Bruno Mars – Atlantic Records
Taylor Swift is still burning red on the charts. The country-pop superstar just notched her fifth non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with Red, selling another 208,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan and reported by Billboard.
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This means last week’s highly-anticipated release by Bruno Mars has to play runner-up. The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter’s sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, debuts at No. 2 on the strength of 192,000 copies sold. The final sum is substantially higher than the 140-160k copies that was originally predicted by industry insiders, and a huge improvement over the 55,000 copies his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, brought in when it was released in 2010.
Unorthodox Jukebox is bolstered by its first single, “Locked Out Of Heaven,” which currently sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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http://neonlimelight.com/2012/12/19/bruno-mars-unorthodox-jukebox-debuts-at-no-2-as-taylor-swifts-red-continues-to-burn-at-no-1/