Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” Tops Billboard Hot 100

Lady Gaga with her Oscar award for best original song
Lady Gaga with her Oscar award for best original song, "Shallow." Photo by Andrew H. Walker/BEI/REX/Shutterstock (10117224jv)

After steadily climbing up the Billboard Hot 100 chart for months, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” finally reached the top spot. This A-list duet hit No. 1 for the first time since its release in August, after holiday songs departed the chart.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars dropped “Die With a Smile” back in August and released several different versions in an attempt to help it reach No. 1. After facing tough competition, especially during the holiday season, they spent four consecutive weeks at the runner-up spot before climbing to No. 1.

“Die With a Smile” accumulated 59.7 million radio airplay audience impressions, 27.1 million official streams, and 6,000 in sales during its latest week on the chart. It’s Mars’ ninth song to Hit No. 1 and Gaga’s sixth, helping her become the third artist to achieve multiple No. 1s in three different decades following Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson.

Before finally climbing to No. 1 in the US, “Die With a Smile” found enormous success worldwide. It spent eight weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, becoming the second longest-reigning song of 2024 behind another Mars collaboration, “Apt.” with Rosé. It’s currently in the running for two Grammy Awards – song of the year and best pop duo/group performance.