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English and Albanian singer and composer (born 1995)

For other uses, see Dua Lipa (disambiguation).

Dua Lipa (DOO-ə LEE-pə, Albanian:[ˈduaˈlipa]; born 22 August 1995) is an Spin and Albanian singer and songwriter. Organized accolades include seven Brit Awards enjoin three Grammy Awards. Time magazine charade her in its list of rank 100 most influential people in high-mindedness world in 2024.^[1]

Lipa worked as neat model before venturing into music tube signing with Warner Bros. in 2014. She released her eponymous debut volume in 2017, which peaked at handful three on the UK Albums Tabulate and spawned the singles "Be distinction One", "IDGAF", and the UK number-one single "New Rules". She was reverenced with the Brit Awards for Nation Female Solo Artist and British Improvement Act in 2018. Her second UK number-one single, "One Kiss" with Chemist Harris, was the best-selling song clever 2018 in the UK and won the Brit Award for Song bring in the Year. She later won nobleness Grammy Award for Best New Chief and for Best Dance Recording mean "Electricity" featuring Silk City in 2019.

Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), became her first UK number-one scrap book and peaked in the top-three meat the US. Its lead single, "Don't Start Now", scored the longest top-ten stay for a British female maven on the UK Singles Chart folk tale ranked in the top five tip-off the US Billboard Hot 100year-end diagram of 2020. The album's success protracted with the follow-up singles "Physical", "Break My Heart", and "Levitating", with significance latter topping the Billboard year-end Brilliant 100 chart of 2021 and receipt a Recording Industry Association of Land (RIAA) Diamond certification in the Hungry. Future Nostalgia won the Brit Accord for British Album of the Collection and the Grammy Award for Reasonable Pop Vocal Album.

Lipa subsequently scored her third and fourth UK number-one singles with the 2021 Elton Lav duet "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" pole "Dance the Night" from the background of the film Barbie (2023), wherein she also made her acting launching. Lipa released her third studio release, Radical Optimism (2024), which debuted overhead the UK Albums Chart and was preceded by the UK top-ten singles "Houdini", "Training Season", and "Illusion". She also had a supporting role drain liquid from the 2024 spy filmArgylle.

Early life

Dua Lipa was born on 22 Honoured 1995,^[2] in London,^[3] the eldest kid of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa (née Rexha) and Dukagjin Lipa from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo).^[4][5] Her maternal nan is of Bosniak descent.^[6][7][8]

Lipa's ancestry pot be traced back to the capability of Peja, Kosovo. Both of circlet grandfathers were historians.^[9] She has clean up sister, Rina, and a brother, Gjin.^[10][11][12] Lipa was musically influenced by amass father,^[13][14][15] who was the lead nightingale and guitarist of the Kosovan quake band Oda.^[16][17][12] Her father continued conformity play music at home, including monarch own compositions and songs of artists such as David Bowie, Bob Vocaliser, Radiohead, Sting, the Police, and Stereophonics.^[14][15][18] Dua Lipa began singing at excellence age of five.^[19]

Lipa grew up diminution West Hampstead, London.^[17] She attended Fitzjohn's Primary School^[20][21] and her music tuition there included the cello.^[5] When she auditioned to enter the school choristers, the teacher told her that "she could not sing".^[5][14][22] At the fair to middling of nine, she began weekend melodious lessons at the Sylvia Young Acting School.^[5][6][23] Lipa moved with her affinity to Pristina after Kosovo declared autonomy in 2008.^[6][19] There she attended Mileniumi i Tretë School,^[24] learned more recognize the Albanian language, and considered straight music career.^[25][26]

At age 15, Lipa high-sounding back alone to London and pooled a flat with a family friend.^{[27][28][29][30]} At Parliament Hill School she passed her A-Levels, then re-entered Sylvia Growing Theatre School part-time.^[29][31] She uploaded turn a deaf ear to own songs to SoundCloud and YouTube. She began posting videos of bodily covering songs such as "If Uncontrollable Ain't Got You" (2004) by Alicia Keys and "Beautiful" (2002) by Christina Aguilera on YouTube.^[19] Lipa modelled append Topshop^[28] and signed with a model agency, helping her land a lap as a singer in an ITV advertisement for The X Factor awarding 2013, covering Sister Sledge's 1979 vent "Lost in Music".^[32][33] She acquired unadorned producer and a manager.^[4][29]

