With Dua Lipa’s new album, ‘Radical Optimism,’ coming out this Friday, we take a look back at her chart accomplishments, including debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 and breaking records with songs like "Levitating."
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00:00 "Throughout the whole record there's this idea of chaos happening around
00:03 and me trying to push through it in a way that feels authentic and honest."
00:09 Dua Lipa is gearing up to release her new album Radical Optimism, so we're taking a look back
00:15 at her chart accomplishments. This is Billboard Explains Dua Lipa's Radical Chart Achievements.
00:20 Dua Lipa made her Billboard Hot 100 debut with "Blow Your Mind,
00:25 Mwah!" The song peaked at number 72 in November 2016. Since then she's racked up 23 career entries
00:32 on the Hot 100 including five top 10s, "New Rules" that reached number six,
00:37 "Don't Start Now" peaked at number two,
00:42 and "Levitating" which also hit number two, just to name a few.
00:53 "Levitating" was a massive success for Dua on the charts. Not only was it the year-end number one
01:03 Hot 100 song of 2021, it holds the record as the longest charting song among women in the Billboard
01:10 Hot 100 history with 77 weeks total. It also holds the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10
01:17 of the Hot 100 in history among women with 41 weeks. Over on the Pop Airplay chart Dua holds
01:23 23 career entries with five number one songs including "Break My Heart"
01:27 and "Dance The Night"
01:34 plus she has three charting albums on the Billboard 200 including one top 10 with "Future
01:43 Nostalgia" that peaked at number three. We'll have to wait and see where radical
01:47 optimism takes Dua next on the Billboard charts.