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WHO IS BRUNO MARS?
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars ..... born on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. By the early 2000s, he had ...... to find success by writing
songs for popular artists, including K'Naan's "Wavin' Flag." After several years as one of pop music's premier songwriters, Mars .......... out as
a singer in his own right with the 2010 hit "Nothin' on You." Other popular songs by Mars ........... "Just the Way You Are" (2010), "Locked Out
of Heaven" (2012) and the Grammy-winning tracks "Uptown Funk" (2015) and "That's What I Like" (2017).

EARLY LIFE
Born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii, popular singer-songwriter Bruno Mars ............. up in a very musical family.
His father, Pete, .......... a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, and his mother, Bernadette ("Bernie"), was a singer.
Growing up around entertainers, Mars .......... picking up musical instruments from early childhood. "I've always ...... a drum set, a piano, a guitar,
and never got trained to play. It was just always there," he later recalled. "That's just how I .......... , just being surrounded by it my whole
life." At the age of 4, he joined the family musical act as an Elvis impersonator and quickly became one of the stars of the show. He ..............
to perform with his family throughout his childhood, and as he ............... adolescence he added Michael Jackson to his impersonation repertoire.

MOVE TO LOS ANGELES

Mars ............ Roosevelt High School, where he and several friends formed a band, the School Boys, performing classic oldies hits alongside his
family's act at the Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu.
After graduating from high school, Mars decided to ............ Hawaii for Los Angeles, California. Over his first few years in L.A., he struggled to
make a breakthrough in the music industry.
By the early 2000s, Mars had begun to find success by ............... songs for several popular artists.
After several years as one of the pop music industry's premier songwriters, Mars finally broke out as a singer in his own right with the 2010
hit "Nothin' on You." The track ............ an enormous hit, skyrocketing to No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart, and instantly transforming Bruno
Mars from a behind-the-scenes composer into a pop performer.
Several months later, Mars ............his first solo single, "Just the Way You Are," from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, released
in October 2010. In December 2012, Mars released his second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox. Mars ............. his immensely successful run
with the release of his third studio effort, 24K Magic, in November 2016. Mars cleaned up at the 2018 Grammy Awards, ................. in all six
categories for which he drew nominations, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.

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