Although not reaching No. 1 here on Hot 100, Dua Lipa's Levitating was the most hit song in America at the end of 2021. The song was unmistakable, and different variations swept radio signals and streaming devices, selling unprecedented multiple copies within only 12 months. As per MRC Data's year-end report for 2021, Levitating was by far the most listened-to song in the United States, selling a fantastic 5.745 million corresponding units. This statistic comprises both actual sales and streamed equivalents. The paperwork describes this as a solo single, while the most prominent version of a song for so many months incorporated DaBaby. Several admirers and station DJs resorted to the original take when he caused a stir by expressing homophobic remarks at an event.
As 2021 ended, Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous and Dua Lipa’s Levitating were the record-breaking pop songs on the Hot 100. The song Levitating streamed many versions, and fans also resorted to the original version.
Levitating sweeps it now by almost 700,000 equivalent units, comfortably taking the top place. Olivia Rodrigo debuts at Nos. 2 and 3 with her blockbusters Drivers License and Good 4 U, correspondingly. The very first record, her breakthrough single, sold 5.05 million corresponding copies, making it perhaps the only record to do so. Her first proper single, Good 4 U, came pretty close, selling 4.813 million corresponding sales. Two duets rounded out the top five most-purchased tracks in America in 2021. The Weeknd and Ariana Grande's Save Your Tears remix is No. 4 with 4.786 million equivalent units, while The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's Stay is No. 5 with 4.7 million corresponding sales.
Dangerous: The Double Album by Wallen premiered there at the peak of the weekly Billboard 200 music charts on Jan. 23 and remained ten weeks at the top more than any other album in 2021. According to Billboard, the soundtrack lasted longer days at No. 1 than just about any other record since Drake's Views had 13 consecutive terms weeks at No. 1 in 2016.
Dangerous has two top-ten smash singles on the Billboard Hot 100 all-genre chart: 7 Summers (No. 6 peak in August of 2020) and Wasted on You (No. 9 in January 2021). Both songs peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs list. Masked Wolf (Astronaut In The Ocean), Doja Cat and SZA (Kiss Me More), Lil Nas X (Montero [Call Me By Your Name]), Glass Animals (Heat Waves), and The Weeknd (Blinding Lights) all had worldwide hit within the bottom half of the elite ten. The Weeknd and Rodrigo are the only common names to achieve over than single row within the top ten, demonstrating their worldwide fame. According to Forbes, the Weeknd's Blinding Lights was also the No. 2 biggest single in America in 2020, selling slightly above 6 million corresponding copies.
Both the songs continue to do exceptionally well across 2021, and it appears that the song may reach 10 million identical copies in only a few months.