Bruno Mars

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Bruno Mars (born as Peter Gene Hernandez) is an American singer/songwriter. After bursting onto the scene with his song "Nothin' on You" (2010) with the rapper B.o.B. and the song "Billionaire" (2010) with Travie McCoy, he has become a very popular artist. His records have sold 130 million copies worldwide.

Discography:

• Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
• Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
• 24K Magic (2016)

Bruno Mars provides examples of the following tropes:

• Ambiguously Brown: He's half-Filipino and half-Cuban.
• Be Yourself: "Just the Way You Are".
• The Casanova: he sure knows how to sweet talk women and his song runaway baby implies to him to be one too.
• Cool Shades: Seen sporting these a lot.
• Crossover: Started his career by appearing on B.o.B. and Travie McCoy's songs, and later was a guest in Bad Meets Evil's "Lighters". On the other hand there's B.o.B. and Cee-Lo Green in "The Other Side", and Damian Marley in "Liquor Store Blues".
• Dance Sensation: In "The Lazy Song" he mentions "learning how to Dougie".
• A Date with Rosie Palms: In "The Lazy Song", he speaks of being able to "put my hand in my pants" because "nobody will tell me I can't."
• Driven to Suicide: In the ending for the video of "Grenade"
• Drowning My Sorrows: "Liquor Store Blues"
• Everything's Better with Monkeys: The video for "The Lazy Song".
• Just the Way You Are: "Just The Way You Are", obviously.
• Love Makes You Crazy/Dumb: Several of his songs.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Grenade, though he still loves her.
• Stage Names: It's come from both his childhood similarity to wrestler Bruno Sammartino, and that "I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I’m out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars."
• The Power of Friendship: "Count on Me".
• Senseless Sacrifice: In "Grenade", the narrator would die for someone who doesn't love him back. Doubles as a Stupid Sacrifice.
• The Slacker: In "The Lazy Song".
• Something Blues: "Liquor Store Blues".
• Vocal Dissonance: A lot of his songs sound upbeat and have lots of energy, but the lyrics themselves can be pretty depressing.
• When She Smiles: In "Just the Way You Are":

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."