He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002), which spawned the single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

His fourth album, Love Is a Four Letter Word (2012), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the single "I Won't Give Up", which became his second top ten hit on the Hot 100.

After signing a three-album agreement with BMG in 2020, Mraz released the albums Look for the Good (2020) and Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride (2023).

"[12] Mraz moved to the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, where he took a series of odd jobs, including elementary-school janitor, and joined the Ashland Stage Company.

[18] Instead of attending classes, he headed west on a road trip that ultimately brought him to San Diego, where he decided to stay.

He met future band member Toca Rivera at Java Joe's, a coffee house in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego known for being formative in the careers of Jewel and Steve Poltz.

[29] On October 15, 2002, Mraz released his first major label debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which peaked at number 55 on the Billboard 200.

The track was co-written by music production team The Matrix, and became Mraz's first top-40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 15.

He performed with his touring band, including drummer Adam King, Rivera, Sheridan and keyboardist Eric Hinojosa, along with a guest appearance from Blues Traveler frontman John Popper.

The tour featured several opening acts, including Bushwalla and Tristan Prettyman, with whom he had written the duet "Shy That Way" in 2002.

[40] That May, he toured mostly small venues and music festivals in the U.S., along with a few shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland where he supported James Blunt.

[44] The album's lead single, "I'm Yours", was written in August 2004 and was initially released in demo form on the limited edition EP Extra Credit in 2005.

[45] It ultimately spent 76 weeks on the Hot 100, longer than any other song in the magazine's 51-year history[46][47] (a record since broken by Imagine Dragons with "Radioactive" in 2014).

[57] That year, he embarked on the Music, Magic & Make Peace Tour with Bushwalla, The Makepeace Brothers, and magician Justin Willman.

[69][70] Also in 2012, he performed "You Did It" at the presentation ceremony for the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, won that year by Ellen DeGeneres.

[75] It was recorded with all-female folk rock band Raining Jane, with whom Mraz had previously collaborated on the track "A Beautiful Mess" for his 2008 album We Sing.

[75] On June 20, 2014, he released We Can Take the Long Way, a music video trilogy for the first three songs on Yes!, which premiered on the USA Today website.

On August 13, 2019, Mraz was named the first-ever District Advocate Ambassador to continue the fight for music creators' rights.

[90] On February 15, 2023, Mraz released the single "I Feel Like Dancing" for his upcoming album Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride.

[92] In September 2023, Mraz began appearing on Season 32 of Dancing With the Stars, partnered with pro dancer Daniella Karagach.

[93] Dancing with the Stars performances Average: 26.6/30 Mraz lives a health-conscious lifestyle and has said that he eats mostly raw vegan foods.

[102] In June 2018, Mraz penned a "love letter" to the LGBT community, as part of a Billboard feature during gay pride month.

[107] Mraz said Carano defined him as a "two-spirit",[107] a description that was criticized by some as misappropriating a word originally coined for the Native American population, arguing that it distorted the term's meaning.

[108] Mraz is a social activist whose philanthropic efforts span wide-ranging issues, including environmentalism, human rights, and LGBT equality.

In 2003, after learning one of his beer bottles was listed for sale on eBay, Mraz was inspired to auction off items of his wardrobe online, raising money for the Make a Wish Foundation.

[12] In 2009, he participated in a rescue mission to Ghana with members of Free the Slaves, a global nonprofit working to liberate children sold into slavery.

[109] The Jason Mraz Foundation was established in 2011, with a mission to support charities in the areas of human equality, environment preservation and education.

[114] That same year, he teamed up with The Nature Conservancy and created a PSA using his song "I'm Yours" to raise awareness about the nonprofit organization's efforts to protect the earth.

[116][117] Also in 2012, Mraz spent a week in Antarctica with a group of environmentalists, scientists and researchers on a mission led by Al Gore, to learn about the effects of climate change.

[119] On June 19, 2020, Mraz announced he would be donating all profits from his album Look for the Good to Black Lives Matter and other organizations working toward equality and justice.