Dua Lipa’s Biggest Album Brings Her To A Major Milestone

Dua Lipa has a few dates left on her Radical Optimism Tour in Europe before she returns to North America for shows in Canada and throughout the United States. Later this year, the pop superstar will venture to South America to wrap up her latest promotional venture before the end of 2025.

While she’s currently pushing her 2024 full-length Radical Optimism, her previous set Future Nostalgia is enjoying a big week on one of Billboard’s rankings in America, and it helps the Grammy winner reach an important milestone.

Future Nostalgia Reaches a Milestone on the Billboard 200

Future Nostalgia is the only one of Lipa’s albums that appears on the Billboard 200 at the moment. That tally ranks the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the U.S., combining pure purchases and streaming activity to show which collections Americans are listening to. This frame, Future Nostalgia barely manages to hold on as it dips 10 spaces to No. 192.

As Future Nostalgia narrowly holds on, it reaches 260 weeks on the Billboard 200. That’s exactly half a decade, and it’s the first win of its kind for the musician.

Future Nostalgia Remains Lipa’s Only Triple-Digit-Week Charter

Lipa has pushed four projects to the Billboard 200 throughout her years as a powerhouse entertainer. So far, Future Nostalgia is the only one of her albums to manage a triple-digit stay. Her self-titled debut, which arrived in June 2017, is close to reaching that milestone, as it has thus far collected 97 weeks somewhere on the 200-slot tally, although the project doesn’t regularly appear, and it’s tough to predict if it will ever make it to that landmark figure.

Radical Optimism somewhat disappointed, as it only managed 15 weeks on the Billboard 200, although it did bring Lipa to a career high point of No. 2. Meanwhile, Club Future Nostalgia, a remixed version of the original which also credits the Blessed Madonna, debuted and peaked at No. 28 only months after Future Nostalgia arrived, and it held on for just one period.

“Don’t Start Now,” “Physical,” “Hallucinate” and “Levitating”

Future Nostalgia helped Lipa’s profile as a pop singer grow significantly, and it produced some of the biggest hits of the past decade. The full-length was promoted with smashes like “Don’t Start Now,” “Physical,” “Hallucinate,” and “Levitating,” several of which cracked the top 10 on the Hot 100 and certified her as a breakout pop star all around the world.