official chart UK: Billie #1, Dua #2

[B-Luke]

 

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Billie Eilish leads a record-breaking week for women on the UK’s Official Singles Chart.
 
Billie Eilish claims her second Number 1 single with What Was I Made For? which features on the soundtrack for Barbie: The Movie, scoring a last-minute victory over Dua Lipa’s Dance The Night (2). Billie’s previous chart-topper, No Time To Die (2020) was the theme song for the James Bond film of the same name. 
 
This week marks a major record for women on the Official Chart, as female solo artists solely make up the Top 6 of the Official Singles Chart for the first time in the chart’s 70-year history, the Official Charts Company can confirm. 
 
Joining Billie and Dua in the Top 5 are Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire (3), Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer (4), and Peggy Gou’s (It Goes Like) Nanana (5). 
 
Olivia Rodrigo, who is no stranger to a chart record after becoming the first female artist to hold three places in the Official Chart Top 5 simultaneously back in June 2021, makes a second appearance, rounding off the list at Number 6 with this week’s highest new entry, bad idea right? 
 
The entire Top 8 this week are tracks led by female artists, with Barbie World by Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Aqua at Number 7, and Disconnect by Becky Hill and Chase & Status at a new peak of Number 8.  

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Edited August 18, 2023 by B-Luke

[Gwendolyn]

Poor Dua  Congrats Billie though 

[mystery]

Looks like Billie won the 0.99 war. 

 

[B-Luke]

Billie‘s second #1 (after No Time to Die)

Dua‘s second #2 (after DSN)

[KOMH]

Not the cassette fraud winning

[Gwendolyn]

No men in the top 9 so my country finally won 

Edited August 18, 2023 by Gwendolyn

[wish]

Oh Billie  see what happens when you fight back!

[Testosterone]

Love Dua, but the better song won!

[99sandthe2000s]

[revivval]

Hopefully next week she will snatch this number 1 that she truly deserved 

[99sandthe2000s]

4 minutes ago, Gwendolyn said:

No men in the top 9 so my country finally won 

 

[Green]

Billie #1 with this masterpiece 

 

Love Dance the night too. Maybe she can have a chance next week

[naval23]

Not Billie beating Dua at her own game screaming

 

Yasss at her getting a solo UK #1 - bad guy found in a ditch

Edited August 18, 2023 by naval23

[Iris]

Congrats to Billie. Totally deserved 

[Saint James]

we got one good thing from this barbie campaign.

[Virtual_Insanity]

There is a rumour floating around that Dua had some sales removed. 

All week on twitter a stan account from Hungary was encouraging stans to buy multiple copies, stream and purchase online. Apparently the OCC got wind of it and did an audit on Dua;s numbers. 

[Dula Peep]

the cassette fraudster won this battle... but not the war. 

 

 

 

 

[Walk_Away21]

[mystery]

Just now, Virtual_Insanity said:

There is a rumour floating around that Dua had some sales removed. 

All week on twitter a stan account from Hungary was encouraging stans to buy multiple copies, stream and purchase online. Apparently the OCC got wind of it and did an audit on Dua;s numbers. 

Please... 

[EarthJang]

THE BETTER SONG WON 

[Ger]

Congrats to Billie  

 

#2 is more than enough for DTN to be fair.

[Duanielipa]

Congrats to Billie and, as the Official Charts put it, her "last minute victory" 

[Solaria]

Well it's over 

[Virtual_Insanity]

2 minutes ago, mystery said:

Please... 

It's potentially true. Dua was almost 3000 copies ahead on last count. 

[mystery]

All women in the Top 6 is awesome.