But Bruno Mars is allegedly now facing legal action for posting a black and white childhood picture of himself posing as a pint-sized Elvis impersonator, according to TMZ.
The 32-year-old singer is reportedly being sued by photographer Catherine McGann who snapped the 1989 image and says she still owns the copyright.
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Back in the day: Bruno Mars is allegedly facing legal action for posting a black and white childhood picture of himself posing as a pint-sized Elvis Presley impersonator
The photographer claims he posted it on his Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts in June as part of the ‘Way Back Wednesday’ craze.
In new legal documents, Catherine states that it garnered over 1.2million likes on Instagram alone – for which she is seeking royalties, claiming the Uptown Funk hitmaker didn’t ask her permission to use her work.
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TMZ reports she is suing Bruno and his record label, Warner Music, for damages and all profits they earned from her photo.
MailOnline has contacted the star’s representatives for comment.
Legal action: The 32-year-old singer is reportedly being sued by photographer Catherine McGann who snapped the 1989 image and says she still owns the copyright
Bruno was famously the world’s youngest ever Elvis impersonator, performing The King’s hits at the tender age of 4.
He previously revealed to Parade: ‘As a kid, I didn’t know what he was singing about, it was just the fact that he got the girls screaming.
‘That’s what I was freaking out about, like, ‘Man, all I gotta do is shake my leg? I want to do that one day.’
The Grenade singer, who used to perform alongside his family in his father’s 17-strong stage shows, moved on to R&B in his teens.
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Superfan: Bruno was famously the world’s youngest ever Elvis impersonator, performing The King’s hits at the tender age of 4
He recalled: ‘You turn 13, and it’s not cute anymore. Elvis didn’t have pimples like that.’
Meanwhile, Bruno was the big winner at the 2017 American Music Awards held Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
He scooped seven of the eight awards he was nominated for – but missed out on attending the ceremony.
‘OH S***!!! 7 AMAs??? LETS GOOOOO! THIS S**** INCREDIBLE! They asked for one video they didn’t tell me I was gonna get 7 ! What??!?!?’ he tweeted. ‘Man! I could’ve got one of those photos of me trynna hold 7 AMAS like a G if I was there!’
Big winner: Bruno was the big winner at the 2017 American Music Awards held Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles
Mars took home the honors for Artist Of The Year, and Favorite Male Artist in both the Soul/R&B and Pop/Rock categories. His album 24k Magic was the winner for Favorite Album in both the Soul/R&B and Pop/Rock categories, while his song That’s What I Like was both the Favorite Song and Video Of The Year.
The Grammy-winning star, who was playing at the Praça da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was able to lend his presence in a special clip he recorded for the show.
‘That’s the profile of the Artist Of The Year!’ he said, as he was initially seated from his side. ‘Thank you, AMAs, thank you, hooligans.
‘I wish I could be partying with you right now. But I’m a million miles away … please forgive me, I will be back, and we’ll be jamming very shortly.’
All hail the king: The star could not be there in person because he’s on tour in Brazil, but sent a video message and tweets to celebrate his windfall
