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Bruno Mars has achieved the fastest selling solo album of 2012, after Unorthodox Jukebox debuted at number one with 136,000 copies sold.
The singer knocked Olly Murs' Right Place Right Time from the top spot, and also pushed Michael Buble's Christmas back down into number three.
Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events and Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas Baby round out the top five.
X Factor winner James Arthur achieved the fastest selling single of the year with his debut single 'Impossible', which went straight to number one after selling 490,000 copies - beating the previous record of 152,000 set by Cheryl Cole with 'Call My Name'.
Will.i.am and Britney Spears are at number two, with their single 'Scream & Shout', leaving Bruno Mars in third place with his latest single 'Locked Out Of Heaven'.
Gabrielle Aplin's 'The Power of Love' and Olly Murs' 'Troublemaker' are numbers four and five, respectively.
James Arthur has managed to get the fastest selling single of 2012
This makes Unorthodox Jukebox Mars' second number one album in the UK, after his debut 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans' also achieved the spot.
Mars has previously said that he had trouble starting his career, as his sound meant that a lot of record companies didn't know how to market him.
According to Female First, Mars said, "That's been the struggle since I started. That was why I couldn't get a deal, that was why a lot of record executives said they didn't know how to market me, because who do they market it to?
"Is it young fans? Is it old fans? Is it urban music? Is it rhythmic music? Is it pop music? Is it rock music? They didn't know what lane they could push the brand to."
Watch 'Locked Out Of Heaven' below:
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