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Lady Gaga pulled a rabbit out of her hat with her new single, “Abracadabra,” becoming the female artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify.
On Tuesday, Lady Gaga surpassed Ariana Grande to become the female artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify. As of February 18, she holds 123,736,959 monthly listeners on the streaming service, with only two artists — Bruno Mars and The Weeknd — ahead of her.
Previously, Ariana Grande held the record for the female artists with the most monthly listeners on the platform in December, when she took the crown from Taylor Swift. As of this week, Billie Eilish is both the second female artist with the most monthly Spotify listeners, and the fourth artist overall, at around 16 million monthly listeners behind Gaga.
Lady Gaga’s new reign comes hot on the heels of her duet with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” continuing to dominate the charts. Her first No. 1 hit in over a decade, “Die With a Smile” held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, falling this week to No. 4. Unsurprisingly, the track was bumped by Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” “Luther,” and “TV Off,” following the rapper’s record-breaking performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Her latest solo track, “Abracadabra,” made it to No. 29 on last week’s Hot 100, while debuting in the top slot on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart. Both it and “Die With a Smile” come from Gaga’s much-anticipated new album, Mayhem, due out on March 7 from Interscope.
In another hat trick, Lady Gaga was recently announced as both the host and musical guest on the March 8 episode of Saturday Night Live. The superstar helped celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary this past weekend, teaming up with SNL alum Andy Samberg to perform his Lonely Island hit “Dick in a Box.” She also gave a solo performance of “Shallow” from the 2018 version of “A Star Is Born,” in which she stars alongside Bradley Cooper in his directorial debut.