What was the first Grammy category Bruno Mars ever won?

The first Grammy category Bruno Mars ever won was Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He won the category at the 2011 Grammy Awards for singing “Just the Way You Are.”

The award recognized Mars's solo vocal performance on the song, rather than the songwriting, production, or recording as a whole. “Just the Way You Are” was released in 2010 as the lead single from his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Its romantic lyrics, piano-led arrangement, and direct vocal delivery helped make it one of the year's defining pop singles.

Mars was also nominated at the same ceremony in several other categories, including for “Nothin' on You” with B.o.B and for work associated with the Smeezingtons. Those nominations are sometimes confused with his first win. Record of the Year and other pop categories are separate Grammy fields; his first victory was specifically the male pop vocal category, which was later renamed Best Pop Solo Performance.