{"id":119167,"date":"2025-01-27T21:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/27\/bruno-mars-becomes-first-artist-to-hit-150-million-monthly-spotify-listeners\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T21:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:01:11","slug":"bruno-mars-becomes-first-artist-to-hit-150-million-monthly-spotify-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/27\/bruno-mars-becomes-first-artist-to-hit-150-million-monthly-spotify-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars becomes first artist to hit 150 million monthly Spotify listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-27\/M_BrunoMarsTankTop_JohnEsparza_012725.jpg\" alt><figcaption>John Esparza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Bruno Mars<\/strong> currently has the #1 single in the country, so maybe it&#8217;s not surprising that he&#8217;s just set a new record on Spotify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The artist &#8212; whose duet with <strong>Lady Gaga<\/strong>, &#8220;Die With a Smile,&#8221; has just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-hot-100-number-one-fourth-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-hot-100-number-one-fourth-week\/\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">racked up a fourth week<\/span><\/a><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> at #1 on the <\/span><em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> Hot 100 &#8212; is the first artist ever to reach 150 million monthly listeners. That puts him way ahead of the artist with the second-most monthly listeners, <strong>The Weeknd<\/strong>, who &#8220;only&#8221; has 118 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">What&#8217;s more, Bruno&#8217;s other current top-10 hit, &#8220;APT.,&#8221; a collaboration with K-pop superstar <strong>Ros\u00e9<\/strong>, has just racked up 1 billion Spotify streams. That means Bruno now holds the record for the <\/span><em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">two<\/span><\/em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> fastest songs ever to reach that milestone, since &#8220;Die With a Smile&#8221; currently holds the record for the fastest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-hot-100-number-one-fourth-week\/die-with-a-smile-airplay-streams-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-hot-100-number-one-fourth-week\/die-with-a-smile-airplay-streams-sales\/\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">notes<\/span><\/a><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> that with &#8220;Die With a Smile&#8221; being\u00a0#1 again, Bruno has now spent 38 weeks in total on top of the <\/span><em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> Hot 100. That&#8217;s more weeks than <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong> spent on top in his entire solo career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Bruno released a new collaboration, &#8220;Fat, Juicy &amp; Wet,&#8221; with rapper <strong>Sexyy Red<\/strong> on Jan. 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Esparza Bruno Mars currently has the #1 single in the country, so maybe it&#8217;s not surprising that he&#8217;s just set a new record on Spotify. 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