DUA LIPA - FUTURE NOSTALGIA

Dua Lipa (born 22 August 1995) is an English singer and songwriter. Her awards include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards. Lipa worked as a model before beginning a music career and signing with Warner Bros. Records in 2014. She released her debut studio album, "Dua Lipa", in 2017, which reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. The album included the singles "Be the One", "IDGAF", and "New Rules", the latter reaching number one in the UK. In 2018, she received Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Her single "One Kiss" with Calvin Harris became the best-selling song of 2018 in the UK and won the Brit Award for Song of the Year. In 2019, she received Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording for "Electricity" with Silk City. Her second studio album, "Future Nostalgia" (2020), became her first UK number-one album and reached the top three in the United States. Its lead single "Don't Start Now" remained in the UK top ten for an extended period and ranked highly on the US Billboard year-end chart for 2020. The album also produced the singles "Physical", "Break My Heart", and "Levitating", with "Levitating" reaching number one on the Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart for 2021 and receiving a Diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. "Future Nostalgia" won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Lipa later achieved UK number-one singles with Elton John's 2021 collaboration "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" and "Dance the Night" from the soundtrack of the film "Barbie" (2023), in which she made her acting debut. She also appeared in the 2024 film "Argylle". Her third studio album, "Radical Optimism" (2024), debuted at number one in the UK and was preceded by the singles "Houdini", "Training Season", and "Illusion". Dua Lipa was born on 22 August 1995 in London, England, as the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa (née Rexha) and Dukagjin Lipa, originally from Pristina. She has a sister, Rina, and a brother, Gjin. Her first name, Dua, was suggested by her grandmother and means "love" in Albanian. Her maternal grandmother is of Bosniak descent, and her paternal family originates from Peja, Kosovo. Both of her grandfathers worked as historians. She was influenced musically by her father, who was the lead singer and guitarist of the Kosovan rock band Oda. At home, she was exposed to music by artists including David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Sting, the Police, and Stereophonics. She began singing at the age of five. Lipa grew up in West Hampstead, London, and attended Fitzjohn's Primary School, where she also studied the cello. After unsuccessfully auditioning for the school choir, she later took weekend singing lessons at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 2008, she moved with her family to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence. There she attended Mileniumi i Tretë School and learned more of the Albanian language while considering a music career. At the age of 15, she returned alone to London and lived with a family friend. She attended Parliament Hill School, where she completed A-Levels, and later resumed part-time study at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She uploaded original songs to SoundCloud and YouTube and posted cover versions of songs such as "If I Ain't Got You" and "Beautiful". She also worked as a model and appeared in a television advertisement for "The X Factor" in 2013. In 2013, Lipa signed with Tap Management and was later offered financial support to focus on music full-time. She co-wrote the song "Hotter than Hell", which led to her signing a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records in 2014. Her debut single "New Love" was released in 2015, followed by "Be the One", which achieved chart success in several European countries. Her early touring activities took place across the UK and Europe in 2016. Additional singles included "Last Dance", "Hotter than Hell", and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)", the latter becoming her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. She also featured on Sean Paul's single "No Lie", which reached the UK top ten. Lipa released her debut album "Dua Lipa" in 2017. The single "New Rules" became her first UK number-one single and achieved international chart success. In 2018, she performed at major festivals including Glastonbury Festival and collaborated with Calvin Harris on "One Kiss", which also reached number one in the UK. She released further collaborations including "Electricity" with Silk City and appeared on Andrea Bocelli's album "Sì". Her second album "Future Nostalgia" was released in 2020 following the single "Don't Start Now". The album was preceded by "Physical" and "Break My Heart" and later followed by "Levitating". In 2020, she also released remixes and collaborations including versions of "Levitating" featuring Madonna, Missy Elliott, and DaBaby, as well as "Fever" with Angèle and "Prisoner" with Miley Cyrus. She performed a livestream concert titled Studio 2054 in November 2020. In 2021, she released "We're Good" and "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" with Elton John. She also contributed to other projects, including songwriting and soundtrack work. In 2022, she released "Sweetest Pie" with Megan Thee Stallion and "Potion" with Calvin Harris and Young Thug. In 2023, she released "Dance the Night" for the "Barbie" soundtrack and made her acting debut in the film. She later gained ownership of her music catalogue and released "Houdini" as the lead single from "Radical Optimism" in 2023, followed by "Training Season" and "Illusion" in 2024. She continued live performances, including headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2024 and touring European venues. She also performed at the Royal Albert Hall for a televised special and released a live album titled "Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall". Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dua_Lipa Studio albums Dua Lipa (2017) Future Nostalgia (2020) Radical Optimism (2024) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.