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Dua Lipa ,Albanian:[dualipa]; born 22 August 1995)is an English and Albanian[a]singer and songwriter. Her voice anddisco-influenced production have received critical acclaim and media coverage. She has wonnumerous accoladesthroughout her career including sevenBrit Awardsand threeGrammy Awards.

Lipa worked as a model before signing a recording contract withWarner Bros.in 2014. She rose to prominence with hereponymous debut albumin 2017, which peaked at number three on theUK Albums Chartand spawned the successful singles “Be the One”, “IDGAF”, and the UK number-one single “New Rules”. Lipa was honoured with the Brit Awards forBritish Female Solo ArtistandBritish Breakthrough Act. Her second chart-topping single, “One Kiss” withCalvin Harris, was thebest-selling song of 2018and won theBrit Award for Song of the Year. In 2019, Lipa won theGrammy Award for Best New Artistand forBest Dance Recordingfor “Electricity”, her collaborative single withSilk City.

Lipa’s second album,Future Nostalgia(2020), became her first UK number-one album, and won theBrit Award for British Album of the Yearand theGrammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Its lead single, “Don’t Start Now”, scored thelongest top-ten stayfor a British female artist on theUK Singles Chartand ranked in the top five of theBillboardHot 100year-end chart of 2020. The album’s success continued with the follow-up singles “Physical”, “Break My Heart”, and “Levitating”, which topped theBillboardyear-end Hot 100 chart of 2021and was certifieddiamondin the US. Both of Lipa’s albums are the most-streamed female albums onSpotify, with over 10 billion streams each. Lipa subsequently scored her third and fourth UK number-one singles with the 2021Elton Johnduet “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)” and “Dance the Night” from thesoundtrackof the filmBarbie(2023), where she also made her acting debut.

Timemagazine included her inits listof the top 100 most influential people in the world for 2024.