Bruno Mars (13,396 views)

[kaji]

Peter Gene Hernandez (8 October 1985)
Voice Type: Tenor
Vocal Range: B♭2-B5

Significant High Notes:

B5 ("Prince Tribute" Rehearsals for 59th Annual Grammy Awards, "Take The Long Way Home")
B♭5 ("Perm", "Prince Tribute", "Treasure")
A5 ("Bruno Mars Carpool Karaoke", "Gorilla", "Smokin Out The Window", "Too Good to Say Goodbye")
G♯5 ("Calling All My Lovelies" various live performances, "Chunky" various live performances, "Finesse", "Runaway", "Silk Sonic Intro", "The Other Side", "Who Are You?", "777")
G5 ("Again", "Chunky", "Little Richard Tribute", "Our First Time", "Perm", "Put On A Smile", "Treasure")
F♯5 ("Blast Off", "Bruno Mars Is Nervous About Hosting", "Calling All My Lovelies", "Leave the Door Open", "Smokin Out The Window", "Somewhere in Brooklyn" The Grove, Los Angeles, 2010, "24K Magic")
F5 ("After Last Night", "Chunky", "Finesse" remix version, "Gorilla", "Knockin' On Your Door", "Leave the Door Open", "Nothin' on You" Summer Soul Festival 2012, "Skate", "Somewhere in Brooklyn", "Straight Up & Down", "That's What I Like", "The Other Side", "Trippin' Out", "Uptown Funk", "Welcome Back", "When I Was Your Man" various live performances, "24K Magic", "3D", "777")
E5 ("Again", "Calling All My Lovelies", "Fly As Me", "Girl I Will Wait", "I Will Always Love You", "Love's Train", "Our First Time", "Please Me", "Prince Tribute", "Put On A Smile", "Rock With You", "Talking to the Moon", "Too Good to Say Goodbye", "Valerie", "When I Was Your Man" various live performances, "Who Is", "777")
E♭5 ("After Last Night", "All I Ask", "BLOW", "Calling All My Lovelies", "Chunky", "Gold", "Happy Birthday", "If I Knew" Sacramento, California, 2013, "Killa On the Run", "Knockin' On Your Door", "Leave the Door Open" 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, "Lost", "Marry You" 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, "Move On", "On Fire", "Only When You're Lonely", "Pick-Up Lines", "Runaway", "Straight Up & Down", "That's What I Like", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Trippin' Out", "Turn Around", "Versace on the Floor" various live performances, "Who Are You?")
D5 ("Again", "All About You" , "All I Ask", "Beat It", "Billie Jean", "Bob Marley Tribute", "Bruno Mars Carpool Karaoke", "Dance In The Mirror", "Dirty Diana", "Fire", "Fly As Me", "Forget You", "Girl I Will Wait", "Gorilla", "Grenade", "If I Ain't Got You", "Innocent", "It Will Rain", "Just the Way You Are" various live performances, "Little Richard Tribute", "Marry You" studio / various live performances, "Money Make Her Smile", "Natalie", "Our First Time" various live performances, "Perm", "Please Me", "Popchips", "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.", "Rocketeer", "Skate", "Smokin Out The Window", "Somewhere in Brooklyn", "Take The Long Way Home", "Today My Life Begins", "Too Good to Say Goodbye", "Uptown Funk", "Versace on the Floor", "Wake Up in The Sky", "Watching Her Move")
C♯5 ("All About You" , "All I Ask", "Before It Explodes", "Billionaire" various live performances, "Blast Off", "BLOW", "Blowing Kisses", "Bruno Mars Is Nervous About Hosting", "Calling All My Lovelies", "Can't Come Back to Me", "Circles", "Evil", "Finesse", "It Will Rain", "Knockin' On Your Door", "Leave the Door Open", "Liquor Store Blues", "London Town Song", "Lost", "Love's Train", "Mirror", "Move On", "Never Say You Can't", "On Fire", "Phantom Planet", "Pick-Up Lines", "Please Me", "Put On A Smile", "Runaway", "Runaway Baby" various live performances, "Saturday Night Live Impressions", "Silk Sonic Intro", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Starting Today", "Straight Up & Down", "Talking to the Moon", "That's What I Like", "Too Good to Say Goodbye", "Top of the World", "Treasure" Live Lounge for BBC Radio 1, "Valerie", "We Are Fighters", "Welcome Back", "We'll Be Alright", "Where Did She Go", "Who Are You?", "Young Girls", "24K Magic", "3D")
