“Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Strike Gold Again with ‘Smile’ Dominating the Hot 100 for Week Two!”

“Die With a Smile,” produced by Streamline/Interscope/Atlantic/ICLG, amassed 61.8 million radio airplay impressions (gaining 4% from the previous week), 28 million official streams (rising 3%), and 5,000 units sold (a decline of 8%) in the United States from January 3-9.

The song maintains its second week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, remains at its No. 2 peak on Radio Songs, and ascends from No. 4 to No. 3 on Digital Song Sales, where it previously led for two weeks.

Interestingly, “Die With a Smile” marks Lady Gaga’s second Hot 100 No. 1 duet ballad, following “Shallow,” featuring Bradley Cooper. The latter, from the film A Star Is Born which starred both artists, led the charts for a week in March 2019.

Gaga is now the second artist to achieve a No. 1 position on the Hot 100 with two duet ballads, featuring a male and a female solo artist without any other credited performers. Ariana Grande first achieved this distinction with “Stuck With U” with Justin Bieber in May 2020, and “Die for You” with The Weeknd (after she contributed to its remix) in March 2023.

(Gaga and Grande jointly topped the Hot 100 with the upbeat “Rain on Me” in June 2020.)

Morgan Wallen’s “Smile” jumps from No. 27 to No. 4 in its second week on the Hot 100, following a full week of tracking after its December 31 release. It garnered 24.7 million streams, 2.7 million in airplay audience, and 7,000 units sold from January 3-9.

“Smile” now represents Wallen’s 12th entry into the Hot 100 top 10. This marks his third consecutive standalone top 10, following “Love Somebody,” which debuted at No. 1 in November, and “Lies Lies Lies,” which started at its No. 7 peak last July.

Cheers to a new year! With both “Die With a Smile” and “Smile” featured in the Hot 100’s top 10, specifically the top five, it’s the first instance where songs containing “smile” in their titles chart together in these tiers.

Here’s a summary of all such joyful chart entries in the top 10:

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” maintains its No. 2 position on the Hot 100, after a record-matching 19 weeks at No. 1 starting last July. It dominates Radio Songs for a 24th week (66.2 million in audience, down 3%). It also leads the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a 30th week, becoming only the third tune to achieve the landmark, following Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant To Be” (50 weeks at No. 1 in 2017-18) and Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” (34 weeks, 2017).

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” remains at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It leads both the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs lists for a 23rd week each.

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’s “APT.” stays at its No. 5 Hot 100 peak; Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which topped the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024 – and was the year’s top track – drops from 4 to 6; and Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” is stable at No. 7, after reaching No. 3, as it leads the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fifth week each.

Completing the Hot 100’s top 10, Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” declines to No. 8 from its best of No. 6; Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Wallen, falls back from 8 to 9, following six weeks at No. 1 starting from its debut last May; and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” drops from 9 to 10, after peaking at No. 3.