UBruno Mars (owazalwa ngo-Okthoba 8, 1985) unyuke esuka kumuntu angamazi waya kwesinye sezihlabani zabesilisa ezinkulu kakhulu esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka ngo-2010.
Wenze izingoma ezishisa izikhotha eziyi-10 njengomculi oyedwa. Futhi waba umculi ovelele, abaningi abambiza ngokuthi i-duet. Emahithi akhe okuqala amahlanu e-pop, uzuze ngokushesha kunanoma yimuphi umculi ohamba yedwa kusukela ngo-Elvis Presley.
Iminyaka yokuqala kaBruno Mars
UBruno Mars wazalelwa e-Honolulu, eHawaii. Unakho kokubili okhokho basePuerto Rican nasePhilippines. Abazali bakaBruno Mars nabo babekhona endimeni yomculo. Uyise wayedlala izinsimbi zomculo ezishaywayo kanti umama wakhe wayengumdansi.
UBruno Mars waqala ukudlala esiteji eneminyaka emi-3. Lapho eneminyaka engu-4, wacula neqembu lomndeni wakhe, i-Love Notes, futhi ngokushesha waba nedumela njengomlingisi ka-Elvis Presley. Ngemva kokulalela uJimi Hendrix, uBruno Mars wafunda ukudlala isiginci. Ngo-2003, ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme eneminyaka engu-17, uBruno Mars wathuthela eLos Angeles, eCalifornia ukuze enze umsebenzi womculo.
UBruno Mars usayine neMotown Records ngo-2004. Kodwa azikho izingoma zakhe ezikhishwe ngaphambi kokuthi ahoxiswe enkontilekeni yakhe ngonyaka olandelayo. Nokho, isikhathi sakhe esifushane nelebula sasizuzisa ngenxa yokuhlangana kwakhe nozakwethu wokukhiqiza nokubhala izingoma uPhilip Lawrence. Ngo-2008, lo mbhangqwana wahlangana nesifiso umkhiqizi u-Ari Levine futhi kwazalwa iphrojekthi "Smeezingtons".
Imizamo yokucula yedwa, isihlabani sezwi esivelele, ukubhala nokukhiqiza ngaphansi kwe-Smeezingtons yaqala ukuthela izithelo ngo-2010. Ngokushesha uBruno Mars waduma kakhulu.
Ama-albhamu kaBruno Mars
Ngo-2010, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Doo-Wops & Hooligans. UBruno Mars uthe ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi doo-op esihlokweni se-albhamu yokuqala bekunenjongo kakhulu. Ukhule nobaba owabelana ngothando lwakhe lwezakudala zango-1950.
UBruno Mars uthe ubuhle nencazelo yezingoma ze-doo-wop benzelwe abalandeli bakhe besifazane, ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi "hooligans" kuwukuhlonipha abalandeli. Ingoma ayithanda kakhulu ethi Talking to the Moon ayizange ikhishwe njengeyodwa.
I-Doo-Wops & Hooligans ifinyelele inombolo yesi-3 eshadini le-albhamu futhi yagcina ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili. Ithole i-albhamu Yonyaka kanye ne-Best Pop Vocal Album kuma-Grammy Awards.
Ngo-2012, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesibili ethi Unorthodox Jukebox. Uhlole izinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobo zomculo ezihlanganisa i-reggae, i-disco ne-soul. UBruno Mars ucabange ukuthi i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yashesha, ngakho uchithe isikhathi esiningi ku-Unorthodox Jukebox ukuze ayenze iphelele.
Ufake abakhiqizi ababili baseBrithani uMark Ronson noPaul Epworth ukuthi basize ukuhlanganisa i-albhamu. I-Unorthodox Jukebox yaba i-albhamu yokuqala engu-#1 kaBruno Mars. Ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili futhi yawina iGrammy ye-Best Pop Vocal Album.
Ngo-2016, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi 24K Magic. Waphikelela ekwenzeni kube ngcono nakakhulu kunamabili akhe okuqala. I-albhamu ithole ukunconywa ngendlela yayo yobungcweti. Ifinyelele inombolo yesi-2 eshadini le-albhamu futhi yathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigamu sesigidi.
Abaculi abangabodwana
Ngo-2010, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi Just the Way You Are. UBruno Mars uthi kumthathe izinyanga ukubhala ingoma yakhe eyedwa yokuqala ethi Just the You Are. Wacabanga ngezingoma zothando ezifana nethi Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) nethi You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker).
Wayefuna ukuthi ingoma izwakale sengathi ivela enhliziyweni yakhe. Abaphathi be-Atlantic Records bajabule futhi bamncoma ngokuzwakala ehlukile kunabo bonke abanye emsakazweni. Ithi Wena nje Uphakeme kunombolo 1 eshadini le-pop lase-US futhi yafinyelela phezulu kumsakazo we-pop, omdala nowabantu abadala. Uthole indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Ngo-2010, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi Grenade, umdidiyeli uBenny Blanco ayidlalela uBruno Mars. Cishe yabhalwa kabusha ngokuphelele kulokho uBruno Mars akubiza ngokuthi "indlovukazi encane yedrama". Inguqulo yokuqala yokuqamba yayiyi-ballad ehamba kancane, ehlutshiwe, kodwa ngemva kokusebenza kuyo, yaba i-hit No. 1 e-US. Futhi wahola nomsakazo we-pop odumile.
I-Grenade Yengoma nempumelelo futhi
Iphinde yafinyelela kunombolo 3 emsakazweni we-pop wabadala. Ngenxa yengoma ethi Grenade, umculi uwine Indondo Ye-Grammy Yomuntu Ongashadile Wonyaka.