C5 ("After Last Night", "Billie Jean", "Chunky", "Circles", "Count on Me", "Dance In The Mirror", "Dirty Diana", "Finesse", "Fire", "Girl I Will Wait", "Gold", "Grenade", "If I Ain't Got You", "If I Knew", "Innocent", "I Want You Back", "Just the Way You Are", "Leave the Door Open", "Lighters", "Little Richard Tribute", "Locked Out of Heaven", "Long Distance", "Lost", "Love", "Marry You", "Message In a Bottle", "Mirror", "Moonshine", "More Today Than Yesterday", "Natalie", "Never Say You Can't", "Nothin' on You" studio / OMD, Los Angeles, 2010, "Only When You're Lonely", "Our First Time", "Pick-Up Lines", "Press It", "Put On A Smile", "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.", "Rock With You", "Runaway", "Show Me", "Skate", "So Lonely", "Somewhere in Brooklyn", "Straight Up & Down", "The Other Side", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "This Is My Love", "Today My Life Begins", "Treasure", "Trippin' Out", "Turn Around", "Uptown Funk", "Versace on the Floor", "Voices In My Head", "Welcome Back", "When I Was Your Man", "Who Is", "24K Magic")
B4 ("Again", "All About You" , "All I Ask", "Beat It", "Before It Explodes", "Blast Off", "Bruno Mars Is Nervous About Hosting", "Can't Come Back to Me", "Count on Me", "Cover Song Medley", "Fly As Me", "Girl I Will Wait", "Gorilla", "Her World Goes On", "If I Ain't Got You", "If I Knew", "It Will Rain", "I Will Always Love You", "Lighters", "London Town Song", "Long Distance", "Love", "Love's Train", "Money Make Her Smile", "Moonshine", "Move On", "Part of Your World", "Phantom Planet", "Please Me", "Put On A Smile", "Rocketeer", "Saturday Night Live Impressions", "Silk Sonic Intro", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Smokin Out The Window", "So Lonely", "Take The Long Way Home", "Talking to the Moon", "That's What I Like", "The Lazy Song", "Today My Life Begins", "Too Good to Say Goodbye", "Valerie", "Versace on the Floor", "Voices In My Head", "We Are Fighters", "When I Was Your Man", "White Christmas", "Who Are You?", "Who Is", "Young Girls")
B♭4 ("After Last Night", "Billie Jean", "Blast Off", "BLOW", "Bruno Mars Carpool Karaoke", "Can't Come Back to Me", "Chunky", "Dirty Diana", "Finesse", "Gold", "Grenade", "Happy Birthday", "If I Knew", "Innocent", "Just the Way You Are", "Killa On the Run", "Knockin' On Your Door", "Leave the Door Open", "Little Richard Tribute", "Locked Out of Heaven", "Lost", "Love", "Marry You", "Mirror", "Move On", "Only When You're Lonely", "Natalie", "Nothin' on You", "On Fire", "Part of Your World", "Perm", "Pick-Up Lines", "Popchips", "Press It", "Prince Tribute", "Put It On My Tab", "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.", "Runaway", "Runaway Baby", "Saturday Night Live Impressions", "Skate", "Somewhere in Brooklyn", "Straight Up & Down", "Sugar, Cocoa and Honey", "That's What I Like", "The Lazy Song", "The Other Side", "This Is My Love", "Top of the World", "Treasure", "Trippin' Out", "Turn Around", "Watching Her Move", "Welcome Back", "Where Did She Go", "24K Magic", "3D", "777")
A4 ("Beat It", "Before It Explodes", "Billionaire", "Bob Marley Tribute", "Bruno Mars Is Nervous About Hosting", "Count on Me", "Cover Song Medley", "Dance In The Mirror", "Evil", "Fire", "Fly As Me", "Forget You", "Gorilla", "Grenade", "Her World Goes On", "If I Ain't Got You", "Innocent", "It Will Rain", "I Want You Back", "I Will Always Love You", "Just the Way You Are", "Lighters", "Liquor Store Blues", "Locked Out of Heaven", "London Town Song", "Long Distance", "Love's Train", "Marry You", "Message In a Bottle", "Money Make Her Smile", "Moonshine", "More Today Than Yesterday", "Natalie", "Never Say You Can't", "Nothin' on You", "Our First Time", "Phantom Planet", "Please Me", "Popchips", "Rest of My Life", "Rocketeer", "Rock With You", "Show Me", "Skate", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Smokin Out The Window", "So Lonely", "Somewhere in Brooklyn", "Starting Today", "Talking to the Moon", "Thinking Out Loud", "Today My Life Begins", "Too Good to Say Goodbye", "Valerie", "Versace on the Floor", "Voices In My Head", "Wake Up in The Sky", "When I Was Your Man", "White Christmas", "Young Girls", "Young, Wild and Free", "6am", "777")

