Dua Lipa is an English pop singer-songwriter born in London in 1995 who broke through with New Rules from her 2017 self-titled debut. Future Nostalgia (2020) — the Grammy-winning disco revival that set pop's direction for years — is the essential one, with Radical Optimism (2024) keeping the dance floor moving. Find Dua Lipa vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Dua Lipa was born in London on August 22, 1995 to Kosovar Albanian parents. She lived in Pristina, Kosovo from 2008 to 2010 before returning to London. She signed with Warner Records in 2015 and released her self-titled debut album in 2017, which produced the global hit New Rules. Her 2020 album Future Nostalgia (and its expanded version Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition) became a defining pandemic-era pop album, with the disco and dance-pop revival aesthetic widely cited as setting a major industry trend. She won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2019 and Best Pop Vocal Album for Future Nostalgia in 2021.
Dua Lipa's sound combines pop, dance-pop, disco, synth-pop, and pop rock. Future Nostalgia (2020) in particular drew heavily on 1970s and 1980s disco and dance-pop production traditions, with the album widely credited as having helped initiate a broader pop trend toward retro disco and dance influences.
Warner pressings of the Dua Lipa catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions and retailer-exclusive pressings. Future Nostalgia has had multiple expanded and deluxe editions.
Listeners new to Dua Lipa typically start with Future Nostalgia (2020).
