“Historic” does not even begin to describe Lady Gaga’s 2025. She scored a No. 1 song and album, won a Grammy and Emmy Award and embarked on a massive world tour, among many other accomplishments.
Take a look back at all the year’s mayhem:
JANUARY
Gaga started the year strong in receiving her sixth No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. Her Bruno Mars collaboration “Die With a Smile” hit the top of the chart after 20 weeks of charting, making Gaga one of the few artists with a No. 1 song in three different decades.
Speaking of Mars, she made an appearance in the music video for his song “Fat, Juicy & Wet” alongside Sexyy Red and Rosé.
Later in the month, she announced her seventh studio album “MAYHEM” on Jan. 21. To accompany the announcement, she appeared on the cover of ELLE US and UK.
She wrapped the month by giving the closing performance of the FireAid Benefit Concert, an event dedicated to rebuilding communities affected by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. She performed “Shallow,” “Always Remember Us This Way” and a special song written just for this event, “All I Need is Time.”
FEBRUARY
February was a mayhem-filled month. The “MAYHEM” era racked up a Grammy Award before the album’s release when “Die With a Smile” won Gaga and Mars the Best Pop Duo/Group Award. The duo took the stage to perform a cover of The Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreamin’” in a tribute to those affected by the Los Angeles fires.
Plus, Gaga revealed “Abracadabra” and its music video during a commercial break from the ceremony and announced a music video competition in conjunction with Mastercard.
A week later, Gaga announced the MAYHEM Ball Tour, her first since the Chromatica Ball in 2022.
In terms of televised and live performances, Gaga first went to New Orleans for a tribute performance of “Hold My Hand” ahead of Super Bowl LIX.
The next week, she made an appearance at “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” with a performance of “Shallow” that turned into a medley of the Lonely Island’s “Dick in a Box” and “Motherlover.”
In other news, “Die With a Smile” broke a record when it became the longest-running No. 1 on the Global Spotify chart.
She also made an appearance on Hot Ones and took a lie detector test for Vanity Fair.
MARCH
“MAYHEM” was released to critical acclaim on March 7, 2025. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Albums Chart, her sixth time topping the chart.
Gaga did an expansive press tour for the album, chatting with Billboard, Good Morning America, Las Culturistas, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vogue, W Magazine and Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, among many others. She dropped by the Howard Stern Show for an interview and performances of “Abracadabra” and “Perfect Celebrity” and hosted “GAGA Radio,” a pop-up show on SiriusXM.
Plus, she hosted the Little Monsters Press Conference with Spotify, allowing fans the opportunity to ask her anything.
Check out the full list of the month’s promotional appearances here.
She brought “MAYHEM” to “Saturday Night Live” in her second double-duty appearance on the sketch comedy show. She performed “Abracadabra” and debuted the live performance of “Killah.”
Later, on March 17, she received the iHeart Radio Innovator Award for her contributions to pop culture. She also won the iHeart Radio Award for Best Collaboration for “Die With a Smile.”
She ended the month by releasing the “Abracadabra: From Fan to Featured” video with Mastercard.
APRIL
Gaga brought “MAYHEM” to the desert when she headlined both weekends of Coachella. It was her second time receiving top-billing at the festival, having first done so in 2017. After the festival, she dropped the Gesaffelstein remix of “Abracadabra,” which was included in her Coachella setlist.
At the end of the month, she returned to Mexico City for the first time in 10 years for the first stadium show of the “MAYHEM” era.
MAY
May was another historic month for Gaga as her concert on Copacabana Beach in Brazil became the most-attended concert of a female artist of all time. An estimated 2.1 million fans gathered for the history-making performance.
She collected the “E” in “EGOT” when her Super Bowl LIX performance was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction at the 46th Sports Emmy Awards. Now, all she needs is a Tony Award to complete the prestigious accomplishment.
She won three of her six nominations at the 2025 American Music Awards: Collaboration of the Year and Favorite Music Video for “Die With a Smile,” and Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist.
