Dua Lipa is a singer, songwriter and former model of English descent. Her career began at the age of 14 with the help of YouTube, where she uploaded covers of other people’s songs. She soon found success with her own music after being signed to Warner Music in 2015. Learn more about the brave artist in the following article.
Dua Lipa Bio (Age, Ethnicity)
Dua Lipa is English but of Albanian descent from her parents’ lineage was born on August 22, 1995. Born and raised in London, she also attended the Sylvia Young Theater School part-time in her early years. However, in 2008 her parents moved her life back to Kosovo where she attended the Mileniumi i Tretë in Pristina.
When Dua Lipa was 14, she started making songs that she loved and uploaded to YouTube. The songs she covered came from artists like Pink and Nelly Furtado. She fell more and more in love with singing and eventually left home when she was only 15 years old. With her dream of being a singer, she moved back to London. She moved in with a family friend in London and went back to the Sylvia Young Theater School on Saturdays.
Before finding a place for herself in music, she began modeling at age 16. In 2013, when she was 18, she got an opportunity to star in a TV commercial for The X Factor. 2015 brought new adventures for Dua Lipa as she was signed to Warner Music Group and began work on a debut album. Her first single Neue Liebe , released in August 2015, was followed by a second one entitled Der ein sein in Oktober. The latter was successful in Europe, reaching number one in the charts of Belgium, Slovakia and Poland. By November 2015 it was unveiled as one of the BBC Music Sound Of 2016 long list. She embarked on a European tour in January 2016 and concluded in November 2016.
Her fourth single , Hotter Than Hell , finally gave her a worldwide hit, and Beat Your Mind (Mwah), which was her fifth single, entered the US Billboard Hot 100 first. In January 2017, Fader magazine made a documentary about Dua Lipa it called Behold in Blue . It was the same month that she won the EBBA Audience Award. Her self-titled debut studio album was released in June 2017 and spawned several UK chart hit singles. Spotify named Dua Lipa the most-streamed woman in the UK for 2017.
Wealth (income and earnings)
The singer has made some serious strides on the European music scene in such a short space of time, so it’s no surprise that her value is estimated at around £2.2million. As she continues to make waves, her net worth is expected to grow even more.
What is known of Dua Lipa parents?
Dua Lipa’s parents are Albanians from Kosovo. Their father is the well-known name of the two, as he was also a musician himself. Duakgjin Lipa, who was a member of an Albanian rock band, was one of his Lipa’s main influences as she listened to him a lot in her youth. Her parents also have two other children – a daughter Rina and a son Gjin, who have helped collect Dua Lipa’s BRIT Award gongs in the past.
Is Dua Lipa gay?
Dua Lipa’s tremendous support from the LGBTQ community, and her love for her, may have led to suggestions that she is gay. The artist danced on stage with an LGBTQ flag and millions of fans shared the moment on Twitter. In fact, it’s become normal for fans to throw pride flags on stage while Dua Lipa is performing, and she picks them up and performs with them. Billboard also featured her song New Rules on their list of the best gay anthems of 2017, and DuaLipa participated in the promotional message for transgender soldiers. Despite this mutual love between the community and the singer, Dua Lipa is not gay.
who is her boyfriend
Dua Lipa is in a relationship with a British chef and model named Isaac Carew. They originally dated in 2015 but split in March 2017. The singer was then linked to Coldplay singer Chris Martin but if their romance ever existed it was short-lived as she began dating the lead singer of the LANY Band, Paul Kein, to date, as of August 2017. The couple split in January 2018 and she and former boyfriend Isaac Carew have reunited and are currently still going strong.
Height
Dua Lipa stands at a height of 5ft 8in or 173incm and weighs 63kg. She exercises a lot, which helps her maintain her slim figure despite being a foodie. Her love of food was one of the main reasons she gave up her modeling career.