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Dua Lipa's self-titled about to surpass 21 in the UK (total units)

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1. 21 - 15M total units

2. Dua Lipa- - 14.7

 

Oh wow looks like Dua's peak is bigger than Adele in the UK

 

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The female Adele :clap3:

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Solaria Grand Master

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An album artisté, no quick singles allowed

 

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In like 20 years, Dua's debut will probably have sold 40m units or more. Such a huge era with countless hits that have made so much impact in the pop scene.

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2 minutes ago, Love Again said:

An album artisté, no quick singles allowed

 

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Bonus:

 

14. DUA LIPA - FUTURE NOSTALGIA: 8.2 MILLION UNITS

 

17. BILLIE EILISH - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?: 7.8 MILLION UNITS

 

18. OLIVIA RODRIGO - SOUR: 7.8 MILLION UNITS

 

Biggest artist of her generation? I think so

 

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KingWitch Experienced

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Love Dua but that era of hers wasn't as big as 21 , staking on post release singles for a "complete edition" is not as impressive .

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5 minutes ago, KingWitch said:

Love Dua but that era of hers wasn't as big as 21 , staking on post release singles for a "complete edition" is not as impressive .

It actually is and more artists should do it. If they’re actually able to get as much hits as her, that is

 

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I love me some Dua, but...

 

21

 

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Dua Lipa

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Standalone singles from other artists tucked onto the album

 

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Just now, blown away said:

I love me some Dua, but...

 

21

 

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Dua Lipa

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Re-issue

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Standalone singles from other artists tucked onto the album

 

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Those are actually Dua’s songs because she’s the only one singing on them

 

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isn’t dua album like 3x platinum whilst 21 is 16x plat? :hippo: 

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1 minute ago, Love Again said:

Those are actually Dua’s songs because she’s the only one singing on them

Sure, she's the one singing on them. But the point is that they were added after the original release, while 21 had nothing of the sorts.

 

Nevertheless her debut still was a big era in the UK.

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How did you calculate those units? Can you post a source pls

 

Dua Lipa is 3x Platinum aka 900k units

21 is 18x Platinum aka 5.4M units

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Just now, blown away said:

Sure, she's the one singing on them. But the point is that they were added after the original release, while 21 had nothing of the sorts.

 

Nevertheless her debut still was a big era in the UK.

Well yes! But she actually had mega streaming hits released after her album release that she was ABLE to tack on. That’s difficult to have not everybody has that

 

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4 minutes ago, blown away said:

I love me some Dua, but...

 

21

 

VS

 

Dua Lipa

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Re-issue

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Standalone singles from other artists tucked onto the album

 

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This + streaming era have made it easier for singles/tracks to score certifications. And hard for albums to score certifications, overall it is easier to collect more total units than digital era. 

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13 minutes ago, glitch said:

How did you calculate those units? Can you post a source pls

 

Dua Lipa is 3x Platinum aka 900k units

21 is 18x Platinum aka 5.4M units

It also includes songs and singles units 


New Rules - 5xPlat - 3m

One Kiss - 5xPlat - 3m

IDGAF - 3xPlat - 1.8m

Scared to Be Lonely - 2xPlat - 1.2m

Be The One - 2xPlat - 1.2m

Hotter Than Hell - Plat - 600k

Blow Your Mind - Plat - 600k

Electricity - Plat - 600k

Lost In Your Light - Silver - 200k

Homesick - 200k

Kiss and Make Up - 200k

 

TOTAL: 12.6 (+ 900k = 13.5m

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36 minutes ago, Love Again said:

It actually is and more artists should do it. If they’re actually able to get as much hits as her, that is

 

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At least Globally it isn't

 

but I agree

her strategy of releasing an investing into singles, really payed off

fans need to remember that tactics are still really important (especially these days when everything is so different than before and old professionals, aren't super viable as they were in the old climate)

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And if Adele tacked Skyfall onto 21 like Ms Lipa did with every song she featured on over the 3 years after her self-titled?

 

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What are the total units for Thriller by MJ? Just for the kiis

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55 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

It also includes songs and singles units 


New Rules - 5xPlat - 3m

One Kiss - 5xPlat - 3m

IDGAF - 3xPlat - 1.8m

Scared to Be Lonely - 2xPlat - 1.2m

Be The One - 2xPlat - 1.2m

Hotter Than Hell - Plat - 600k

Blow Your Mind - Plat - 600k

Electricity - Plat - 600k

Lost In Your Light - Silver - 200k

Homesick - 200k

Kiss and Make Up - 200k

 

TOTAL: 12.6 (+ 900k = 13.5m

That's not how stuff should be counted. The album certifications already include the streams/sales from all the tracks and an album unit is not equivalent to a track unit.

You should only compare album to album. 21 is at least 5 times more successful than Dua Lipa in the UK.

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55 minutes ago, Love Again said:

Well yes! But she actually had mega streaming hits released after her album release that she was ABLE to tack on. That’s difficult to have not everybody has that

 

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That's true. She has the streaming hits. My faves could never. But that wasn't the point. The point was she never would've overtaken 21 without them.

 

 

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Still congrats to her. Her debut is a great album.

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The math is not mathing :redface:

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People mentioning the complete edition seem to think that racking up hit after hit in your album cycle is a drag :kitty:

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Gelato Grand Master

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Dua's first album is so good and for me has more replay value than FN. She was just effortlessly cool that era with her finger absolutely on the pulse of UK pop music at the time.

 

I do think this points to a lack of comparability between digital era and streaming era numbers in the UK though (and the same also applies to physical era vs digital era). It was much harder to shift units during the digital era given the amount of piracy, so now we have older songs that are known by the whole UK population being supposedly outsold by newer quick little hits.

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the thief of sales is doing that :clap:

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