Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The ballad becomes Gaga’s sixth Hot 100 leader and Mars’ ninth. “Die With a Smile,” on Streamline/Interscope/Atlantic/ICLG, totaled 59.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 11% week-over-week), 27.1 million official streams (up 11%) and 6,000 sold (up 41%) in the United States Dec. 27-Jan. 2. The song soars from No. 17 on the Hot 100, after initially peaking at No. 2 for four weeks in November. All titles in the top 10 return to the region, a week after holiday songs decorated the top 10, and top 16 spots, for the first time. The chart’s latest data tracking week reflects Dec. 27, 2024, through Jan. 2, 2025, as consumption for Yuletide tracks annually plunges after Christmas. “Die With a Smile” debuted at No. 3 on the Hot 100 in late August. As it leads in its 20th week on the chart, it wraps the lengthiest trip to the top since Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” took 32 weeks to hit No. 1 last March. Highlighting her hitmaking longevity, Gaga joins select company in having earned multiple Hot 100 No. 1s in three distinct decades, as she adds her second leader of 2020s, following two each in the ‘10s and ‘00s. Previously, only Janet Jackson (‘00s, 1990s, ‘80s) and Michael Jackson (‘90s, ‘80s, ’70s) achieved the feat. Lady Gaga becomes only the third artist – joining Janet and Michael Jackson – to have notched multiple No. 1s in three distinct decades. Here’s a look at the three acts and their totals by decade: - Lady Gaga: two Hot 100 No. 1s in the 2020s, two in the ‘10s, two in the ‘00s - Janet Jackson: two in the ‘00s, six in the 1990s, two in the ‘80s - Michael Jackson two in the ‘90s, nine in the ‘80s, two in the ‘70s Plus, ROSÉ and Mars’ “APT.” soars 34-5 on the Hot 100, surpassing its prior No. 8 peak, set upon its November debut. The song became BLACKPINK member ROSÉ’s first top 10 as a soloist, as she made history as the first female artist prominent in K-pop (Korean pop) to hit the top 10. She now, therefore, becomes the first such artist to reach the top five.

Lady Gaga has released a cover of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” Stream here: Spotify: spoti.fi/3ZRDK0u Apple Music: apple.co/3ZSjqMv

Is the song connected to whatever’s happening on LG7? Absolutely. “Die With a Smile” is on my record — it’s a huge part of my album. It was like this missing piece. The record is full of my love of music — so many different genres, so many different styles, so many different dreams. It leaps around genre in a way that’s almost corrupt. And it ends with love. That’s the answer to all the chaos in my life is that I find peace with love. Every song that I wrote, I just kept getting kind of swept away in these different dreams I was having about the past — almost like a recollection of all these bad decisions that I made in my life. But it ends in this very happy place. You’re headlining Coachella in April, which will be your second time there after performing in 2017. When the announcement came out, you said, “I’ve had a vision I’ve never been able to fully realize at Coachella” and that you’ve “been wanting to go back and to do it right.” Can you elaborate? Well, for reasons totally outside of my control, there was a cancellation — Beyoncé pulled out in 2017 because she was pregnant, and you stepped in. I really wanted to be there for music fans, and at the time there was all this excitement to be able to film bits of “A Star Is Born” at Coachella. But I only had two weeks [to prepare for the show]. And so to design a stage, to have it made, all of those things — I didn’t have the time to totally do what I really wanted to do. I love music. I love performing. I love music fans. And I was so excited to film pieces of our movie there. So I did it, and I loved it. But you know when you have a vision in your mind of how you want to do something? It’s time to make it happen. You’ve returned to ballads regularly throughout your career. I’m thinking of one record I didn’t put on my [upcoming] album that’s actually… I might put it out so I don’t want to share the name. You almost got me [laughs]. It’s actually very fragile and not big — one of the first times I’ve ever done that. But I like big ballads. You can sing along about love in a big way. I love emotional, dramatic music, whether it’s James Taylor and Carole King or it’s David Lee Roth. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-12-19/lady-gaga-die-with-a-smile-bruno-mars-grammys-coachella-interview

