It took three months, but Bruno Mars will finally land his first #1 album when Unorthodox Jukebox jumps up to the top spot on the Billboard 200 next week. Thanks in part to an Amazon.com one-day $1.99 sale, sales of the singer's second release were up 96 percent to nearly 95,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
Jukebox debuted in December at #2 on sales of 192,000 and is closing in on the one million mark thanks to last week's boost.
Well behind at #2 was the debut from Radiohead singer Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace side project, Amok (50,000), while Seattle rap duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis got a nearly 90 percent boost following their "Saturday Night Live" appearance (and an Amazon MP3 sale), kicking The Heist up 12 spots to #4 (42,000).
Further down the list, nearly six months after its release, Muse's 2nd Law shot up 43 spots to #12 as sales picked up 224 percent to 26,000. The top could get another shuffle next week thanks to the release of the latest from country star Luke Bryant and a new compilation of rare Jimi Hendrix material.
Billboard 200 charts:
1) Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox (95,000)
2) Atoms for Peace, Amok (50,000)
3) Mumford & Sons, Babel (43,000)
4) Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, The Heist (42,000)
5) Hillsong United, Zion (34,000)
6) Various artists, NOW 45 (33,000)
7) Lumineers, self-titled (30,000)
8) Josh Groban, All That Echoes (29,000)
9) Rihanna, Unapologetic (29,000)
10) Adele, 21 (27,000)
The song remained the same on the Billboard Digital Songs Chart, as Mack and Lewis nailed down the top spot for the eighth consecutive week with "Thrift Shop" (326,000). Bruno Mars was up one spot to #2 with "When I Was Your Man" (231,000), knocking viral sensation Baauer's "Harlem Shake" down to #3 (228,000).
Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" landed the singer her best download debut to date at #4 (215,000) and Adele's Oscar win for "Skyfall" had a huge 22-spot leap to #10 thanks to sales of 105,000.
The action on the iTunes singles chart was identical, except for the #10 spot, which was filled by Pitbull's "Feel This Moment" featuring Christina Aguilera.
Billboard Digital Songs Chart:
1) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Thrift Shop" (326,000)
2) Bruno Mars, "When I Was Your Man" (231,000)
3) Baauer, "Harlem Shake" (228,000)
4) Demi Lovato, "Heart Attack" (215,000) 5) Rihanna, "Stay" (211,000)
6) Drake, "Started From the Bottom" (142,000)
7) Justin Timberlake, "Suit & Tie" (141,000)
8) will.i.am and Britney Spears, "Scream & Shout" (122,000)
9) Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble" (121,000)
10) Adele, "Skyfall" (105,000)