Bruno Mars '24k Magic' Opens At Number 2

Bruno Mars strikes gold on the Billboard 200 once again. The crooner’s third album 24K Magic opens at No. 2 on the chart this week with 231,000 units (194,000 traditional), marking his best sales week yet.

The project, beat out for No. 1 by Metallica’s Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, follows 2012’s Unorthodox Jukebox, which also opened at No. 2 with 192,000. It would go on to reach No. 1 the next year. Prior to that, 2010’s Doo-Wops & Hooligans debuted at No. 2 with 55,000 units in its first week. Both albums went on to sell more than 2 million copies apiece.

BILLBOARD 200 TOP 10

1. Metallica – Hardwired…to Self-Destruct – 291,000 2. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic – 231,000 3. Miranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings – 133,000 4. Pentatonix – A Pentatonix Christmas – 101,000 5. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got it From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service – 59,000 6. Various Artists – Trolls – 53,000 7. Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood – Christmas Together – 39,000 8. Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife 2 – 38,000 9. Broadway Cast – Hamilton – 38,000 10. Drake – Views – 34,000

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