Dua Lipa (born 22 August 1995) is an English and Albanian singer, songwriter and actress. She began her career as a model before signing with Warner Bros. Records in 2014. Her self-titled debut studio album was released in 2017 and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. The album included the singles "Be the One", "IDGAF", and the UK number-one single "New Rules". In 2018, she received Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Her collaboration with Calvin Harris, "One Kiss", became her second UK number-one single and was the best-selling song of 2018 in the UK, winning the Brit Award for Song of the Year. She received Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording for "Electricity", a collaboration with Silk City, in 2019.
Her second studio album, "Future Nostalgia" (2020), became her first UK number-one album and reached the top three in the United States. The album produced several successful singles, including "Don't Start Now", which achieved the longest top-ten run for a British female artist on the UK Singles Chart and ranked in the top five of the US Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart for 2020. Other singles from the album, including "Physical", "Break My Heart", and "Levitating", also achieved commercial success, with "Levitating" topping 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 achieved further success with the UK number-one singles "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", a duet with Elton John released in 2021, and "Dance the Night", featured on the soundtrack of the film "Barbie" (2023), in which she also made her acting debut. Her third studio album, "Radical Optimism" (2024), debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was preceded by the UK top-ten singles "Houdini", "Training Season", and "Illusion". In 2024, she also appeared in a supporting role in the spy film "Argylle".
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Studio albums
Dua Lipa (2017)
Future Nostalgia (2020)
Radical Optimism (2024)
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