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Cold Heart is looking very positive to become another million seller for Dua Lipa in the UK.
I can't believe she hasn't had more US Top 10s. She deserves way more, especially IDGAF and Break My Heart.
I can't believe she hasn't had more US Top 10s. She deserves way more, especially IDGAF and Break My Heart.

I didn't follow her chart history in the US until recently and was surprised she had not more Top 10 hits in that market.

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Well if you followed Hot 100 in 2010’s you would understand why she doesn’t have more Top 10 hits…their formula was/is different but I agree that One Kiss should have been Top 10 hit if radio gave it a chance!!!

 

BMH peaked #13 but it was mostly driven by airplay and it never really “took” off on streaming!!!

 

Although I must say that all of her Top 10 hits had an amazing chart runs and their longevity were extremely remarkable!!!

In the US, her big hits generally overshadow the follow-ups unfortunately. Radio and streaming playlists tend to only push one Dua single at a time and then her singles have such lengthy stays on the charts and peak very late in their chart runs, making it hard for every single to receive the same push.

 

If I recall right, IDGAF was below New Rules for most of its chart run, same with Break My Heart being behind Don't Start Now, and more recently We're Good/Love Again being behind Levitating.

 

It should also be mentioned that Break My Heart was pretty much a lock for top 10 untll Billboard adjusted its formula to decrease the weight of airplay.

From Billboard:

Elton John and Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” roars 20-7 on the Hot 100, reaching the top 10 for the first time (and surpassing its prior No. 11 high). It drew 52.1 million in airplay audience (up 6%) and 10 million streams (up 18%) and sold 13,300 in the tracking week (up 53%, aided by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store, sparking its top Sales Gainer win on the Hot 100). It jumps 5-1 for its first week atop Digital Song Sales, becoming John’s first leader and Lipa’s second, after “Levitating” for a week last May.

 

John achieves his 28th Hot 100 top 10 and first since “Candle in the Wind”/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” marked his ninth No. 1 in October 1997 through January 1998. As he had last appeared in the top 10 on the chart dated Jan. 31, 1998, he ends a break of 23 years, 11 months and two weeks between top 10s. While lengthy, it’s not a record: two weeks ago, The Ronettes’ wrapped a 58-year, two-month gap when “Sleigh Ride” dashed to No. 10, becoming the group’s first top 10 since “Be My Baby” in 1963. The seven longest breaks between top 10s all ended via holiday songs, and all since 2018; among nonseasonal hits (as with “Cold Heart”), Dobie Gray ranks first with a wait of 30 years, two months and a week between his original version of “Drift Away” in 1973 and Uncle Kracker’s remake, featuring Gray, in 2003.

 

John also ties Mariah Carey (atop last week’s Hot 100 with “All I Want for Christmas Is You”) and Stevie Wonder (his recent duet partner) for the seventh-most Hot 100 top 10s in the chart’s history:

 

Most Hot 100 Top 10s

54, Drake

38, Madonna

34, The Beatles

31, Rihanna

30, Michael Jackson

30, Taylor Swift

28, Mariah Carey

28, Elton John

28, Stevie Wonder

27, Janet Jackson

 

Plus, John now boasts Hot 100 top 10s in four distinct decades: the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s and 2020s. He’s the 10th act to have placed in the top 10 in at least four separate decades; Michael Jackson is the only artist to have ranked in the bracket in as many as five decades, from the ’70s through the ’10s (and that’s not including his tenure in the Jackson 5, who first hit the top 10 in the ’60s).

 

Hot 100 Top 10s in Four or More Decades

’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, 10s: Michael Jackson

’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Mariah Carey

’90s, ’00s, ’10s, ’20s: Jay-Z

’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’20s: Elton John

’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’20s: Andy Williams

’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Whitney Houston

’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s: Madonna

’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s: Aerosmith

’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s: Cher

’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s: Barbra Streisand

 

As for his span of Hot 100 top 10s, John expands it to 51 years, 11 months and three weeks, dating to his first week in the top 10 with “Your Song” (Jan. 23, 1971). The stretch is the longest among all acts not involving holiday songs, surpassing Jackson’s (42 weeks, six months and a week); a week ago, thanks to “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” Andy Williams’ record for the longest top 10 span overall was extended to 62 years and three months, dating to his first week in the top 10 with “Lonely Street,” on the chart dated Oct. 12, 1959.

 

Meanwhile, Lipa lands her fourth Hot 100 top 10, after “New Rules” (No. 6, February 2018); “Don’t Start Now” (No. 2, March 2020); and “Levitating” (No. 2, May 2021).

 

“Cold Heart” brings elements of four John songs to the Hot 100’s top 10, including one that previously ranked in the region: In the mash-up, John sings part of his No. 18 1990 hit “Sacrifice” and Lipa reprises his No. 6-peaking 1972 classic “Rocket Man” and his No. 25-reaching 1983 hit “Kiss the Bride,” while his 1976 track “Where’s the Shoorah?” serves as its coda. The new combination also credits trio Pnau’s co-writing and co-production.

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/...100-1235017217/

In the US, her big hits generally overshadow the follow-ups unfortunately. Radio and streaming playlists tend to only push one Dua single at a time and then her singles have such lengthy stays on the charts and peak very late in their chart runs, making it hard for every single to receive the same push.

 

If I recall right, IDGAF was below New Rules for most of its chart run, same with Break My Heart being behind Don't Start Now, and more recently We're Good/Love Again being behind Levitating.

 

It should also be mentioned that Break My Heart was pretty much a lock for top 10 untll Billboard adjusted its formula to decrease the weight of airplay.

 

Only to adjust and increase the weight back again when Levitating was about to hit #1!!!

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I love how this always climbs from Thursday onwards. The weekend anthem everybody truly needed!

 

It spends a 2nd week at #1 in Canada this week and 7th week at #1 in Australia :clap:

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