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Name	Just the Way You Are
cover	Bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are.jpg
artist	Bruno Mars
album	Doo-Wops & Hooligans
released	July 20, 2010
format	CD single, digital download
recorded	2010
genre	R&B;, pop
length	3:40
label	Elektra
writer	Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton, Khari Cain
producer	The Smeezingtons, Needlz
last single	"Billionaire"(2010)
this single	"Just the Way You Are"(2010)
next single	"Grenade"(2010) }}

"Just the Way You Are" is a debut single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans''. It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station. The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton, and Needlz and produced by The Smeezingtons, and Needlz. The music video, directed by Ethan Lader, was released on September 8, 2010 and features Peruvian born Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. The track has been added to Radio 1 A Playlist in the United Kingdom, and was released in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2010 as "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)". The official remix features rapper Lupe Fiasco and is included on the deluxe edition of ''Doo-Wops & Hooligans''. On February 13, 2011, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "Just the Way You Are" has sold 12.5 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time and one of the three best-selling digital singles of all time.

Background[link]

The song was written by The Smeezingtons, Khalil Walton, and Needlz. Bruno said of the song, "It took me months to come up with 'Just the Way You Are'... I wasn't thinking of anything deep or poetic. I was telling a story. Get ready to fall in love!" He added, "I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go straight to the point. You know, there's no mind-boggling lyrics or twists in the story - they just come directly from the heart. And to me 'Just The Way You Are' is one of those songs. There's nothing mind-blowing about it. I'm just telling a woman she looks beautiful the way she IS - and, let's be honest, what woman doesn't wanna hear those lyrics?!" The song is in the Key of F Major and consists of the chords F, D-minor and B-Flat.

Mars' A&R; Aaron Bay-Schuck told HitQuarters that as soon as "Just the Way You Are" was finished they knew they had the first single, saying:

"It had a massive chorus, an instantly memorable melody and lyric, and was a natural transition from the B.o.B and Travie McCoy songs ... [Also] it didn’t sound like anything else on the radio. It had everything we could want in a first single for Bruno."

Reception[link]

Critical[link]

The song has been well received by music critics. Digital Spy's Nick Levine gave the song four out of five stars and described it as a "huge-hearted urbany piano ballad" and compared it to "Doesn't Mean Anything" by Alicia Keys: "with a similar sound but not quite as good as the Alicia Keys hit with its instant classic feel. In her review for ''Billboard'', Megan Vick wrote: "Over a breezy piano and vaguely hip-hop breakbeat, Mars professes his love for a beautiful girl who occupies his dreams [...] Mars pens lyrics that aim to make female listeners feel nothing short of perfect in their own skin. With its steady, danceable pulse and singalong chorus, Mars has created a feel-good jam that should establish him as a solo contender in his own right." Nima Baniamer from Contactmusic.com felt that "there is nothing about the single that makes Bruno Mars stand out from all the other RnB artists dominating the charts at the moment", and said, "The song never builds to any climax and it simply falls a bit flat, coming across quite corny and cheesy."

Chart performance[link]

The song reached the top of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the chart dated October 2, 2010, ending the two-week reign of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream". By the end of December 2010, the song had sold over 3,280,000 digital copies in the US alone; and as of March 2011, has now sold over 4,000,000 downloads. The song spent a total of 48 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On September 26, 2010, it became the singer's second number-one single in the United Kingdom, where it hit the number-one spot again on October 24, 2010 from sales of 116,000 copies becoming the first song ever to have left the top three before rebounding to the top spot. It sold 766,000 copies during 2010, becoming the third biggest seller of the year. On 2 January 2011 it was revealed that the song is the ninth most downloaded song of all time in the United Kingdom. On 2 August 2011 "Just The Way You Are" became the 108th million-selling single in the UK, it took 43 weeks to reach there. Current UK sales, as of October 2011, stand at over 1,032,000 copies. The song jumped from 7 to 1 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated October 9, 2010. On October 12, 2010, Bruno Mars got his third number one single in the Dutch Top 40, after "Nothin' On You" and "Billionaire", and it reached the 11 weeks at the number one in the Netherlands on December 20. The song also reached number one in Australia and certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

Music video[link]

The corresponding music video was shot in September of 2010. It has received strong airplay on VH1 Europe, reaching #1 on the VH1 Pop Chart. The video features Peruvian-Australian actress Nathalie Kelley. The video begins with Kelley listening to "Just the Way You Are" on her Walkman as Mars walks in. Mars stops the tape player, removes the cassette tape and begins singing his song. As the instrumental portion of the song begins, Mars pulls the media out of the cassette tape and arranges the media into letters forming his name followed by the song title. As the song continues, he forms a picture of a drum, again on the table, using the tape media. Additional images of similar construction follow throughout the video including a portrait of Mars as well as one of Kelley blinking her eyes and smiling as Mars continues singing. Most of the images shown are animated, including a bell which Mars rings with his fingers in synchronization with the chimes near the end of the song. Lastly, Mars finishes the song while singing and playing an upright piano while Kelley watches and smiles.

