Bruno Mars has released long-awaited fourth solo album, The Romantic' featuring latest single, 'Risk It All'.
Marking a decade since his last solo project, The Romantic also features songs the explosive ‘I Just Might’ which became Bruno Mars’ inaugural #1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100. Adding to its momentum, Bruno premiered the album tonight across all iHeartRadio stations while livestreaming on TikTok Live.
The release arrives alongside numerous activations around the world, including mobile flower trucks distributing roses, “love lock” walls stationed across the globe, and The Romantic Flower Shop pop-up in Los Angeles.
Listen to ‘The Romantic’ on F1 Tracks.
The Romantic comes in the wake of Bruno’s continued chart success, with previous singles including the GRAMMY award-winning ‘Die With A Smile’ with Lady Gaga, which became the fastest song in Spotify history to reach one billion streams and topped the Billboard Global 200 Chart for a record-tying 18 weeks, as well as the pervasive ‘APT.’ with ROSÉ – the latter of which was recently named IFPI’s biggest‑selling global single of 2025, crowned the most globally streamed song of 2025 by Apple Music, and scored 19 weeks at number one on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart and 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Global 200 Chart.
Beyond its massive global chart achievements, ‘APT.’ also won “Song of the Year” at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, “International Song of the Year’ at the BRITs and earned three nominations at this year’s 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards for “Song of the Year,” “Record of the Year,” and “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.”
Bruno continues to prove himself as one of the most influential forces within the music industry. In January 2025, he became the first artist in Spotify history to surpass 150 million monthly listeners, ranking him among the platform’s top global artists. In October 2022, he became the first artist in RIAA history to earn six Diamond-certified singles. As of 2026, he has reached at least seven RIAA Diamond certifications for songs including ‘Just the Way You Are’, which is now the highest-certified song in history at 21x RIAA Platinum, ‘Uptown Funk’ (with Mark Ronson), ‘Grenade’, ‘That’s What I Like’, ‘When I Was Your Man’, ‘Locked Out of Heaven’ and ‘The Lazy Song’.
His debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, is the longest-running studio album by a solo male artist on the Billboard 200, with over 345 weeks on the chart. He has secured ten Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and has spent a total of 30 weeks atop the Global 200 with his 2024–2025 hits.
