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Dua Lipa

Singer, songwriter, actor and media founder

Born 1995

Dua Lipa is a British-Albanian-Kosovan singer, songwriter, actor and media founder who grew from a London teenager posting covers online into one of the defining global pop artists of her generation. Born in London to Kosovo-Albanian parents, she spent part of her childhood in Pristina before returning to London at 15 to pursue music, balancing theatre school, hospitality work, modelling and songwriting. Her 2017 self-titled debut established her internationally through Be the One, New Rules and IDGAF; the disco-informed Future Nostalgia followed in 2020 and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. She expanded the project through Studio 2054 and a world tour, then crossed into film and soundtrack work with Barbie and Argylle. Her third studio album, Radical Optimism, arrived in 2024 alongside a Glastonbury headline set, an orchestral Royal Albert Hall special and a global stadium tour. Beyond recording, Lipa founded the culture platform Service95, its Book Club and the At Your Service interview podcast, co-founded the Sunny Hill Foundation with her father, and built the independent media and management company Radical22. Kosovo granted her citizenship in 2025. In 2026 she appeared on Danny L Harle's Two Hearts, released Live from Mexico, marked three years of the Service95 Book Club, married actor Callum Turner and prepared to curate the Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival with Service95.

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Connected people

ConnectionCallum TurnerHusband; the couple married in London on 31 May 2026.

ConnectionDukagjin LipaFather, manager and co-founder of the Sunny Hill Foundation and festival.

ConnectionMark RonsonCollaborator on Electricity and Dance the Night; Lipa joined his 2026 BRIT Awards performance.

Official records · wins and honours

Awards & Honours

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2024
BRIT AwardsCompetitive win
Pop Act
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2024
TIMEIndustry honor
TIME100 honoree
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2021
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Pop Vocal Album — Future Nostalgia
Future Nostalgia
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2019
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best New Artist
Dua Lipa
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2019
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Dance Recording — Electricity
Electricity
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2018
BRIT AwardsCompetitive win
British Female Solo Artist
Dua Lipa
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2018
BRIT AwardsCompetitive win
British Breakthrough Act
Dua Lipa
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Pop Act

TIME100 honoree

Best Pop Vocal Album — Future Nostalgia

Best New Artist

Best Dance Recording — Electricity

British Female Solo Artist

British Breakthrough Act