Dua Lipa‘s ‘Levitating’ is simply the sleeper hit no one saw coming.

The song’s original edition, and later a Madonna & Missy Elliott-led remix, made little noise on the charts upon their respective summer 2020 introductions (as we reported here), but now – a year after ‘Levitating’ was officially serviced to radio as a single – the Lipa bop is one week shy of holding the record for longest running top 10 female-led hit in the Hot 100’s 63-year history!

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Seven months after cracking the chart’s top 10 for the first time, ‘Levitating’ is found at #5 on the refreshed tally.

Having collected 32 weeks in the chart region (to date), ‘Levitating’ now ties Leann Rimes‘ 1997 Country megabit, ‘How Do I Live,’ for longest tenure of a female-led song in the top 10.  Among all songs, rapper Cardi B is credited as the female record-holder for her feature on the history-making 2018 hit, ‘Girls Like You’ (led by Maroon 5).

Look below to see where both songs stand on the all-time list (as of time reported).

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, “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
32, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby, No. 2, May 22, 2021
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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Thanks to ongoing love from radio and streaming (despite a number of platforms opting to cease play of its wildly popular DaBaby-buoyed remix due to his ‘homophobic’ controversy), the ‘Future Nostalgia’ number shows no signs of losing its grip – meaning by this time next week it will likely hold the record as female chart champion.

Keep it locked to That Grape Juice for more on this story as it develops.

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