Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’, 2nd week at No. 1 Billboard Global Charts
September 9, 2024
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a second week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. Two weeks earlier, the duet debuted at the runner-up rank on each list.
Plus, Sabrina Carpenter claims three songs in the top 10 of both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. for a second week all from her new album, Short n’ Sweet, which posts a second week at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200.
The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
“Die With a Smile” tops the Global 200 with 105.8 million streams, up 9% week-over-week, and 10,000 sold (down 13%) worldwide Aug. 30-Sept. 5. The ballad, released Aug. 16, is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ first No. 1 each since the chart began. The track concurrently leads Global Excl. U.S. with 79.2 million streams, up 18%, and 5,000 sold (down 7%) outside the U.S. Aug. 30-Sept. 5. As on the Global 200, it became Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ first No. 1 each since the survey started.
The Weeknd Announces New Single ‘Dancing in the Flames’
September 9, 2024
The rollout for The Weeknd‘s Hurry Up Tomorrow album is well underway, as he announced Monday (Sept. 9) that lead single “Dancing in the Flames” will be released on Friday.
The Weeknd performed “Dancing in the Flames” and more new Hurry Up Tomorrow tracks for the first time at his special one-night-only São Paulo, Brazil show last over the weekend. The Weeknd also debuted collaborations with Billboard‘s current cover star Playboi Carti, who accepted the Artist of the Year Award at the Billboard‘s 2024 R&B Hip-Hop Power Players event last week, and Brazilian star Anitta. Hurry Up Tomorrow is the third and final installment of The Weeknd’s latest After Hours and Dawn FM trilogy.
“I can’t wait to see your face/ Crash when we’re switching lanes,” he sings while blissfully driving a red convertible. Director of photography Erik Henrikkson explains how shooting in 4K 120 fps (frames per second) “was really a game changer” for “ceating epic shots in slow motion,” as demonstrated by the superstar running through the rain in slow motion with his feet gradually stepping into puddles. “We felt we didn’t have to play it safe. We just pushed it as far as we normally do,” Henrikkson continues. And they certainly didn’t play it safe, as The Weeknd appears to be flung out of the car, with glass shattering everywhere, in one of the shots.
The video is directed by Anton Tammi, who also helmed the iconic music videos for his After Hours era, including for his Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless.”
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