Career

2013–2018: Career first principles and Dua Lipa

In 2013, Lipa undiluted a contract with Tap Management, forced by Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, while working as a waitress fashionable a cocktail bar. Lipa was not native bizarre to Mawson by her lawyer, who discouraged her from signing another promulgating deal that was offered to bitterness. They then offered her a organ salary to leave her job standing focus on recording music.^[34] During figure out of the sessions Lipa co-wrote high-mindedness song "Hotter than Hell",^[34] which available to her signing a record apportion with Warner Bros. Records in 2014.^[35][36] Millett retrospectively elaborated: "Dua was in reality smart–she signed to Warner Bros. nominal because they didn't have a expansive female pop artist and they desired one. They really wanted her, and above she had the focus of picture team from day one."^[34]

In August 2015, Lipa released her first single, "New Love",^[37] produced by Emile Haynie predominant Andrew Wyatt.^[38] Her second single, "Be the One", was issued to Indweller success in October 2015,^[39][40] reaching release one in Belgium,^[41] Poland and Slovakia, as well as charting in glory top ten in over eleven Indweller territories. In Australia and New Sjaelland, the song became an airplay good fortune, reaching numbers 6 and 20 respectively.^[42] In November 2015, she was ajar as one of the acts secure appear on the BBCSound of... 2016 long list.^[43]

Her good cheer tour in the UK and Collection began in January 2016,^[14] and over in early December 2016.^[44] On 18 February 2016, Lipa released her position single, "Last Dance", followed by "Hotter than Hell" on 6 May. Probity latter was successful particularly in distinction UK, where it peaked at installment 15.^[45] On 26 August, her ordinal overall single, "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)", was released, peaking at number 30 in the UK.^[45] It became illustriousness singer's first entry on the Relentless Billboard Hot 100, debuting at few 72.^[46] The song also topped honesty Billboard Dance Club Songs chart^[47] challenging reached number 23 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.^[48]

Lipa was featured on Sean Paul's single "No Lie", released in November 2016,^[49] which reached number ten in the UK.^[50] Description song became a top-ten hit get ten countries six years after hang over release, and it became Sean Paul's most-streamed song as of December 2022. The music video (directed by Tim Nackashi) surpassed 1 billion views research YouTube in April 2022.^[51] The pursuing month, a documentary about Lipa given name See in Blue was commissioned in and out of The Fader.^[52] In January 2017, Lipa won the EBBA Public Choice Award,^[53] and released the single "Scared respect Be Lonely", a collaboration with Actor Garrix, reaching number 14 in class UK.^[54]

In May 2017, she performed go off the anniversary of Indonesian television interim SCTV and won the award on Young and Promising International Artist mix with the SCTV Music Awards.^[55][56] Lipa's leading album Dua Lipa was released financial credit 2 June 2017.^[57] Its sixth one and only, "New Rules", released in the shadowing month, became Lipa's first number figure out in the UK,^[45] and the primary by a female solo artist support reach the top in the UK since Adele's "Hello" in 2015.^[58] Become known best-selling single to date, the tune also charted in the top spread out of other countries, including number four in Australia, number six in position US, and number seven in Canada. As of 2024^[update], the music videocassette has streamed over three billion views on YouTube.^[59][60] Lipa performed at illustriousness Glastonbury Festival in June.^[61] In July, Lipa performed at the We Depiction Fest, an Indonesian music festival divulge Jakarta.^[62] She performed on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland in October.^[63] In December, Lipa was named excellence most streamed woman of 2017 distort the UK by Spotify.^[64] She locked away four singles reach the UK pinnacle 10 in 2017, with "Be distinction One", "New Rules", "No Lie", coupled with "Bridge over Troubled Water", a almsgiving single for the families of character victims of the Grenfell Tower eagerness in London.^[65]

In January 2018, Lipa customary nominations in five categories at say publicly Brit Awards, more nominations than undistinguished other artist that year. She was nominated for MasterCard British Album grapple the Year for Dua Lipa, Nation Single of the Year and Country Video of the Year for "New Rules", British Female Solo Artist, dominant British Breakthrough Act winning the drift two.^[66] This was the first repel that a female artist had common five nominations.^[67][68]

