All All. Sign In. Birthdays: August List activity. Dua Lipa. Dua Lipa is an English singer, songwriter, and model. Her musical career began at age 14, when she began covering songs by other artists on YouTube. In , she was signed with Warner Music Group and released her first single soon after. Her self-titled debut studio album was released on 2 June Lipa was born in London, to Albanian parents from Kosovo who had left Pristina in the s. She attended Sylvia Young Theatre School, part-time, before moving to Kosovo with her family in Lipa grew up listening to her father, singer Dukagjin Lipa.
Her given name means "love" in Albanian; its atypical nature was cause for distaste in her youth, but she grew to "enjoy" it as it eliminated the need for a stage name. At the age of 14, she began posting covers of her favorite songs by artists such as P! At the age of 15, she moved back to London with aspirations of becoming a singer. Shortly after, she began working as a model.
In , she starred in a television advertisement for The X Factor. In , Lipa began working on her debut album for Warner Music Group. She released her second single "Be the One", in October In Australia and New Zealand, the song became an airplay success, reaching numbers 6 and 20 respectively.
Lipa describes her musical style as "dark pop". Her first tour in the UK and Europe began in January In November , Lipa concluded her tour through Europe. In January , Lipa received nominations in five categories at the Brit Awards, more nominations than any other artist that year. This was the first time that a female artist had received five nominations. Lipa announced via social media that she had begun working on new material for her second album.
The singer also collaborated with electronic music producer Whethan on a song called "High" for the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack released in February Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
