To kick off Billboard’s inaugural 'Global No. 1s' series, Dua Lipa reps the UK as No. 1. She shares everything about her big year in 2024. From headlining Glastonbury to ‘Radical Optimism’ reaching No. 1 on the charts, she gives a rundown on her exciting year. Keep watching for all the details!
Billboard is launching its inaugural 'Global No. 1s' series, an initiative to spotlight top-charting artists from around the world. Billboard has partnered with its ten-plus global editions to showcase distinct voices topping their local charts around the world in exclusive interviews. Stay tuned throughout the week to discover who's No. 1 in the UK, Brazil, Korea, and more!
Billboard is launching its inaugural 'Global No. 1s' series, an initiative to spotlight top-charting artists from around the world. Billboard has partnered with its ten-plus global editions to showcase distinct voices topping their local charts around the world in exclusive interviews. Stay tuned throughout the week to discover who's No. 1 in the UK, Brazil, Korea, and more!
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00:00How do I like to toast when I hit number one in the UK charts?
00:12Yeah.
00:13By getting absolutely shit-faced.
00:24Collaborating with Charlie on the Talk Talk Remix with Troy was quite possibly the easiest
00:28thing I've ever done in my life.
00:30That's my girl.
00:31I just sent her a voice note and that was it.
00:39Being the first British female artist in eight years to have headlined Glastonbury is absolutely
00:49unreal.
00:50It kind of feels crazy.
00:52Adele was the last one before me.
00:55I was there and I loved it and I feel like my manifestation cogs were turning at that
01:01point.
01:02But it feels crazy.
01:03I had no idea.
01:04The advice that I'd give to a first-time Glastonbury headliner would be to make sure that you soak
01:14it all in.
01:15It's such an unbelievable feeling and it goes by so fast that you just want to make sure
01:21that you savour every moment.
01:24And actually Adele messaged me saying exactly the same thing and she wasn't wrong.
01:29It just passes you by so you've just got to make sure that you're really in it.
01:39How did I feel to meet Adele?
01:40I just loved it.
01:42I loved it so much.
01:43I've always been such a big fan of hers and meeting her and getting to chat to her a little
01:49bit was just really sweet.
01:55Singing live with Elton every time is a pinching moment.
01:59It never gets old.
02:00It's always so much fun.
02:02We have such great chemistry together and so it's always a blast.
02:15I feel like I dance everywhere I go around the world.
02:17I'm always dancing and that's not just on stage.
02:21But in London, I don't know, I guess like Printworks, Beams, Drum Sheds, Colour Factory,
02:28all of those are really fun places to go out dancing.
02:32Austin, I recently danced in Honky Tonks and that was really fun.
02:37I love just that country music culture.
02:41Number one Hot 100 song of 2021, Levitating, felt unreal.
02:45It's really exciting.
02:46I mean, that song just took on so many lives and it just exceeded all my expectations.
02:53And I think that's just the beautiful thing about music is the way it just continues to
02:58live on in ways that I didn't even comprehend.
03:11What have I learned from Elton?
03:13Always stay fabulous, darling.
03:15And fuck the rest.
03:20That's not a direct quote, but that's the energy I got.
03:31I speak two languages fluently, English and English.
03:37I speak two languages fluently, English and Albanian.
03:41And the rest I can get by just like I can order a coffee.
03:46I can have a little conversation in French and Spanish and understand a little Italian, I guess.
03:58Being number one on the Billboard charts is...