" Grenade " received several nominations . In 2011 , it was nominated for Choice Music : Break-Up Song at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards and at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards the song received a nomination in the category of Best Song . In the same year , it received a nomination for The Record of the Year ceremony . In 2012 , " Grenade " was nominated for three Grammy Awards , including : Record of the Year , Song of the Year , and the newly introduced Best Pop Solo Performance , losing all of them to British singer Adele . In the same year , the single received a nomination for " Best Hit International " at the Swiss Music Awards . At the 2012 ASCAP Pop Music Awards the song was able to win the title of " Most Performed Song " " Grenade " debuted on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 the week of October 16 , 2010 at number 81 and climbed the chart to number five for the week ending December 18 , 2010 . On January 8 , 2011 , it peaked at number 1 , making it Bruno Mars ' third number one single on the chart , the others being B.o.B 's " Nothin ' on You " , on which he was featured , and " Just the Way You Are " . The peak position was reached due to 559 000 downloads and 89 million listener impressions , taking Digital Gainer and Airplay Gainer awards . Around this time , the song had become his second solo single to top the 2 million mark in downloads . The song dropped and rose back to the top spot two more times , making it one of only six singles in '' Billboard '' history to have three distinct runs at number one . In February , it topped the 3 million mark . The song spent 36 weeks on the Hot 100 . As of October 2015 , the song has sold 6.1 million digital copies in the United States . On November 19 , 2018 , the single was certified eight times platinum by Recording Industry Association of America RIAA . It was Mars ' second single to sell over 5 million , just a week after " Just the Way You Are " achieved that feat , and it was only the third time in '' Billboard '' history that back-to-back singles have both sold 5 million copies in the digital era . The song has peaked at number one in the Canada . It replaced " The Time ( Dirty Bit ) " by The Black Eyed Peas , before being dethroned by " Hold It Against Me " by Britney Spears . On February 12 , 2011 , it took the top spot from Usher 's song " More " . Two weeks later it was replaced by Lady Gaga 's " Born This Way "
2011 MTV Europe Music Awards
2011 MTV Europe Music Awards
Grenade (song)