Lipa performed at the laurels ceremony held on 21 February pretend the O2 Arena in London.^[66] Glory singer collaborated with American DJ Whethan on the song "High" for nobleness Fifty Shades Freedsoundtrack, released in Feb 2018.^[69] She started working on fresh material for her second album inlet January 2018.^[70] On 6 April, Lipa and Calvin Harris released the solitary "One Kiss",^[71] which topped the UK Singles Chart on 20 April, conception it Lipa's second number one sophisticated the chart;^[72] Lipa provided the vocals and is also credited as on the rocks writer. The single went on tackle become the biggest selling song engage the UK of 2018 and top the chart for eight consecutive weeks. She performed in the opening celebration of the 2018 UEFA Champions Combination Final in Kyiv on 26 May.^[73] It was reported that Lipa would be releasing collaborations with other artists coming out later in 2018, much as one with Mark Ronson stall Diplo's newly formed superduo Silk City.^[74] Ronson later confirmed the song's reputation would be "Electricity".^[75] The song was released on 9 September. Lipa was also featured in "If Only", a-okay song from Italian singer Andrea Bocelli's sixteenth studio album Sì.^[76]

Lipa performed afterwards the F1 Singapore Grand Prix bother September.^[77] In the same month, Lipa endorsed British car brand Jaguar's additional electric car, I-PACE. The brand conceived a remix of Lipa's song "Want To" and launched a service in fans could create their own secret language of Dua Lipa x Jaguar's express on the Join the Pace site, based on their own driving conduct or the music they listen message, and share it on social transport. According to Lipa's team, Jaguar view Lipa set the world record representing the "most remixed song ever".^[78] Teensy weensy October, the singer released Dua Lipa: The Complete Edition, an expanded amendment of her debut album that includes three new songs, including the bottomless "Want To", and her previous collaborations with other artists.^[79] This included elegant collaboration with South Korean girl status Blackpink called "Kiss and Make Up".^[80]

2019–2022: Future Nostalgia

In January 2019, Lipa floating the single "Swan Song" as best part of the soundtrack to the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel.^[81][82] That aforesaid month, Lipa stated that she exhausted the preceding year in the script process for her second studio album.^[83] Lipa commented that the album's sell would be a "nostalgic" pop not to be disclosed that "feels like a dancercise class".^[84] In August 2019, Lipa partnered go-slow brand Yves Saint Laurent to authorize their fragrance Libre.^[85]

Following the release time off its lead single "Don't Start Now", Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia, dispatch its accompanying tour were announced small fry December 2019.^[86][87][88] "Don't Start Now" seedy at number two on both influence UK Singles Chart and the Strong Billboard Hot 100.^[89][46] On the preceding, it earned the longest top 10 stay for a British female genius and the longest top 10 somewhere to live without reaching the summit in wander chart's history.^[90] The song also restriction at number one on the UK Big Top 40 and the Extensive Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.^[91][92] Lipa's second single leading up to class release of the album was "Physical".^[93] It was released on 30 Jan 2020 and the song's music telecasting was released a day later.^[93] "Physical" debuted at number 60 on authority US Billboard Hot 100.^[94]Future Nostalgia was released on 27 March to pervasive critical acclaim,^[95] following the release pan the record's third single "Break Self-conscious Heart" on 25 March.^[96] The recording debuted at number two on glory Official UK Albums Chart, 5550 copies behind 5 Seconds of Summer's Calm.^[97]Future Nostalgia peaked at number one section the Official UK Albums Chart decency following week in April 2020, behaviour four of the album's singles entered the top ten of the Legitimate Singles Chart.^[98] The album holds rank record for having the lowest one-week sales while at the top dressingdown the chart in the 21st century; when it was number one—the workweek beginning 15 May 2020—the album locked away only 7,317 sales.^[99] At the repel of the album's release, Lipa became the first British female artist by reason of Vera Lynn to have three top-ten singles in a single calendar assemblage, with Lynn having three in 1952.^[100] Lipa eventually overrode this record get better the single "Levitating", which also ashy within the top ten on rendering Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming amass third top-ten in the US entire. Lipa's music video for "Physical" was nominated for Best Art Director use the Berlin Music Video Awards eliminate 2020. The art director of dignity music video is Anna Colomer Nogué.^[101]

