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UK singer Dua Lipa has been nominated for 5 Brit Awards / Getty Images for Governors Ball
UK singer Dua Lipa has been nominated for 5 Brit Awards / Getty Images for Governors Ball
The rise of British-Kosovan pop star Dua Lipa
The pop star's ascent from obscurity to topping the charts is a vindication for record-label tactics
Alex Macpherson
24 August, 2017