Mario (singer)

Mario (2008)

Mario Dewar Barrett (* 27. August 1986 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American R & B - singer and actor .

biography

At the age of four, Barrett discovered a growing interest in music after buying a karaoke machine. In the following years he took part in various talent and singing competitions until an agent noticed him in 2001 and helped the young singer to a recording contract with J Records at the age of 15 .

In 2002 Mario's first studio album, named after himself, was released, for the production of which Alicia Keys and Darkchild were responsible, among others . The first single Just a Friend (a partial cover of the Biz Markie song of the same name ) developed into a hit in the USA and climbed to number 4 in the charts. The debut album reached the top 10 and was later even awarded gold .

After a two-year hiatus, Barrett finally reported back in 2004. With the release Let Me Love You he achieved a worldwide number 1 hit, and the second album Turning Point was able to surpass the success of its predecessor by far. Then three more singles were released, two of them exclusively in the USA .

The end of 2006 made Mario the first time as an actor in the films Step Up alongside Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan , and Freedom Writers with Hilary Swank and Patrick Dempsey 's attention. At the end of 2007 the singer's third album, Go! , on which well-known producers like Timbaland , Scott Storch , Jermaine Dupri , Ne-Yo , Alicia Keys , The Neptunes , Rich Harrison and Akon worked.

Mario's fourth studio album, DNA , was released on October 13, 2009.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Mario	-	-	-	-	US9 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: January 1, 2002
2004	Turning point	DE13 (7 weeks) DE	AT33 (5 weeks) AT	CH13 (16 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (26 weeks)UK	US13 platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: December 7, 2004
2007	Go!	-	-	-	-	US21 (22 weeks) US	First published: December 7, 2007
2009	DNA	-	-	-	-	US9 (6 weeks) US	First published: October 9, 2009
2018	Dancing Shadows	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 5, 2018

Compilations

• 2008: Turning Point / Mario (first published August 5, 2008)

Soundtracks

• 2001: Dr. Dolittle 2 (first published 2001)
• 2006: Step Up (first published in 2006)

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2001	Braid My Hair Mario	-	-	-	-	US74 (8 weeks) US	First published: November 7, 2001
2002	C'mon Mario	-	-	-	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 9, 2002
	Just a Friend 2002 Mario	-	-	-	UK18 (4 weeks) UK	US14 (21 weeks) US	First release: May 4th 2002 was also released as a DVD single
2005	How could you turn point	-	-	-	-	US52 (17 weeks) US	First published: March 2005
	Let Me Love You Turning Point	DE1 (17 weeks) DE	AT6 (17 weeks) AT	CH2 (22 weeks) CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (27 weeks)UK	US1 Gold + platinum (mastertone) (36 weeks)US	First published: March 21, 2005
	Here I Go Again Turning Point	DE50 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH34 (9 weeks) CH	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 20, 2005
2007	How Do I Breathe Go!	DE49 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH61 (3 weeks) CH	UK21 (6 weeks) UK	US46 (10 weeks) US	First published: July 27, 2007
	Crying Out for Me Go!	-	-	-	-	US33 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: August 21, 2007
2009	Break Up D.NA	-	-	-	-	US14th platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: April 28, 2009 feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett
2010	Ooh baby D.NA	-	-	-	-	US95 (1 week) US	First published: March 2010

More singles

• 2005: Boom (Turning Point; first published October 3, 2005; feat.Juvenile )
• 2008: Music for Love (Go !; first published April 3, 2008)
• 2009: Thinkin 'About You (DNA; first published September 8, 2009)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 2005: for the single Let Me Love You Platinum record  Australia 2005: for the single Let Me Love You  Denmark 2018: for the single Let Me Love You  New Zealand 2005: for the single Let Me Love You

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	platinum1	70,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	platinum1	90,000	ifpi.dk
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	200,000	snepmusique.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA)	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	4,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	2 × platinum2	1,300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × gold5	8 × platinum8th

Filmography

• 2004: Destination Fame
• 2005: Total Request Live
• 2005: All of Us
• 2006: Step Up
• 2007: Freedom Writers
• 2017–: Empire

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official website (German)
• Official website (English)