Doo-wops & hooligans

Doo-wops & hooligans
Studio album by Bruno Mars
Publication (s)	October 4, 2010 (see publications )
admission	2010
Label (s)	Atlantic Elektra
Format (s)	CD Download vinyl record
Genre (s)	pop skirt R&B reggae
Title (number)	10 + 2
running time	35:27 42:26 (Deluxe Edition)
production	The Smeezingtons ( Executive Producer ) Needlz Supa dups
chronology It's Better If You Don't Understand (2010) Doo-wops & hooligans Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
Single releases July 19, 2010 Just the Way You Are September 28, 2010 Grenade February 15, 2011 The Lazy Song August 22, 2011 Marry you November 7, 2011 Count on me

Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the debut album by the US singer Bruno Mars . It was released on October 4, 2010 by the Atlantic and Elektra labels .

Background and development

The album Doo-Wops & Hooligans was announced in a press release on August 25, 2010, shortly after the debut EP It’s Better If You Don't Understand , which was released in May 2010. In an interview with MTV News, Mars stated that his EP had a positive effect on the album. The album cover for Doo-Wops & Hooligans was presented on August 30, 2010 on the Bruno Mars homepage. The track list for Doo-Wops & Hooligans was released on September 9, 2010 by the Atlantic Records label. Three of the four songs from the EP It's Better If You Don't Understand were taken over to the debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans .

Mars said of the album that he was a huge fan of the Doo Wop music genre because he grew up with the genre and it was special to him.

Influences

Doo-Wops & Hooligans has influences from the music genres Pop , Rock , Reggae , R&B , Soul and Hip-Hop .

Critical reception

Following the release of Doo-Wops & Hooligans , the album received generally positive reviews.

Track list

#	title	Feature (s)	producer	length
1	Grenade		The Smeezingtons	3:42
2	Just the Way You Are		The Smeezingtons, Needlz	3:40
3	Our first time		The Smeezingtons, The Supa Dups	4:03
4th	Runaway baby		The Smeezingtons	3:27
5	The Lazy Song		The Smeezingtons	3:15
6th	Marry you		The Smeezingtons	3:50
7th	Talking to the moon		The Smeezingtons	3:37
8th	Liquor Store Blues	Damian Marley	The Smeezingtons, The Supa Dups	3:49
9	Count on Me		The Smeezingtons	3:17
10	The other side	Cee-Lo Green , BoB	The Smeezingtons	3:47
	Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
1	Just the Way You Are (Remix)	Lupe Fiasco		3:58
2	Somewhere in Brooklyn (EP Version)			3:01
	Japanese Editions Bonus Tracks
1	Just the Way You Are (Remix)	Lupe Fiasco		3:58
2	Somewhere in Brooklyn (EP Version)			3:01
3	Talking to the Moon (acoustic piano version)			4:03
4th	Just the Way You Are (Live)
5	Grenade (Live)
6th	The Other Side (Live)

Chart placements

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Doo-wops & hooligans	DE1 (83 weeks) DE	AT2 (77 weeks) AT	CH1 (86 weeks) CH	UK1 (168 weeks) UK	US3 (... weeks) US	First published: October 4th, 2010 Sales: + 6,856,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Just the Way You Are Doo-Wops & Hooligans	DE2 (48 weeks) DE	AT1 (35 weeks) AT	CH3 (40 weeks) CH	UK1 (66 weeks) UK	US1 (48 weeks) US	First published: July 20, 2010
	Grenade Doo-Wops & Hooligans	DE1 (54 weeks) DE	AT2 (34 weeks) AT	CH1 (52 weeks) CH	UK1 (38 weeks) UK	US1 (36 weeks) US	First published: September 28, 2010
2011	The Lazy Song Doo-Wops & Hooligans	DE9 (28 weeks) DE	AT4 (23 weeks) AT	CH9 (28 weeks) CH	UK1 (34 weeks) UK	US4 (34 weeks) US	First published: February 15, 2011
	Marry You Doo-Wops & Hooligans	DE15 (20 weeks) DE	AT4 (20 weeks) AT	CH16 (23 weeks) CH	UK11 (39 weeks) UK	US85 (9 weeks) US	First published: August 22, 2011
	Count on Me Doo-Wops & Hooligans	-	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH55 (6 weeks) CH	UK78 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 7, 2011
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2011	Runaway Baby Doo-Wops & Hooligans	-	-	-	UK19 (11 weeks) UK	US50 (1 week) US	Chart entry: November 5, 2011

Publications

country	date	Label	format
France	4th October 2010	Warner Music	Download
United States		Atlantic Elektra
Austria	October 5, 2010	Warner Music	CD
Canada
Mexico			Download
United States		Atlantic Elektra	CD
New Zealand	October 11, 2010	Warner Music
Australia	October 15, 2010
Germany	December 7, 2010		vinyl record
United States		Atlantic Elektra
Japan	January 12, 2011	Warner Music	CD
Denmark	January 17, 2011		vinyl record
United Kingdom	January 24, 2011	Elektra	CD

