回复：Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars

2021 was the year in which Bad Bunny demonstrated to the world once and for all that he is in a league of his own, immune to the fickleness of the market. He’s charted so much, he is now the artist with the most top 10 hits in the history of Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart. But Bunny’s real impact was demonstrated with his live appeal, selling 480,000 tickets and grossing $84 million in a single day when his 2022 El Último Tour del Mundo tour went on sale. It became Ticketmaster’s top-selling tour for a first day since Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On the Run II Tour in 2018.
2021年是Bad Bunny一劳永逸地向世界表明，他属于自己的联盟，不受市场反复无常影响的一年。他排名如此之多，现在是公告牌热门拉丁歌曲排行榜历史上热门歌曲前10名的艺术家。但兔子的真正影响体现在他的现场吸引力中，当他2022年El Último Tour del Mundo之旅出售时，他每天售出480,000张门票，票房收入为84万美元。自2018年碧昂丝和Jay-Z的《奔跑II巡回演唱会》以来，它成为Ticketmaster的第一天最畅销的巡回演唱会。

What’s left then, for Latin music’s unicorn? There are stadium dates (Dec. 10 and 11 in his native San Juan) remaining this year, with more to come in 2022. In addition to his currently scheduled 36 U.S. arena dates, there’s a global tour planned for the summer that will take Bunny to stadiums in Europe and Latin America, among other regions. And there is the nascent acting career, a natural extension of his undeniable charisma and star power, which kicked off in earnest with a role in the current season of Narcos this November. And yes: It’s all still happening in Spanish.
那么，对于拉丁音乐的独角兽还剩下什么？今年还有体育场日期（他的家乡圣胡安的12月10日和11日），2022年还会有更多。除了他目前安排的36个美国竞技场约会外，计划在夏季进行一次全球巡演，将带兔子参观欧洲和拉丁美洲等地区的体育场。还有新生的演艺生涯，这是他不可否认的魅力和明星力量的自然延伸，今年11月，它以本季的《纳科斯》一角而认真开始。是的：这一切都仍在用西班牙语进行。

No. 9 — Dua Lipa

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Over the last year, Dua Lipa has proven herself not only as a still-rising global star, but one who could dominate in what would be considered an off-cycle year for most pop artists, after releasing her sophomore album in March 2020. Lipa started the year out stronger than ever, still reeling from the success of the glitzy, disco-inspired Future Nostalgia and its hit singles (“Don’t Start Now,” “Physical,” and “Break My Heart”), which made her a pop titan in 2020. It might have seemed like the Future Nostalgia era was beginning to go stale nearly a year after the album dropped, but thanks to Lipa’s staggering star power, she was able to keep herself front and center throughout 2021.
在过去的一年里，Dua Lipa在2020年3月发行了她的大二专辑后，不仅证明了自己是一个仍在崛起的全球明星，而且在对大多数流行艺术家来说被视为非周期的一年里，她可能占据主导地位。Lipa在开始新的一年比以往任何时候都强大，仍然因炫目了、受迪斯科启发的未来怀旧及其热门单曲（“现在不开始”、“物理”和“打破我的心”）的成功而摇摇欲坠，这使她在2020年成为流行巨头。在专辑发行近一年后，未来怀旧时代似乎开始过时，但多亏了Lipa惊人的明星力量，她在整个2021年都能够保持领先地位和中心地位。

In February, she dropped a reissue of the album, subtitled The Moonlight Edition, a collection of b-sides from Future Nostalgia. The release featured a number of remixes and new tracks, including the reggae-tinged “We’re Good” – which arrived with a bizarre, Titanic-influenced music video, taken from the point of view of a lobster. The modest success of “We’re Good,” which peaked at No. 31 on the Hot 100, proved Lipa’s range when it comes to exploring other musical styles, and even going out of her comfort zone creatively to try something different for her visuals.
2月，她放弃了重新发行的专辑，副标题为《月光版》，这是《未来怀旧》的b面集。发行版包括一些混音和新曲目，包括带有雷鬼色彩的“我们很好”——该视频来自龙虾的奇怪、受泰坦尼克号影响的音乐视频。《We're Good》的适度成功在热门100强中排名第31位，这证明了Lipa在探索其他音乐风格方面的范围，甚至创造性地走出她的舒适区，为她的视觉效果尝试不同的东西。