Ahead of her special guest appearance on the second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” she closed the streaming service’s annual “TUDUM” live event with an epic performance medley of “Zombieboy,” a “Bloody Mary” dance intermission and “Abracadabra.”
Plus, she appeared and performed at the 2025 YouTube Brandcast event. While it was not broadcast publicly, Deadline called Gaga’s showing a highlight of the ceremony.
JUNE
June was relatively tame for Gaga, with the exception of “Abracadabra: From Fan to Featured” winning two Lions at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: the Gold Lion for Fan Building/Community Engagement and the Bronze Lion for Social & Creator.
The fan video also received four honors at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards: the grand and gold honors for Branded Content/Engagement, another gold honor for Collaborations & Partnerships and a silver honor for Activation & Engagement.
Oh, and “Die With a Smile” joined the Fortnite Festival.
JULY
July marked the official start of the MAYHEM Ball, with Gaga kicking off the sprawling world tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.
AUGUST
Gaga joined Dress to Impress to hold a virtual meet-and-greet with fans and host an in-game fashion contest.
Plus, she confirmed the existence of “The Dead Dance,” a song included in the second season of “Wednesday,” at an event for the show.
SEPTEMBER
“The Dead Dance” was released, as well as its Tim Burton-directed music video, to coincide with Gaga’s appearance on “Wednesday.” She played Rosaline Rotwood, a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday.
She also released an expanded version of “MAYHEM” with “The Dead Dance” and two songs previously exclusive to some physical album copies, “Can’t Stop the High” and “Kill for Love.”
She scored four Video Music Awards: Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration for “Die With a Smile,” and Best Direction and Best Art Direction for “Abracadabra.” She appeared at the ceremony to accept the Artist of the Year award, but she recorded a performance of “Abracadabra” and “The Dead Dance” for the show from her concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden. She is now the third-most awarded artist in VMAs history.
She dropped by the Late Show with Stephen Colbert for a piano rendition of “Vanish Into You,” the song’s first televised performance. Her interview with Colbert wouldn’t be released until the start of October.
As she continued touring, she expanded the MAYHEM Ball into 2026 with the announcement of 20 more North American shows.
OCTOBER
It’s fitting Gaga’s next film role will be in “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” as she was seen filming in Milan, Italy between MAYHEM Ball shows. Not much else is known of her involvement in the film slated for a 2026 release other than a Vogue Italia article that said she is expected to play herself.
She gave an exclusive interview and performances of “Abracadabra” and “Vanish Into You” for KCRW.
NOVEMBER
The month started with Gaga earning seven nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards:
Album of the Year (“MAYHEM”)
Record of the Year (“Abracadabra”)
Song of the Year (“Abracadabra”)
Best Pop Vocal Album (“MAYHEM”)
Best Dance Pop Recording (“Abracadabra”)
Best Pop Solo Performance (“Disease”)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (“Harlequin”)
She now has 45 total career Grammy nominations and became the first artist to have her work nominated across the entire Pop and Dance/Electronic fields.
A week later, she graced the cover of Rolling Stone for the fourth time, her first since 2011.
She also attended YouTube’s MAYHEM Halloween Party and did ASMR with "Wednesday" co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones.
DECEMBER
After more than a year, "Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only," the concert special recorded on October 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, was released. It first premiered as a one-night-only cinematic event on December 18 in Los Angeles, but it was made available for free on YouTube on Christmas Eve (December 24).
On Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts, Gaga earned her first year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single with “Die With a Smile.” She also placed as the No. 1 Dance/Electronic Artist for the sixth year and claimed the No. 1 song on the Top Dance/Pop songs with “Abracadabra.”
"MAYHEM" received year-end acclaim for critics. It was named the No. 2 album of the year by Billboard and No. 3 by Billboard and Business Insider, but many other publications included it on their year-end lists.
"Abracadabra" also fared well on many year-end best-of lists, with Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone recognizing it as the best song of the year. Associated Press, BBC, Billboard, Consequence, The Guardian, USA Today and Stereogum ranked it in their Top 10s.
Spotify celebrated Gaga’s incredible year with a “paws up” statue on Copacabana Beach, where she performed her history-making show in May.