Sunday, March 23, 2025

UPDATE: Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” Casts a Spell with 14 Million Views, May Save the Record Biz

Lady Gaga has cast a spell over the music world.

She dropped a new video, “Abracadabra,” on Sunday during the Grammy Awards. That was three days ago.

In that time, the video has scored 14 million views on YouTube. That includes the video itself, a lyric video, and the Mastercard commercial that ran during the Grammys.

The actual single is number 3 on iTunes. The song is number 5 on Spotify.

At the same time, Gaga’s duet with Bruno Mars, “Die with a Smile,” is number 1 on Spotify and number 4 on iTunes.

“Die with a Smile” has sold 4 million copies including streaming and sales since it was released in August.

Next month, Gaga will drop her 7th album, called “Mayhem,” which includes both of those songs and “Disease,” another single that’s been out for weeks.

Based on all this, “Mayhem” will cause actual Mayhem on the charts. Amazing!

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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