There’s a lot of Bruno Mars on the March 14-dated Billboard charts. His newest album, The Romantic, debuts atop the Billboard 200, becoming his first leader in 13 years. Its nine tracks infuse multiple rankings, with the entire tracklist populating the worldwide Billboard Global 200 and U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100. He tops both lists simultaneously, but, in a rarity, with different songs.
With “I Just Might” rebounding for a third week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and “Risk It All” debuting atop the Global 200, The Romantic becomes the first album ever to lead both charts with different tracks at the same time. (The Global 200 launched in 2020; the Hot 100 dates to 1958.)
Even within the U.S., these Mars tracks show their strength differently. “Might” scores a third week atop Radio Songs, up 6% to 72.5 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending March 5, according to Luminate. “Risk” starts at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, debuting with 23.2 million streams. “Might” rebounds to No. 4 on Streaming Songs, while “Risk” has yet to appear on Radio Songs; “Might” remains Atlantic Records’ priority radio single from The Romantic, although “Risk” is already new on both Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay.
“Risk” leads “Might” in streams in the U.S. (23.2 million vs. 18 million) and internationally (28.9 million versus 25.5 million). It is ultimately radio that flips the script and puts the latter track, in its eighth week, atop the Hot 100. The Global 200 (and Global Excl. U.S. chart) does not include airplay data, allowing “Risk” to reign without the radio handicap of its fresh release.
While The Romantic stages an unprecedented chart takeover, Mars has done it before. He became the first artist to top both tallies with different songs last year, when “Die With a Smile,” with Lady Gaga, and “APT.,” with ROSÉ, split honors for two consecutive weeks in January 2025. “Smile” later appeared on Gaga’s MAYHEM, and “APT.” on ROSÉ’s Rosie, though neither track wound up on a Mars set.
The only other act to pull double duty was Kendrick Lamar, the following month. In the wake of his multiple Grammy wins and Super Bowl LIX halftime set, 2024’s “Not Like Us” returned to No. 1 on the Feb. 22, 2025-dated Hot 100 and the Global 200. The following week, it held atop the Global 200 while his SZA duet “Luther” took over the Hot 100 for the first of 13 weeks at No. 1. The latter track is on Lamar’s GNX, while the former remains unattached to an album.
Not only did Mars lead with split tracks for two weeks last year compared to Lamar’s one, but he has now achieved the feat with a second pair of songs. Further, as both “Might” and “Risk” are solo tracks, he becomes the only artist to simultaneously top the Hot 100 and Global 200 with different songs on their own.