So kawaii

Superstar pop divas Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa and Chappell Roan go a-SUV-caroling in “A Very Carpool Karaoke Christmas,” a holiday special that was unwrapped as a surprise release Sunday night on Apple TV+ and Apple Music. Zane Lowe assumes the role of host for all three segments of the hour-long special, introduced as its guest driver and duet partner in a brief prologue that begins with franchise mainstay James Corden effectively handing over the keys via a phone call from Britain. Lowe’s ostensible mission is to shuttle Roan around her native Missouri, Lipa around Tokyo before a gig, and Gaga around Los Angeles on her way to a studio session. The last “drive” ends with Lowe joining Gaga’s band on electric guitar for an in-studio cover of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” that is also being released independently as an audio track. https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lady-gaga-chappell-roan-dua-lipa-very-carpool-karaoke-christmas-zane-lowe-1236249622/

Y'all are trying to drag her but there's literally no defending that movie. It was a flop of historic proportions

More supportive than half of her fanbase rn

Wouldn't that technically make DWAS the lead single?

Didn't she say herself some time ago that Die With A Smile was a standalone single somewhere?!

For anyone having meltdowns: Imagine Speechless being the lead in TFM and smashing hard. Would you consider TFM a mess? I can see why DWAS is part of LG7 and I am totally cool with it. That doesn't mean a thing about the sonic vibes from the rest of the album.

Everyone saying that one user was reaching.

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With A Smile’ is projected to reach a new peak of #1 on Next Week’s Billboard Hot 100, with a strong lead of 40 points ahead of the #2 song. — This would become Gaga’s 6th Number 1 single, and Mars’ 9th Number 1 single.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. A week earlier, the ballad about flashing pearly whites just before reaching the pearly gates became Gaga’s sixth Hot 100 leader and Mars’ ninth. Airplay, Streams & Sales “Die With a Smile,” on Streamline/Interscope/Atlantic/ICLG, totaled 61.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 4% week-over-week), 28 million official streams (up 3%) and 5,000 sold (down 8%) in the United States Jan. 3-9. The track tallies a second week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, holds at its No. 2 high on Radio Songs and lifts 4-3 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for two weeks. Notably, “Die With a Smile” is Lady Gaga’s second Hot 100 No. 1 duet ballad, following “Shallow,” with Bradley Cooper. The latter, from the movie A Star Is Born, starring the pair, led for a week in March 2019. Gaga is just the second artist to top the Hot 100 with two duet ballads between a male and female soloist and no other billed acts. Ariana Grande initiated the honor via “Stuck With U” with Justin Bieber, in May 2020, and “Die for You” with The Weeknd (after she joined for its remix), in March 2023. https://www.billboard.com/lists/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-hot-100-number-one-second-week/

It probably was a bit overshadowed by both DWAS and Joker reception, unfortunately. Plus these days many people are drawn to a more, umm, minimalist type of sound compared to the maximalist sonic that Gaga is known for. I still think it'll end up having solid longevity. Peaks aren't everything, just saiyan.

"GAGA🔥" —The Weeknd via Instagram stories with a pic of the Gaga & The Weeknd Fortnite skins https://twitter.com/gerrygaga28/status/1868153028500725900?t=vayAQvH6vb86uZqZc9h6Rg&s=19

it goes #1, new thread "why is gaga so collab sensitive?"

great, now announce LG7

Sour Candy music video is coming REALLY SOON!!’11!!

The gays must be running to the Gaga Thoughts to make a new "Rank the lead singles" thread as I type this

Girl, Alejandro and Paparazzi are NOT moderate hits On topic, the GP voted for Trump, so… Also, let’s not pretend Gaga pushed it. It feels like a posthumous single.

