Luckily for him, the second single, That’s What I Like, became a much bigger hit, reaching the top spot and becoming his seventh #1 hit. While not a failure by any means, it became his first lead single to not reach #1. The lead single, also titled 24K Magic, peaked at #4. Coming off one of the biggest hits of all time, as well as two massive albums, there was a lot of hype for this release. In a list published in 2018, Billboard ranked it as the fourth biggest song of all time on the US Hot 100.Ī couple of years later in 2016, he came back with his third studio album, 24K Magic. In late 2014, the singer was featured on Mark Ronson‘s Uptown Funk, a song that would end up topping the US Hot 100 for 14 weeks and achieving a 11x Platinum certification. The third single from the album, Treasure, also managed to become a Top 5 hit.
Locked Out of Heaven and When I Was Your Man are certified 8x Platinum and 7x Platinum by the RIAA, respectively. Like his debut, it spawned two massive #1 hits that would end up becoming some of the biggest hits of the decade. In 2012, at the height of the digital era, Bruno Mars released his second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox. The album spawned another massive #1 hit, Grenade, as well as a third Top 5 hit, The Lazy Song. His debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, was released later that year, debuting at #3 in the US before achieving 5x Platinum status by 2016. Just the Way You Are became a huge hit around the world, becoming his first US Hot 100 #1 hit. How have his albums performed, though? Is he more than just a singles artist? This article might answer your questions.Īfter releasing an EP that failed to achieve commercial success, Bruno Mars dropped his debut single in the summer of 2010. He got famous thanks to his massive debut single Just the Way You Are, as well as a large string of hits all around the world.
With only three albums to his name, Bruno Mars has become one of the most played artists of the millennium.
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