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Mario gained national attention as the teen singing sensation behind hits such as “Just a Friend 2002” & “Let Me Love You” Now Mario is ready to reclaim his role as a standard-bearer of contemporary R&B/pop with Dancing Shadows, Mario's first album since 2009. This set will be released on Mario’s New Citizen label. The Baltimore native who grew up singing in church—signed a recording contract with music legend Clive Davis’ J Records. Mario’s eponymous debut studio album rolled out in 2002 featuring his first top five R&B/pop hit “Just a Friend 2002,” a revamped cover of Biz Markie 1989 top single. Two years later, Mario revisited the upper echelons of the Billboard charts with his sophomore set Turning Point. The platinum album spun off the melodic double-platinum Hot 100 chart-topper “Let Me Love You” (nine consecutive weeks) penned by Ne-Yo. Rounding out Mario’s album catalog are 2007s Go, featuring the gold-certified single “Crying Out for Me” and 2009’s D.N.A. That set’s lead single “Break Up,” with guests Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane, also went gold and peaked at No 2 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart/No 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mario’s “EP “Closer To Mars” dropped Oct 16 2020 with singles “Mars” & “Pretty Mouth Magick” through his own imprint New Citizen. In October 2021 Mario released “Get Back” featuring Chris Brown In 2023 Mario continue his R&B catalog with releases of “Liker Her Loo” and fan awaited single “Used To Me” ft Ty Dolla $ign