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Singer Bruno Mars was named Billboard's 2013 Artist of the Year by the industry trade magazine on Friday.
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Hawaiian-born Mars, 28, topped eight of Billboard's year-end music chart lists, including the Hot 100 Artists, Mainstream Top 40 and Hot Digital Songs, and his 2012 album "Unorthodox Jukebox" has becoming one of this year's best-selling records with more than 1.8 million copies sold in the United States.
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"Bruno did well in touring and I think longevity does really well for him. His songs stuck around on multiple formats all year round," Bill Werde, editorial director of Billboard magazine, told Reuters.! \ T9 a6 E; u, J4 S5 w0 @
6 ^' k5 w8 E' Z: [' x5 I"He's a powerhouse, and really keeps his focus on the music in a year where conversations have been dominated by (MTV's Video Music Award) performances and PR cycles."; |) ^" V% ~; W& r
+ j# b' ]* \9 x9 I6 P# [Grammy-winning Mars, whose music crosses between R&B and pop, has established a successful career as a singer and producer with The Smeezingtons, working on songs both for himself and other artists.+ N6 z3 E: ]6 U6 N
; a8 z1 @" x# L- hHe 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 nods.
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) |# X/ f) p8 b1 z7 {0 }! ]* M" [5 pThe singer will embark on the North American leg of his "Moonshine Jungle World Tour" in 2014, and will also headline the Super Bowl half time show in February.9 B$ ~4 S7 K- N5 j2 ^, R
/ |7 N) W2 [9 ~) }! NMars's music crosses over between pop, R&B, soul and hip hop, and he is known for conjuring up different musical eras within his albums. He reimagined 1940s doo-wop music for his 2010 debut album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," and revived sounds of Motown and 1970s disco in "Unorthodox Jukebox.": F2 H0 \: ?1 T/ D) P( A
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