Dua Lipa Albanian, born 22 August 1995 is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Her accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards. Time magazine included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.

Lipa worked as a model before venturing into music and signing with Warner Bros. In 2017, she released her eponymous debut album in 2017, which peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and spawned eight singles, including “Be the One”, “IDGAF”, and the UK number-one single “New Rules”. She was honored with the Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act in 2018. Her second UK number-one single, “One Kiss” with Calvin Harris, was the best-selling song of 2018 in the UK and won the Brit Award for Song of the Year. She later won Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and for Best Dance Recording for “Electricity” featuring Silk City in 2019.

Lipa’s second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), became her first UK number-one album and peaked in the top three in the US. Its lead single, “Don’t Start Now”, ranked as the longest top-ten stay for a British female artist on the UK Singles Chart and ranked in the top three on the US Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 2020. The album’s success continued with the follow-up singles “Physical”, “Break My Heart”, and “Levitating”, with the latter topping the Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart in 2021 and receiving a RIAA diamond certification in the US. Future Nostalgia won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.