« I just woke up from a dream » sing Bruno Mars from the first seconds of “Die With A Smile”, and the performances performed by this surprise duo with Lady Gaga actually exceeds their wildest dreams! Released in the middle of summer, the song, which marks the first collaboration between the two pop stars, immediately caused a stir on streaming platforms, particularly on Spotify where the song spent a total of 103 days in first place among the most listened to daily titles on the planet. Only “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I and “Rockstar” by Post Malone and 21 Savage did better with 120 and 114 days in pole position respectively! Better: “Die With A Smile” is the fastest song in history to reach the symbolic threshold of one billion streams. “ I’m so grateful to the Little Monsters, the Hooligans [la communauté de fans de Bruno Mars, ndlr] and so many people around the world who fell in love with our song. I feel so lucky » reacted the singer and actress of “Joker 2”, moved by this triumphant welcome as her new album arrives next month.
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The sixth number one of his career
Lady Gaga has also confirmed that this highly anticipated seventh album, for which she is working with a French producer, will indeed count on her tracklist “Die With A Smile”, which is quite simply becoming the biggest success of his career. As the magazine announces Billboardthe song finally climbed to the top of the American Hot 100 at the end of its 20th week of operation, jumping from 17th to first place in the ranking after the Christmas period! This is the ninth single from Bruno Mars to rank number one in the United States, and sixth for Lady Gaga after “Just Dance”, “Poker Face”, “Born This Way”, “Shallow” with Bradley Cooper and “Rain On Me” in duet with Ariana Grande. Barometer of his remarkable longevity on the pop scene, “Die With A Smile” allows the interpreter of “Disease” to equal a record only held by… Michael Jackson et Janet Jackson !
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Lady Gaga joins the illustrious brother and sister of the Jackson family in the pantheon of artists with at least two songs ranked number one in the US charts over three different decades, since “Just Dance” reached its peak in January 2009. The King of pop was the first to achieve this feat in the 70s, 80s and 90s thanks to “Ben”, “Billie Jean” or “Black or White”. Janet followed in her footsteps in the 80s, 90s and 2000s with, among others, “Miss You Much”, “Together Again” and “All for You”. A very closed club therefore, which brings Lady Gaga a little more in the history of music. “ We won », « It was about time », « It’s iconic », « So deserved », « They go so well together » « This woman is a living legend » rejoice the little monsters on social networks.
