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MUSIC

B runo Mars has his finger on the pulse of today’s
hottest music. Peter Gene Hernandez, known
professionally as Bruno Mars, is a singer-
songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record
producer, and dancer. He has released seven number-one
singles on the Billboard Hot 100. His uplifting funky fun-beats
are what made “Uptown Funk” the fifth music video in history
to hit three billion views on YouTube and as of 2017, the singer
has sold over 180 million singles worldwide.

Mars, born in 1985 in Hawaii, and living in Los Angeles since
2003, says his influences include Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley.
His style is reminiscent of the best in R&B: James Brown, Prince
and Michael Jackson. Indeed his musical roots are entwined
with growing up in a musical family, as were Jackson’s. Mars
has been performing on stage with his family since he was four
years old.

Bruno Mars reigned supreme at the 60th Grammy Awards
where 24K Magic made a clean sweep of every category for
which it was nominated including Record of the Year, Song of
the Year, Album of the Year – six awards total. He is the ninth
artist to win six or more Grammys in a single ceremony.

Bruno Mars’ 24k Magic World Tour includes 210 appearances “I think that success is having fun.”
and began in March 2018. It will conclude in Los Angeles, at the - Bruno Mars
Staples Center with special guest rapper Cardi B.
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