Its charting was influenced by the release of its parent album 24K Magic; "Chunky" reached number 79 on the UK Singles Chart and 34 on the French Singles Chart on the week ending November 26, 2016.

Others criticized the detachment from the casual listener and the lack of "vulnerability" from his previous ballads. 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. Carl Willot wrote, "Bruno's complete dedication to reviving lost sounds on 24K means it probably won't leave a long shadow. 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". Following the release of British-American musician Mark Ronson and Mars's single " Uptown Funk" (2014), Mars went to the studio to record more songs; he said he had no plans to release a new album "until it's done".

to find this too is faulty and completely jumps and you can see they is some sort of white spot on Vinyl it's hard and dried in. The engineer confessed they would start to work in the afternoon and spent 14 hours in the studio each day, with the album taking 22 months to record and once the writing stopped, the singer would "bounce ideas around the room and we'll start experimenting. But when Mars is left to his own devices, inspiration vaporises (this, despite some fine past form in a producer role).

Mars's second album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), reached number one in the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and the UK. Appropriately, this is immediate fare, every little motif and melody geared for maximum commercial appeal (i. Put on a Smile" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.Disney Makes Bruno Mars Deal; Platinum-Selling Singer Will Star In, Produce Music-Driven Theatrical Film". Patrick Bowman of Idolator rated the album four and a half stars out of five, writing that Mars "relish[es] every moment he gets to play the golden-voiced lothario dripping with swag and Versace. Ross Scarano asked, "If I told you Bruno Mars recorded an album that sounded like a middle school dance, would you know I meant that as a compliment?

At the aforementioned ceremony, Mars became the second artist to win Record and Song of the Year with two different songs from the same album. The song was listed by several publications, including Billboard and Entertainment Weekly, as being among the best songs of the year. The second row of shows consisted of concerts throughout North America and ran from July to November 2017. Wake Up in the Sky" did not enter the Dutch Top 40, but peaked at number eighteen on the Tipparade singles chart. Mars said it featured "a Versace-wearing pimp" in New York during a summer night at the "baddest rooftop house party.O'Donnell, Kevin; Greenblatt, Leah; Vain, Madisson; Feeney, Nolan; Goodman, Jessica; Renner Brown, Eric; Rahman, Ray; Biedenharn, Isabella (December 9, 2016). Fly as Me" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 9 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. According to Mars, although he was able to convince Atlantic Records of the album's sound, they were initially hesitant. Blow" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.