The impact of A Star Is Born considered, it's no mystery as to why 'Always Remember Us This Way' ranks so high on Lady Gaga's most streamed songs on Spotify. Gaga and Cooper's live performance of 'Shallow' remains the most watched clip on the internet by the Academy Awards, garnering more than 710 million views on YouTube as of 2023. In 2019 alone, the song sold 10.2 million copies worldwide.
The song topped the charts in more than 20 countries.
Gaga's vocals on the song have been praised, for her emotive and evocative delivery on the power ballad. Gaga and Cooper trade off verses in the song which lyrically centers around self-awareness, wherein the both speakers question whether they are content with who they are. 'Shallow' is a power ballad that blends rock, country and folk-pop, and features actor and producer Bradley Cooper whose character Jackson Maine invites Gaga's character Ally to perform it onstage with him in the film. Lady Gaga's music catalog is filled with chart-topping singles, but none have the stream count that 'Shallow'- the lead single he from the soundtrack to the 2018 musical romantic drama film A Star Is Born- has. Academy Award for Best Original Song (2019), Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2019), BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (2019), Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song (2019) and Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media (2019).