Significant Low Notes:

G♯3 ("All About You" , "All I Ask", "Can't Come Back to Me", "Finesse", "I Gotta Hate Her", "Phantom Planet", "Runaway", "Starting Today", "Straight Up & Down", "That's What I Like", "The Lazy Song", "Valerie", "Welcome Back")
G3 ("After Last Night", "Again", "Billie Jean", "Count on Me", "Dance In The Mirror", "Forget You", "Long Distance", "One At A Time", "Popchips", "Press It", "Show Me", "Watching Her Move", "When I Was Your Man", "Who Is")
F♯3 ("Billionaire", "Don't Give Up", "Everything", "Move On", "Prince Tribute", "Tonight", "Too Good to Say Goodbye", "We'll Be Alright", "Young Girls")
F3 ("Grenade", "Just the Way You Are", "Rest of My Life", "Saturday Night Live Impressions", "The Other Side", "Trippin' Out")
E3 ("All I Ask", "Just the Way You Are" various live performances, "Rock With You")
E♭3 ("Blast Off", "Finesse")
D3 ("Our First Time", "Tonight", "Uptown Funk", "Versace on the Floor", "777")
C♯3 ("Blast Off")
C3 ("More Today Than Yesterday", "Where Did She Go")
B2 ("Calling All My Lovelies")
B♭2 ("Chunky")
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
Underlines marks notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable notes}
D6 ("The Other Side" ^[3])
G♯5 ("Blast Off" ^[2][4], "Love's Train" ^[3])
B♭2 ( "Runaway Baby" ^[2])
E2 ("Calling All My Lovelies" ^[1][2][3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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{Discography}
Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - D3 - F5 - G♯5
Unorthodox Jukebox (2012) - F♯3 - F5 - B♭5
24K Magic (2016) - B♭2 - B♭5
An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021) - C♯3 - G5 - A5

[Gilad]

Great job!
That BLOW Eb5 is accepted on here as belonging to Chris Stapleton (though I personally think it's Ed Sheeran lol)
Edit: Also pr sure the F5 in Finesse is Cardi B

[kaji]

Mar 25, 2021 6:40:52 GMT Gilad said:

Great job!
That BLOW Eb5 is accepted on here as belonging to Chris Stapleton (though I personally think it's Ed Sheeran lol)
Edit: Also pr sure the F5 in Finesse is Cardi B

Thank you!!

In interviews about the song, Bruno mentioned adding a scream he did to the remix version of Finesse.

And I’m actually pretty sure it’s Bruno, not Chris. He does notes that sounds almost the same at the end of his Prince tribute rehearsals too and in several other songs earlier on in his career. I originally thought it was Chris for sure too but after comparing Bruno’s distorted vocals next to this one, sounds exactly the same.

[Gilad]

Bruno sounds absolutely phenomenal on the new Silk Sonic track. D5s like these shouldn't be legal

[kaji]

Jul 31, 2021 23:37:12 GMT Gilad said:

Bruno sounds absolutely phenomenal on the new Silk Sonic track. D5s like these shouldn't be legal

Another great song. A fair share of very easy and speechy C5s with several D5s. He also goes for one F5. Can't wait for the whole album. 

[1999]

Takes a puff / goes for a D5 link

Amazing performance tho, outstanding falsetto afterwards up to F♯5, plus a slide up to an A (?).

[Gilad]

The new Silk Sonic album is out and Bruno's vocals are incredible. Especially love his singing at the ends of "Smokin Out the Window" and "Put On a Smile".

[namainohana]

WOW G#5 in mix

[Gilad]

Yo kaji when's that thread update dropping?

[kaji]

Jan 30, 2022 14:13:15 GMT Gilad said:

Yo kaji when's that thread update dropping?

Might update it later today. I did note the range stuff from the new album right when it came out, just forgot to add it.

[Gilad]

Who does the backing B2s in "Gorilla" in your opinion? I'm thinking it's Bruno atm

[kaji]

Updated with the new album (C#3-G5-A5) and its bonus track Love's Train.

Gilad I think those B2s are Philip Lawrence personally.

[ivlpez]

Can you add some of his newer live performances in 2022 please :)

[sophiam122]

He is a very high tenor. His passaggi are Eb4/E4 and G#4/A4.