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\n\tBruno Mars<\/a> and Ros\u00e9 kicked off the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday with a killer performance of their smash collaboration \u201cAPT.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n \n\tThe duo arrived onstage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with Mars shredding guitar and Ros\u00e9 singing the track, dressed in an Avril Lavigne-esque white tank and black tie. The performance also helped Ros\u00e9 make history as the first solo K-pop artist to perform at the Grammys.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAPT.\u201d earned Mars and Ros\u00e9 three nominations<\/a>: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance. <\/p>\n \n\tThey released the hit track in Oct. 2024, with Mars posting a photo <\/a>with Ros\u00e9, admitting she\u2019d taught him a Korean drinking game that \u201cgot me saucy. Soon after, she tried to kiss me, and I was like \u2018Woah Rosie! What part of the game is this?’\u201d he said. \u201cShe was like, \u2018I ain\u2019t playin games wit you anymore lil boy! Big Rosie bout that BIDNESS!\u2019 Shaken, I replied \u2018Stop Rosie, I\u2019m scared!\u2019 But other than that, super chill night.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cApt.\u201d appears on Ros\u00e9\u2019s debut solo album, Rosie<\/a><\/em>, which she released two months later. The album also features the hits \u201cNumber One Girl\u201d and \u201cToxic Till the End.\u201d Since releasing Rosie<\/em>, Ros\u00e9 has contributed a song to the F1 <\/em>soundtrack album, \u201cMessy,\u201d and collaborated with Alex Warren on his song, \u201cOn My Mind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tMars has been nominated for a total of 36 Grammys, winning 16. A longtime staple of the awards show, he made his performance debut in 2011, when he delivered a medley of \u201cGrenade\u201d and \u201cNothin\u2019 on You,\u201d the latter a collaboration with B.o.B.<\/p>\n \n\tThis year is bound to be momentous for Mars, who recently announced his new album The Romantic<\/em><\/a>, out Feb. 27. It marks his first new album in a decade, following 2016\u2019s 24K Magic<\/em><\/a>. He also released the lead single \u201cI Just Might<\/a>\u201d and revealed a massive world tour<\/a> starting this spring. He was recently named this year\u2019s Record Store Day ambassador<\/a>, which will coincide with the release of The Collaborations<\/em>, a compilation album highlighting his best link-ups.<\/p>\n