Dua Lipa is an English singer and songwriter. She is a Grammy Award winner who captivated listeners with her hit single “New Rules” and her album ‘Future Nostalgia.’
Dua Lipa was born in London, the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa (née Rexha) and Dukagjin Lipa from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo[a]). Her family is of Muslim heritage. Through her maternal grandmother, she is of Bosnian descent.
Her ancestry can also be traced back to the city of Peja, Kosovo. Both of her grandfathers were historians. She has a sister named Rina and a brother named Gjin Lipa.
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. Lipa started singing at the age of five.
Lipa grew up in West Hampstead, London. She attended Fitzjohn’s Primary School, where her music lessons included the cello. When she auditioned to enter the school choir, the teacher told her that “she could not sing”. At the age of nine, she began weekend singing lessons at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Lipa moved with her family to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. There, she attended Mileniumi i Tretë School and learned more about the Albanian language and considered a musical career.
She uploaded her own songs to SoundCloud, and on YouTube. She began posting videos of herself covering songs such as “If I Ain’t Got You” (2004) by Alicia Keys and “Beautiful” (2002) by Christina Aguilera on YouTube.
Lipa modeled with Topshop, and signed with a modelling agency, helping her land a role as a “singer” in an ITV advertisement for The X Factor in 2013, covering the song “Lost in Music” (1979).
Full Name: Dua Lipa
Date of Birth: 22 August 1995
Age: 26
Birth Place: London, England
Nationality: British-Kosovar-Albanian
Profession: Singer, Songwriter
Genre: Pop Disco, House, R&B
Net-worth: £36 million
Career:
Lipa wrote her first song around the age of four. She had family connections to music — in addition to his dental studies, her father had been in a rock band. She grew up listening to artists like Blondie, Prince, Bob Dylan, Sting, and Pink.
In 2015, Lipa got a record deal. Her first single, “New Love,” came out that year. More songs followed, but her self-titled album didn’t arrive until 2017.
The video for that blockbuster hit has been viewed more than two billion times on YouTube. Another single from the album, “IDGAF,” went platinum.
In October, the singer released Dua Lipa: The Complete Edition, an expanded version of her debut album that includes three new songs, including the aforementioned “Want To”, and her previous collaborations with other artists. This included a collaboration with South Korean girl group Blackpink called “Kiss and Make Up”.
In January 2019, Lipa released the single “Swan Song” as part of the soundtrack to the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. That same month, Lipa stated that she spent the preceding year in the writing process for her second studio album.
Lipa commented that the album’s sound would be a “nostalgic” pop record that “feels like a dancercise class”.
In August 2019, Lipa partnered with brand Yves Saint Laurent to endorse their fragrance Libre.
On 11 February 2021, Lipa released a single titled “We’re Good”, along with Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition.
Lipa released the song “Can They Hear Us” from the soundtrack of the film Gully on 4 June 2021.
On 13 August 2021, Lipa worked again with Elton John on the song “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”, released as the lead single from John’s studio album The Lockdown Sessions.
On 15 October, the single reached the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Lipa’s third song to achieve this feat.
Personal Life:
Lipa has been the cover girl of several magazines. She signed with Next Models. She was in the cover of “Boom Boom Tick” editorial for Elle’s January 2016 issue.
he was in the cover of British GQ for May 2018 issue. She was in the cover for May 2018 issue of Turkish edition of Vogue. She was in the cover for June 2018 issue of British edition of Elle.
In October 2018, she was part of an Adidas campaign called “Here to Create” in which she wore brand clothes. She appeared in a Billboard editorial called “Grammy Preview” alongside Post Malone and Ella Mai.
Awards:
Lipa has received several accolades throughout her career, including five Brit Awards from thirteen nominations, one MTV Video Music Award from fifteen nominations, one American Music Award from six nominations, one iHeartRadio Music Award from eight nominations, and three Grammy Awards from eight nominations.
Lipa has received two Guinness World Records; in 2020 for most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert by a solo female artist, and in 2021 for most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist, but without surpassing the all-time peak achieved by Ariana Grande the year prior.
In 2013, Lipa began an on-again, off-again relationship with English chef Isaac Carew, from whom she first split in February 2017.
She dated the then-lead singer of the American band LANY, Paul Klein, from August 2017 to January 2018. Later, she resumed her relationship with Carew, whom she then dated from January 2018 to June 2019.
On 14 June 2019, she began a relationship with Anwar Hadid. Lipa and Hadid broke up in December 2021.
Songs:
Dua Lipa (2017)
Future Nostalgia (2020)
Social Media:
Instagram: (@dualipa)
Facebook: @Dua Lipa
Twitter: @Dua Lipa
