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May 20 2013 12:09 PM ET

Billboard Music Awards: The three most memorable performances from last night

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Last night’s Billboard Music Awards featured all sorts of great moments — at least, if you’re not Justin Bieber.

And while the Biebs getting booed may have been the highlight for more than a few schadenfreuders, there were plenty of other water-cooler moments, including Miguel’s accidental pro-wrestling body slam on a fan (don’t worry, she’s recovering), Taylor Swift’s insanely coordinated rendition of “22,” and Pitbull and Christina Aguilera going back to the source of the infamous ’80s sample in their “Feel This Moment.” (We’d love to show you an Afro’d Prince doing “Let’s Go Crazy,” but the Purple One does not allow his performance footage to live on the internets.)

And then, of course, there was EW cover boy Bruno Mars, who put on a reliably dazzling show, opening the broadcast with his newest single, “Treasure” and a whole lot of red satin. Click after the jump for clips of the night’s most memorable moments:

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May 17 2013 01:59 PM ET

Bruno Mars on his tour playlist: Waka Flocka, Jake Bugg, Michael Jackson and more -- EXCLUSIVE

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This week’s cover star Bruno Mars is about to spend the next five months crisscrossing the globe on his massive Moonshine Jungle Tour — and man cannot live on backstage catering and laptop DVDs alone. He needs music!

We got Mars to tell us about the songs and albums that soundtrack his life on the road, and put it all in a Spotify player after the jump so you can tour the tunes for yourself.

JAKE BUGG
“He’s kind of got an Arctic Monkeys thing, who I love, but there are also some parts that remind me of Elvis. I think his song ‘Lighting Bolt’ has a very rockabilly, ‘50s like Elvis [vibe], and I like ‘Slide.’”

 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME
“We’ll put on the most ratchet music you can think of backstage. ‘O Let’s Do It’ by Waka Flocka was kind of our anthem for the last tour — every night before the show it’d be that one, so we’ll probably do it again, just for comfort reasons. We’ll jump around, taking shots — ‘Alright, let’s go!’ and then the curtain opens on a bunch of 14 year old girls. [laughs]” READ FULL STORY »

Apr 3 2013 04:29 PM ET

Billboard Awards performers announced: Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, more

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Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber will hit the stage at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 19.

Billboard announced Wednesday that Bruno Mars and R&B singer Miguel will also perform at the awards show. Those acts are finalists for the milestone award, a new honor presented to an act who has achieved a landmark on the Billboard charts in the last year.

Other nominees include The Band Perry and Pitbull.Nominations for other categories haven’t been announced.

Prince will receive the icon award at the show, to air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Online voting is open for the milestone award and will be narrowed to three finalists later this month.

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Mar 6 2013 04:26 PM ET

Bruno Mars tops album chart for the first time, Thom Yorke takes second place

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It took a while, but Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox is now a No. 1 album.

When the album was released last December, it hit debuted at No. 2., just behind Taylor Swift’s RedJukebox has been hanging out fairly high on the Billboard 200 albums chart since then, and sat at No. 2 last week.

But with some help from a massive sale on Amazon, which sold the album for $1.99 and then $3.99 last week, Mars’ second release finally had enough juice to top the charts, with Nielsen SoundScan reporting 95,000 copies sold. That’s a 96% increase from its performance the week before, giving Mars his first ever No. 1 album. (Billboard’s math wizards have deduced that without Amazon’s efforts, Jukebox would likely have ranked at No. 2 this week.)

So who would’ve been No. 1 otherwise? All signs point to Atoms for Peace, the Thom Yorke-led group whose debut Amok came in at No. 2 with 50,000 moved units.