Ngo-2011, iLazy Song yakhululwa. Ikhishwe njengeyodwa yesithathu ku-albhamu yokuqala kaBruno Mars. Futhi yaba amahithi e-pop ahamba phambili angu-5 alandelanayo. Eyodwa ifinyelele inani eliphakeme kunombolo 4 ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yangena kwabangu-3 abaphezulu kumashadi erediyo ye-pop adumile. ILazy Song yaziwa nangamavidiyo ayo omculo amabili. Omunye wabo yiqembu lomdanso i-Poreotics kumaski wezinkawu, kanti owesibili uno-Leonard Nimoy.
Ngo-2011, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi It Will Rain. UBruno Mars wabhala futhi wakhiqiza iculo le-Twilight soundtrack. Saga. Ukusa: Ingxenye 1 nabakwaSmithingtons. Yabhalwa phakathi nohambo lwekhonsathi. Kuyi-mid-tempo ballad, futhi abanye abagxeki bakhala ngokuthi imnandi kakhulu.
Noma kunjalo, i-It Will Rain yaba enye ingoma ethandwayo kaBruno Mars. Ifinyelele kunombolo 3 e-US yaphinde yashaya amashadi amasha. Eyodwa yaba yingoma yomdanso ephezulu engu-20, yashaya amashadi erediyo e-R&B kanye nesiLatini ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Ngo-2012, kwakhululwa ingoma eyodwa ethi Locked Out of Heaven (evela ku-albhamu ethi Unorthodox Jukebox), eyathonywa kakhulu umculo weqembu le-pop rock elithi The Police. Ingoma ikhiqizwe yiqembu elihlanganisa uJeff Bhasker kanye nomdidiyeli waseBrithani uMark Ronson. I-Locked Out Of Heaven ngokushesha yafinyelela phezulu ku-Billboard Hot 100. Ichithe amaviki angu-6 phezulu.
UBruno Mars: "I-Grammy"
Iciko lithole ukuqokwa kweGrammy kukho kokubili iRekhodi Yonyaka kanye neNgoma Yonyaka. I-Locked Out of Heaven ifinyelele kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili kumsakazo we-pop nowesimanje, iphezulu kumashadi angu-40. Ukuqanjwa kuphinde kwangena kwabangu-20 abaphambili bamashadi okudansa.
Ngo-2013, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi When I Was Your Man. Umhleli weBruno Mars u-Philip Lawrence ukhulume ngabaculi bakudala u-Elton John noBilly Joel njengamathonya ekubhalweni kwengoma. Ngenkathi Ngingumuntu Wakho ungene kwabayishumi abaphambili, kwathi Locked Out Of Heaven wayesekunombolo 10. Ingoma ethi When I Was Your Man ithathe indawo yokuqala. Uphinde waba phezulu kwabangama-2, amashadi omsakazo adumile nawesimanje.
Ngo-2014, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi Uptown Funk noMark Ronson. Ingoma ibhekisela kumculo we-funk wango-1980. Lokhu bekuwukubambisana kwesine phakathi kukaBruno Mars noMark Ronson. I-Uptown Funk ibe ngenye yamahithi amakhulu kunawo wonke, ibambe #14 amaviki angu-1. Ukuqamba kuphinde kwafinyelela phezulu kumashadi omsakazo we-pop adumile kanye namashadi okudansa. Uthole Indondo Ye-Grammy Yerekhodi Lonyaka.
Ngo-2016, i-24K Magic eyodwa yakhululwa ku-albhamu enegama elifanayo nguBruno Mars. Yakhiwe nge-Stereotypes. Ingoma yathonywa i-retro yama-1970 kanye ne-funk yawo-1980. I-24K Magic ifinyelele phezulu kunombolo 4 eshadini le-Billboard Hot 100. Iphinde yafinyelela kwabangu-5 abahamba phambili be-pop, umdanso, neziteshi zomsakazo eziphezulu ezingu-40 ezidumile.
Ithonya lokusungula
UBruno Mars waziwa ngobuchule bakhe lapho edlala bukhoma. Ubona u-Elvis Presley, uMichael Jackson kanye no-Little Richard njengezithixo zakhe eziyinhloko.
Lo mculi waba yinkanyezi enkulu ye-pop ngenkathi umculo we-pop ubuswa abaculi ababodwa. UBruno Mars udlale izinsimbi ezimbalwa ezihlanganisa upiyano, i-percussion, isiginci, amakhibhodi namabhesi.
UBruno Mars uhlonishwe ngokucula umculo oheha abalandeli bomculo we-pop babo bonke ubudala nezizinda zobuhlanga. Ngo-2011, umagazini i-Time wambiza ngokuthi ungomunye wabantu abayi-100 abanethonya kakhulu emhlabeni.
Unyaka wezi-2017 ube unyaka oyimpumelelo kulo mculi njengoba ethole izindondo eziningi ngomculo wakhe. Lo mculi uthole imiklomelo ye-Teen Choice futhi waqokwa njengowine omkhulu kunabo bonke kuma-American Music Awards ka-2017 kanye ne-Soul Trains Awards.
Futhi ngalowo nyaka, iMars yanikela ngesigidi esingu-$1 ukuze isize izisulu zenkinga yamanzi yaseFlint. Lo mculi uphinde wabamba iqhaza kwiSomos Una Voz ehlelwe nguJennifer Lopez. Yakhelwe ukusiza abasinde eSiphepho uMaria ePuerto Rico.
