More streams than The Beatles!
Born in London to Albanian parents, Dua Lipa rose to global fame in early 2018.
Her self-titled debut album, released in mid-2017, had already been generating buzz, with tunes dating back to 2015. An impressive eight singles emerged from the album, six of which reached the top 10. The final one, IDGAF, dropped in January 2018.
Just months later, her breakout hit One Kiss (a collaboration with Calvin Harris) propelled her to superstardom. Released in April 2018, the track debuted at #1 and went on to become the best-selling song of the year, amassing nearly 10 million global sales.
Lipa’s second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), delivered another massive hit in Don’t Start Now. While the album sold 1.8 million copies in the U.K. and 7 million in the U.S., its streaming numbers in South Korea were particularly staggering, surpassing 100 million plays.
Five more singles followed, with Levitating standing out as another signature Dua Lipa tune, matching Don’t Start Now in sales.
Her most recent release (as of 2023) is a cover—collaborating on PNAU’s remix of Elton John’s Cold Heart.
A quick look at her Spotify stats reveals just how dominant Dua Lipa tunes have become: One Kiss, Don’t Start Now, Levitating, and Cold Heart each boast around 2 billion streams. For perspective, as of 2023, only one Beatles song has surpassed 1 billion streams.
Dua Lipa Tunes | Related Pages
Don’t Start Now
You can learn to play Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.
| Em | Bm | Gmaj7 | D A |
Did a full 180, crazy, thinking ’bout the way I was…
Levitating | Chords + TAB
You can learn to play Levitating by Dua Lipa using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart and backing tracks.
There is also a TAB lesson, giving you enough ideas to play Levitating in an improvised way, here’s a link: Levitating Guitar Lesson with TAB.
One Kiss
You can learn to play One Kiss by Dua Lipa using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.
| Am | Bbmaj7 |
One kiss is all it takes, fallin’ in love with me…
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