Filipino-American international singer Bruno Mars was named as Billboard’s 2013 Artist of the Year according to the official announcement released by Billboard on Friday, December 13, 2013.
Bruno Mars (Photo Credit: Billboard.com)
The 28-year-old Hawaiian-born artist topped eight of Billboard’s year-end music chart lists, he was also included in the Hot 100 Artists, Mainstream Top 40 and Hot Digital Songs.
Bruno Mars’ album titled “Unorthodox Jukebox” also became one of this year’s best-selling record with more than 1.8 million copies in the United States of America (USA).
The Grammy-winning Bruno Mars is considered as one of the few successful musicians who crosses between R&B and pop and has since established as career as a singer and producer with “The Smezingtons,” working on songs both for himself and other artists.
Bruno Mars also notched four Grammy nominations this month, including two of the industry’s top prizes – his single “Locked Out of Heaven” picked up both record and song of the year nominations.
The success of the Bruno Mars is inevitable this coming year as he will embark on the North American leg of his “Moonshine Jungle World Tour” in 2014, aside from the highly-anticipated headline as he will be featured in the Super Bowl half time show this coming February 2014.
