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27 March: Future Nostalgia officially drops, to critical acclaim. It is currently the 6th most-acclaimed album of the year so far, with an 89/100 metacritic score.
27 March: Dua does part 2 of her “StayHome” YouTube livestream after some technical difficulties the day before.
30 March: Dua does livestream on Amazon, where she does a Q&A and sings Break My Heart, Pretty Please and Love Again (credit: @dualipahungary)
31 March : Dua appears on the Late Late Show with James Corden, where she sings “Don’t Start Now”, accompanied by a band and dancers.
3rd April: The Future Nostalgia Experience drops on Spotify, providing context and vertical videos behind every track on the album. FN debuts at #2, behind CALM by 5SOS by 550 combined sales - the biggest sales week by a female artist in the UK this year (34,390 units).
on the same day, Dua lands three tracks in the top 10 of the UK singles chart - Physical at #3, DSN at #4 and BMH at #6 (the highest new entry of the week). She’s only the 5th woman in chart history to achieve this and the first act to do so this decade.
In its first week of release, Future Nostalgia breaks three Spotify records:
- The most-streamed album in a day by a British female artist globally, in the UK or the US.
- The most-streamed album in a day by a British female artist globally, in the UK or the US.
Overall, the album racked up 150 million first week Spotify streams, the 7th biggest streaming week for a 2020 album and the biggest opening week for a female album on the platform this year. It is also the 5th biggest debut week for a female album in Spotify history.
3 April: Dua announces her appearance on the cover of the “Film & Music” section for The Guardian newspaper.
6 April: The album debuts at #4 on the Billboard 200, with 66,000 combined units - the highest new entry of the week. It counts as the biggest streaming week ever for a pop album on Warner Records, with 61 million on-demand streams.
8 April: Dua appears on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where she is interviewed by Jimmy before performing “Break My Heart”.
9 April: Dua announces her appearance on the cover of the New York Times’ “Arts & Leisure” section, released on 12 April.
April 10: Dua announces her appearance on the cover of the NME magazine. The same day, Future Nostalgia rises to #1 in the UK, the first female album achieve this feat in 2020.
14 April: Dua announces that she is the cover star for the ELLE USA’s May issue.
17 April: Future Nostalgia holds for a second week at #1 in the UK, the first female album to log more than a week at #1 since Adele’s “25”, released in November 2015.
23 April: Dua participates in the Live Lounge Allstars charity single, a cover of “Times Like These” by the Foo Fighters in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
end of thread! happy 1
month anniversary to future nostalgia and keep streaming the album!
month anniversary to future nostalgia and keep streaming the album!
