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    Bruno Mars is one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the past decade. Born in 1985 in Hawaii to a Latin percussionist father and hula dancer mother, he was exposed to diverse music from an early age. Mars began performing professionally as a child, impersonating Elvis Presley. After high school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue music, adopting the stage name "Bruno Mars." His breakout success came with his 2010 debut album which produced the number one hit "Just the Way You Are." Mars has won two Grammys and is renowned for his live performances that blend elements of pop, rock, R&B and old-school showmanship. He remains one of the top-selling pop artists

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    Bruno Mars is one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the past decade. Born in 1985 in Hawaii to a Latin percussionist father and hula dancer mother, he was exposed to diverse music from an early age. Mars began performing professionally as a child, impersonating Elvis Presley. After high school, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue music, adopting the stage name "Bruno Mars." His breakout success came with his 2010 debut album which produced the number one hit "Just the Way You Are." Mars has won two Grammys and is renowned for his live performances that blend elements of pop, rock, R&B and old-school showmanship. He remains one of the top-selling pop artists

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    Is the best known Singer-Songwriter of the last

    years. He was born on October 8, in 1985, in


    Honolulu, Hawaii.
    His father Peter Hernandez was a Latin
    percussionist, while his mother Bernadette Bayot
    was a hula- hula dancer. He was nicknamed “Bruno”
    since he was a child. He has five siblings.

    His parents exposed him to a diverse variety of music from


    childhood. He was naturally inclined towards the performance arts
    since both his parents were professional performers. One of his
    uncles, an Elvis impersonator, encouraged Bruno to perform on
    stage when he was 3 years old.
    He soon started performing with his family band and gained
    popularity in his hometown for his impersonation of Elvis Presley.

    Bruno Mars moved to Los Angeles, California,


    shortly after his graduation from high school, to
    pursue a musical career. It was at this time that
    he adopted the stage name “Bruno Mars”. He
    signed to Motown Records in 2004 but this deal
    turned out to be fruitless, after that he had the
    opportunity to sign to Atlantic Records and from
    there his career took off. In July 2010, he
    released his first solo single, “Just the Way You
    Are”, from his debut album, The single reached
    at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's lead single, “Locked Out of Heaven”, topped
    the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks and landed in the Top 10 in 20 countries,
    making it a huge international success. This album too became a commercial success.
    He has been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Awards 18 times, winning two of
    them.He is also the recipient of 14 awards from ASCAP including three for the Most
    Performed Song : “Locked Out of Heaven”, “When I Was Your Man”, and “Treasure”, in
    2014.
    Bruno Mars is known for his showmanship when performing live. He sees Elvis Presley,
    Prince, Michael Jackson, and Little Richard as key influences. He became a major pop star in
    an era in which pop music was dominated by female solo artists. Bruno Mars plays multiple
    instruments including piano, drums, guitar, keyboards, and bass.
    Bruno Mars is credited with performing music that appeals across a wide age and ethnic
    spectrum of pop music fans.

    His latest single “Uptown Funk” , achieved immediately the success within a few weeks.
    In 2011 Time Magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential people in the
    world.
    He has created a GRAMMY Camp Scholarship Fund, in order to provide financial assistance
    to next generation of music makers Bruno Mars has an estimated net worth of $70 million.

    ALUMNO: JUAN ANDRES ZEGARRA CHAVEZ

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