But before Dua even released her debut album she’d already risen to fame in her parent’s country of Kosovo and had been creating music for most of her life. She has already won Grammys and doesn’t seem to slow down anytime soon. Despite coming from a creative family by nature she has already developed a style and sound all her own. This celebrity singer managed to create great hype among worldwide fans since the release of her breakthrough singles Be the One, Hotter Than Hell, and Blow Your Mind (Mwah). Dua stole the charts and skyrocketed into fame with her hit single Blow Your Mind and grabbed the attention of many high-profile artists including Taylor Swift with whom she later became her best friend. Apart from that, the singer clocked over 84 million fans on Instagram.
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Early Life:
Dua Lipa was born on the 22nd of August 1995 in London, England to parents Dukagjin Lipa and Anesa Lipa from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia, which is presently known as Kosovo. Dua is the eldest child of her Kosovo Albanian parents with a younger sister Rina and a brother Gjin Lipa. Through her grandmother from her mom’s side, she is also Bosnian and her household is stated to be of Muslim origin. In terms of language, her native tongue is English with a British accent and she also speaks Albanian. Growing up Dua was influenced by her dad who is a lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Oda and Kosova while her mother trained in travel and tourism. Her father often played music at home including his own music and plenty of songs by classic artists such as Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Radiohead, and more. It appears Dua’s father dabbled in quite a bit as before but he was pursuing a career in dentistry when they moved back to London her parents were simply trying to make ends meet for the family. Growing up in London Dua enjoyed her childhood and started singing herself at the young age of five. She credits this to her creative parents, especially her musician father who always had music playing at home as Dua told ABC news. In an interview she said that her parents never pressured her to pursue music, it just came naturally to a young Dua who enjoyed putting on-at-home concerts for her parents’ dinner guests. Either way, her parents have always been her biggest fans. Growing up in Hamstead London, Dua attended Fitzjohn’s Primary School and took music lessons learning the cello. When she auditioned to join the school choir the teacher told her she couldn’t sing which led Dua to start singing lessons at the age of nine. She took them on the weekends at the Sylvia Young Theater School. Before Dua was born her parents had just fled their native country Kosovo in 1982 and the war came.
Career:
Since Dua was already involved in her heritage she was excited to move to Pristina the Capital of Kosovo in the 2000s, despite being a new girl in school in a new country. The new area she lived in was much safer than the London neighborhood where the Lipa’s previously lived. While there she attended Third Millennium School and started to seriously consider her career in music going to concerts with friends at the age of 13. After attending her first concert Dua soon discovered rappers such as 50 Cent her second concert and Snoop Dogg. At this time Dua’s father also worked for a Telecom company that helped bring popular concerts to Kosovo. While Dua enjoyed her time living in Kosovo she realized the UK would be better for her to pursue a music career. At the age of 15 Dua moved back to London completely on her own, she moved in with her older friend who was in Grad school which made Dua’s parents feel much safer about the move. In London, she continued school finishing her education at Parliament Hill Girls School while attending the Sylvia Young Theater school part-time. Soon enough though Dua decided to focus on music full time when she opted for music over University her parents were spectacle but supportive and these days they traveled with Dua whenever they can. Keeping the worldwide superstar as grounded as possible in her roots in London and Kosovo. In her teens, she took to SoundCloud and YouTube to upload her songs as social media seemed to be the easiest way to reach an audience. Dua Lipa posted videos of herself covering songs by artists like Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys. At the same time when Dua was 16 years old, she also started modeling signing with an agency but she was closer to her dreams of being a singer. She modeled for the British Multinational retailer fashion company called TopShop and some more, but it was a short-lived career. Dua was only in modeling to get contacts, however, her plans did work in a sense as she got role-played as a singer in an advertisement for The X Factor in 2013 where she got to cover the song titled Lost in Music. Dua also got herself a producer and manager. As a young artist, she continued to build a formal portfolio to show off her music skills and soon began receiving requests from producers offering her to use their studios. Eventually when Dua was working as a waitress in a bar, Tap Management director by Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, also the agency that represents Lana Del Rey discovered Dua and her unique voice and offered to manage her. Tap also offered Dua a monthly salary to leave her job and concentrate only on creating music. When she started music and getting her creativity flowing Dua told clash wanted to sound like a combination of J Cole and Nelly Furtado, a style that she is now dubbed dark pop. During one of her studio sessions with Tap Dua co-wrote the song titled Hotter Than Hell which would eventually lead to her record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 2014. In the following year, Dua Lipa dropped her first single New Love and her second single Be the One had success in Europe even reaching number 1 in some countries. Her first tour in the UK and Europe commenced in January 2016 and went on until November of the same year.