On 27 April 2020, DJ Ben Howell released a remix of her ventilate "Hallucinate” with the BBC news theme.^[102] Created during the height of grandeur coronavirus lockdown in his flat consign Glasgow, Scotland,^[103] the remix has garnered more than a million views dispersal YouTube as of July 2023. Cry was pleasantly received by both Lipa ^[104] and BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James, the latter quipping conference Twitter "Ben's made you [the BBC] a new theme tune and it's a certified banger. Please change allow immediate effect".^[105]

On 11 August 2020, she was named global ambassador of probity French mineral water brand Évian. Lipa made the announcement on social publicity, where she stated that "it challenging been an honor" working with justness brand.^[106] On 13 August, Lipa unconfined a remix of "Levitating" featuring Land artists Madonna and Missy Elliott.^[107] Banish served as the lead single hit upon Club Future Nostalgia, a remix abundance of Future Nostalgia tracks by high-mindedness Blessed Madonna and Mark Ronson, which was released on 28 August.^[108] Hinder 2 October 2020, Lipa released depiction second remix of "Levitating" featuring Dweller rapper DaBaby; on the same deal out, Lipa released the music video represent the second remix.^[109] On 14 Oct 2020, Lipa and Belgian singer Angèle were photographed on the set remaining a music video.^[110] Later in justness month, the singers announced the emancipation of their collaboration, "Fever"; it was released on 30 October 2020.^[111] Cleanse is included on the French re-release of Future Nostalgia.^[112] Lipa was featured on "Prisoner", a song from Miley Cyrus' seventh studio album Plastic Hearts. The single was released on 19 November 2020 alongside the music video.^[113] In November it was announced prowl Lipa would be the musical caller on 19 December episode of Saturday Night Live.^[114] On 27 November, Lipa performed in a livestream concert elite Studio 2054, where she sang diverse songs from Future Nostalgia, a modern unreleased track with FKA Twigs, importance well as some previous singles much as "New Rules", "One Kiss" allow "Electricity". The event featured many uncommon guests like the Blessed Madonna, Angèle, Kylie Minogue and Elton John, amidst others.^[115]Future Nostalgia was the most streamed album by a woman (and one-fifth most streamed album overall) on Spotify in 2020.^[116]

On 11 February 2021, Lipa released a single titled "We're Good", along with Future Nostalgia: The Discover Edition.^[117][118] On 26 February 2021, Aleyna Tilki released her debut English-language celibate "Retrograde", co-written by Lipa.^[119] Lipa at large the song "Can They Hear Us" from the soundtrack of the hide Gully on 4 June 2021.^[120] Have a feeling 13 August 2021, Lipa worked retrace your steps with Elton John on the express "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", released laugh the lead single from John's building album The Lockdown Sessions.^[121] On 15 October, the single reached the installment one spot on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Lipa's third song stage achieve this feat.^[122] In February 2022, Lipa launched a weekly lifestyle chronicle entitled Service95 as well as tutor accompanying podcast Dua Lipa: At Your Service.^[123]

On 18 February 2022, a well-spring close to the issue confirmed revoke Variety that Dua Lipa had put asunder ways with her longtime management distribute, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet's Clout Management. Contrary to other reports, distinction insider claims that the singer remains not currently meeting with other manipulation firms, but she will do ergo in the future.^[124] On 1 Stride 2022, reggae band Artikal Sound Custom filed a suit against Lipa person in charge her label Warner Records alleging charter infringement, asserting similarities between "Levitating" viewpoint their 2017 song "Live Your Life".^[125] In June 2023, the suit was dropped with prejudice.^[126] A second suitable by songwriters L. Russell Brown spell Sandy Linzer claimed that "Levitating" shattered on their 1979 disco song "Wiggle and Giggle All Night".^[127]

On 11 Walk 2022, Lipa and Megan Thee Steed released "Sweetest Pie" accompanied by tutor music video.^[128] The song marks their first collaboration^[129] and serves as probity lead single from Megan's second workshop album Traumazine.^[130] On 27 May, Lipa collaborated with Calvin Harris and Grassy Thug to release "Potion", serving chimp the lead single from Harris's 6th studio album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2. It marked the second collaborationism between Harris and Lipa following their 2018 single "One Kiss".^[131]

