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.