Mario's 'Let Me Love You' Sets All-Time BDS Audience Record With 185 Million, Surpassing 'Yeah!'

Mario's 'Let Me Love You' Sets All-Time BDS Audience Record With 185 Million, Surpassing 'Yeah!' Number 1 All Time Audience Record Number 1 Record Urban Chart Number 1 Rhythm Chart Number 1 Pop Chart TURNING POINT Album Scanned Gold 5th Week of Release NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- J Records/ 3rd Street artist Mario conquers the charts at #1 across-the-board on Urban, Crossover, Rhythm, Top 40 and Hot 100 formats as his current single, "Let Me Love You," establishes an all-time BDS audience record this week. With an astonishing 16.1 million- audience jump to 185 million, "Let Me Love You" has surpassed Usher's previous record last year of 172.8 million for "Yeah!" at its peak. "Let Me Love You," has been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks and #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart for 4 weeks, including 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Urban Airplay Monitor. "Let Me Love You" is the first single from Mario's second album, TURNING POINT, which was released 4 weeks ago on December 7th and is RIAA gold certification for U.S. sales of more than a half million units. Mario is celebrating his historic achievement with a round of TV appearances this week, which he started with his performance on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (January 6th). Mario will appear on ABC's The View on Monday, January 24th. On January 10th Mario performed on CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Saturday will perform on Soul Train and Nickelodeon's All That. Mario will continue his rein on TV with his performance on MTV's Break Out Artist, (January 20th) Also Mario's brand new video "How Could You" will premiere on Access Granted in March. TURNING POINT finds Mario working with the A-list of hip-hop and R&B's top hitmakers, starting with "Let Me Love You" and Scott Storch (who has produced Beyoncé and 50 Cent). "How Could You" which will be the follow-up single, was produced by the Underdogs (who have worked with Ruben Studdard and Tyrese). "Boom" was produced by crunk-master Lil' Jon (known for his long string of hits with Usher, Ludacris, and others). "Girl I Need" was produced by Harold Lilly (whose credits include Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross and Monica). "18," which features fellow J artist Cassidy, was produced by Nephew (from Dr. Dre's studio team). And "Like Me Real Hard" was produced by newcomers CarMul (the team of Ivan and Carvin). Source: J Records CONTACT: Melissa Victor, +1-212-930-1604 (office), or Melissa.Victor@sonybmg.com, or Chris Chambers, +1-212-930-1603 (office), or Chris.Chambers@sonybmg.com, both of Sony BMG Entertainment; or Chrissy Murray of CPR Media, +1-212-246-2929 (office), or cprmedia2@aol.com ------- Profile: International Entertainment