The Romantic — Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars’s 'The Romantic' settles at #3 with 15 million streams, a lush, throwback R&B project that leans hard into 70s balladry—charming but almost polite compared to the bolder experiments around it. This total lags behind OCTANE by 3 million streams, a 17% deficit that highlights the album’s softer appeal. Still, its lead ballad 'Velvet Night' drew 4.8 million streams, outperforming the average for romantic ballads on the chart by 25%, proving Mars’s dedicated fanbase still delivers.