Saturday, May 4, 2024
NEW RELEASE: LIPA IN LINE FOR A TOP DEBUT
Warner's Dua Lipa will have the top debut on next week's HITS Top 50 with her third album, Radical Optimism. We anticipate that Lipa's 11-track set will open in the range of 55-65k.
For reference, Lipa's Future Nostalgia opened with 66k. Total U.S. activity for Dua's sophomore LP is now at 4.3m.
Taylor Swift's THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (Republic) will log a third consecutive week at #1.
Now, if you'll excuse us, we're considering bourbon today in honor of the Kentucky Derby.
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Wow I thought Dua was way bigger. 55k after the rollout she’s had has to be a major flop
She's bigger overseas than the U.S.
Dua another Kesha, Katy Perry, etc.
Gets Pop radio hits but nobody really follows them. She got underwhelming hits this time so the first week is expected.
It’s never been about first weeks with those artists though. The first weeks always gonna be sort of underwhelming they just depend on having big smashes that make total numbers look fine. We’ll see if she gets any

My god
how true are the rumours of her label flopping the promo?
this is just about the same elongated promo that she and her label agreed on and did the same style as FN
As expected… maybe don’t take 6 months to drop the album next time!
But she’s primarily a European girl, so her performance in the US is less relevant
However, her team clearly wanted her to be THEE pop girl (in the US and the world) so this is disappointing
Dua is a huge overseas… might lowkey more organic than Taylor no tricks so her US numbers shouldn’t have y’all worried
Dua is a huge overseas… might lowkey more organic than Taylor no tricks so her US numbers shouldn’t have y’all worried
She doesn’t have a single song in the top 20 on UK Spotify either so this excuse doesn’t work unfortunately
Future Nostalgia was her Good Girl Gone Bad. This is her Rated R.
Rated R still had a #1 smash on it, don't foresee it for this Dua album.
Planet Her/Scarlet was more Good Girl/Rated R.
This like P!nk Missunderstood/Try This
Dua is a huge overseas… might lowkey more organic than Taylor no tricks so her US numbers shouldn’t have y’all worried
Yeah and she looks better than wack taylor
Rated R still had a #1 smash on it, don't foresee it for this Dua album.
Planet Her/Scarlet was more Good Girl/Rated R.
This like P!nk Missunderstood/Try This
Houdini is the Rude Boy here. It’s a hit, just not a smash hit. A good addition to her catalogue
Dua's gotta drop a diss against Sabrina Carpenter or something to run her numbers up now
Is this a massive flop or did I overestimate how popular she is, wasn't she selling out arenas?
She's bigger overseas than the U.S.
Overseas? You mean the United Kingdom? 55K is Little Simz tier
Is this a massive flop or did I overestimate how popular she is, wasn't she selling out arenas?
Huge flop this is embarrassing. If she performs at her own festival this year in Kosovo, she’ll be the lowest selling headliner