This was all a precursor to her triumphant Grammy performance in March, of the painfully catchy megahits “Levitating” and “Don’t Start Now” which highlighted Lipa’s impressive choreography during her show-stopping performance. (Lipa later thanked her fans for “bullying” her into becoming a better dancer after her infamous “go girl, give us nothing” Jingle Ball performance that was heavily memed.) Later that night, Lipa snagged a Grammy for best pop vocal album for Future Nostalgia, her third career win at the awards.
这一切都是她3月份格莱美胜利表演的前奏，她痛苦而引人入胜的巨集《Levitating》和《Don't Start Now》突出了Lipa在停止表演期间令人印象深刻的舞蹈编排。（Lipa后来感谢她的粉丝们在她臭名昭著的“去女孩，什么都不给我们”的叮当球表演后“欺负”她成为一名更好的舞者，这种表演被严重迷住了。）当晚晚些时候，Lipa为《未来怀旧》赢得了格莱美最佳流行声乐专辑，这是她职业生涯的第三次获得奖项。

Despite never reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100, “Levitating” proved to be a stable success, as it sat comfortably on the Hot 100 all year long. It became a 2021 anthem, inspiring its own TikTok meme, and spent a record-breaking 37 weeks climbing the Radio Songs chart before reaching No.1 in June, over a year after its initial release. Eventually, the track earned the top spot on the year-end Hot 100 — the first time a woman had topped that year-end tally solo since Adele in 2011.
尽管从未在热门100强中排名第一，但事实证明“悬浮”取得了稳定的成功，因为它全年舒适地坐在热门100强中。它成为2021年的国歌，激发了自己的抖音表情包，并在首次发行一年多后，在6月登上广播歌曲排行榜之前，花了37周时间攀登广播歌曲排行榜，达到第1位。最终，该曲目在年终热门100强中名列前茅——这是自2011年阿黛尔以来，女性首次在年终理货单中名列榜首。

“‘Levitating’ doing its thing on the Billboard chart is absolutely surreal,” Lipa told Billboard earlier this month. “That song has been my baby for so long, and to have it out in the world, and for people’s response to be the way that it is, it’s just absolutely mind-blowing to me. I’m really, really, really grateful for it all.” “Levitating” quietly grew into Lipa’s biggest track, with its funky groove and addictive, clap-filled chorus echoing through the aisles of every grocery store and through the speakers at every house party in Summer 2021.
Lipa本月早些时候告诉Billboard：“‘让’在公告牌排行榜上做事情绝对是超现实的。”“这首歌一直是我的孩子，为了把它发布到世界上，为了让人们的反应成为现在的样子，它对我来说绝对是令人惊叹的。我真的非常非常感激这一切。”2021年夏天，“悬浮”悄然发展成为利帕最大的曲目，其时髦的凹槽和令人上瘾的、充满掌声的合唱在每家杂货店的过道和每个家庭聚会的演讲者中回荡。

On top of Dua Lipa’s solo singles, she was also featured on Pop Smoke’s posthumous sophomore album, Faith, on the track “Demeanor” – which was accompanied by a lavish, Marie Antoinette-esque music video. Lipa was also joined by Elton John for a soft piano rendition of “Love Again,” which turned into several unexpected but well-received collaborations between the two, including an orchestral take on “Bennie and the Jets” at John’s pre-Oscars benefit.
除了Dua Lipa的单曲外，她还出现在Pop Smoke死后大二专辑Faith的歌曲《Demeanor》中——该曲目配有一段奢华的Marie Antoinette风格的音乐视频。Lipa还和Elton John一起演奏了《再次爱》的软钢琴演奏，这变成了两人之间几次出乎意料但广受好评的合作，包括在John的奥斯卡前福利下管弦乐队对《Bennie and the Jets》的表演

