Singer Dua Lipa's debut album reaches 9 billion streams

Released in 2017, the debut album by Dua Lipa was a worldwide success. Leveraged by hits like New Rules, The release consolidated the artist's years of work and featured several singles and promoted tracks. Later, in 2018, the album gained a complete edition with other singles and now the album sets another record.

The album reached 9 billion streams on Spotify and becomes the first album by a female artist to reach this mark. Thus, the album is most listened to in the history of the platform among those released by female singers. In the overall ranking, Dua Lipa occupies third position, behind only beerbongs & bentleycurrent from Post Malone as 9.5 billion and ÷ (Divide) by Ed Sheeran with 13 billion streams.

The singer's second album also appears in the Top 10 of the most listened to albums. Future Nostalgia It was one of the biggest hits at the beginning of this decade and already has 7.5 billion plays. The album won the Grammy for Best Pop Album and sold more than two million copies in the United States alone. The album's lead single, Don't Star Now, has more than 1.7 billion streams and the track's remix Levitating was one of Billboard's biggest hits last year.

In addition to Dua Lipa, Billie Ellish is also another female artist with an album among the 10 most listened to on the platform, being the When we are all asleep, where do we go? The artist's debut album was released in 2019 and won the Grammy for album of the year and already has more than 6 billion plays.

Featured Photo: Dua Lipa in a promotional image for the singer's first album. Reproduction/ Dua Lipa/ Warner