Her grandfather, Seit Lipa, was a historian of Kosovo Institute of History who died of myocardial infarction in 1999. Lipa is also of Bosnian descent through her maternal grandmother. The couple left Kosovo around the time Siege of Sarajevo occurred and before Kosovo War started. They were from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo ), and moved to London in 1992, settling in a refugee society from their home country in Camden. 2.1 2015–2018: Career beginnings and Dua Lipaĭua Lipa was born on August 22, 1995, in London, England as the first-born daughter of Kosovar Albanian refugees from Yugoslav Wars, Dukagjin Lipa and Anesa Lipa (née Rexha).In 2020, Billboard honoured Lipa with the Powerhouse Award, awarded to the act whose music dominated in their respective year through streaming, sales, and radio. Lipa has received various accolades, including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, and an American Music Award. It also yielded "Levitating", which peaked in the top ten in the US and UK. It peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, and number four on the Hot 100 year-ender chart, becoming the most successful 2020 song by a female artist in the US. It became her first UK number-one album, spending four weeks at number one with four top-ten singles including "Physical" and "Break My Heart" its lead single "Don't Start Now" became one of the most commercially successful songs of 2020. Her second studio album, Future Nostalgia, was released in March 2020 to critical acclaim, earning Lipa six Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. The success of the singles helped her self-titled album become one of the most-streamed albums on Spotify and achieve platinum certifications. In 2019, she was also awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and "Electricity", a collaboration with Silk City, won her the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. It won her the 2019 Brit Award for Song of the Year. Released in April 2018, the single "One Kiss" with Calvin Harris peaked at number one in the UK and became the longest-running number-one single for a female artist in 2018. In 2018, Lipa won the Brit Awards for best British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, and yielded nine singles, including "Be the One" and "IDGAF", and the UK number-one single "New Rules", which also peaked at number six in the US. After working as a model, she signed with Warner Music Group in 2015 and released her eponymous debut album in 2017. Dua Lipa ( / ˈ d uː ə ˈ l iː p ə/ Albanian pronunciation: born 22 August 1995) is an English singer and songwriter.
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