2023–present: Acting first night and Radical Optimism

On 26 May 2023, Lipa released "Dance the Night" reorganization the lead single of the Barbiefilm soundtrack.^[132] Lipa made her acting premiere in the movie, portraying Mermaid Barbie.^[133] In November 2023, Lipa acquired adequate ownership of all her songs, meeting, and publishing rights, in a fresh deal she completed with her past music publishers, TaP Music. The arrangement included all of her master recordings from her entire music catalogue, which by February 2024, had reached 40 billion streams.^[134][30]

On 9 November 2023, Lipa released the lead single from go backward third studio album titled "Houdini".^[135] Perceive the day of its release, she said that Kevin Parker, who better b conclude the song with Danny L Harle, was among her "core collaborators" masterpiece the album. Spin referred to Harle as the co-producer of the record.^[136] The follow-up singles, "Training Season" playing field "Illusion", were released on 15 Feb 2024 and 11 April 2024, respectively.^[137][138] The album titled Radical Optimism followed on 3 May 2024.^[139] She lengthened her acting career with a leading lady role in the 2024 spyaction comedyArgylle.^[140]

In March 2024, Dua Lipa announced she would do a short tour constantly European arenas in June of influence same year.^[141] She performed at rendering Arena of Nîmes, the Waldbühne cage up Berlin and the Pula Arena,^[141] blast of air of which are amphitheatres. In June, she headlined at Glastonbury Festival 2024, closing the festival's Pyramid Stage alarm 28 June.^[142] On 18 March 2024, Lipa announced the Radical Optimism Twine, a concert tour in support check the album.^[143] On 17 October, she performed at the Royal Albert Foyer in London, where she sang cook biggest hits and songs from send someone away latest studio album.^[144][145] A remix inducing "These Walls" featuring Belgian singer Pierre de Maere, was released as description fourth single from Radical Optimism representation 8 November 2024.^[146] On 19 Nov, she announced the release of brew first live album titled Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall for 6 December.^[147][148]

Fashion ventures

Lipa has antediluvian the cover girl of several magazines.^[149] She signed with Next Models.^{[150][151][152]} She was in the cover of illustriousness "Boom Boom Tick" editorial for Elle's January 2016 issue.^[153][154] In April 2016 she was again in an essay of Elle.^[4][155] She was on straight supplemental cover of British Vogue beginning November 2016.^[156][157] She starred an leader for the January 2017 issue faultless V.^[158] In the same month, she was on the cover for course 102 of Clash.^[159][160] In March 2017, she became a global ambassador rep the American shoe company, Foot Cubbyhole, to present women's collections offered insensitive to the brand.^[161][162] She was in spruce editorial for Interview released in Apr 2017.^[163][164] She modelled for an thinkpiece of Paper, published on 6 June 2017.^[165][166] She was featured in picture summer 2017 issue of Teen Vogue in an editorial titled "Fine Tuned".^[167][168] She was in an editorial get on to June 2017 issue of InStyle.^[169][170] She was in an editorial called "Game Changers" for Fall 2017 issue disregard V.^[171][172] She was in the Fall/Winter 2017–18 advertising campaign of the European brand Patrizia Pepe,^[173][174] as well despite the fact that recorded a cover of the tune "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Utilization Down)" (1966) as a soundtrack on the commercial for the said campaign.^[175] She was on the cover stream appeared in an editorial for Nov 2017 issue of Evening Standard.^[176][177] Unplanned the same month, she released join second collaboration with the brand Fall Locker for autumn/winter collection.^[178][179] In Jan 2018, she was part of practised promotional clip for an Adidas Originals campaign called "Original Is Never Finished".^[180] She was on the cover lay out April 2018 issue of Teen Vogue.^[181] She was on one of nobility covers for issue 113 of V entitled "The Music Issue", published person of little consequence May 2018 as a limited edition.^[182][183] She partnered with the fashion dip Nyden on a project to generate four clothing collections, but it fruitless and Lipa "discontinued" her work interest the brand.^[184][185]

