Bruno Mars' Sister Honors Late Mother Bernadette Hernandez
By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 11, 2013
Sunday in Santa Monica, Jaime Kailani, sister of Bruno Mars and member of The Lylas, honored her mother, Bernadette Hernandez, by displaying her art work at the m.a.m.a earth charity art event at Bergmot Station.
Hernandez passed away at the Queen's Medical Center a week ago after having a brain aneurysm. She was only 55-years-old. Kailani shared the photo at left in front of her mothers art work via twitter with the caption, "Today was in honor of you mom. Everyone loved your art."About BRUNO MARS:
Mars' debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) peaked at number three on the Billboard200.[2] Anchored by the worldwide number-one singles "Just the Way You Are", "Grenade" and the hit single "The Lazy Song". The album was nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning Best Pop Vocal Performance for "Just The Way You Are". His second album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), peaked at number one in the United States.[3] The album spawned the international hit singles, "Locked Out of Heaven" and "When I Was Your Man", so far. In addition to his solo music, Bruno has collaborated with numerous other artists, notably being featured on the worldwide hits "Lighters" (with Bad Meets Evil), "Young, Wild & Free" (with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa) and those already referenced.
Mars' work has earned him numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy, an American Music Awards, one Billboard Music Awardsand one BRIT Awards. Since the beginning of his career as a singer, in 2010, Mars has sold 8 million albums and 58 million singles worldwide as a singer.[4] Although as a songwriter, producer and singer, his total single download sales surpass 100 million worldwide.[3] He has achieved a total of five number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and six singles in top ten, including first place with "Just the Way You Are", which sold 12.5 million copies and contributed to Mars became the best-selling digital artist, in 2011
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