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(30,000)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	40,000
Denmark (IFPI)	3 × platinum	(90,000)
Germany (BVMI)	5 × gold	(500,000)
Europe (IFPI)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
Ireland (IRMA)	4 × platinum	(60,000)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(30,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	250,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	240,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	6 × platinum	90,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(20,000)
Philippines (PARI)	2 × diamond	300,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(10,000)
Portugal (AFP)	gold	(10,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(60,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(20,000)
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	2,626,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	(1,800,000)
All in all	8 × gold 44 × platinum 2 × diamond	6,856,000

Main article: Bruno Mars / Music Sales Awards

Contributors

BoB - vocals , composer Aaron Bay-Schuck - Artists and Repertoire Jeff Bhasker - composer Nicki Bilardello - Art Director , Design Brody Brown - composer , instrumentation Mitchum Chin - composer Supa Dups - drum , producer , arranger , composer , programming DJ Dizzy - scratching Lanre Gaba - Artists and Repertoire Cee-Lo Green - vocals Claude Kelly - composer Philip Lawrence - composer Ari Levine - composer , engineer , instrumentation

Eric Madrid - Assistant Stephen Marcussen - Mastering Damian Marley - vocals , composer Bruno Mars - vocals , composer , instrumentation Needlz - producer , composer Thomas Pentz - composer Michelle Piza - Package Manager Christian Plata - assistant Alex Schwartz - Artists and Repertoire Khalil Walton - composer Albert Winkler - composer Andrew Wyatt - composer

The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour

From November 16, 2010 to April 15, 2011, Bruno Mars went on the The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour , where he presented his debut album of the same name. The tour went through the United States, Europe and Asia.

Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour

by Bruno Mars

Presentation album	Doo-wops & hooligans
Beginning of the tour	November 16, 2010
End of the tour	April 5, 2011
Total concerts (by continent)	* 11 in North America 12 in Europe 1 in Asia
Concerts in total	30th

Bruno Mars Tour Chronology

-	Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour (2010-12)	The Moonshine Jungle Tour (2013)

date	city	Stadion
United States
November 16, 2010	San Francisco	Slim's
November 19, 2010	San Diego	Price Center
November 20, 2010	Scottsdale	Martini Ranch
November 23, 2010	Dallas	The loft
November 24, 2010	Houston	Warehouse Live
November 26, 2010	Suckers	Pop's
November 27, 2010	Chicago	Bottom lounge
November 28, 2010	Cleveland Heights	Grog shop
November 30, 2010	Boston	Paradise Rock Club
December 19, 2010	Honolulu	Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
December 21, 2010	Kahului	Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Europe
January 24, 2011	London	Cafe De Paris
March 3, 2011	Berlin	Postbahnhof
March 6, 2011	Amsterdam	Paradiso
March 7, 2011	Stuttgart	Tube
March 9, 2011	Dublin	Olympia Theater
March 10, 2011	Manchester	Manchester Club Academy
March 11, 2011	Glasgow	O2 ABC Glasgow
March 15, 2011	Birmingham	Birmingham Institute Library
March 17, 2011	Cologne	Live music hall
March 18, 2011	Munich	Theater factory
March 20, 2011	Hamburg	Docks
March 23, 2010	Copenhagen	Store Vega
Asia
April 5, 2011	Jakarta	Istora Senayan
April 8, 2011	Manila	Araneta Coliseum
April 10, 2011	Kuala Lumpur	Putra World Trade Center
Australia
April 12, 2011	Perth	Astor Theater
April 14, 2011	Sydney	Luna Park
April 15, 2011	Adelaide	Thebarton Theater
April 15, 2011	Melbourne	Festival Hall

Individual evidence

1. ^ Publication of Doo-Wops & Hooligans
2. ↑ Interview at MTV.de
3. ↑ album cover
4. ↑ Preliminary title list
5. ↑ Title List
6. ↑ idolator.com
7. ↑ 4music.com ( Memento from July 9, 2012 on WebCite )
8. ↑ Influences of Pop. Rock and reggae
9. ↑ Influences of R&B
10. ↑ Influences of Soul
11. ↑ Influences of Hip-Hop
12. ↑ metagriic.com
13. ↑ Deluxe Edition bonus tracks on amazon.de
14. ↑ hmv.co
15. ↑ Publication in France (download) ( Memento from December 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Publication in the USA (download)
17. ↑ Publication in Austria (CD)
18. ↑ Release in Canada (CD)
19. ↑ Publication Mexico (download)
20. ↑ Publication in the USA (CD) ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ^ Publication in New Zealand (CD) ( Memento from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ Release in Australia (CD) ( Memento from August 24, 2012 on WebCite )
23. ↑ Publication in Germany (record)
24. ↑ Release in the USA (record)
25. ↑ Publication in Japan (CD)
26. ↑ Publication in Denmark (record) ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
27. ↑ UK release (CD)
28. ^ Paul Grein: Chart Watch: For the First Time Ever, an All-Hip-Hop Top Five. In: YahooMusic. July 24, 2017, accessed July 25, 2017 . 
29. ↑ Tour dates ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.