BRUNO MARS

• B FOR BIG SUCCESS

In just three years, Bruno Mars has become one of the biggest names in pop music. He has sold more than eight million albums around the world, and is now Hawaii's most popular export..

• R FOR ROCK, RAP, R&B, REGGAE

Bruno has many musical styles. There's rock, rap, R&B and reggae. Hawaiians love reggae music, and many of Bruno's songs have a reggae sound. Another influence on his music is "Doo-Wop", a type of rhythm and blues from the 1950s. It inspired the title of his first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. 

• U FOR UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX

That's the name of Bruno's second album. He wrote the songs, but he didn't have a clear plan for the album. "It turned into his soulful, experimental, electronic, hard-to-explain thing", he says.