About Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa .mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-smallAlbanian: ; born 22 August 1995) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Her accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards. Time magazine included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.
Lipa worked as a model before venturing into music and signing with Warner Bros. in 2014. She released her eponymous debut album in , which peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and had the singles "Be the One", "IDGAF", and the UK number-one single "New Rules". She was later honoured with the Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Her second UK number-one single, "One Kiss" with Calvin Harris, was the best-selling song of 2018 in the UK and won the Brit Award for Song of the Year. She later won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and for Best Dance Recording for "Electricity" featuring Silk City in 2019.
Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia , became her first UK number-one album and peaked in the top-three in the U.S. Its lead single, "Don't Start Now", scored the longest top-ten stay for a British female artist on the UK Singles Chart and ranked in the top five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 2020. The album's success continued with the follow-up singles "Physical", "Break My Heart", and "Levitating", with the latter topping the Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart of 2021 and receiving a diamond certification in the U.S. from the Recording Industry Association of America . Future Nostalgia later won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Lipa subsequently scored her third and fourth UK number-one singles with the 2021 Elton John duet "Cold Heart " and "Dance the Night" from the soundtrack of the film Barbie , wherein she also made her acting debut. Lipa released her third studio album, Radical Optimism , which debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and was preceded by the UK top-ten singles "Houdini", "Training Season", and "Illusion". She also had a supporting role in the spy film Argylle.
Dua Lipa was born on 22 August 1995, in London, the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia . Her maternal grandmother is of Bosniak descent.
Lipa's ancestry can be traced back to the city of Peja, Kosovo. Both of her grandfathers were historians. She has a sister, Rina, and a brother, Gjin. Lipa was musically influenced by her father, who was the lead singer and guitarist of the Kosovan rock band Oda. Her father continued to play music at home, including his own compositions and songs of artists such as David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Sting, the Police, and Stereophonics. Dua Lipa began singing at the age of five.
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