“Build no longer Delivery Now,” “Fracture My Coronary heart” and “Levitating” were all first launched on Lipa’s 2020 album Future Nostalgia, making the distance the first to skedaddle off a trio of Pop Airplay No. 1s in over five years; Selena Gomez’s Revival generated “Comely for You” (featuring A$AP Rocky), “Same Archaic Cherish” and “Fingers to Myself” in 2015-16.
Future Nostalgia is furthermore the first album launched on Warner Data to yield three Pop Airplay No. 1s within the chart’s 28-yr historical previous. (“Levitating” was launched by Lipa solo on the LP; its DaBaby remix arrived in October.)
Notably, “Levitating” completes a uniquely circuitous path to the Pop Airplay summit. It debuted at No. 26 on the Oct. 17, 2020, chart and first peaked at No. 4 for two weeks in January. It fell off the chart for two months in March-Would possibly perhaps furthermore simply sooner than re-coming into on the Would possibly perhaps furthermore simply 15 scrutinize.
Serving to spark its revival, Lipa and DaBaby performed “Levitating” for the length of the Grammy Awards March 14 as piece of a medley with “Build no longer Delivery Now,” whereas “Levitating” has furthermore surged as a soundtrack to clips on TikTok.
“I in actual fact mediate TikTok gave it a humongous jolt aid into the pop tradition forefront,” says Erik Bradley, music director at KNOU (97.1 Now!) Los Angeles and assistant program director/md at WBBM-FM (B96) Chicago, both of which document to the Pop Airplay chart. “It clear is an appealing case. There was a length as it was re-rising at radio ought to that it’s doubtless you’ll no longer originate TikTok with out seeing it in each put your feed.”
Bradley notes that the tune has “remained at or shut to the pinnacle, week after week” in listener review.
Cat Thomas, pd of Pop Airplay panelist KQMV (Movin 92.5) Seattle, agrees, sharing that “Levitating” has lodged itself within the put of living’s very best or 2nd-very best stage of rotation “for the length of the tune’s elope. It did capture a shrimp dip, but no longer so powerful. It went from an ‘A’ to a ‘B,’ then to an ‘A’ all once more.”
Furthermore, per Thomas, “The upbeat and tempo taste of the tune is a giant serve, with numerous predominant artists’ songs being ballads. We need the tempo to separate the late songs.”
“Levitating” has even outperformed two songs that Lipa has despatched onto Pop Airplay since it debuted. Miley Cyrus’ “Prisoner,” featuring Lipa, hit No. 23 in January and Lipa’s contain “Levitating” be conscious-up “We’re Comely” rose to No. 11 in early Would possibly perhaps furthermore simply.
“It was an awfully finest storm that helped lift it the entire components aid,” muses Bradley. “You luxuriate in to mediate it.”
