Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga’s ‘Die With a Smile’ Becomes Fastest Song to Reach 1 Billion Spotify Streams
November 20, 2024
Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga keep on winning with their hit collaboration, “Die With a Smile.” The song, which was released in August, became the fastest song to reach one billion streams in Spotify history. “We like to call that legendary behavior,” the streaming platform captioned its Instagram post announcing the news.
Gaga and Mars spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Die With a Smile” this year. The song recently topped Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. Gaga now boasts eight career Pop Airplay No. 1s and Mars, 10 – tying him with Justin Bieber for the most among solo males.
Additionally, “Die With a Smile” notched two Grammy nominations for the 2025 ceremony, including song of the year and best pop duo/group recording.
Shortly after the project dropped over the summer, the Joker star and “Uptown Funk!” hitmaker gave “Die With a Smile” its live debut at Mars’ concert at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Gaga then took to Instagram to thank fans for their support of the song. “Watching fans from all over the world celebrate this music has meant so much to me, to see the words of the song touch your heart and the video provoke this huge wave of dancing and fun is beautiful to watch and I’m so grateful,” she wrote alongside a series of photos, in which she’s seen in her retro-style attire from the track’s accompanying music video.
Selena Gomez Isn’t Done With Music (Yet): ‘I Just Set It Down for a Second’
November 20, 2024
Who says Selena Gomez is done with music? n a career-spanning cover story for The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday (Nov. 20), the 32-year-old multi-hyphenate clarified her future plans following a banner year in film and beauty including acting and, yes, music. “I think I’ve done just as much as I wanted to do in music, but it’s exciting because I feel like I haven’t even started in film and TV,” she told the outlet.
“I know I’ve been a part of some great projects and I’m really proud of them,” she added. “I like that I have to earn my position, and I love storytelling. So, I’m excited to do more of that.” Even so, the Rare Beauty founder promised she’s “almost done” with her pop star career. “Music isn’t going away,” she said. “I just set it down for a second.”
Fans have been waiting for a new album from Gomez since her 2020 third studio effort Rare, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned her first-ever No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Lose You to Love Me.” Earlier this year, she dropped the single “Love On,” a followup to her 2023 single “Single Soon.”
The releases led some fans to think that an album was in the works, but in an interview with Billboard in March, Gomez clarified that the two songs might not make her next LP’s tracklist. “I think objectively, I would like to say that I am working towards an album, but I don’t know if those songs would be on that project,” she said in March. “I feel like I’m brewing, and I’m in the process of really creating some great songs, hopefully. I don’t know if they would fit with what I’m gonna go with.”
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