Dua Lipa

**Dua Lipa** (London, 22 August 1995) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London and spending part of her adolescence, more specifically from 13 to 15 years old in Pristina, Kosovo.

Lipa is highlighted to the world in 2017 with her hit "New Rules". Inspired by artists such as Madonna, Outkast, Moloko and her father, Dukagjin Lipa, who she grew up listening to, Dua was revealed in 2015 with her hit "Be The One", and brought dance music and dark pop with her.

## Early life

Dua gained specialist media attention as an artist following the release of her eponymous debut album in 2017, which reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and featured eight singles. "New Rules" and "IDGAF" became global successes, reaching the top position in several countries such as Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom in addition to reaching the top ten positions in more than 30 countries. Later, the album received 5 nominations at the BRIT Awards, an important award considered the British Grammy and 2 nominations at the Grammy Awards. In early 2017, Dua embarked on her first world tour, The Self-Titled Tour. With more than sixty shows, the tour went through five of the six terrestrial continents.

In 2018, in partnership with DJ Calvin Harris, she released the single "One Kiss", which reached number one in the UK and became the number one song by a female artist in 2018. In addition to this partnership, "No Lie" with Sean Paul, "Scared To Be Lonely" with Martin Garrix, "Kiss and Make Up" with girl group BLACKPINK, "Electricity" with Diplo and Mark Ronson and the Grammy Award-winning *Dua Lipa: Complete Edition*, a complete version from their debut album, containing bonus tracks and collaborations.

## Career

### 2015–2017: Breakthrough and *Dua Lipa*

In 2015, Lipa began working on her debut album for Warner Music Group. In August 2015, she released her first single "New Love", produced by Emile Haynie and Andrew Wyatt. She released her second single "Be the One", in October 2015. "Be the One" achieved success across Europe, reaching number one in Belgium, Poland, and Slovakia, as well as charting within the top 10 in over 11 European territories. In Australia and New Zealand, the song became an airplay success, reaching numbers 6 and 20 respectively. Lipa describes her musical style as "dark pop". On 30 November 2015, she was revealed as one of the acts on the BBC Sound of...2016 long list. Her first tour in the UK and Europe began in January 2016. In November 2016, Lipa concluded her tour through Europe.

On 18 February 2016, Lipa released her third single "Last Dance", followed by "Hotter than Hell" on 6 May. "Hotter Than Hell" became a hit worldwide, especially in the UK, where it peaked at number 15. On 26 August, her fifth overall single "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" was released, peaking at number 30 in the UK. It became the singer's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 72. "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" also topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and reached number 23 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.

In November 2016, Sean Paul released the single "No Lie" featuring Lipa as the Lead Singles of Sean Paul EP Album *Mad Love the Prequel*. The song reached number 10 in the UK. In December 2016, a documentary about Lipa was commissioned by The Fader magazine, called *See in Blue*. In January 2017, Lipa released the single "Scared to Be Lonely" with Martin Garrix, reaching number 14 in the UK.

Her self-titled debut studio album was released on 2 June 2017. Its sixth single "New Rules", released in the following month, became Lipa's first number one in the UK, and the first by a female solo artist to reach the top in the UK since "**Hello**" by Adele in 2015. Her best-selling single to date, the song also charted in the top ten in other territories, including number 2 in Australia, number 6 in the US, and number 7 in Canada. Lipa performed at the Glastonbury Festival in June, attracting one of the biggest audiences at that year's event. She performed on the BBC's *Later... with Jools Holland* in October. In December, Lipa was named the most streamed woman of 2017 in the UK by Spotify. She had four singles reach the UK top 10 in 2017, with "Be the One", "Bridge over Troubled Water" (a charity single arranged by Simon Cowell for the families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in London), "New Rules" and "No Lie".

### 2018–2022: *'Future Nostalgia'*

The singer collaborated with American DJ Whethan on the song "High" for the *Fifty Shades Freed* soundtrack, released in February 2018. In March 2018, she began writing new material for her second album. Lipa and Calvin Harris released the single "One Kiss" on April 6, and it went on to become the best-selling song in the UK in 2018, topping the charts for eight weeks in a row.

Lipa is expected to release collaborations with other artists later this year, including one with Mark Ronson and Diplo's newly formed superduo Silk City. The song's title, "Electricity," was later confirmed by Ronson. On September 9th, the song was released. Lipa also appears in the song "If Only," which appears on Andrea Bocelli's sixteenth studio album *Sì*.

*Dua Lipa: The Complete Edition*, an expanded version of her debut album that includes three new songs, including "Want To," and previous collaborations with other artists, was released in October. This included a collaboration with the South Korean girl group Blackpink titled "Kiss and Make Up". Lipa's single "Swan Song" was released in January 2019 as part of the soundtrack to the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. That same month, Lipa revealed that she had spent the previous year writing her second studio album. Lipa described the album's sound as "nostalgic" pop that "feels like a dancercise class."

