Warner Music Group artists Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers saw their respective albums race to the top of the iTunes charts Monday.
Mars took the No. 1 slot — up from No. 4 on Sunday — with his second album, “Unorthodox Jukebox,” while his first album, “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” ranked No. 3.
Disney’s album “Frozen” separated the two.
Meanwhile “Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits” hit the No. 6 position, jumping 19 slots from Sunday.
Len Blavatnik’s Warner Music Group hasn’t fielded a Super Bowl artist since Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers back in 2008, and the fact that both artists have their recording and publishing catalogs with Warner makes the news all the more profitable.
Meanwhile, Verizon reported that its data connections rose 800 percent versus last year. The astounding increase — no doubt attributable to people sharing photos — came during the halftime show.