official chart UK: Billie #1, Dua #2

[Bloodflowers.]

Billie has more tight fanbase, no surprises here 

[Tistotal]

I love DTN but it's so funny to see Dua losing in her own game 

Billie literally reacted to Dua marketing moves

 

Congrats to both ladies, maybe Dua can get it next week

[BrokenMachine]

38 minutes ago, Holiest Dreams said:

I’ve been saying for a while not to count her out and that she’ll rebound to at least some degree.

Well, ATRL was wrong as always, who would have thought ?

[idontdodrags]

Not surprised, Dua is really meant to be the #2 girl

[Mark Rih]

2 hours ago, AbeHicks said:

This once again proves that Dua is not a star. Take away the extreme promo, radio payola and playlisting and she is nothing. Meanwhile Billie has actual star power.

So Dua had more streams and regular sales (things that actually come from the GP) but Billie is a bigger star because she had more fraud fanbase sales? 

[GentleDance]

Better song by the much better artist 

[skankle]

Fight Fraudualence with fraudulence 

[sunbathinganimal]

talent won

[magazine]

This means both are smashing 

[SwiftLover]

Having a large fanbase has its perks 

[supaspaz]

Not the Barbie girls cannibalizing each other

[Jude]

Both amazing talented women in the top 2.

[lillavend3r]

Everytime Dua tries fraudulence it backfires

 

[Assassin]

Not Billie selling almost 8k cassettes compared to Dua's 2k CDs 

 

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The new No.1 is What Was I Made For? - the second by Billie Eilish, after 2020’s James Bond film theme, No Time To Die. The Barbie soundtrack hit was trailing Dua Lipa’s Dance The Night throughout the week only moving ahead in the final chart after the introduction of 7,787 sales on a single track, limited edition, pink cassette, selling for just 99p including postage. Added to 1,099 digital downloads and 36,602 sales-equivalent streams it gives a combined consumption of 45,488 for the track. Dua Lipa is thus at No.2 with Dance The Night, on consumption of 40,831 units, including 2,250 one track CD singles.

 

[TrieLz]

7k cassettes vs 2k CDs 

 

this indicated that Biilie have more fans than Dua in UK 

[newaespa]

Better song and Billie is way more talented

 

Glad talented individual is winning

[truthteller]

it's not the cassette, its the free shipping

[Yomaku]

Well done  I think Dua might get it next week too.

[superben]

Whoever wins, it's another victory for Barbie  

[Europe]

4 hours ago, lillavend3r said:

Everytime Dua tries fraudulence it backfires

 

Her entire career is built on it so not so much. Her team just thinks too much of her.

[Kristie Kuwa]

50 minutes ago, AbeHicks said:

Her entire career is built on it so not so much. Her team just thinks too much of her.

New Rules, One Kiss, Dont Start Now, Levitating and Cold Heart all rank among the biggest female songs of their respective years. Dance The Night is a global hit that charts super well. To twist a song that spend multiple weeks within the Top5 as a "flop" is so stupid.

Is Bad Romance Now a failure because it didn't reach the #1 Spot? Can you hear yourself?

 

[Lovett]

5 hours ago, TrieLz said:

7k cassettes vs 2k CDs 

 

this indicated that Biilie have more fans than Dua in UK 

That's quite a conclusion you've jumped to. Realistically what it actually indicates is that there's a much bigger demand in the UK for cassettes than there is for CDs (which is pretty well-known). Billie's team made the smarter choice.

[prézli]

eeek

[jamiko1230]

Probably ultimately end up Dua vs Billie again but Olivia def. is showing strong stability. I get it because I'm loving Vampire more than ever. Multi layered slow burn song. Atp, Dua basically has it locked but think the main race is for #2. Solid 50/50 Olivia could end up rebounding. Esp. as buzz is starting for the album. Hopefully Olivia gets #1 if not next week then DEF Sept. 8th. All about competition then.

Edited August 19, 2023 by jamiko1230

[ichabe]

Dua means Two in my country, what a coincidence,..