Bruno Mars' 'Risk It All' Reaches No. 1 on Billboard Radio Songs Chart, Extending His Record Among Male Artists
Bruno Mars' "Risk It All" has climbed two spots to No. 1 on Billboard's all-format Radio Songs chart, dated August 15, giving him his 12th leader on the chart and extending his record for the most No. 1s among male artists. The song ruled the chart with 67.7 million audience impressions — the total number of times listeners heard the song across U.S. radio — during the tracking week of July 31 to August 6, a 5% gain over the previous week, according to Luminate, the data firm that powers Billboard's charts (Billboard).
The Radio Songs chart, which has run since December 1990, ranks the most-played songs across all U.S. radio formats. Rihanna leads all artists with 13 No. 1s. Mars now sits second with 12, ahead of Mariah Carey's 11. Taylor Swift has eight, while Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Usher each have seven (Billboard).
"Risk It All" also rose one place to No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart, which measures spins at mainstream top-40 stations. That gives Mars his 13th No. 1 on that chart, widening his lead among male acts. Taylor Swift leads all artists there with 15, followed by Mars' 13 and Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Rihanna, each with 11 (Billboard).
Both "Risk It All" and the earlier single "I Just Might" come from Mars' album The Romantic, released on Atlantic Records, which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in March. "I Just Might" dominated Radio Songs for 21 weeks — Mars' longest reign on the chart — and topped Pop Airplay for six weeks. With two Radio Songs No. 1s from The Romantic, Mars and Mariah Carey are now the only artists with four albums that have each produced at least two Radio Songs leaders (Billboard).
"Risk It All" arrived with strong streaming numbers back in March, debuting at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the magazine's flagship singles chart — powered by 23.2 million streams in its opening week. It entered at No. 1 on both the Streaming Songs chart and the Billboard Global 200, which tracks worldwide play (Billboard; Billboard).
A Spanish-language version, "Lo Arriesgo Todo," helped the song reach No. 3 on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay chart in June, Mars' best career showing on that chart. Combined listenership across both versions pushed "Risk It All" back into the Hot 100's top 10 in May (Billboard).
By early August, "Risk It All" had returned to its No. 3 peak on Radio Songs as Mars closed in on the male-artist record (Forbes). This week, it went one better.
Rihanna's all-format record of 13 Radio Songs No. 1s is now one ahead. For Mars, that gap is the next number worth watching.
