Dua Lipa works her magic on a number of Billboard charts dated Nov. 25 together with her new single, “Houdini.” Amongst different entrances, it begins as her first No. 1 on the Scorching Dance/Digital Songs chart.
The tune drew 23.8 million airplay viewers impressions and 12.4 million official streams and offered 7,000 offered downloads within the U.S. Nov. 10-16, in keeping with Luminate, following its launch at 6 p.m. ET Nov. 9.
Lipa earns her second No. 1 on Scorching Dance/Digital Songs with the observe, which previews her third studio album, anticipated in 2024. She spent 36 weeks on the summit with “Chilly Coronary heart (Pnau Remix),” with Elton John, starting in October 2021.
The brand new tune, whose title is an ode to well-known late illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini, additionally launches at No. 11 on the all-genre Billboard Scorching 100, the place it’s Lipa’s highest debut thus far.
On the Radio Songs chart, “Houdini” begins at No. 25, likewise Lipa’s greatest starting. It debuts at No. 16 on Pop Airplay, additionally a brand new private first-week excessive, and No. 20 on Grownup Pop Airplay.
As beforehand reported, “Houdini” enters at No. 3 on the Billboard World 200, with 51 million streams and 13,000 offered worldwide. Lipa notches her fourth prime 10 on the survey. The tune additionally opens at No. 5 on the Billboard World Excl. U.S. chart, the place it’s her fifth prime 10.
Lipa celebrated the tune’s arrival with followers on the Houdini Property in Los Angeles on Nov. 14, inviting them to navigate an escape room and, as soon as safely free (if?), to bop.
Following his dying almost a century in the past, Houdini has reappeared as the topic of different chart hits. Walter Brennan spent every week at No. 100 on the Scorching 100 in 1962 with “Houdini”; Kon Kan hit No. 33 on Dance Singles Gross sales in 1989 with “Harry Houdini”; and Foster the Individuals’s “Houdini” hit No. 37 on Various Airplay in 2012.
