Bruno Mars is undefeated in the music race, suddenly called into the Jay Chou scanda.l

Bruno and Rosé continue to assert their power on the music "race" when the super hit " APT." sets another record. Besides the joy when their idols extend their achievements, fans are also surprised by one thing.

Billboard recently shared its charts for the week ending March 8, with “APT.” officially returning to No. 1 on the Global Excl. Notably, this is the song’s 17th non-consecutive week at the top of the chart, setting a record for the most weeks at No. 1, an impressive feat in music history.

First released on October 18, 2024, "APT." immediately created a global fever, conquering audiences with its catchy melody, profound lyrics and captivating performance style. Since November, the song has dominated the US Billboard Global Excl. chart, continuously maintaining the No. 1 position for 17 consecutive weeks. It is worth mentioning that Bruno Mars and Rosé broke the previous record set by themselves, becoming the artists with the song that has held the longest position at No. 1 on this prestigious chart.

This past week, "APT." continued to record impressive numbers with 84.2 million streams (although down 5% from the previous week) and 7,000 copies sold (down 9%) outside the United States between February 28 and March 6. This slight decline does not overshadow the song's appeal, but on the contrary, proves the sustainability of a mega-hit when it maintains the top spot for a long time.

Since its inception, Billboard Global Excl. has seen many records broken, and this time, Bruno Mars and Rosé have continued to make history. The resounding success of "APT." also coincided with the phenomenon of "Di.e With a Smile" - an impressive collaboration between "Mr. Mars" and Lady Gaga.

Thanks to his continued success, Bruno Mars became the world's most-streamed artist on Spotify last year, breaking the record for monthly listeners on the platform. Remarkably, the singer has maintained that position to this day, with both singles "APT." and "Di.e With a Smile" holding steady in the Top 3 of the global charts for months.

While Bruno Mars' joy was doubled, he was suddenly called into Jay Chou's scanda.l. The news that the "king of pop" was gambling and in debt caused a stir online on the morning of March 11.

Top entertainment bloggers in the country of a billion people said that not long ago, Jay Chou gambled for 7 days in Macau, China. According to an international financial investigation report published by Global Financial Watch, this S-class star spent 1.03 billion yuan (more than 3,500 billion VND) at Wynn Palace casino and lost everything.

In addition, many sources also revealed that Jay Chou had to borrow 300 million NDT (more than 1,000 billion VND) at high interest rates to cover his gambling losses. The male singer mortgaged 2 villas in Trieu Duong (Beijing), 1 villa in Shanghai (China) and his private plane to pay off the debt.

The information spread like wildfire, immediately climbing to No.1 on Weibo's ho.t search. Many people were not too surprised by this information, this is not the first time Jay Chou has been caught up in rumors of losing a lot of mone.y i.n gambling. Currently, he has not yet spoken out about the gambling rumors.

Facing the new drama that broke out with "The King of Asia", fans had a rather strange reaction. Instead of worrying about Jay Chou, many people were happy. Under the posts related to this incident, many Vietnamese fans left cheerful comments, turning this noise into a joke.

It's not hard to come across comments like "To motivate him to sing and release MVs", "Because of debt, the audience can hear him perform at shows", "The goal is to release new music, that's the motivation to perform at shows",... Many people even call Jay Chou the Asian Bruno Mars.

Jay Chou's case is likened to Bruno Mars. In early 2024, Bruno Mars was reported by Newsnation to owe the MGM casino in Las Vegas up to 50 million USD (about 1,200 billion VND). Newsnation also said that the male singer signed a 9-year contract to perform at the MGM casino and resort to pay off the debt.

After that, Bruno Mars was productive in releasing music. In 2024, he had two global mega-hits including "Di.e With a Smile" - featuring Lady Gaga and "APT." - featuring Rosé ( BLACKPINK). Bruno's debt became a running joke among fans, because of financial pressure, the male singer overcame his laziness to continuously release blockbusters.

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