Bruno Mars’s album Unorthodox Jukebox won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2014. The award was presented at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, held on January 26, 2014.
Released by Atlantic Records on December 7, 2012, Unorthodox Jukebox was Mars’s second studio album, following Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It produced major hits including “Locked Out of Heaven,” “When I Was Your Man,” “Treasure,” “Gorilla,” and “Young Girls.”
The album’s Grammy win recognized the album’s overall vocal-pop achievement, not just one single. A common mix-up is confusing the award year with the album’s release year: the record came out in 2012, but it won the Grammy in 2014. The same album also won International Album of the Year at the 2014 Juno Awards.
The victory helped cement Mars’s position as one of pop music’s leading performers during a period when he was also preparing for the Moonshine Jungle Tour and appearing at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show.