Track listing[link]

Digital download # "Just the Way You Are" (Album Version) - 3:40

Digital download - Deluxe single # "Just the Way You Are" - 3:40 # "Just the Way You Are" (Remix featuring Lupe Fiasco) - 3:58 # "Just the Way You Are" (Music Video)

Digital download - Remixes EP # "Just the Way You Are" (Simon Steur Club Mix) # "Just the Way You Are" (Simon Steur Dub) # "Just the Way You Are" (Carl Louis & Martin Danielle Club Mix) # "Just the Way You Are" (Carl Louis & Martin Danielle Classic Mix) # "Just the Way You Are" (Manufactured Superstars Remix) # "Just the Way You Are" (Steve Smart & Westfunk Club Mix) # "Just the Way You Are" (Skrillex Batboi Remix)

German CD single # "Just the Way You Are" (Album Version) - 3:40 # "Just the Way You Are" (Skrillex Batboi Remix) - 3:50

Charts and certifications[link]

Charts[link]

Chart (2010)	! Peakposition
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Year-end charts[link]

Chart (2010)	Position
Australian Singles Chart
European Hot 100 Singles
Italian Singles Chart
Canadian Hot 100
Dutch (Dutch Top 40)
Hungarian Airplay Chart
Romanian Top 100
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

Chart (2011)	Position
German Singles Chart
Hungarian Airplay Chart
Swiss Singles Chart

Certifications[link]

! Country	List of music recording sales certifications>Certification

Chart precession and succession [link]

Other versions[link]

"Just the Way You Are" was performed by Cory Monteith for the American TV show ''Glee'' on episode "Furt", which aired on November 22, 2010. It was also covered by The Saturdays at BBC Radio 1's ''Live Lounge'' on October 29, 2010. Matt Cardle, the winner of the seventh series of British TV talent contest ''The X Factor'', performed "Just the Way You Are" in week 2 of the live shows and later recorded his own version of the song as a B-side for his debut single "When We Collide". Tje Austin performed the song during his blind audition on the premiere episode of the American reality talent show ''The Voice'', which was broadcast on April 26, 2011. The song is also a featured single on ''Kidz Bop 19''. Parody rapper Rucka Rucka Ali used the instrumental for his song "Were All Asian". Stefano Langone covered the song on the 10th season of ''American Idol''. Pierce The Veil have also made a cover which was featured on the album ''Punk Goes Pop 4'', which was released on November 21, 2011.

Ukrainian post-hardcore band Make Me Famous also made a cover of the song.

Remixes[link]

Following the release of the original version of the song came the remixes. Big Beat, a sublabel of Atlantic Recordings released these. Skrillex, Simon Steur and the Manufactured Superstars were among the names to remix the original version in to electronic dance music versions. These remixes did well in the clubs and on beatport.com, a leading legal download portal for EDM.

Pierce the Veil version[link]

name	Just the Way You Are
cover	PGP4_PierceTheVeil_Single_Cover_Final.jpg
artist	Pierce the Veil
album	Punk Goes Pop 4
released	October 18, 2011
format	Digital download
recorded	2011
genre	Experimental rock, alternative rock, pop punk
length	3:43
label	Fearless Records
last single	"Bulletproof Love"(2010)
this single	"Just The Way You Are"(2011)
next single	}}

San Diego-based formed band, Pierce the Veil covered the track for the compilation album ''Punk Goes Pop 4'', which was released on November 21, 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

"Just the Way You Are" music video on Youtube

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name	Damian Marley
background	solo_singer
birth name	Damian Marley
alias	Junior Gong
birth date	July 21, 1978
Birth place	Kingston, Jamaica
genre	Reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, reggae fusion, ragga
years active	1996–present
label	Tuff Gong, Ghetto Youth International, Universal
associated acts	Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Nas, SuperHeavy, Skrillex
notable instruments	}}

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley (born July 21, 1978) is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley.

Damian was two years old when his father, Bob Marley, died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian's nickname ''Junior Gong'' is derived from his father's nickname of ''Tuff Gong.'' Marley has been performing since the age of 13. He shares, along with most of his family, a full-time career in music.

Music [link]

Marley has described his music as "dancehall and reggae. I've noticed...people trying to separate the two of them," he continues. "It's Jamaican culture in general. I don't try to classify or separate."

At age 13, he formed a musical group by the name of the Shephards, which included the daughter of Freddie McGregor and son of Third World's Cat Core. The group opened the 1992 Reggae Sunsplash festival. The band fell apart in the early 1990s and Damian started his solo career.

