Skrillex Talks Working With Bruno Mars: 'It Sounds Like Nothing Else That's Happened Before' (Exclusive)". The foundation for said inquisition: rock tracks accounted for only three of the UK’s 100 top-selling singles of 2010. It was recorded at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California between the fall 2015 and September 2016.

See also: 24K Magic World Tour Mars and The Hooligans during the 24K Magic World Tour, as part of the 2018 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois.Marry You is a too-clingy and very creepy love song, Talking to the Moon a ballad devoid of detectable emotion, and Grenade fails to observe the first rule of catching said explosive device: toss the thing back. Mars's second album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), reached number one in the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and the UK. Several publications listed the album as one of the best records of the year and the Associated Press named it as the tenth-best album of the 2010s. Personally my favourite song is still " JUST THE WAY YOU ARE" - I remember falling in love when the song first came out and the feeling still comes back.

Later the same month, Mars performed "24K Magic" on the Norwegian television talk show Skavlan and the following day at the 2016 NRJ Music Awards. The album remained in the US top ten for a third consecutive week despite a 20% fall in sales to 58,000 units.The singer would ask to imagine the songs being performed live, to know their feeling and if they were danceable. The album's final song of the standard edition, "Too Good To Say Goodbye", includes "horn bleats", piano, various harmonies, and "one of Mars' most emotional vocal performances". The song was a commercial success, peaking at number two in New Zealand, and at number three in the United States and Canada.

Mars and Greg "Giden's Dad" Burke created the artwork, which was shot by Chinese photographer Kai Z. A private album listening party was held at Atlantic's offices in New York City for several journalists. It also peaked at number two in Canada, France, and New Zealand, and produced five singles: " 24K Magic", " That's What I Like", and " Finesse" (remix featuring Cardi B), which were commercially successful while " Versace on the Floor" charted moderately and " Chunky" had a limited release. The second row of shows consisted of concerts throughout North America and ran from July to November 2017.On September 12, 2017, it was announced that Mars and his band would be performing a television special concert titled, Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo at the Apollo Theater.

His third studio album, 24K Magic (2016) peaked within the top five in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK.Bromfield said, "There's a sense of remove here – as if you can only gaze at Mars in awe, like his namesake planet, and never hope to connect with him. The track received generally favorable reviews from critics; some considered it to be the soundtrack to school dances while others said its lyrics are sexually driven.