Bruno Mars Friend, Gay, Married, Wife, Dad, Mom, Family, Parents

Bruno Mars was born; Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8th, 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mars, popular for his flawless vocal texture, has sold over 130 million records, a Guinness World Record to his name, and numerous Grammy Awards and nominations.

Peter Gene Hernandez is one of the greatestmusicians to have graced planet Earth. He is a multi-talented musician, actor, songwriter, top notch instrumentalist and renowned music producer. His versatile music style encompasses Pop, RnB, Hip-hop and Rock. His versatility, coupled with his showmanship, has spawned several top songs. In fact, Bruno Mars holds the record for the longest hit song in debut format (20 weeks) and his performance at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show in 2014 was the most watched; with over 115.3 million viewers until Katy Perry broke that record in 2015.

Biography,

Born into a family of musicians, Bruno Mars has always been exposed to good music, which greatly influenced the career choice he chose and also helped him master and improve his inherent musical talent. Bruno Mars started singing and performing very early. mimicking the likes of the legendary Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Prince. He went on to sell out huge gigs in ginormous arenas all over the world.

In 2009, Bruno Mars and a couple of his friends. Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine started a songwriting and recording group called The Smeezingtons. Prior to their disbandment, the group was known to be a very talented team that produced and co-wrote hit songs such as; BoB “ Nothing About You ” And Travie McCoy’s “ Billionaire ”. Bruno Mars’ voice was used in both songs and his appearance in both songs brought him a level of notoriety and fame.

Records Atlantic and Elektra

Building on the success of these two songs, Bruno released an EP titled It’s better if you don’t understand as well as his first studio album titled Doo-Wops and Hooligans in 2010 under the Atlantic and Elektra labels. Doo-Wops and Hooligans had mega-hit songs like ” Grenade “, ” The Lazy Song “, and ” Just As You Are “; for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Male Vocal Category in 2014. These singles have done very well on several charts. The album itself peaked at number 3 on the Billboard top 200 in the United States.

Unorthodox Jukebox

On the 7th of December 2012, Bruno released his second studio album titled Unorthodox Jukebox. The album debuted at number 2 but peaked at number 1 on the Billboard top 200 in the United States. It included hits like “ Treasure,” “ When I Was Your Man ” and “ Deprived of Paradise ” which was number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks.

The Unorthodox Jukebox album sold 192,000 copies in the first week since its release, it did well in Europe and Australia and went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2014. Bruno waited almost 4 years before dropping his third studio album on October 7th, 2016 titled Magic 24k which had hit singles like “ 24 magic ” and “ C’est ce que j’aime ”. However, he featured on the producer’s double hit British record label Mark Ronson, titled ” Funk Uptown ” before Magic 24k was released.

Quick Facts About Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars has lent his voice and writing skills to top artists such as Adele, Alexandra Burke, Adam Levine, Brandy, Flo Rida, Lil Wayne, Whiz Khalifa and Sean Kingston. He listened to songs by big names like R Kelly, The Beatles, Jay Z, Bob Marley, etc., and they obviously influenced his talent, explaining why he is effortlessly versatile.

Bruno Mars also earned himself some film credits thanks to his appearance in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) and animated film Rio (2014) as well as Jane the Virgin. Mars’ accomplishments brought him considerable wealth, so much so that he was recognized by Forbes and also named the 13th Most Powerful Celebrity in 2014 

Is Bruno Mars Married? girlfriend/ wife

Although Bruno Mars has never been married, heJessica Marie Caban, American-Puerto Rican model and actress, has lived since 2011 as Jessica Caban. J-LO (2002) and the winner of Si TV’s Reality Model Search Contest, Latina Model In 2008.

Caban went on to be featured in a number of fashion magazines and earned filmography credits to her name. Bruno and Jessica moved in together in 2012 and have been living together ever since. So far, their relationship has not caused any scandal or controversy and it is believed that the couple will bond soon.

Cheerful

Bruno Mars is not gay and, as previously stated, he is in a heterosexual relationship with Jessica Caban. However, on April 1 st 2012, a report was published on CNN’s network website stating that Bruno had come out as a gay man. Bruno immediately issued a press release in which he completely and vehemently denies this report and asked CNN to remove it from its website. Some thought it was an April Fool’s Day prank, but others thought the report was sponsored by Bruno’s detractors in order to slander him and ruin his chances of appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine’s “Sex and Music”.

Bruno Mars’ Family – Dad, mom, parents

Bruno Mars has complex family roots. Her father, Peter Hernandez, is American of Jewish, Puerto Rican descent, while her mother, Bernadette San Pedro Bayot, is of Filipino descent. Bruno’s parents met at a show where his father, Peter, was a percussionist and his mother, Bernadette, a hula dancer.

Although Peter and Bernadette were very active performers, they never achieved the same level of fame and notoriety that their son came to enjoy. The couple has 6 children including Bruno Mars and raises them all with a predilection for music. In fact, they had a family band and played together in shows.

The name Bruno was given to him by his father because of his resemblance to Bruno Sammartino; wrestler in the 60s. He decided to change his name from Peter Gene Hernandez to Bruno Mars because he was told he would be better suited to Latin music due to his looks and surname, Hernandez.

Bruno’s profession has been greatly influenced by his family and he owes most of his talents as an interpreter, his vocal dexterity and his versatility to his membership in the family group.

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