Save us, Luigi.

https://x.com/ladygaganownet/status/1869434488910217446?t=StumgOrEP05WN5rXG9HHuw&s=19

“Forty unreleased tracks had been extracted and were being sold online, police said” Not trying to be shady, but who the hell is buying Bebe Rexha music on the dark web? I don’t know anyone buying her music on the regular web

!!! Lady Gaga’s Copacabana concert in Rio de Janeiro is confirmed by the city’s Deputy Secretary of Events. This was announced at the RealizaRJ forum, focusing on significant upcoming events coming to the city in 2025. https://x.com/gaganotify/status/1870625976159449090?s=46

https://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1877880433242771717?s=46&t=FnKaONijoi6hM_10apXVGA Ethel Cain says she supports the idea of killing CEOs to enact change: “I genuinely mean what I say….It’s simple, you make them fear for their lives and hit them in the only place they hurt or nothing will ever get done…”

Gaga-esque and C**t thing Gaga has ever done? The looks, the GH song debut, the walk, the cigarette just a serve after serve event. Gaga made it her b!tch ICONIC! To this day it still SLAYS me!

Rihanna wants to dethrone catwalk queen Kendall Jenner by getting her – and her whole family – banned from the 2025 Met Gala, RadarOnline.com can reveal. A source explained: "Rihanna has never been a fan of the Kardashians.When Kim was married to Kanye West, she tried to cozy up to Rihanna and got totally shut down." And now that her longtime boyfriend, A$AP Rocky, is on the planning committee for the fashion event of the year, Rihanna has major sway when it comes to the guest list, revealed an insider. The 36-year-old Fenty mogul reserves a special scorn for Jenner, 29, that dates back to 2014 when the supermodel cozied up to her ex Chris Brown, who viciously assaulted the singer in 2009. "Rihanna did not appreciate Kendall's friendship with Chris. Kendall chose a side, and it was the wrong one," said a source. It doesn't help that Kendall also dated A$AP Rocky, 36, back in 2017. With Rocky, the father of her two kids, co-chairing the 2025 Met Gala along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the chart-topping singer will have lots of say over the guest list. To fashion insiders' dismay, the Kardashians have been front and center at the event for years, but if the Umbrella singer has her way, they'll be staying home next May. They clarified: "A lot of people are encouraging her – she's by no means the only one who feels like the Kardashians' timeis up." https://radaronline.com/p/rihanna-kardashian-family-banned-met-gala-links-chris-brown-kanye-west/

Okay. Joker might not have been a smash, but saying Gaga and Joaquin are in the list of worst actors and duo is insane

STREAMING GAYS WON AND THE ARTISTIC GAYS LOST???

New update about the show: The free concert by Lady Gaga on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro is reportedly confirmed for May 3rd, 2025, at 9 PM. This event is part of the "Celebration May" project, which annually brings international stars to the city. Expectations are high, with the audience anticipated to surpass the record of 1.6 million attendees set during Madonna's 2024 concert. Lady Gaga, who already has a tattoo honoring Rio de Janeiro, sees this concert as a chance to redeem herself after canceling her 2017 Rock in Rio performance due to health issues. Organized by the Rio City Hall in partnership with sponsors, the event is set to be a cultural highlight of 2025. https://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/lauro-jardim/post/2025/01/tudo-certo-com-o-show-de-lady-gaga-no-rio-3-de-maio-21h-saiba-os-detalhes O Globo is one of Brazil's leading newspapers, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. Known for its in-depth reporting and credibility, it covers a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, and entertainment. Its blog by Lauro Jardim is renowned for exclusive scoops and insights, often revealing key information about upcoming events, public figures, and cultural happenings in Brazil. Earlier this week, the city's mayor tweeted, "Hold on, everyone! It'll work out! Why so much anxiety?" along with the Bad Romance clip. Who's in?

this is really the dumbest fanbase ever, your fave is #1 and some of u still complain

Wtf this duality conflict is literally what Gaga has been talking about for years.

