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. She uploaded her own songs to SoundCloud and YouTube. At Parliament Hill School she passed her A-Levels, then re-entered Sylvia Young Theatre School part-time. There she attended Mileniumi i Tretë School, learned more about the Albanian language, and considered a musical career. Lipa moved with her family to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. At the age of nine, she began weekend singing lessons at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. When she auditioned to enter the school choir, the teacher told her that "she could not sing". She attended Fitzjohn's Primary School and her music lessons there included the cello. Dua Lipa began singing at the age of five. 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 was musically influenced by her father, who was the lead singer and guitarist of the Kosovan rock band Oda. She has a sister named Rina and a brother named Gjin. Both of her grandfathers were historians. ![]() Her ancestry can also be traced back to the city of Peja, Kosovo. Through her maternal grandmother, she is of Bosniak descent. ![]() 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). Both of Lipa's albums are the most-streamed female albums on Spotify, with over 10 billion streams each. ![]() Future Nostalgia received the Brit Award for British Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Its follow-up singles, " Physical", " Break My Heart", and " Levitating", were also commercially successful with the latter song topping the Hot 100's year-end chart in 2021. Its lead single, " Don't Start Now", was the year's most commercially successful song by a female artist in the US ranking in the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart. Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), was met with critical acclaim and became her first UK number-one album. In 2019, Lipa won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, as well as the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for " Electricity", her collaborative single with Silk City. Her second chart-topping single, " One Kiss" with Calvin Harris, was the longest-running number-one single by a female artist in 2018 and won the Brit Award for Song of the Year. Lipa was honoured with the Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. She rose to prominence with her eponymous debut album in 2017, which peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and spawned the successful singles " Be the One", " IDGAF", and the UK number-one single " New Rules". Lipa worked as a model before signing a recording contract with Warner Bros. ![]() She was included on the Time 100 Next list in 2021. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career including six Brit Awards, three Grammy Awards, and two Guinness World Records. Her mezzo-soprano vocal range and disco-influenced production have received critical acclaim and media coverage. Her lead single "Don't Start Now" has over 2 billion streams on the platform, with "Levitating" featuring DaBaby having over 1 billion.Dua Lipa ( / ˈ d uː ə ˈ l iː p ə/ ⓘ DOO-ə LEE-pə, Albanian: born ( )22 August 1995) is an English and Albanian singer, songwriter and actress. Lipa is the 14th-most listened-to artist on Spotify, with over 58 million monthly listeners. Throughout the year, she performed in many other countries, including England, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Brazil, Mexico and New Zealand before wrapping up in Albania-where she performed in front of 200,000 fans.įuture Nostalgia is Lipa's second studio album, released in 2020, delivering popular hits such as "Levitating," "Break My Heart," "Physical" and "Don't Start Now." Since its release, the album has gone platinum in the United States, selling over 1 million copies. In her globetrotting tour of 94 shows, Lipa began in the United States. 94 shows around the world in one year and ending it in Tirana, Albania to around 200k people ~ our biggest solo show EVER~ on independence day!!! ~ All I can say is the deepest of thank yous for a year that has pushed me to grow beyond anything I could’ve imagined with… /NsMYwiXQ3k- DUA LIPA November 30, 2022
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