Hot 100: Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ Is Now the LONGEST-RUNNING Female-Led Top 10 Hit Ever

Published: Monday 23rd Aug 2021 by Rashad

Dua’s done it!

33 weeks after first cracking the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 with her enduring hit, ‘Levitating,’ the GRAMMY winner has levitated into history books.

See why inside:

As we reported here, ‘Levitating’ – a sleeper hit that initially missed the Hot 100 all together upon its official August 2020 release – made headlines last week when it tied the all-time record for longest run in the tally’s top 10 by a female leader.

A mainstay in the chart region since January, the DaBaby-assisted tune is found at #6 on this week’s refreshed edition of the Hot 100.  As a result, its bests the previous recordholder – LeAnn Rimes‘How Do I Live’ – to become the longest-running, female-led top 10 hit in the chart’s 63-year history.

Among all acts, ‘Levitating’ lands in a four-way tie for third place among the tunes with the longest tenures in the chart’s top 10. Look below to see who it will have to beat to own the overall record.

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top 10 (All-Time)

57, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
39, “Circles,” Post Malone, No. 1 (three weeks), Nov. 30, 2019

33, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby, No. 2, May 22, 2021
33, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse),” Post Malone & Swae Lee, No. 1 (one week), Jan. 19, 2019
33, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, No. 1 (seven weeks), Sept. 29, 2018
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, No. 1 (12 weeks), Jan. 28, 2017
32, “Sicko Mode,” Travis Scott, No. 1 (one week), Dec. 8, 2018
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, No. 1 (12 weeks), Sept. 3, 2016
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997
31, “Mood,” 24kGoldn feat. iann dior, No. 1 (eight weeks), Oct. 24, 2020
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, No. 1 (14 weeks), Jan. 17, 2015

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  1. Truth August 23, 2021

    There is limited competition this generation.

    That’s why

    No real powerhouse singers or powerhouse songs this year at all.

  2. Clarks0o00ñ August 23, 2021

    I guess I was wrong about the payola..Go Dua!

    • Clarks0o00ñ August 23, 2021

      A clarks0o00ñ variant
      😂
      The TVA needs to handle this.
      Gurl, u deserved to be pruned

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 August 23, 2021

        Drag it 🤣

      • Clarks0o00ñ August 23, 2021

        Uh oh the lunatics are back

  3. Clarks0o00ñ August 23, 2021

    LeAnn Rimes‘ ‘How Do I Live’ is a classic and would be remembered unlike levitating that would be forgotten by this time next year

    • Farrahs Luggage August 23, 2021

      🐖🐷🐖🐷🐖🐷🐖🐷🐖🐷🐖

    • Dula Peep August 23, 2021

      We knew the song this time last year, so I’m sure we’ll know it this time next year.

  4. ratmila August 23, 2021

    meanwhile ratmila’s lead single has been struggling to stay in the top 1500 (one-thousand-five-hundred) on Apple Music US 💀💀💀💀

    • Fancy BISH (Back To The Future 🤣) 👊🏽💎💋 August 23, 2021

      Lmaooooooooo 🤣💀

    • Clarks0o00ñ August 23, 2021

      Chìmp-mani is completely out of
      iTunes 100
      USA spotify 200
      Global spotify 200

      😂😂

      Now she’s begging mtv to perform at the vmas
      😂
      Beg-mani

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 August 23, 2021

        What a beggy flop. Cries of racism being the cause incoming…

      • ratmila August 23, 2021

        Hot 100 streams this week:
        Wild Side: 8M
        Don’t Go Yet: 4.5M
        😂😂

        5 years of shoving her down our throats & 2 yrs of sucking Shawn’s d*** for clout yet she still has 0 star power 💀💀

        Rat-Mila Beerbello serving another flop era, even worse than the last one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
        https://i.ibb.co/MPH6762/ratmila2.jpg

      • Shayla Queen™ 👑 August 23, 2021

        @ratmila yet she keeps YOU tuned in and obsessed lmaoooooooooo 🤣

  5. J August 23, 2021

    Look at the dates of all of these “records”

  6. Normani’s Album August 24, 2021

    Lotsa non-Americans smashing American records. Wherefore?

  7. cory August 24, 2021

    FRAUD! How? “Levitating” has been out of Apple Music’s Top 100 for weeks! How is she still top ten????? STILL DOING PAYOLA!

    • fool August 24, 2021

      What u talking about idiot… this song STILL hasn’t left the Top 10 on the Billboard Streaming and Billboard Sales charts

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