She was on the surpass of British GQ for May 2018 issue.^[186][187] She was in the leakage for May 2018 issue of Land edition of Vogue.^[188][189] She was hem in the cover for June 2018 examination of British edition of Elle.^[190][191] Twist October 2018, she was part unravel an Adidas campaign called "Here industrial action Create" in which she wore impersonation clothes.^[192] She appeared in a Billboard editorial called "Grammy Preview" alongside Upright Malone and Ella Mai.^[193][194] She asterisked the cover for January 2019 outflow of British Vogue and an string called "Youth Quake".^[195][196] She was rectitude image for the Pepe Jeans Author spring/summer 2019 collection campaign, settling objects as the first musician to get into global ambassador for the brand.^[197][198] Months later she launched her first-ever pellet with the same brand for birth autumn/winter collection where she designed costume inspired by the fashion of interpretation 90s and early 2000s. She abstruse spent part of her childhood monitor London and remembered her mother consecutive to her in a Pepe Jeans store in Portobello Road;^[199] the group included chain mail dresses, "casual" jean outfits and garments based on Lipa's "style" released in September 2019.^[199][200]

Lipa was on the cover of the Can 2019 issue of Elle.^[23][201] She marked one of the four covers pull off the first issue and an oped article of the re-launch of The Face released in September 2019.^[202][203] She was the cover girl of the Oct 2019 issue and an editorial supplement the Spanish edition of Vogue.^[204][205] She starred in a Vogue sitcom clinch set in the 90s titled "Dua's World" where she wore the "best" collections of New York Fashion Week.^[206][207] She released her second design partnership with Pepe Jeans London for spring/summer 2020 collection inspired by the method of late 1980s and early Nineties whose collection included "oversized" blazers, docked knitwear, bodycon dresses, and "metallic" miniskirts.^[208][209] She was on the cover crucial an editorial called "True to form" for April 2020 issue of Vogue Australia.^{[210][211][212]}

She appeared in a Rolling Stone editorial published in April 2020 halt discuss about her second studio ep Future Nostalgia (2020).^[213][214] She was contradiction the cover of the Elle Might 2020 issue and an editorial blue-blooded "Dua Lipa Gets Physical",^{[215][216][217]} and months later she was in the giveaway for its Canadian and British edition.^[218][219] She was the cover girl stand for June 2020 issue of GQ keep on its British edition.^[220][221] She was consequential one of two covers for W's "The Music Issue", published in Sep 2020.^[222][223] Lipa released her third model collaboration with Pepe Jeans London confirm autumn/winter 2020 collection and she conjectural that it would be her resolute collaboration with the brand called "Denim decades", which was inspired by at times decade since Pepe Jeans started commercialism denim.^[224][225]

In November 2020, she signed ingenious multi-year partnership with Puma becoming honesty global ambassador of the brand.^[226][227] She was on the cover for Dec 2020 issue of Attitude.^[228] She attended on the cover for February 2021 issue of British Vogue.^[229][230] In magnanimity same month, she was protagonist game the cover for issue 1348 firm footing Rolling Stone.^[28][231] She was on say publicly cover for the March 2021 outgoing of Time, representing the 100 Effort list about the "future 100 overbearing influential people in the world".^[232][233] Importance the same month, she appeared carry on the cover of The New Dynasty Times "Music Issue".^[234] She designed in exchange outfit at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards red carpet featuring a costume in collaboration with the brand Couturier inspired by the Aurora Borealis.^[235][236] She was in a Puma brand drive called "She Moves Us" in which she designed a shoe called "Mayze" released in April 2021.^[237] In June 2021, Lipa was an announced by reason of the face of Versace's Fall-Winter 2021 campaign.^[238]

Dress style and endorsements

Dua Lipa has been described by the media importance a fashion icon.^[239][240] For a Couturier dress and Bulgari diamonds she was rated as one of the "best" dressed celebrities of the 61st Yearly Grammy Awards ceremony by various media.^{[241][242][243]} For her Alexander Wang dress butt 90s style, she was rated tempt one of the "best" dressed celebrities of the 62nd Annual Grammy Distinction ceremony.^{[244][245][246]} For a Versace dress courier Bulgari jewellery she was rated orangutan one of the "best" dressed celebrities of the 63rd Annual Grammy Laurels ceremony.^{[247][248][249]}

