American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has released three studio albums, one collaborative studio album, one EP, 32 singles (seven as a featured artist) and four promotional singles. With estimated sales of over 26 million albums and 200 million singles worldwide, Mars is one of the best-selling artists of all time.[1][2] Six of his singles are among the best-selling singles of all time: in order of release date, "Just the Way You Are", "Grenade", "The Lazy Song", "When I Was Your Man", "Uptown Funk" and "That's What I Like". According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), he has sold 91.5 million copies in the United States.[3] His first two albums have sold 5.04 million copies in the US market alone.[4] In 2012, Mars was named 2011's best selling music artist worldwide.[5] In 2022, he became the first artist to receive six diamond certified songs in the United States.[6]
| Bruno Mars discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Mars performing on the 24K Magic World Tour in 2017 | |
| Studio albums | 3 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 32 |
| Promotional singles | 4 |
| Collaborative albums | 1 |
After he signed with Atlantic Records in 2009, he composed (as part of production group the Smeezingtons) and sang guest vocals on the debut singles of American rappers B.o.B ("Nothin' on You") (2009) and Travie McCoy ("Billionaire") (2010).[7] Both singles topped the Netherlands' singles chart, while the former also peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in the United Kingdom. That year Mars released his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Its singles "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade" topped the charts in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK, and have been certified 13 times platinum and diamond, respectively, by the RIAA. They were both certified seven and six times platinum, respectively, by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), with the former being certified diamond and the latter six times platinum by Music Canada (MC). "The Lazy Song" topped the charts in Denmark and the UK and was certified seven times platinum by the RIAA. Doo-Wops & Hooligans topped the charts in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and the UK.
In 2011, Mars recorded "It Will Rain" for the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and appeared on a number of collaborative singles, including "Young, Wild & Free" by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, which was certified six times platinum by the RIAA. Mars's second album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), reached number one in the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and the UK. The album's first two singles, "Locked Out of Heaven", certified diamond by the RIAA and seven times by ARIA, and "When I Was Your Man", certified eleven times platinum by the RIAA, six times platinum by ARIA and nine times platinum by MC, topped the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, Mars provided vocals on Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk", which topped the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and UK music charts. It was certified 11 times platinum by the RIAA, 22 times platinum by the ARIA and diamond by MC.
His third studio album, 24K Magic (2016) peaked within the top five in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. It spawned the internationally successful singles "24K Magic", "That's What I Like" and "Finesse", with "24K Magic" reaching number-one in New Zealand and being certified six times platinum by MC. "That's What I Like" topped the charts in the United States and was certified diamond by the RIAA and seven times platinum by MC. In 2018, Gucci Mane, Mars and Kodak Black released the single "Wake Up in the Sky", which was certified six times platinum by the RIAA. In 2021, Mars and Anderson .Paak, as Silk Sonic, released the collaborative album An Evening with Silk Sonic. The album reached the top five in the US, Australia, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand. Two of its singles, "Leave the Door Open" and "Smokin out the Window", both reached the top ten on several charts with the former peaking at number one in the United States and New Zealand.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A] | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | AUS [9] | CAN [10] | DEN [11] | GER [12] | IRL [13] | NLD [14] | NZ [15] | SWI [16] | UK [17] | ||||
| Doo-Wops & Hooligans |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Unorthodox Jukebox |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24K Magic | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
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Collaborative albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[G] | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | AUS [9] | CAN [10] | DEN [11] | GER [12] | IRL [13] | NLD [14] | NZ [15] | SWI [16] | UK [17] | ||||
| An Evening with Silk Sonic (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | UK [17] | |||
| It's Better If You Don't Understand |
| 99 | 97 |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [43] | AUS [9] | CAN [44] | DEN [11] | GER [12] | IRL [13] | NLD [45] | NZ [15] | SWI [16] | UK [17] | |||||
| "Just the Way You Are" | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | ||
| "Grenade" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| "The Lazy Song" | 2011 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||
| "Talking to the Moon"[I] | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | ||||
| "Marry You" | 85 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 11 | ||||
| "It Will Rain" | 3 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 22 | 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | |||
| "Count On Me"[J] | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 55 | 78 | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | |||
