lorrdarlin - Die With A Smile
lorrdarlin
Jun 24, 2025 01:14am
<p>DUET WITH DALLAS40, WOW!! HE ROCKED THIS!!<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w28YjHjafy0/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLBkm4dQHjJGt5hRVBIwPlRFIh-inw" alt="Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile (Official Audio)"></p><p><strong>Peter Gene Hernandez</strong> (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as <strong>Bruno Mars</strong>, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Regarded as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_icon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">pop icon</a>, he is known for his three-octave <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">tenor</a> vocal range, live performances, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_style" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">retro</a> showmanship and musical versatility. He is accompanied by his band, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mars#Band_members" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">the Hooligans</a>. Raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Honolulu</a>, Mars gained recognition in Hawaii as a child for his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_impersonator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">impersonation</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Elvis Presley</a>, before moving to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Los Angeles</a> in 2003 to pursue a musical career.</p><p>Mars established his name in the music industry as a songwriter and co-founder of the production team <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smeezingtons" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">the Smeezingtons</a>. He rose to fame as a recording artist after featuring on the US number-one single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothin%27_on_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nothin' on You</a>" (2009) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.o.B" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">B.o.B</a>. Mars' first three studio albums – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-Wops_%26_Hooligans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Doo-Wops & Hooligans</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unorthodox_Jukebox" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Unorthodox Jukebox</em></a> (2012) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24K_Magic_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>24K Magic</em></a> (2016) – found critical and commercial success, with the lattermost winning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Award for Album of the Year</a>. The albums spawned multiple international hit singles, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Bruno_Mars_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Just the Way You Are</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenade_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grenade</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lazy_Song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Lazy Song</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked_Out_of_Heaven" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Locked Out of Heaven</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_I_Was_Your_Man" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">When I Was Your Man</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Treasure</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24K_Magic_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">24K Magic</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_What_I_Like_(Bruno_Mars_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">That's What I Like</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finesse_(Bruno_Mars_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Finesse</a>". He also featured on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ronson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mark Ronson</a>'s 2014 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Funk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Uptown Funk</a>", which became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em></a><em>'</em>s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Decade-End" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">best-performing song</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_the_2010s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">2010s</a>.</p><p>Mars' success continued throughout the 2020s. In 2021, he formed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">musical superduo</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Sonic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Silk Sonic</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_.Paak" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Anderson .Paak</a>, and they released the 1970s R&B-inspired album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Evening_with_Silk_Sonic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>An Evening with Silk Sonic</em></a>, which contained the US number-one single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_the_Door_Open" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Leave the Door Open</a>". Mars' 2024 chart-topping duets "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_with_a_Smile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Die with a Smile</a>" with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lady Gaga</a> and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt._(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Apt.</a>" with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ros%C3%A9_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rosé</a> spent a total of 30 weeks atop the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Global_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Global 200</a>.</p><p>Mars has sold over 150 million records worldwide and is one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">best-selling music artists of all time</a>. He has scored nine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> number-one singles. His <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24K_Magic_World_Tour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">24K Magic World Tour</a> (2017–2018) ranks among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">highest-grossing tours in history</a>. Mars' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Bruno_Mars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">accolades</a> include 16 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Awards</a> (including 3 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Records of the Year</a> and 2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Songs of the Year</a>), 4 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Brit Awards</a>, 14 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">American Music Awards</a>, 13 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Train_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Soul Train Awards</a> and 8 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Guinness World Records</em></a>. He has been featured on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Week" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Music Week</em></a>'s best-songwriters (2011) and <em>Billboard</em>'s Greatest of All Time Artists (2019) lists, as well as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Time</em> 100</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Celebrity_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Forbes</em> Celebrity 100</a> lists. Mars was the first artist with six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">RIAA diamond-certified</a> songs and the first artist to surpass <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-streamed_artists_on_Spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">150 million monthly listeners</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Spotify</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[a]</sup></a> (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as <strong>Lady Gaga</strong>, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">popular music</a>. With estimated sales of 124 million records, she is one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">best selling music artists of all time</a>. Publications such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Rolling Stone</em></a> have ranked her among the greatest artists in history.</p><p>After signing with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Interscope Records</a> in 2007, Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>The Fame</em></a> (2008), and its reissue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fame_Monster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>The Fame Monster</em></a> (2009). The project scored a string of successful singles, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Dance_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Just Dance</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Poker Face</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Romance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bad Romance</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Telephone</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Alejandro</a>". Her second full-length album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_This_Way_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Born This Way</em></a> (2011), explored <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">electronic rock</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">techno-pop</a> and sold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_fastest-selling_albums" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">more than one million copies first-week</a>. Its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">title track</a> became the fastest-selling song on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">iTunes Store</a>, with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">electronic dance music</a>-influenced third album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artpop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Artpop</em></a> (2013), she pursued <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz</a> on the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_to_Cheek_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Cheek to Cheek</em></a> (2014) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tony Bennett</a>, and delved into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">soft rock</a> on the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Joanne</em></a> (2016).</p><p>Gaga also ventured into acting, gaining praise for her leading roles in the miniseries <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Hotel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>American Horror Story: Hotel</em></a> (2015–2016) and the films <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(2018_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>A Star Is Born</em></a> (2018) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Gucci" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>House of Gucci</em></a> (2021). </p>