MANILA, Philippines — Bruno Mars is proving that he is in a league of his own with the release of his latest album “The Romantic,” with the bound-to-be wedding song “Risk It All” racking up 15 million views.
Marking a decade since his last solo project “24K Magic” released in 2016, Bruno is back to doing slow numbers and ballads with his latest album, which is distinct from his last singles: the K-pop induced “APT” with Blackpink member Rose and the vocal showcase “Die With A Smile” with Lady Gaga.
“I Just Might” is the first to be released and became his inaugural No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Risk It All” is an apt track in “The Romantic,” which features a mariachi band and Bruno on guitars singing his promise of love and dedication as featured on its official music video he directed with Daniel Ramos.
Adding to its momentum, Bruno premiered the album across all iHeartRadio stations while livestreaming on TikTok Live.
“The Romantic” comes in the wake of Bruno’s continued chart success, with previous singles including the Grammy award-winning “Die With A Smile” with Lady Gaga, which became the fastest song in Spotify history to reach 1 billion streams and topped the Billboard Global 200 Chart for a record-tying 18 weeks, as well as the pervasive “APT” with Rose — the latter of which was recently named IFPI’s biggest-selling global single of 2025, crowned the most globally streamed song of 2025 by Apple Music, and scored 19 weeks at number one on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart and 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Global 200 Chart.
Beyond its massive global chart achievements, “APT” also won “Song of the Year” at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, and earned three nominations at this year’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards for “Song of the Year,” “Record of the Year,” and “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.”
Bruno continues to prove himself as one of the most influential forces within the music industry. In January 2025, he became the first artist in Spotify history to surpass 150 million monthly listeners, ranking him among the platform’s top global artists.
In October 2022, he became the first artist in RIAA history to earn six Diamond-certified singles.
As of 2026, he has reached at least seven RIAA Diamond certifications for songs including “Just the Way You Are,” which is now the highest-certified song in history at 21x RIAA Platinum, “Uptown Funk” (with Mark Ronson), “Grenade,” “That’s What I Like,” “When I Was Your Man,” “Locked Out of Heaven,” and the “The Lazy Song.”
His debut album, “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” is the longest-running studio album by a solo male artist on the Billboard 200, with over 345 weeks on the chart. He has secured 10 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and has spent a total of 30 weeks atop the Global 200 with his 2024–2025 hits.
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