With the backing of his father’s label, Tuff Gong, he released his 1996 debut album ''Mr. Marley'' which surprised many who were unaccustomed to hearing a Marley deejaying rather than singing. Damian’s brother, Stephen Marley, was a producer and co-author for this album. It brought him much recognition, remaining on the ''Billboard'' top reggae albums chart for 158 weeks, and winning the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.

His third album, ''Welcome to Jamrock'' was released in September 2005, named after the hugely successful song of the same name. The lyrics to the single "Welcome to Jamrock", which was performed over a riddim produced by Sly and Robbie for Ini Kamoze some 20 years earlier, centered around poverty, politics and crime in Jamaica. While the single was controversial at home over its perceived negative viewpoint of the island, many praised the content of the song. Dr. Clinton Hutton, professor at the University of the West Indies, said of the single, "'Jamrock' uses the icon of the inner city, of alienation, of despair, of prejudice, but of hope, of Jamaican identity, to remind us of the fire of frustration, the fire of creativity, the fire of warning to open up our eyes and look within to the life we are living. And still some of us don't want to hear and to look and say enough is enough." The single reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart It was also #100 on the Top 100 Songs of the Decade listing by ''Rolling Stone''.

At the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for ''Welcome to Jamrock''. He is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The album sold 86,000 copies in its first week of release, and was eventually certified gold after selling 500,000 copies in the United States. Other notable singles from the album include "The Master Has Come Back", "Road to Zion" featuring Nas, and "Khaki Suit" featuring Bounty Killer and Eek-A-Mouse.

On May 17, 2010, Marley released ''Distant Relatives'', a collaborative album with Nas. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. They have previously collaborated on “Road to Zion”, on Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock album. The album joins two different flavors of music with Marley’s dub-rock aesthetic and Nas’ flow. Damian and Stephen produced much of the album. The proceeds of this album will go to building schools in the Congo.

In a 2011 interview on Tim Westwood, Damian revealed he had started work on a new album. His street single, released in Jamaica was titled ''Just Aint The Same''. He has also joined Mick Jagger's musical project SuperHeavy with Joss Stone, Dave Stewart and A.R. Rahman. Their debut single "Miracle Worker" was released on June 6, 2011, with the album scheduled for a September 2011 release. Damian also worked with electronic artist Skrillex on a song called "Make It Bun Dem" the same year.

Personal life and beliefs [link]

Born as Damian Marley, he was nicknamed "Jr. Gong" in honour of his legendary father, Bob "Tuff Gong" Marley. His mother is a Jamaican jazz musician, former model and crowned Miss World 1976 Cindy Breakspeare. After seeing The movie Damien: Omen II, which is about the coming of the Antichrist, one of Bob’s last requests in Germany was to have Damian’s name changed. “Damien being a devil….It was inappropriate for him as a Rastafarian to have a child with that name,” Bob said and Damian’s name was later changed. He has 13 siblings total; 10 on his father's side and 3 on his mother's side. Damian was two years old when his father died due to the spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain, at 36 years of age.

Marley has been in the music business since he was a child. He is a Rastafari and his music reflects both his beliefs and the Rastafari guiding principles of one love, one planet, and freedom for all nations. While he travels and tours the better part of the year, his home base is split between Kingston, Jamaica and Miami, Florida in the United States of America. He has a younger half brother Christian and a half sister Leah from his mother Cindy.

Discography [link]

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions		! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"	! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"	US Reggae
1996	''[[Mr. Marley">Music recording sales certification
! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"	! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"	! style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"	US Reggae
1996	''[[Mr. Marley''	* Released: September 9, 1996	* Label:	* Format:
2001	''Halfway Tree''	* Released: September 11, 2001	* Label: Universal Distribution	* Format:
2005	''Welcome to Jamrock''	* Released: September 13, 2005	* Label: Universal Distribution	* Format:
2010	''Distant Relatives'' (with Nas)	* Released: May 18, 2010	* Label: Universal Republic Records	* Format: CD
2011		* Released: September 16, 2011	* Label: A&M; Records	* Format: CD

Singles [link]

Year	Title	Chart positions	Album
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"	! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"	! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"	! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"
"The Master Has Come Back"
"Road to Zion" (featuring Nas)
	"Beautiful" (featuring Bobby Brown)
2007	"Now That You Got It" (Gwen Stefani feat. Damian Marley)					''The Sweet Escape''
2008	"One Loaf of Bread"					''Gang War Riddim''
2010	"As We Enter" (Nas & Damian Marley)
2011	"Nah Mean" (Nas & Damian Marley)
2012	"Affairs Of The Heart"
2012	"Make It Bun Dem" (Skrillex & Damian Marley)

Other charted songs[link]

Year	Song	Peak		Album
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2010		68	97	''Doo-Wops & Hooligans''

References[link]

External links[link]

Category:Jamaican reggae musicians Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Reggae fusion artists Category:Jamaican Rastafarians D Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:People from Kingston, Jamaica Category:Jamaican people of English descent

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