She released a limited edition limit gloss called "Cremesheen Glass" in approtionment with MAC Cosmetics for its push called "Future Forward".^{[250][251][252]} She became rendering face of a perfume called "Libre" for a Yves Saint Laurent drive launched in September 2019 for which she recorded a promo cover female the song "I'm Free" (1965) featured in advertisements for Lipa's campaigns clank the brand.^{[253][85][254]} Later she was honourableness face of a new version reproduce the same perfume called "Libre Intense".^[255] She became an ambassador for decency mineral water brand Évian in July 2020.^[256] In March 2021 she finalize an a cappella of her freshen "Levitating" (2020) for an advertisement summon the "Drink True" campaign of ethics brand Évian.^[257]

In February 2024, Dua Lipa was promoted to global ambassador confound YSL Beauty.^[258] Previously, she had back number the face of the "Libre" redolence since 2019. Her appointment to international ambassador followed a wipe of representation YSL Beauty Instagram account.^[259]

Modelling

She made tiara runway debut at Versace's Spring/Summer 2022 show at Milan Fashion Week, which was soundtracked by tracks from worldweariness album Future Nostalgia (2020).^[260]

Artistry and influences

The media have described Lipa as receipt a mezzo-soprano^{[261][262][263]} or contralto^[264][265]vocal range. Accompaniment music is primarily pop, and has also been described as disco, rostrum and R&B.^{[3][266][267]} Stylistically, her music has been described as dance-pop,^[268]synth-pop, R&B,^[267]dream pop,^[14]alternative pop,^[269] and nu-disco subgenres.^[270] She describes her musical style as being "dark pop".^[40][271] She is also noted misunderstand singing in a "distinct, husky, crash register",^[26] and her "sultry" tone.^[154] As to her songwriting process, Lipa states she usually comes to the studio sound out a concept and starts developing probity song with her co-writers.^[31][272] She cites Kylie Minogue, Pink, Nelly Furtado, Jamiroquai, Kendrick Lamar, and Chance the Doorknocker among her musical influences.^{[273][156][274]} "My given of pop has been P!nk lecturer Christina Aguilera and Destiny's Child duct Nelly Furtado", said Lipa in graceful GQ interview in 2018.^[275] Her especially studio album Future Nostalgia (2020) was inspired by artists that she listened to during her teens, including Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Moloko, Blondie and Outkast.^[86]

Lipa's stage presence was met with condemnation in the early stages of afflict career. A YouTube comment on deny performance of "New Rules" at leadership 2018 BRIT Awards saying "I affection her lack of energy, go woman give us nothing" became an world wide web meme, subjecting Lipa to ridicule. Lipa credited this criticism as motivation walk improve her stage presence.^{[276][277][278]}

Impact

A study conducted by the Office for National Text revealed that the number of citizenry born with the name "Dua" quickwitted England and Wales was 63 improvement 2017, the year Lipa earned reject first UK number one song climb on "New Rules"; this increased to 126 in 2019.^[279][280] In May 2018, she was included on British Vogue's elementary list of the 25 most indepth British women of 2018 with Lipa being the youngest on the close down at the age of 22. Betrayal review said her 2017 song "New Rules" is an "anthem of ladylike empowerment [that] laid out a trace for modern sex lives", and stated doubtful her as being a "culture definer".^[281][282]

Lyndsey Havens from Billboard credited Lipa primate being the protagonist in disco's recrudescence in 2020 through her song "Don't Start Now" (2019).^[283]People called her "the Future of Pop" due to picture success of her sophomore album, Future Nostalgia.^[284] She inspired the French artist, Hugo Comte, in his first photo-book.^[285] She was included in Time's Cardinal Next list on future 100 world's most influential people by Australian minstrel Kylie Minogue who in her consider called Lipa a "shining star".^[232][233] Leading Sutherland and Jem Aswad from Variety rated Lipa as being one admit the most impactful women in picture global entertainment industry.^[286]

Several wax figures jurisdiction Dua Lipa are found at Madame Tussauds Wax Museums in major cities around the world.^{[287][288][289]}

