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Bruno Mars grabs top male artist position

24th September 2010

Bruno Mars becomes the third male artist of this year as he embarks to take his first ever charting single, as the lead artist, on the Billboard Hot 100. His hot single "Just the Way You Are" will soon top the list as is predicted by the industry insiders and the experts. The full list of the chart was released yesterday on the website of Billboard.

There were other top contenders of the year, including Taio Cruz who toppled the charts with the debut solo release "Break Your Heart" (released in the month of March) B.o.B' with his own debut "Nothin' On You" (released in May 2010). It was Mars who provided vocals on Nothin' On You.

Mars holds off Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)". It shoots 75-3 and debuted at the top Digital Songs. "Only Girl (In the World)" had a total of 249,000 downloads only in the first-weeks according to information provided by Nielsen SoundScan.

Mars' song "Just the Way You Are" drops 1-2 on the Digital Songs with 194,000 downloads and is presently down by 7%.

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