Breakthrough:
After a handful of more hit songs in Europe and the United Kingdom and collaborations with artists such as Sean Paul in 2017 Dua’s self-titled debut studio album finally was released. The album’s sixth single “New Rules” became her first number 1 in the UK and charted in the top 10 in other countries including Canada. In December of that year, Dua Lipa was the most streamed woman of 2017 in the UK by Spotify and further had four of her singles reach the UK top 10 in the same year. Thereafter Dua Lipa began working on new material for her second album in early 2018. In April of that year, she dropped a single with Calvin Harris, titled “One Kiss” which also proved to be a massive chart-topper. She revealed that she spent that year in the writing process for her second album and commented the sound for this album would be a Nastoligic pop album that feels like a dancer-size class. Following the release of the album’s lead single titled Don’t Start Now, Dua’s second album Future Nostalgia, and the tour that went along with it were announced in late 2019 and this single also became a massive success. On March 27, 2020, Future Nostalgia was released to widespread critical acclaim and peaked at number one on the official UK albums chart a month later while four of the album’s singles entered the top ten. Dua has had a lot of success as one of the biggest new Pop artists and throughout it, she also did some modeling once again. She not only has done a couple of collaborations with shoe company Foot Locker but she’s also graced the covers of numerous high-profile magazines. Dua made her runway debut at a Versace Spring Summer 2022 show at Milan Fashion Week which was also soundtracked by songs from her album Future Nostalgia. Since the release of her last album Dua has teamed up with the likes of Kylie Minogue, Elton John, a later rapper Pop Smoke, as well as launched the self-made hub and podcast service 95. Dua had numerous hit singles in the last few years and has been named Best New Artist at the 2019 Grammys which is well deserved. In later 2020 she dropped the remix of Levitating featuring Madonna and Missy Elliot. The year 2022 is looking to be a stacked year for Dua Lipa as she will embark on her world tour in support of Future Nostalgia. Dua is also set to make her acting debut in the spy thriller Argylle alongside the likes of Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, and many more. Dua will even be providing original music for the title track of the movie.
Personal Life:
Dua Lipa began dating British chef and model, Isaac Carew in 2015 and the couple were on-again-off-again relationship from 2015 to 2017 and then from 2018 to 2019. They first split in March of 2018 and then resumed their relationship in early 2018 before finally breaking up in 2019. After that Dua Lipa and model, Anwar Hadid started dating. Anwar is best known for being the younger brother of models Gigi and Bella Hadid.
Biography:
Real Estates:
Dua Lipa bought her first lavish house in London when she was 22 years old. She moved to Los Angeles for her career and also to be closer to her boyfriend Anwar Hadid. Dua’s new house cost around $2.5 Million perched on top of the hill. The treehouse-style abode is surrounded by lush greenery and the architectural striking home has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The beautiful house is located in one of the peaceful areas of the Studio City neighborhood in Los Angeles. This expansive property was built back in 1953 and was restored in 1996. It’s about 1,400 square feet of living space with open windows and floor-to-ceiling redwood-clad walls to allow for the ultimate seamless indoor-outdoor experience.
Cars:
The first car in her garage is an “Eco-conscious Jaguar I-Pace Electric Super Vehicle” and the car has started the price stage is $80,500. Her other Jag is an F-Type sports car that comes within the $103,200 price stage. Aside from Jaguars, Dua also has a Classy Range Rover Vogue costing a pretty penny this amazing SUV goes for $131,000. She has a BMW 5 Series Sedan which costs around $52,500.
Charity:
Raised between London and Kosovo Dua has always been vocal about remembering where she came from. Along with her father, she co-created the Sunny Hill Foundation which is a Kosovo-based charity that she is a patron tp that provides help to those in need. Lipa donated $120,000 to the Sunny Hill Foundation in 2018. The organization has since expanded into a music festival called “The Sunny Hill Foundation” which has attracted A-listers like Miley Cirus and Calvin Harris. The three-day show donates 25 percent of its ticket sales every year according to Lipa which has helped to support music and art activities in Kosovo.
Dua Lipa Net Worth:
As of 2022, Dua Lipa’s Net Worth is estimated to be around $36 Million. She is one of the highest-paid singers all across the world and she achieved such massive success at an early age. The global superstar Dua Lipa is only just getting started and it seems like in the future she will be the number one artist in London. She is also one of the most-streamed artists on Spotify and has millions of listeners on that platform. The majority of her income comes from the music industry in which she is earning a vast chunk of money. Dua has already garnered a pretty good sum of money from album sales, live concerts, collaborations, hit singles, as well as her modeling work. According to some reports, Dua Lipa’s annual income is more than £ 22.7 million and she raked in £ 1.9 million per month and £62,200 per day which is impressive. Since releasing her debut album Dua Lipa’s net worth is growing regularly. Dua has managed to amass more than 20 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. Sam Smith’s Net Worth Carrie Underwood’s Net Worth