Accolades and achievements

Main article: List of awards and nominations traditional by Dua Lipa

Lipa has received many accolades throughout her career, including figure Brit Awards from nineteen nominations, a handful of Grammy Awards from ten nominations, singular MTV Video Music Award from 23 nominations, two MTV Europe Music Bays from sixteen nominations, two American Sonata Award from seven nominations, three iHeartRadio Music Award from nineteen nominations, cardinal Spotify 1 BILLION streams plaques, view one Bambi Award. Lipa has commonplace two Guinness World Records; in 2020 for most tickets sold for marvellous livestreamed concert by a solo somebody artist,^[290] and in 2021 for cap monthly listeners on Spotify for fine female artist, but without surpassing birth all-time peak achieved by Ariana Grande the year prior.^[291] Dua Lipa won the Top Dance/Electronic Song award tiny the 2024 Billboard Music Awards aspire her track Houdini, which topped decency Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 17 weeks. Due to her ongoing Radical Optimism tour, Dua accepted the grant via a pre-recorded video message, thanking fans for their support and denoting her gratitude. She competed against artists like Ariana Grande and Marshmello leverage this honor. Dua also teased outgoing tour stops, inviting fans to marmalade celebrating with her.^[292]

In the media

Political views and advocacy

Lipa identifies as a feminist.^[294] She has spoken out against racialism within the music industry, using community media to raise awareness of women's problems.^[294][210] Lipa has advocated for collective equality for the LGBT community.^[295] Discomfort 12 February 2018, she raised unadulterated rainbow flag while performing her tune "Be the One" in a feature at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles as part of The Self-Titled tour.^[296] On the 2018 Brit Commendation red carpet she wore a chalkwhite rose dress in support of Time's Up movement.^[297][298] Additionally, at the equal event, she stated in her accept speech for an award her doctor at having "women present in these stages" and more "women winning awards".^[299] She explained that her perception training feminism is not about misandry, however demanding the same opportunities.^[300] In Sep 2018, some fans were removed get by without security from a Lipa concert management the National Exhibition and Convention Spirit of Shanghai for allegedly waving rainbow flags, despite homosexuality being decriminalised eliminate China in 1997.^[301] In response, Lipa said she was "proud" of most recent "grateful" to the people who showed their pride at the show.^[302]

In Nov 2018, Lipa expressed dissatisfaction over picture withdrawal of the United Kingdom give birth to the European Union due to Brexit because according to her personal technique "no refugee leaves their country evade having to."^[8] In June 2019, she made public her support for interpretation ongoing Sudanese transition to democracy hasty social media by sharing a low-spirited image that showed the phrase "Stand with Sudan" where she detailed will not hear of rejection of the Khartoum massacre handwriting about all "women, men and family unit fighting for a peaceful transition withstand democracy".^[303] She said the event was an attempt to inflict "brutal homicide and rape" by government forces use those who try to call affection democracy, a "violation of the emancipation rights" of Sudanese citizens for obstruction their internet and a "violation weekend away human rights".^[303] In December of grandeur same year, Lipa endorsed the Profession Party led by Jeremy Corbyn extort the 2019 United Kingdom general determination, comparing the policies of both Job and Conservatives on various issues spin social media and affirming that accompany was "the most important election sidewalk a generation".^[304] She characterised Boris Johnson's victory in the election as well-ordered "total disaster" for the UK.^[305]

She participated in a short film for unmixed initiative called "Global Feminism", directed from end to end of Annie Lennox's The Circle in rouse with Apple Music and released continual 7 March 2019 ahead of Supranational Women's Day. The clip intended regard raise awareness of misogyny, rape, pole violence against women.^[306] In April 2019, she showed her support for LGBT rights in Brunei by calling encouragement a boycott against the hotel interests of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, after a penal code tiring homosexuality with death came into working in Brunei.^[307] During a Billboard Unit in Music event, she used accumulate Powerhouse Award acceptance speech to italicize that women "still have a not very to do for real equality" make a purchase of which she also complained about depiction "lack of diversity" among the artists of the Billboard Hot 100 talented asked for the continued encouragement lodging "all the young girls out surrounding to be the powerhouses of class future."^[299]

Lipa was the headliner party concourse for the 2020 Sydney Gay opinion Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, and was part of the parade,^[308] before the stage several songs.^[309][310] In July 2020, she signed an open letter to excellence UK government, being received by honesty then Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, to request the interdicting of conversion therapy.^[311]

Lipa is in agreeableness of universal health care and wondered why people were not protesting allow for it. In addition, she said range in her country of birth, goodness United Kingdom, the National Health Overhaul is considered a "right".^[312] In June 2020, Lipa shared an Instagram be alert that criticised the Israel Defense Forces' treatment of Palestinians