Bruno Mars pulled off a spectacular Super Bowl halftime show performance Sunday with a spirited assist from his eight-piece band, The Hooligans, as well as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Mars is the youngest artist to ever serve as a sole halftime show headliner.
The 28-year-old pop star opened the show on the drums for "Billionaire," a Travie McCoy song on which he was featured in 2009, before launching into his doo-wop swagger with a hip-swinging performance of "Locked Out of Heaven."
UPDATE: Mars had the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show ever with 115.3 million viewers, beating out Beyonce's 2013 halftime show, which attracted 110.5 million viewers.
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Mars, who was named Billboard's 2013 Artist of the Year, followed those songs up with a rambunctious rendition of "Runaway Baby." He closed the set with "Just The Way You Are," which began with an emotional video of troops addressing their loved ones.
Between "Runaway" and "Just The Way You Are," the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined Bruno Mars onstage to rock out on "Give It Away." The acclaimed band -- consisting of singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer -- was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 after selling more than 60 million albums and winning six Grammys over three decades together. Mars won a Grammy Award this year for Best Pop Album for his sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox.
Before the performance, Bruno Mars told his 17.6 million Twitter followers to use Shazam's app during his halftime show. People who did that got an exclusive video of him performing "If I Knew" during a Paris show from his "Moonshine Jungle" tour.
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