BRUNO MARS SETS SPOTIFY RECORD

“Locked Out Of Heaven” is First Song to Hit 1 Million Weekly Streams

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Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out Of Heaven” has set a Spotify record as the first track to be streamed more than one million times in a one-week period in the U.S.   In the week beginning December 16, 2012, “Locked Out Of Heaven” became the most-streamed song in a single week in Spotify’s history.  That same week, “Locked Out Of Heaven” was also the most downloaded song in the U.S., with sales of 226,000.

“Locked Out Of Heaven is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for the 5th straight week supported by Spotify’s on-demand streams.  “Locked…” is the first single from Mars’ sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, which was released on December 11, 2012 on Atlantic Records and has already sold more than 535,000 copies.  Bruno’s next single is the soulful ballad “When I Was Your Man”.

Tune in tonight, Friday, January 11, for the second installment of the special two-night performance from Bruno Mars on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which is broadcasting at its new time at 11:35 PM EST/10:35 CST on ABC.