DUA LIPA

BIOGRAPHY
 Dua Lipa is an English singer, songwriter, and model. Her musical career began at
age 14, when she began covering songs by other artists on YouTube. In 2015, she
was signed with Warner Music Group and released her first single soon after. In
December 2016, a documentary about Lipa was commissioned by The Fader
magazine, titled See in Blue. In January 2017, Lipa won the EBBA Public Choice
Award. Her self-titled debut studio album was released on 2 June 2017. The album
spawned seven singles, including two UK top-10 singles "Be the One" and "Idgaf"
and the UK number-one single "New Rules", which also reached number six in the
US. In 2018, Lipa won two Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British
Breakthrough Act.
 Lipa was born in London, to Albanian
parents from Kosovo who had left Pristina in
the 1990s. She attended Sylvia Young Theatre
School, part-time, before moving to Kosovo
with her family in 2008. Lipa grew up
listening to her father, singer Dukagjin Lipa.
Her given name means "love" in Albanian; its
atypical nature was cause for distaste in her
youth, but she grew to "enjoy" it as it
eliminated the need for a stage name. At the
age of 14, she began posting covers of her
favorite songs by artists such as P!nk and
Nelly Furtado on YouTube. At the age of 15,
she moved back to London with aspirations
of becoming a singer. Shortly after, she
began working as a model. In 2013, she
starred in a television advertisement for The
X Factor.
 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. In January 2018, Lipa received nominations in five categories at the 2018
Brit Awards, more nominations than any other artist that year. She was nominated for British
Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, MasterCard British Album of the Year (Dua Lipa),
British Single of The Year ("New Rules") and British Video of The Year ("New Rules"). This was
the first time that a female artist had received five nominations.[36] She performed at the awards
ceremony held on 21 February at the O2 Arena in London and collected the awards for British
Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
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