Bruno Mars has another reason to die with a smile…
The 39-year-old part-Puerto Rican Grammy-winning singer’s Lady Gaga-collaboration “Die With a Smile” has risen four spots to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart dated November 23.
The ballad, on Streamline/Atlantic/Interscope/ICLG, reigns with Greatest Gainer honors, up 10% in plays at the format for the week of November 8-14, according to Luminate.
The song drew an average of 77 plays per reporter playing it in that span (translating to a play roughly every two hours).
The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on over 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.
Mars last led the Pop Airplay chart with “Finesse,” with Cardi B, in 2018.
Gaga now boasts eight career Pop Airplay No. 1s and Mars, 10 – tying him with Justin Bieber for the most among solo males.
Here’s a look at the acts with the most leaders since the chart began in October 1992:
13, Taylor Swift
11, Maroon 5
11, Katy Perry
11, Rihanna
10, Justin Bieber
10, Ariana Grande
10, Bruno Mars
9, P!nk
8, Doja Cat
8, Lady Gaga
8, Justin Timberlake
7, Beyoncé
“Die With a Smile” crowned the Billboard Global 200 chart for eight weeks in September-October, the most for any song this year. It drew 119.6 million streams worldwide November 1-7 and has tallied over 100 million streams globally in each of the last 10 weeks (through the November 16-dated chart), the longest such streak since the survey began in September 2020.