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Bruno Mars
Name: Peter Gene Hernandez
Born: October 8, 1985. Honolulu
Singer-songwriter, record producer and dancer
Stage name: Bruno Mars
Early Live
Peter(Bruno)
PeterPuerto Rican
Musician
BerniePhilippines
Dancer
Bruno’s uncleElvis
impersonator
He started at the age of 4, impersonating Elvis and he became famous in Hawaii
Early LiveLater, he learned to play some instruments like the guitar or the piano.
Then, he started recording Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson’s songs and his own ones, too.
When he was 17, he moved to California to pursue a musical career. He was becoming famous so Peter got his stage name ‘Bruno Mars’
Why “Bruno Mars”?At the age of 2, his father nicknamed him Bruno because he thinks he looks like the legendary wrestler, Bruno Sammartino.
Then he added ‘Mars’ and he said:I felt like he didn’t have any pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I was out of this world, so I felt like I’m from Mars.
• 2004: Motown RecordsPhilip Lawrence and Ari Levine (The Smeezingtons)
Production work
• 2006: Atlantic RecordsBay-Schuck
Alexandra Burke
Travie McCoy Adam Levine
(Maroon 5)
Flo Rida
Cee Lo Green
RISE TO FAMEB.o.B (Nothin’ On You)
Travie McCoy (Billionaire)
Doo-Wops & HooliGans• October 5, 2010
• Lead single: Just the way you are
Doo-Wops & Hooligans
• Second single: Grenade
• Other singlesThe lazy songIt will rain
UnorTHoDox JuKeBox
• Lead single: Locked out of heaven
• December 11, 2012
• Other singles: Young girls Moonshine
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONSNominations: 112Awards won: 26• Grammy awards: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance • Brit Awards 2012: International Male Solo Artist• EMAs 2011: Best New Act Won Best Push Won
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