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\n\tLady Gaga<\/a> and Bruno Mars<\/a>\u2019 \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. The ballad becomes Gaga\u2019s sixth Hot 100 leader and Mars\u2019 ninth.<\/p>\n \n\tThe song soars from No. 17 on the Hot 100, after initially peaking at No. 2 for four weeks in November. All titles in the top 10 return to the region, a week after holiday songs decorated the top 10<\/a>, and top 16 spots, for the first time. The chart\u2019s latest data tracking week reflects Dec. 27, 2024, through Jan. 2, 2025, as consumption for Yuletide tracks annually plunges after Christmas.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDie With a Smile\u201d debuted at No. 3 on the Hot 100 in late August. As it leads in its 20th week on the chart, it wraps the lengthiest trip to the top since Teddy Swims\u2019 \u201cLose Control\u201d took 32 weeks to hit No. 1 last March.<\/p>\n \n\tHighlighting her hitmaking longevity, Gaga joins select company in having earned multiple Hot 100 No. 1s in three distinct decades, as she adds her second leader of 2020s, following two each in the \u201810s and \u201800s. Previously, only Janet Jackson (\u201800s, 1990s, \u201880s) and Michael Jackson (\u201890s, \u201880s, \u201970s) achieved the feat.<\/p>\n \n\tMars likewise lands his second Hot 100 leader this decade, after \u201cLeave the Door Open,\u201d billed as by Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), hit No. 1 in 2021.<\/p>\n