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==Reception==

===Commercial performance===

''Simple Math'' was a moderate commercial success for the band. Opening week sales reached 18,000 units according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]] which debuted the album at number eight on the [[Hard Rock Albums|''Billboard'' Rock Albums]] chart and number twenty one on the main [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="MTV"/><ref name="BB"/> The album also entered the [[Hard Rock Albums|''Billboard'' Alternative Albums]] chart at number five as well as the [[Hard Rock Albums|''Billboard'' Tastemaker Albums]] chart at number nine. The Tastemaker chart is not decided by record sales, but compiled by ranking new albums based on "an influential panel of indie stores and small regional chains."<ref>{{cite webmagazine| last = Binkert| first = Lisa| title = Bruno Mars Live: Billboard Tastemakers| workmagazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/953194/bruno-mars-live-billboard-tastemakers-video| date = 23 October 2010| accessdate = 22 December 2010}}</ref> Overall, this marked an improvement compared to its predecessor ''[[Mean Everything to Nothing]]'' (2009), which reached number thirty seven on the main ''Billboard'' chart and number eleven on the Rock Albums chart.<ref name="BB2">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=manchester orchestra|chart=all}}|title=Mean Everything to Nothing - Manchester Orchestra|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=19 May 2011}}</ref> In Canada, the album reached a peak of number fourteen on the Alternative Albums chart and also number seventy eight on the main [[Canadian Albums Chart|Top 100 Albums Chart]].<ref name="Canada"/>

===Critical response===