Bruno Mars Earns RIAA 9x Platinum for "Doo-Wops & Hooligans"

Bruno Mars's breakthrough debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, has reached a new sales milestone, earning a 9x Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The certification, announced on October 17, 2025, recognizes 9,000,000 equivalent album units sold in the United States. The pop album was released by Elektra Music Group.

Released on October 4, 2010, Doo-Wops & Hooligans was the official solo introduction to Mars after he gained prominence as a featured artist. The album was crafted by his writing and production team, The Smeezingtons, in collaboration with producers including Needlz, Supa Dups, and Jeff Bhasker. Mars stated the album's title was chosen to reflect simplicity and have a broad appeal. Drawing on influences from pop, reggae, and R&B, the album's lyrics explore themes of carefree optimism, failed relationships, and loneliness. The record received generally favorable reviews and was a global commercial success, topping the charts in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and peaking at number three in the U.S.

Peter Eugene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, was raised in a musical family in Honolulu, Hawaii, before moving to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a career in music. He first established himself as a successful songwriter and producer before rising to fame as a recording artist. Regarded as a pop icon, Mars is known for his retro showmanship, musical versatility, and three-octave tenor vocal range, often accompanied by his band, The Hooligans. His subsequent albums, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012) and the Grammy-winning Album of the Year 24K Magic (2016), continued his run of critical and commercial success.