

1 hit “Grenade.” That album established him as one of the most exciting new performers and songwriters in the business, and since then he hasn’t made a single misstep. “Just The Way You Are” previewed Mars’ debut full-length album Doo-Wops And Hooligans, which would become a hugely successful collection, spinning off several other hit singles, including his second No. Since the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy hasn’t split up categories by male and female performances, which was done in an effort to limit the number of awards gifted every year. It was released in September 1977 as the albums lead single.

Mars would go on to quietly win the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and he was lucky to do so, as that was the last year that gender-specific trophies were given out at all. Just the Way You Are is a song by Billy Joel from his fifth studio album The Stranger.
