Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” secures its second consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Just a week prior, the emotional track about grinning before entering the afterlife became Gaga’s sixth Hot 100 champion and Mars’ ninth.
With this achievement, Gaga enters an elite group alongside Janet and Michael Jackson, being one of the few artists to have multiple Hot 100 No. 1s across three different decades, with Gaga now having two chart-toppers in the 2000s, ‘10s, and ‘20s.
“I am so immensely thankful that my song ‘Die With a Smile’ with my friend Bruno Mars is No. 1 on the Hot 100,” Gaga expressed joyfully on TikTok on January 7. “I can’t believe I’ve achieved two No. 1s in three distinct decades while pursuing my music career. I feel so privileged to be an artist and to have had your support for this long. Thank you for listening, dancing, and creating your art alongside mine.”
Another reason to grin: Morgan Wallen’s “Smile” leaps from No. 27 to No. 4 in its second week on the Hot 100, reflecting the first full week of tracking for the New Year’s Eve release. This marks the country crossover star’s 12th entry into the top 10 on the chart.
The Hot 100 integrates all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio play, and sales statistics, with the latter indicating purchases of digital tracks and physical singles from full-service digital music providers; sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms are not included in chart calculations. All charts (dated January 18, 2025) will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (January 14). To keep up with all chart updates, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, previously known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Airplay, Streams & Sales
“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.
Gaga’s Double Dominating Duet Ballads
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.)
Wallen’s ‘Smile’ Hits Top Five
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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.
‘Smile,’ You’re in the Top 10
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:
“Smile,” Morgan Wallen; No. 4 peak, January 18, 2025
“Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars; No. 1 (two
weeks to date), commencing Jan. 11, 2025
“Smile,” Juice WRLD & The Weeknd; No. 8, Aug. 22, 2020
“I Love Your Smile,” Shanice; No. 2, Feb. 1, 1992
“When I See You Smile,” Bad English; No. 1 (two weeks), Nov. 11, 1989
“Can’t Smile Without You,” Barry Manilow; No. 3, April 22, 1978
“Sara Smile,” Daryl Hall John Oates; No. 4, June 26, 1976
“Make Me Smile,” Chicago; No. 9, June 6, 1970
“Smile a Little Smile for Me,” The Flying Machine; No. 5, Nov. 22, 1969
Remaining of the Top 10: ‘A Bar Song’ & Additional
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.