Dua Lipa becomes first female artist with most 2 billion-stream songs on Spotify

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By Fay Ngina | Mar 06, 2024
Singer Dua Lipa. (Instagram/dualipa)

Singer Dua Lipa has made history as the first female artist to have four of her songs each surpass 2 billion streams on Spotify.

Her song "Levitating" recently reached this significant milestone, joining her other hits that have crossed the billion streams threshold.

These include "Don't Start Now" with 2.5 billion streams, "One Kiss" with 2.1 billion streams, and "New Rules" with over 2 billion streams.

By December 2023, both Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, like Dua Lipa, had songs with over 2 billion streams on Spotify.

But by March 2024, Dua Lipa is the only female artist with four songs passing the 2 billion streams mark.

The song with the most streams on Spotify is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, which has over 4 billion streams.

Dua Lipa's success doesn't stop with streaming; she has also received significant recognition in the music industry.

She won two Grammy Awards in 2018, another in 2020, and an American Music Award in 2022 for Collaboration of the Year.

Notably, at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, Lipa won Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording for "Electricity," a collaboration with the British-American duo Silk City.

Her second studio album, "Future Nostalgia," released in 2020, was awarded Best Pop Vocal Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards and was also nominated for Album of the Year.

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