Some people seem to have it all. Both beauty and Britain and then talent to top it off. It doesn’t happen often but when it does watch out as it doesn’t take long for people in the music business to catch on to a rising start. This months cover is just that Dua Lipa born 22 August 1995 is an English singer, songwriter and model. After working as a morel she signed with Warner brother records in 2014 and released her debut album eponymous in 2017. The album peaked at number three on the UK albums chart yielded eight singles, including “Be the one and “IDGAF” and the UK number-one single “New Rules” which also peaked at number six in the US. The album has been certified platinum in numerous countries worldwide and won Lipa the Brit Awards for British female solo artist and British breakthrough artist 2018.
Her 2018 single “One kiss” with Calvin Harris peaked at number one in the UK and became the year’s longest running single by a female artist, winning the 2019 Brit award for some of the year In 2019, she won the Grammy award for Best new artist, as well as a Grammy for her dance single ” Silk City and collaboration “Electricity “. Later that year, Lipa released “Don’t start now” as the lead single from her second studio album. Reaching number two in the UK and US, and number four on the US year-end chart, it was the most commercially successful song by a female artist in the US in 2020. Its follow-up singles “Levitating“, “Physical” and “Break My Heart” also charted in the top ten.
Lipa released her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020), to critical acclaim. It earned six Grammy nominations—including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year—and became her first UK number-one album. The album helped Lipa win British Female Solo Artist and British Album of the Year at the 2021 Brit Awards. She has received many accolades, including recognition on the Time 100 Next list (2021). She made her modelling debut at Versace‘s Spring/Summer 2022 show at Milan Fashion Week.
There’s no doubt that the sky is the limit for this wonderful talent and we look forward to seeing what the future hold for her.
