Over a year-and-a-half after the masses first became acquainted with Dua Lipa‘s ‘Levitating,’ the song has levitated to Billboard history books in ways many couldn’t have imagined.
Found at #17 on the refreshed Hot 100 in its 66th week (as we reported here), the ‘Future Nostalgia’ hit continues to be a chart force thanks to domination at radio.
Here are the numbers that powered its top 20 tenancy this week.
- Streaming ≈ 8.4 million U.S.-based streams
- Digital Downloads ≈ 1,800 sold
- Radio Airplay ≈ 37.9 million audience impressions
Already penciled in record books as the longest-running top 10 female-led hit (40 weeks), ‘Levitating’ is set to extend its historic reign by becoming the longest-running female-led song to ever impact any region of the Hot 100.
With its 66th print on the hit list, Lipa has broken a three-way tie with Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and Jewel‘s ‘Foolish Games/You Were Meant for Me’ – the latter two boast 65 weeks on the chart respectively.
Now solidly in second place among longest-running female-led hits, the only song that separates Dua from the all-time title is Leann Rimes‘ gargantuan 1997 hit, ‘How Do I Live,’ which spent a whopping 69 weeks on the tally.
Click here to see who joined the GRAMMY winner in the chart’s upper ranking via That Grape Juice‘s weekly recap, TGJ Chart Check.
It’s a shame the song didn’t hit the top spot. 💅🏾 It totally deserved #1, so does Don’t start now.
This! ✅💯
What happened to Hurricane Adele?? Look like this Hurricane has downgraded.
Such a great pop song. It doesn’t get old
She really should have submitted the song to the Grammys. I know she’ll bring with her next album. She has the potential to dominate.
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She could never sing ! Told y’all delly fat was done! Looool old fat FLOP aging like milk along with her career! Expired b**** will never be Whitney or even Janet or Rihanna and Aaliyah
Stfu. What would Crackney do💅🏾
Your right she can never be Crackney or Aaliyah as they are both dead and gone, and she isn’t a stripper like Janet or Rihanna, and she can really sing!
Adele a fat flop that can’t sing worth a damn and will never be as legendary or have the iconic hits like Whitney Janet Rihanna or Aaliyah numbers. The public agrees. Argue with your s** ridden wh ore whale of a mother boo 💋
And Rihanna, Janet and Aaliyah can sing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 tell you daddy to wash his 𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕖, it’s time for his daily gangbang.
Since the song didn’t go #1 it should break some records cause it’s a Pop classic
Physical, is her best song and deserves the success levitating is receiving.
I have to applaud dua. shes doing the damn thing.
And flopmilas careers over stop talking already
I still don’t understand why this song did not hit the #1 Spot. The song got blocked for weeks. This song deserved the number 1 position due to its longevity. After all the song hit the number 1 spot on the year end charts.
Never knew that Leann Rimes‘ hit, ‘How Do I Live,’ spent a whopping 69 weeks on the tally. What’s interesting is even with that record, Trisha Yearwood and not Rimes won the Grammy for that song. Very interesting how the recording industry works.