Bruno Mars was born originally as Peter Gene Hernandez in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 8, 1985, to Latin Percussionist Pete Hernandez & Singer Cum Dancer Bernadette “Bernie” San Pedro Bayot. Later nicknamed as Bruno, Peter grew up in a family of Professional Music Performers.
Bruno started with impersonating music personalities like Elvis Presley, when he was three years old & soon gained the popularity in his hometown for the youngest impersonator. Bruno’s family performed Doo-wop Melodies, Celebrity Impersonations & Motown hits. This exposed him to a variety of instruments, which he learned to play on his own after observing his family. Bruno was enrolled in the Theodore Roosevelt High School where he performed in a group called The School Boys.
According to his biography, after graduating from High School, Bruno moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in Music as a Stage Performer. However, he had to struggle a lot due to the far & few performing opportunities & he grew frustrated. However, the silver lining came with The Smeezingtons, a group he founded with Philip Lawrence & Ari Lavine.
They started writing songs for other artists which gave them a lot of opportunities to work with various artists & delivering major hits like K’Naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” which was 2010 FIFA World Cup’s theme song, Flo Rida’s “Right Round”, Brandi’s “Long Distance” & Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire”. Since then the trio has been immensely popular & received the ASCAP Pop Music Award.
Bruno finally got the chance for his Solo Performance as a singer with two smash hits Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire” & B.o.B’s “Nothin on you” in 2010. This catapulted him as a Worldwide celebrity as No. 1 on the USA/UK Billboard. In July 2010, a few months later, Bruno released the single “Just the Way You Are” from the debut album “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” which ascended at No.1 on Billboard Hot 100, which catapulted him to International Stardom & was named as “The year’s Finest Pop Debut”. The album’s additional songs “The Lazy Song” & “Grenade” were swift hits & found their way in Top 10 on Singles Chart. Riding high on the success of Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno composed the fabulous hit “It Will Rain” for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, which was again featured in the Top 10 making it his 11th Single on the list.
“Unorthodox Jukebox”, the much-awaited album of Bruno Mars, featured the single “Locked out of Heaven” which dominated the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for six successful weeks & peaked in at the Top 100 in 20 other countries, making Bruno an unprecedented global sensation. Bruno’s epic success earned him the coveted Half-Time Performance at the XLVIII in February 2014.
The same year witnessed Mars receiving 29 nominations and 9 awards, including International Album of the Year at JUNO Award, International Male Solo Artist at the Brit Awards, International Artist of the Year at the NRJ Music Awards and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards.
Rita Ora, a Singer & Actress was Bruno’s girlfriend but split due to pressures at work. Bruno’s current girlfriend is Jessica Caban, a model. Bruno Mars net worth is estimated at $80 million as per the sources.
Birth Date: | 8 Oct, 1985 |
Age: | 34 yrs |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Honolulu |
Education: | President Theodore Roosevelt High School |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American singer and songwriter |
Twitter Id: | BrunoMars |
Net Worth 2021: | 175 million |