US EditionFamous Birthdays for Aug. 22: Dua Lipa, Howie Dorough
Dua Lipa, a British-Albanian singer and advocate, rose to fame with award-winning albums and is noted for supporting women's rights and refugee causes.
- Midway through her Radical Optimism Tour, British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa celebrates her 30th birthday on August 22 during an international tour across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
- At 14, Dua Lipa began posting covers on YouTube, developing the voice that set her apart, and her 2017 debut album and 2020's Future Nostalgia propelled her rise to global fame.
- Her 2020 album drew praise for its disco influence, earning a Grammy, while singles Don't Start Now and Levitating became streaming giants; her tour covers add unique local flair.
- The tour is selling out arenas across Europe, Asia and the Americas, and fans praise personal covers and intimate moments as key highlights of the Radical Optimism Tour.
- Beyond music, Dua Lipa is known for bold fashion and advocacy, acting in Barbie and Argylle, and ranking among the wealthiest under 30 on The Sunday Times Rich List.
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Happy 30th Birthday, Dua Lipa!
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images Dua Lipa is officially 30! The pop star has spent weeks celebrating her milestone birthday, summering harder than maybe anyone on earth, and she memorialized it with four separate Instagram grid posts in true Leo fashion. She is also rolling out so much content on her Instagram Story in honor of the big day, which is great news for those of us who live vicariously through her bus–club–another …
Dua Lipa fulfills this Friday, August 22, the 30 years. She makes it one of the artists of the moment. The success of her last three studio albums — Dua Lipa (2017), Future Nostalgia (2020) and Radical Optimism (2024)—, the entry of five of her songs in the top 10 of Billboard Hot 10 and her sold out for five nights in a row last June at Wembley Stadium in London legitimize her reign in the pop universe of the Z generation. But the work of the A…
Dua Lipa turns 30 this Friday. The singer, composer and model, whom Wendy Williams mistakenly called 'Dula Peep' during an interview on her television show and to which her millions of followers know 'Vacanza Queen' was born on 2 August 1995 in London, but is of Kosovo Albanian roots, to the point that she grew up between the capital of Great Britain and Pristina, capital of Kosovo.
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