Dua Lipa

Biography

Born in London to Kosovar-Albanian parents and raised partly in Pristina, Lipa returned to London at 15 to pursue music. Her second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), was a critical and commercial triumph, and Levitating became one of the most-streamed songs of the decade.

British-Albanian singer whose disco-tinged Future Nostalgia defined pop during the lockdown era.

Known for

Future Nostalgia, Levitating and New Rules.

Notable works & defining projects

• Future Nostalgia
• Levitating
• New Rules

Notable achievements

• Won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (2019) and Best Pop Vocal Album for Future Nostalgia (2021)
• 'Levitating' was Billboard's No. 1 song of 2021
• Headlined Glastonbury Festival's Pyramid Stage in 2024

Timeline

1. 2017Debut album and the viral 'New Rules' video
2. 2020Future Nostalgia released to acclaim as lockdown began
3. 2024Released Radical Optimism and headlined Glastonbury

Did you know?

• Her first name, Dua, means 'love' in Albanian
• She co-founded the Sunny Hill Festival in Kosovo with her father