Lipa's second album, *Future Nostalgia*, and accompanying tour were announced in December 2019 following the release of its lead single "Don't Start Now." "Don't Start Now" reached number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart in the United States. "Physical" was Lipa's second single released prior to the album's release. It was released on January 30, 2020, with the music video following a day later. "Physical" debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

Future Nostalgia was released to widespread critical acclaim on March 27, following the release of the album's third single "Break My Heart" on March 25. The album debuted at number two on the Official UK Albums Chart. The following week, in April 2020, Future Nostalgia debuted at number one on the Official UK Albums Chart, and four of the album's singles charted in the top ten. The album holds the record for the lowest one-week sales while at the top of the chart in the modern era; when it was number one––the week beginning 15 May 2020––the album only accumulated 7,317 sales. Lipa became the first British female artist since Vera Lynn in 1952 to have three top-ten singles in a single calendar year when the album was released. Lipa eventually broke this record with her single "Levitating," which also charted in the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her third top-ten hit in the United States.

Lipa released a remix of "Levitating" on August 13th, featuring American artists Madonna and Missy Elliott. It was released on August 28 as the lead single from *Club Future Nostalgia*, a remix collection of Future Nostalgia tracks by the Blessed Madonna and Mark Ronson. Lipa released the second remix of "Levitating," featuring American rapper DaBaby, on October 2, 2020; on the same day, Lipa released the music video for the second remix. Lipa and Belgian singer Angèle were photographed on the set of a music video on October 14, 2020. Later that month, the singers announced the release of their collaboration, "Fever," on October 30, 2020. It is included on the French re-release of *Future Nostalgia*. Lipa was featured on "Prisoner", a song from Miley Cyrus' seventh studio album *Plastic Hearts*. The single was released on 19 November 2020 alongside the music video. On 27 November, Lipa performed in a livestream concert titled Studio 2054, where she sang various songs from *Future Nostalgia*, a new unreleased track with FKA Twigs, as well as some previous singles such as "New Rules", "One Kiss" and "Electricity". The event featured many special guests like The Blessed Madonna, Angèle, Kylie Minogue and Elton John, among others. *Future Nostalgia* was the most streamed album by a woman (and fifth most streamed album overall) on Spotify in 2020.

Lipa released a single titled "We're Good" on February 11, 2021, along with *Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition*. On June 4, 2021, Lipa released the song "Can They Hear Us" from the soundtrack of the film Gully. In June 2021, it was announced that Lipa would be starring in the movie "Argylle". She is set to provide original music for the title track and score. Lipa collaborated with Elton John once more on the song "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)," which was released as the lead single from John's studio album The Lockdown Sessions on August 13, 2021. On October 15, the single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Lipa's third hit to do so. Lipa launched Service95, a weekly lifestyle newsletter, and the accompanying podcast Dua Lipa: At Your Service in February 2022.

### 2022-present 'DL3'

Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion released "Sweetest Pie" with a music video on March 11, 2022. The song is their first collaboration, and it serves as the lead single from Stallion's second studio album, *Traumazine*. On May 27, 2022 Lipa collaborated with Calvin Harris and Young Thug to release "Potion", serving as lead single from Harris's sixth studio album, *Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2*. It marks the second collaboration between Harris and Lipa following their 2018 single "One Kiss".

On April 4, 2023, it was revealed that Lipa was cast in the 2023 Barbie movie, playing the character of Mermaid Barbie. On May 1, 2023, Lipa co-chaired the Karl Lagerfeld themed Met Gala. On May 22, 2023, Lipa announced her single "Dance The Night", which serves as the lead single for the Barbie film's soundtrack album.

On November 1, 2023, Dua announced the lead single to her upcoming upcoming third album, Houdini staled for release on November 9th.

## Philanthropy

In 2016, Lipa created the Sunny Hill Foundation with her father to fund various social projects in her native Kosovo. In August 2018, Lipa organized her own festival to raise funds for the Sunny Hill Foundation called *SunnyHill Festival*, where she also performed. The Pristina's Mayor Shpend Ahmeti then awarded Dua Lipa the Key of Pristina for the first time. It hosted the festival for the second straight year in 2019, with Miley Cyrus as one of the performers.

### Studio albums

* *Dua Lipa* (2017)
* *Future Nostalgia* (2020)
* *DL3* (2024)

### Reissues

* *Dua Lipa: Complete Edition* (2018)
* *Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition* (2021)

### EPs

* Spotify Sessions (EP) (2016)
* Be the One (EP) (2016)
* The Only (EP) (2017)
* Live Acoustic (EP) (2017)
* Deezer Sessions (EP) (2019)

## Musical style and influence

Dua's songs are generally in the pop and R&B genres, in addition to elements of dance-pop, synthpop, dream pop, hip hop, funk and soul, all of which are present in her self-titled debut album. The album still has touches of electro, trap and rock. The singer also bet on styles such as tropical house in the song "One Kiss" with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, house and dance in "Electricity" with the American-British duo Silk City, formed by Diplo and Mark Ronson, classical music and folk in "If Only", a duet with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and k-pop in "Kiss and Make Up" with South Korean girl group Blackpink. His second studio album, Future Nostalgia, released in 2020, will bring influences from disco music, in addition to house and dance, in addition to previous styles, both inspired by the style of the 1980s.

