipedia)

What else...

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Lyric Video)

This Day in Musical History

 November 25th

Billboard Hot 100 - 2023

"Cruel Summer" by Taylor Swift...No. 1

No. 2 - "Lovin On Me" by Jack Harlow

No. 3 - "Paint The Town Red" by Doja Cat

No. 4 - "Snooze" by SZA

No. 5 - "Is It Over Now?" by Taylor Swift

No. 6 - "I Remember Everything" by Zach Bryan (featuring Kacey Musgraves)

No. 7 - "Fast Car" by Luke Combs

No. 8 - "Greedy" by Tate McRae

No. 9 - "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen

No. 10 - "Thinkin' Bout Me" by Morgan Wallen

(Billboard Hot 100)

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"Apt." 

by New Zealand & South Korean singer, Rose and Bruno Mars

Released in October 2024 - Critical acclaim in reviews

Lead single from Rose's debut album, Rosie

Genres considered - Pop, Pop-Punk, Pop Rock, Indie Rock, Electropop

No. 1 on Billboard Global 200

No. 1 on Circle Digital Chart (Top 200 in South Korea)

No. 1 in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan

Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100 & UK Singles Chart

Certified Gold in Canada and New Zealand

Certified Platinum in Australia

(Wikipedia)

The Sunday Before

Happy Thanksgiving

Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (Live on SNL) ft. Bruno Mars

"Uptown Funk" live on SNL

Put "happy" in happy holidays!

Music History - November 1963

 1963

Highlights

November 30, 1963 -

The Beatles album, Please Please Me, spent 30 weeks at No. 1 on UK Albums Chart.  On November 22, The Beatles released With the Beatles, becoming No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

November Albums Released -

November 11, 1963 

The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles

November 15, 1963

Fun in Acapulco - Elvis Presley 

November 18, 1963

Romantically - Johnny Mathis

November 22, 1963

A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector - Phil Spector

With the Beatles - The Beatles

- November Births -

11/1/1963 - Rick Allen (British drummer for Def Leppard)

11/2/1963 - Bobby Dall (American rock bassist for Poison)

11/12/1963 - Sam Lloyd (American actor and singer for The Blanks)

- November Passing -

11/1/1963 - Elsa Maxwell (Songwriter)

11/15/1963 - Fritz Reiner (Hungarian Conductor)

11/19/1963 - Carman Amaya (Flamenco dancer & Singer)

11/26/1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci (Operatic soprano)

11/29/1963 - Ernesto Lecuona (Cuban composer, pianist, bandleader)

(Wikipedia)

5th Annual Grammy Awards - May 15, 1`963

Record of the Year - "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Tony Bennett...Second win - Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male)

Album of the Year - The First Family (Vaughn Meader)

Song of the Year - "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Songwriters - Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley ... Performed by Sammy Davis Jr.)

Best New Artist - Robert Goulet

(Wikipedia)

21st Century Pop Culture - Justin Timberlake

 

Justin Randall Timberlake

January 31, 1981

"Prince of Pop"

One of the best-selling recording artists with over 117 million records sold worldwide

Honors -

Solo career - over 32 million albums sold/over 56 million singles sold 

10 Grammy Awards

4 Primetime Emmy Awards

3 Brit Awards

9 Billboard Music Awards

7 American Music Awards

11 MTV Video Music Awards

Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame

MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award (2013)

Innovator Award at 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2015 - Youngest recipient)

Timberlake and the original members of NSYNC received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2018)

Honorary Doctor of Music from Berklee College of Music (2019)

All of Timberlake's albums certified Platinum or higher by RIAA.

As of 2014, seven songs with over 3 million in digital downloads.

In the U.S. alone, 5 songs at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100.

NSYNC formed in 1997 

4 commercially successful albums 

One of the best-selling boy bands of all time with over 70 million in sales worldwide

Justified (debut, 2002)

Solo hits - "Cry Me a River" & "Rock Your Body"

Future Sex/Love Sounds (second album, 2006)

No. 1 on Billboard 200

3 consecutive Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles - "SexyBack," "My Love," "What Goes Around...Comes Around"

Debut & second albums sold in excess of 10 million/3x Platinum in the U.S.

No. 1 on nine Billboard Year-End charts (2013)

Billboard Top Male Artist (2014)

No. 5 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Pop Songs Artists/No. 1 soloist (2017)

No. 25 on Billboard's Top 60 Male Artists of All Time (2018)

Filmography - (Recording break to act in film)

The Love Guru (2008)

The Social Network (2010)

Bad Teacher (2011)

Friends with Benefits (2011)

In Time (2011)

The 20/20 Experience (third album, 2013...Best selling in 2013)

The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 (fourth album 2013)

Both peaked at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles - "Suit & Tie," "Mirrors," Not a Bad Thing"

Voiced "Branch" in the Trolls film franchise

"Can't Stop the Feeling!" - On soundtrack from first film, Timberlake's fifth No. 1 ... Academy Award nomination

Man of the Woods (fifth album, 2018)

No. 1 album

Everything I Thought I Was (sixth album, 2024)

Sixth consecutive Top 5 album

Justin Timberlake's early years, career to date, further honors, and more can be found on Wikipedia.  The source will say the rest of it.  Follow the link above.