| "Locked Out of Heaven" | 2012 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | Unorthodox Jukebox | ||
| "When I Was Your Man" | 2013 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 2 | |||
| "Treasure" | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| "Gorilla" | 22 | 41 | 23 | — | — | 53 | 31 | — | — | 62 | ||||
| "Young Girls" | 32 | 62 | 19 | — | — | 78 | —[K] | 23 | — | 83 | ||||
| "24K Magic" | 2016 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 24K Magic | ||
| "That's What I Like" | 2017 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 12 | |||
| "Versace on the Floor"[L] | 33 | 57 | 43 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 59 | ||||
| "Chunky"[M] | —[N] | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[O] | — | 79 | ||||
| "Finesse"[P] (solo or featuring Cardi B) | 2018 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 5 | |||
| "Wake Up in the Sky" (with Gucci Mane and Kodak Black) | 11 | 46 | 36 | — | — | 49 | —[Q] | —[R] | 95 | 65 | Evil Genius | |||
| "Please Me" (with Cardi B) | 2019 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 37 | 83 | 21 | —[S] | 12 | 57 | 12 | Non-album single | ||
| "Blow" (with Ed Sheeran and Chris Stapleton) | 60 | 31 | 39 | — | 93 | — | —[T] | —[U] | — | — | No.6 Collaborations Project | |||
| "Leave the Door Open" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 2021 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 72 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 20 | An Evening with Silk Sonic | ||
| "Skate" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 14 | 32 | 19 | ― | ― | 48 | 24 | 12 | 34 | 45 |
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| "Smokin out the Window" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | — | 11 | 32 | 4 | 34 | 12 | ||||
| "Love's Train" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 2022 | —[V] | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[W] | — | — | |||
| "After Last Night"[X] (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic, Thundercat and Bootsy Collins) | 68 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | —[Y] | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items which not released in that country or failed to chart | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [43] | AUS [9] | CAN [44] | DEN [11] | GER [12] | IRL [13] | NLD [45] | NZ [15] | SWI [16] | UK [17] | |||||
| "Nothin' on You" (B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars) | 2009 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 1 | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray | ||
| "Billionaire" (Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars) | 2010 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | Lazarus | ||
| "Lighters" (Bad Meets Evil featuring Bruno Mars) | 2011 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 10 | Hell: The Sequel | ||
| "Mirror" (Lil Wayne featuring Bruno Mars) | 16 | 26 | 46 | 12 | — | 21 | 12 | 37 | 15 | 17 | Tha Carter IV | |||
| "Young, Wild & Free" (Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars) | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 44 | Mac & Devin Go to High School | |||
| "Bubble Butt" (Major Lazer featuring Bruno Mars, 2 Chainz, Tyga and Mystic) | 2013 | 56 | 39 | — | — | — | — | —[Z] | — | — | 196 |
| Free the Universe | |
| "Uptown Funk" (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars) | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Uptown Special | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [43] | CAN [44] | NLD [45] | NZ [15] | ||||||
| "Liquor Store Blues" (featuring Damian Marley) | 2010 | —[AA] | 97 | — | — |
| Doo-Wops & Hooligans | ||
| "Somewhere in Brooklyn"[123] | 2011 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Moonshine" | 2012 | — | — | 32 | — | Unorthodox Jukebox | |||
| "Silk Sonic Intro" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic)[124] | 2021 | —[AB] | — | — | —[AC] | An Evening with Silk Sonic | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [43] | CAN [44] | GER [12] | IRL [13] | NZ [15] | SWI [16] | UK [17] | ||||
| "The Other Side" (featuring CeeLo Green and B.o.B) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 117 |
| Doo-Wops & Hooligans |
| "Rocketeer" (Far East Movement featuring Bruno Mars) | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Runaway Baby" | 50 | 66 | — | — | 35 | — | 19 | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | ||
| "This Is My Love" (Gold 1 featuring Bruno Mars and Jaeson Ma) | 2012 | — | — | 37 | — | — | 22 | — | Non-album single | |
| "Natalie" | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | Unorthodox Jukebox | ||
| "Perm" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | —[AD] | — | — | 24K Magic | |
| "Fly as Me" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 2021 | 81 | 93 | — | 51 | —[AE] | — | 49 | An Evening with Silk Sonic | |
| "Put on a Smile" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 78 | — | — | — | —[AF] | — | — | |||
| "777" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | —[AG] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Blast Off" (with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic) | 73 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "3D" | 2009 | Far East Movement | Animal | [127] |
| "6 AM"[AH] | Bueno | Can't Knock The Hustle | [130] | |
| "Love"[AI] | Jaeson Ma | Glory | [132] | |
| "Watching Her Move"[AJ] | Justin Michael & Blake Reary | Non-album single | [133] | |
| "One At a Time"[AK] | Travie McCoy | [134] | ||
| "Her World Goes On"[AL] | 2010 | Justin Michael & Kemal | [136] | |
| "Walls Come Down" | 2011 | Keke Palmer | Awaken Reloaded | [137] |
| "Can't Come Back to Me"[AM] | 2012 | Layzie Bone | Mo Thug Boss | [139] |
| "Welcome Back" | 2014 | none | Rio 2: Music from the Motion Picture | [140] |
| "Sugar, Cocoa and Honey" | Bigg Gipp | Mr. Get Down | [141] |