Before Mars’ ascent, Mumford and Sons’ Grammy-winning Babel had a two-week hold on the top spot, but this week it fell to No. 3, with 43,000 sold. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 8 2013 01:13 PM ET

Grammys producer: Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars among show's 'keepers of the flame'

Justin Timberlake will be up first today as rehearsals continue for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, and the singer will know he’s good to go when he gets an approving nod from Ken Ehrlich, the executive producer who is calling the tune for Sunday night’s show just as he has for past 33 years. No, that’s not a typo – Ehrlich has been the gatekeeper of the Grammys stage since the 1980 edition of the show, and he’s the guiding hand behind the show’s signature mix-and-match approach to putting artists and songs together in fused fashion. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 5 2013 04:02 PM ET

Bruno Mars goes retro for 'When I Was Your Man' video: Watch it here

Bruno Mars might be the classiest 27-year-old on the planet.

The vintage-y video for Unorthodox Jukebox‘s second single “When I Was Your Man” finds the crooner putting on his suit-and-tie s— and sitting down at a scotch-topped piano, where he proceeds to sing his way into your unsuspecting heart.

And the clip, directed by both Cameron Duddy and Mars himself, doesn’t stop there with its charms. ”Too young, too dumb to realize/That I should have bought you flowers and held your hand,” Mars laments on the single, which might explain the flower pinned to his blazer. Another explanation? Because it looks really damn good on him.

Check out the “When I Was Your Man” video for yourself below:

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Feb 4 2013 11:12 AM ET

Sting to perform with Bruno Mars and Rihanna at Grammys

Don’t worry, kiddos — Papa Sting is here to show you how it’s done.

The Recording Academy has announced that the 61-year-old Sting with be joining Rihanna and Bruno Mars on stage for a performance at the Grammys this Sunday.

With 16 trophies of his own at home, Sting is no stranger to the Grammys — he won his first back in 1980, when he was in the Police and Rihanna and Bruno Mars were not even people yet. (Although, judging by Mars’ recent singles, the age gap hasn’t limited Sting’s influence.)

Kelly Clarkson will be performing separately on Grammy night as well, the Academy announced, while Beyoncé, Prince, Hunter Hayes, Jennifer Lopez, and Pauley Perrette were confirmed as presenters.

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Dec 10 2012 11:46 AM ET

Bruno Mars covers 'Little Mermaid' song 'Part of Your World': Watch it here

Oh, Bruno, you always know how to woo us.

During a recent performance at the BBC Live Lounge, the “Locked Out of Heaven” singer unlocked the Disney vault and pulled out “Part of Your World,” from The Little Mermaid.

“It’s the best song ever written,” Mars says, adding that he can never get through it without choking up. (All together now: “awww.”)

Watch the video below to see if Mars is able to suppress the waterworks for the underwater ballad. And catch a bonus Little Mermaid track at the end of the clip:

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Oct 15 2012 04:49 PM ET

Bruno Mars jams retro-style in 'Locked Out of Heaven' video: Watch it here

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Have you felt the sting of Bruno Mars fever yet? We have!

Well, we think we do — it’s sick season, so who knows what this is — but we’re more or less convinced that there’s a high Bruno count in the air thanks to his Police-y new track “Locked Out of Heaven.”  (And his upcoming gig as both the host and musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live.)

And to make your week even more Bruno Martian, the lead Unorthodox Jukebox single now has a video. If you thought the single couldn’t be any more of a tribute to musical sounds past (we see you, Reggatta de Blanc!), we suggest you take a look at the new retro-styled clip, which evokes all the nostalgic Betamax fuzz of ’70s-era video technology:

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Oct 1 2012 08:06 PM ET

Bruno Mars drops new single 'Locked Out of Heaven': Hear it here!

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After a period of ceaseless ubiquity that saw him climb to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, collaborate with every rapper on the planet, and perform at seemingly every awards show known to man, Bruno Mars stepped out of the spotlight for a little while to work on his second album. The dude is finally back with a new album called Unorthodox Jukebox, and he just dropped its first single “Locked Out of Heaven.”

“Locked Out of Heaven” continues Mars’ “What if Stevie Wonder traveled to the future?” approach, melding together various eras of R&B, rock, and funk like second nature. The melody isn’t as immediate as some of his past hits, but it does have a gloriously chest-pounding bridge that should sound good next to “It Will Rain” during Bruno’s shows.

Give “Locked Out of Heaven” a listen below.  READ FULL STORY »

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