The duo’s most successful teaming, however, came with John’s latest album The Lockdown Sessions, where Lipa provided vocals for “Cold Heart,” a hybrid cover-mashup of several classic Elton John hits. The collaboration secured Elton John’s first Hot 100 hit in over 20 years (peaking at No. 11 in December), proving that Lipa’s star power could transcend generational barriers.
然而，这对组合最成功的团队合作是John的最新专辑《The Lockdown Sessions》，Lipa为《冷心》配音，这是埃尔顿·约翰几首经典热门歌曲的混合封面混音。这次合作确保了埃尔顿·约翰20多年来的首支热门100强热门歌曲（12月排名第11），证明利帕的明星力量可以超越代际障碍。

As her final encore for Future Nostalgia, Lipa gave the electro pop track “Love Again” new life over the summer by releasing it as a single nearly 15 months after its initial drop, practically unheard of at a time in pop music when album cycles often come and go in as little as a few weeks. The track was paired with a surreal western-style music video, featuring imagery of cowboys, crying clowns, and giant eggs – another creative leap from Lipa this year. In addition to her musical efforts, Lipa also founded Service95, a weekly newsletter compiled of specially curated lists, features, music recommendations, and more to debut early next year — potentially branding her as the next great lifestyle guru, with a perfectly tailored soundtrack to match.
作为她对《未来怀旧》的最后一首加演，Lipa在最初发行近15个月后以单曲形式发行电子流行歌曲《再次爱》，在夏季赋予了它新的生命，这在流行音乐中几乎闻所未闻，当时专辑周期通常在几周内来来来往往。该曲目与超现实的西式音乐视频配对，以牛仔、哭泣的小丑和巨型鸡蛋的图像为特色——这是利帕今年的又一次创造性飞跃。除了她的音乐努力外，Lipa还创建了Service95，这是一份每周时事通讯，汇编了特别精选的列表、功能、音乐推荐等，将于明年初首次亮相——这可能会让她成为下一个伟大的生活方式大师，并配以完美的配乐。

If anything, continuing to expand her Future Nostalgia world proves Lipa’s dedication to giving her fans new content during a year when touring and concerts were still unable to go as planned – as the Future Nostalgia tour was postponed for a second time, after being planned for Spring of 2020. Lipa didn’t let that stop her from creating new, visually stunning performances, including a massive medley at this year’s Brit Awards, and several alternative versions of her music videos.
如果有什么不同的话，继续扩大她的未来怀旧世界证明，Lipa致力于在巡回演出和音乐会仍然无法按计划进行一年里为粉丝们提供新内容——因为未来怀旧之旅在计划于2020年春季后第二次推迟。Lipa没有让这阻止她创作新的、视觉上令人惊叹的表演，包括今年英国颁奖典礼上的大规模混音，以及她音乐视频的几个替代版本。

In a streaming era where album cycles are becoming shorter and more compact, Lipa has proved that her star power is only increasing as her Future Nostalgia era enters yet another phase, over two years after she released its lead single. The Future Nostalgia Tour is slated to begin in February 2022, where the album will – hopefully — finally be heard live by fans around the world. And after that, Lipa’s masterful workings of her latest album cycle should make her next album one of the most anticipated pop eras in recent memory.
在一个专辑周期越来越短、越来越紧凑的流媒体时代，Lipa已经证明，在她发行主打单曲两年多后，随着她未来的怀旧时代进入另一个阶段，她的明星力量只会增加。未来怀旧之旅定于2022年2月开始，希望这张专辑最终能现场听到世界各地的粉丝。在那之后，Lipa在她最新专辑周期中的精湛作品应该使她的下一张专辑成为最近记忆中最受期待的流行时代之一。

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