Bruno Mars Ends 2013 as Billboard’s Artist of the Year

Bruno Mars Covers Billboard as Artist of the Year

With a steady and prominent presence on the Billboard charts for 2013, Bruno Mars is Billboard’s Artist of the Year .

His #2 debuting Unorthodox Jukebox kept hits in the top 20 every week since its December 7, 2012 release through Billboard’s September 14, 2013 issue.

Reaching #1 in its 12th week, Unorthodox Jukebox has sold a total of 1.8 million copies and spawned three top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100: “Locked Out of Heaven” (six weeks at #1), “When I Was Your Man ” (#1 for a week) and “Treasure” (#5).

Bruno Mars for Billboard’s Artist of the Year Cover Story Photographed by Kai Z. Feng

The pop star’s dominance on social, ringtone and Billboard Boxscore data was also factored into the equation.

His Moonshine Jungle world tour finished at #23 on Billboard’s Top 25 Tours list with 667,000 fans in attendance and a gross of $46.4 million.

Watch a Q&A with Bruno below and read more at billboard.com .

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