AceShowbiz - Bruno Mars has achieved a major milestone with his latest album, The Romantic, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 14, 2026. This marks his second No. 1 album on the chart and his first in over a decade, powered by 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during the tracking week ending March 5, according to data from Luminate.

Prior to this, Bruno Mars reached the top spot with his second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox, which climbed to No. 1 in March 2013—nearly three months after its release. Notably, The Romantic is also Mars' first album to debut directly at No. 1.

This achievement marks the fifth top-10 album for Bruno Mars on the Billboard 200. His previous top 10 entries include the collaborative project An Evening With Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak (No. 2 in 2021), the solo albums 24K Magic (No. 2 in 2016), Unorthodox Jukebox (No. 1 in 2013), and Doo-Wops & Hooligans (No. 2 in 2010).

Bruno Mars' nearly 13-year gap between No. 1 albums is the longest recorded for any living solo male artist since Paul McCartney’s return to No. 1 in 2018 with Egypt Station, which arrived 36 years and three months after his previous No. 1 with Tug of War in 1982. Before Mars, the late Toby Keith held the previous record, returning to No. 1 posthumously in 2024, 14 years and four months after his last chart-topping album.

Alongside The Romantic, several other albums debuted within the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart: Gorillaz with The Mountain, BLACKPINK with DEADLINE, and Mitski with Nothing's About To Happen to Me.

The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums in the U.S. each week, based on multi-metric consumption measured in equivalent album units compiled by Luminate. These units include album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). One unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The full chart for March 14, 2026, will be published on Billboard’s website on March 10. Fans can stay updated by following @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Of the 186,000 equivalent album units for The Romantic in its debut week, 93,500 came from album sales, 90,500 from SEA (representing 93.95 million on-demand official streams of the album’s nine tracks, marking Bruno Mars' best streaming week ever for an album), and 2,000 from TEA units. The album also debuted at No. 1 on both the Top Album Sales and Top Streaming Albums charts.

The album’s strong sales were helped by its release across 10 different vinyl variants, alongside a standard CD, cassette, and digital download. Notably, vinyl sales accounted for 48,000 copies, Mars' best vinyl sales week to date. All versions of The Romantic feature the same nine songs.

The Romantic was preceded by its lead single, “I Just Might,” which became Bruno Mars' 10th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the January 24, 2026, dated list. The single debuted at No. 1 and maintained the top spot for two weeks. It also dominated the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts, holding No. 1 for seven weeks.

Following Mars on the Billboard 200, three former No. 1 albums remain in the top five: Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS holds steady at No. 2 with 77,000 equivalent album units (down 10%), Morgan Wallen’s I'm the Problem moves up to No. 3 with 75,000 units (up 7%), and Don Toliver’s OCTANE rises to No. 4 with 66,000 units (down 3%). Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving rounds out the top five at No. 5, with 60,000 units (down 2%).

Last week’s No. 1, Megan Moroney’s Cloud 9, falls to No. 6 in its second week, earning 55,000 equivalent album units, a 62% decline.

Gorillaz secure their sixth top-10 album on the Billboard 200 with The Mountain, debuting at No. 7 with 53,000 equivalent album units. Of this total, 38,000 came from album sales, 15,000 from SEA (15.86 million on-demand streams), and a negligible TEA sum. The album was released in nine vinyl variants, four CDs, five cassettes, a standard digital download, and an iTunes Store-exclusive edition featuring a bonus track.

Gorillaz previously landed top-10 albums with Cracker Island (No. 3, 2023), The Now Now (No. 4, 2018), Humanz (No. 2, 2017), Plastic Beach (No. 2, 2010), and Demon Days (No. 6, 2005). The new album was preceded by two charting tracks on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart: “The Happy Dictator,” featuring Sparks (peaking at No. 43 in September), and “The Manifesto,” featuring Trueno and Proof (peaking at No. 49 in October).

BLACKPINK scores its third top-10 Billboard 200 entry as DEADLINE debuts at No. 8 with 52,000 equivalent album units. Album sales account for 41,000 of those units, placing the album at No. 2 on Top Album Sales, while SEA units total 11,000 (11.46 million on-demand streams). TEA units are negligible. This marks the group’s first Billboard 200 release in over three years since their No. 1 album BORN PINK debuted in October 2022.

The album’s first-week sales were heavily supported by 13 CD variants, each including collectible items such as photocards and posters, some randomized. CD sales represent 94% of the album’s debut week sales, with the remainder coming from digital downloads.

DEADLINE was preceded by the Hot 100-charting single “JUMP,” which reached No. 28 in July 2025 and spent 10 weeks on the chart—the longest run among the group’s 10 charted songs. The four members—Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé—have all released solo albums since BORN PINK, each charting on Billboard.

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl remains steady at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, earning just under 43,000 equivalent units, a 3% decline from the previous week.

Rounding out the top 10 is Mitski with Nothing's About To Happen to Me, debuting at No. 10 with nearly 43,000 equivalent album units—her best week ever by units. Of this total, 31,000 units come from album sales (her highest sales week to date, debuting at No. 4 on Top Album Sales), 12,000 from SEA (12.16 million on-demand streams), and a negligible TEA sum.

The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by seven vinyl variants (including a signed edition), two CDs, two cassettes, and a standard digital download. Vinyl sales accounted for 69% of the overall opening-week sales.

This is Mitski’s second top-10 album on the Billboard 200, following 2022’s Laurel Hell which peaked at No. 5. The album was preceded by the charting single “Where’s My Phone?” which reached No. 11 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart on March 7 and No. 38 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs earlier in January.

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