Bruno Mars launched his fourth solo studio album, The Romantic, at present by way of Atlantic Records, marking his first solo venture in a decade.
The album, now accessible throughout all streaming platforms, is anchored by the one “I Just Might,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The launch can also be supported by the monitor “Risk It All,” for which an official music video—co-directed by Mars and Daniel Ramos—was launched concurrently. To mark the launch, Mars held an iHeartRadio premiere and a companion livestream occasion on TikTookay.
Global promotional activations accompanied the discharge, together with cellular flower vans and “love lock” installations in varied cities, alongside a pop-up location, “The Romantic Flower Shop,” in Los Angeles.
The Romantic follows a interval of great industrial success for Mars. His 2024 collaboration with Lady Gaga, “Die With A Smile,” set a Spotify document because the quickest music to succeed in 1 billion streams and maintained a place on the high of the Billboard Global 200 chart for 18 weeks. His 2024 collaboration with ROSÉ, “APT.,” additionally noticed in depth chart efficiency, spending 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. “APT.” was acknowledged by the IFPI because the biggest-selling international single of 2025 and earned a “Song of the Year” win on the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The monitor is at the moment nominated for 3 classes on the 68th Annual Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Mars’s profession milestones proceed to build up as of 2026. In January 2025, he turned the primary artist in Spotify historical past to exceed 150 million month-to-month listeners. His catalog consists of seven RIAA-certified Diamond singles, with “Just the Way You Are” holding the document for the highest-certified music in RIAA historical past at 21x Platinum. Additionally, his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, holds the document for the longest-running studio album by a solo male artist on the Billboard 200, having remained on the chart for over 345 weeks. To date, Mars has secured ten No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
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