@LAX re: 7:33 pm --

(channeling my best Tony "Scarface" Montanna..) "Say hello to my little friend"...Bra tat-tat-tat-tat...Bra tat-tat-tat-tat-tat...

Er...Bruno Mars NEVER had a #1-CD, or sold 273K HIS first week! He peaked at #3 (what a coincidence, so did 'LOUD'!) http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/billboard-200?begin=21&order=position

(Bruno Mars...)"certified platinum in the U.S." <-- Where and/or when? Can you PLEASE post a link where said, Bruno Mars, sold 1-Million OTC U.S. Retail CDs? I mean, I might be in error, but I JUST came from RIAA.COM, and while they DID he achieved "Gold Certification" on 1/14/2011 - I DID NOT SEE BRUNO MARS CERTIFIED AS PLATINUM FOR HIS CD...!!!
But don't take my word for it, have a read for yourselves - riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS

As I'd said - "hyperbole, hysteria, spin, bent-truths, untruths, covered-truths, double-speak, double-entendre, absolute-ambiguity, thievery, malicious-intent and OUTRIGHT LIES: par the course and the modus operandi over at/in Camp-Fenty!

X,Y,"and Z" -- OUT...!!