Spotify : DWAS : 11 092 643 (#1)

Poker Face on Spotify : 1 751 371 Biggest streams EVER

The fact that Gesaffelstein is CONFIRMED as a LG7 producer is not being discussed enough since the main thread is clouded with DWAS meltdowns. I don't know about you but this is a collaboration I've been dreaming of "I loved making “Harlequin.” I loved collaborating with all the DJs and Gesaffelstein on my new album. I loved learning about industrial music and about all the different crevices of electronic music, and then I loved working with Bruno. One of the things I’ve probably been judged for in my career was not sticking to one thing. But not sticking to one thing is my life force." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-12-19/lady-gaga-die-with-a-smile-bruno-mars-grammys-coachella-interview edit: for those unfamiliar here are some of the songs he's produced for himself and The Weeknd.

Girl, reading that thread pissed me off so much. The overreactions are insane and completely hypocritical. Little monsters want commercial success, but when when it happens they turn into the art police and question Gaga’s “artistic integrity.” Or they say they’re excited when Gaga says the album is gonna be chaotic and full of different genres, but then they complain that Disease and DWAS aren’t “cohesive.” Or they say that she’s lost her “artistic vision” even though she’s been at her best, artistically, in YEARS. I mean, Harlequin, DWAS, and Disease?! Hello?! Some of her best projects in FOREVER and y’all are complaining that she’s now a slave to the machine and doesn’t care about her art? Stfu

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Guys the monthly listeners update Lady Gaga: 114.341.660 (+1.330.396) New Peak

Am I the only one who thinks that “Disease” is one of the best songs Gaga has ever created? The vocals, the little details, that darkness… I think few songs have given me this feeling. It’s as if, even to this day, I keep liking it more and more with each listen. When I listen to a song many times, it’s like they lose that magic over time, but with “Disease,” it doesn’t happen. With each listen, I like it more and more. I don’t know if it’s her best song ever, but without a doubt it’s in her top 3.

Seriously, guys, Gaga gave a whole lot of herself this 2024 in a way she hasn't in years. We were blessed with many different projects, music pieces, and performances, with some being a bit more commercially successful than others, but in the end we're still very grateful for her contributions! We were very spoiled this year with so much different art and music coming from her. 2025 is also shaping up to be even bigger too which is insane to even imagine. Hot take: i think it's ok to let her have a "bling" (play the game) moment this time around with DWAS. Yes, yes, i'm aware of "music not the bling", but guys Gaga is a major artist and will always have to balance the two. It doesn't mean she's throwing her "artistic integrity" away! Far from it. Hell "DWAS" may just be added to a deluxe who knows? In the end, DWAS still her song too, big moment obviously, for Bruno too and personally I play Disease/DWAS back to back quite a bit haha Also during the pandemic she pretty much let the Chromatica album speak for itself so sometimes, the scale can be tipped. Bring on the multiple chaos of LG7 Gags! We thank u dearly for 2024 !

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Lady Gaga’s “Disease” is predicted to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 around #98. https://x.com/talkofthecharts/status/1870971324413452740?s=46&t=9j0fD_OoP-oouaRpW6KsNA

Disease 101,725,688 (+1,052,144)

I found out that going into new music from your favorite artists totally blind, without expectations, it's miles better than plunging into stan culture constantly waiting for things that won't happen anyway

The journey continues ⚔️🩷💚

The 1st & 2nd are Bruno Mars and The Weeknd respectively. The 4th currently is Ariana Grande, who was 3rd during the time of Wicked release.

Don't if she's her mom, aunt or whatever, but was shared on the subreddit WalmartCelebrities with the title "Lady Nana" on Reddit. Italian?

Worst Actress – Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie a Deux LEAD Actress and not Supporting Actress!!!!!!