Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa
Background information
Born (1995-08-22) 22 August 1995
London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • model
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2015–present
Labels Warner Bros.
Website dualipa.com

Dua Lipa (/ˈduːə ˈliːpə/; Albanian pronunciation: [dua liːpa]; born 22 August 1995) is an English singer, songwriter and model. Since April 2016, she has been dating an Iranian Dentist in Hungary (Debrecen). [2] Her debut album is scheduled for release in 2016.

Early life

Lipa was born in London on 22 August 1995.[3] Her first name "Dua" is an Albanian word which means "love" or "want".[4] Her parents, who are ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, had left Prishtina in the 1990s.[3] Among the schools she attended was the Sylvia Young Theatre School.[5] She moved with her family to Kosovo in 2008, the year the country declared its independence from Serbia. At the age of 15, she moved back to London and lived with friends, because she wanted to build a career in music.[6] She began working as a model at age 16.[7]

Lipa grew up listening to her father, the Kosovar rock singer Dukagjin Lipa, sing.[8][5] At the age of 14 she began posting covers of her favourite songs by artists such as Christina Aguilera and Nelly Furtado on YouTube.[7][9]

Career

In 2015 Lipa began working on her debut album for Warner Bros. Records.[7] In August 2015 she released her first single "New Love",[10] produced by Emile Haynie and Andrew Wyatt.[7] She released her second single "Be the One," written by Lucy "Pawws" Taylor,[4] in October 2015.[11] Lipa has said that "Be the One is the only song on my album I haven't written ... [but] I couldn't not take it, it's my favourite thing."[9] On 18 February 2016 she published her third single "Last Dance" and it had a big success.

Lipa describes her musical style as "dark pop".[11] On 30 November 2015, she was revealed as one of the acts on the BBC Sound of...2016 long list.[9] Her first tour in the UK and Europe began in January 2016.[5] Her debut album is scheduled for release in summer of 2016.[5]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[12]		 AUT
[13]		 BEL
(FL)
[14]		 FRA
[15]		 GER
[16]		 ITA
[17]		 SWE
[18]		 SWI
[19]
"New Love" 2015 — — — — — — — —
"Be the One" 6 7 1 42 11 28 100 11
"Last Dance" 2016 — — — — — — — —
"Hotter Than Hell" — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"New Love" 2015 Nicole Nodland [10]
"Be the One" [11]
"Last Dance" 2016 Jon Brewer and Ian Blair [23]

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Result
2016 BBC Sound of...2016[9] Nominated

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dua-lipa-mn0003426731
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35520865
  3. 1 2 "Dua Lipa - English singer from Serbia". Kosovo Info. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Shake it up: the future female pop stars of 2016". The Guardian. 1 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Meet your new favourite popstar Dua Lipa - just don't call her the new Lana Del Rey". DigitalSpy. 11 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Band Crush: Dua Lipa". NYLON. 23 October 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Meet Dua Lipa, A Restless Spirit With A Mighty Big Voice". The Fader. 9 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Njihuni me Dua Lipa, shqiptarja që premton të bëhet ylli i ardhshëm në muzikë" [Meet Dua Lipa, the Albanian who is set to become the next star in music]. Lapsi.al (in Albanian). 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "BBC Radio 1 - Dua Lipa talks dark pop and hip hop influences". BBC. 10 December 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Lana Del Rey’s management have a new artist and she is amazing". Pop Justice. 21 August 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "The playlist: new bands – with the Prettiots, Dua Lipa and Mind Enterprises". The Guardian. 9 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Discography Dua Lipa". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Discographie Dua Lipa" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Discografie Dua Lipa" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Discographie Dua Lipa" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Discographie von Dua Lipa" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Discography Dua Lipa". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Discography Dua Lipa". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Discography Dua Lipa". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2016". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  22. ↑ http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:tutte/year:2016/page:0/term:Dua
  23. ↑ "Dua Lipa – ‘Last Dance’". Popjustice. 1 February 2016.

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