Dua cites Nelly Furtado, Pink and Christina Aguilera as early inspirations for her love of pop music. In an interview she said: “I've always been a big fan of pop music. The first album I got when I was really young was Whoa, Nelly! by Nelly Furtado, and after that I also got Missundaztood from Pink. That's when I was like, 'Oh my God, I want to be just like them!' I love the way P!nk has cultivated her career. I admire her a lot. I feel like whatever they do or release I'm going to be a fan. I will always listen. I think it's because I loved them when I was very young and it left such an imprint that it really inspired me in what I do now."

## Tours

### Headlining

* The Self-Titled Tour (2017–2018)
* Future Nostalgia Tour (2022)

### Promotional

* 2016 UK Tour (2016)
* Hotter Than Hell Tour (2016)
* US and Europe Tour (2017)

### Opening act

* Troye Sivan – Suburbia Tour (2016)
* Bruno Mars – 24K Magic World Tour (2017–2018)
* Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams Tour (2017)

## Trivia

* Dua Lipa was born in London, England.
* Her Zodiac sign is Leo.
* She went to Parliament Hill School, a private girls school in Camden.
* Her family moved from London to Kosovo when she was age 11 until age 15 when she returned to London to pursue music.
* She has been active since 2014.
* Her song "Levitating" was one of the most played songs of 2021.
* Her song "Be The One" has played over a lot in the Live shows or concerts.
* She considered changing her name to Amber.
* She doesn't have a middle name.
* Her name is Albanian and means "love, prayer".
* Her first song was "New Love".
* Dua has three Grammys.
* She is an honorary Liverpool supporter.
* She likes anime.
* Her favorite anime is Ponyo.
* She doesn't play guitar.
* She used to play the cello in school, and she got bullied about all the time, so she quit.
* She has a manager named Ben.
* Dua Lipa is tall girl (or girl of average height) with slim figure, she stands at 173 cm (5 feet and 8 inches) tall (she has same height with Ulti from One Piece) and weighs 58-65 kg.
* On occasion, Dua buys a lot of hair and glue it in her head, other than that, she struggles to make it lot nice.
* Bad hair days are kind of her thing.
* Her rules are work hard and be nice.
* Dua hates singing at Karaoke.
* She's learning high notes.
* She has a younger brother and a younger sister, and their the loves of her life.
* She loves Bebe Rexha's music.
* She and Taylor Swift are friends.
* She is a fan of Iann Dior.
* Her favourite color is pink.
* She loves k-pop having worked with superstar girl group BLɅCKPINK and popular idol Hwasa. She also wrote for Twice, another popular group
* Her very first and Original Collaborations and the Kings of Collaborations and the Dancehall with Sean Paul with Songs No Lie and the Music Video Has \*Reach over Billion Views on Youtube.com
* Her very first Promotional singles Room for 2.
* Dua Lipa has a criminal record, she and a few friends over ran a bubble bath deliberately and it struck an officer so she got charred with assault.

## References

1. ↑ Meet Dua Lipa, A Restless Spirit With A Mighty Big Voice | The FADER
2. ↑ Lana Del Rey's management have a new artist and she is amazing • Popjustice
3. ↑ Shake it up: the future female pop stars of 2016 | Pop and rock | The Guardian
4. ↑ The playlist: new bands – with the Prettiots, Dua Lipa and Mind Enterprises | Music | The Guardian
5. ↑ DUA LIPA | Official Charts
6. ↑ DUA LIPA | Official Charts
7. ↑ Sean Paul Gets Reflective With Dua Lipa in 'No Lie' Video: Watch | Billboard – Billboard
8. ↑ [🎥] Dua Lipa - See in Blue (Documentary) - YouTube
9. ↑ Dua Lipa Reveals Cover Art For Self-Titled Album - Idolator
10. ↑ Dua Lipa's New Rules becomes the first solo female UK Number 1 single since Adele’s Hello: “This means a lot” | Official Charts
11. ↑ Ed Sheeran & Beyonce’s ‘Perfect’ No. 1 on Hot 100, Camila Cabello’s ‘Havana’ Back Up to No. 2 | Billboard – Billboard
12. ↑ Dua Lipa pulls one of the biggest crowds at Glastonbury 2017 so far with hit-packed set
13. ↑ How Dua Lipa became the most streamed woman of 2017 | Dua Lipa | The Guardian
14. ↑ Dua Lipa receives the first ever key to the capital of Kosovo
15. ↑ Dua Lipa joins the cast of Greta Gerwig's Barbie film alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling | Official Charts
16. ↑ Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, John Cena To Star In Spy Movie ‘Argylle’ – Deadline
Dua Lipa Nearly Got Arrested For Assaulting A Police Officer At 15