Dua Lipa granted Albanian citizenship by president in Tirana



British popular large sanction of Albanian starting spot praised by means of president for spreading the kingdom’s repute internationally done her tune

Dua Lipa attending the Clooney Foundation for Justice Albie Awards astatine The New York Public Library successful September. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/APDua Lipa attending the Clooney Foundation for Justice Albie Awards astatine The New York Public Library successful September. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/APAssociated Press successful TiranaSun 27 Nov 2022 14.19 ESTLast modified connected Sun 27 Nov 2022 14.29 EST

Albania’s president has granted citizenship to the British popular superstar of Albanian starting spot Dua Lipa for what helium said was the artist’s relation successful spreading Albanians’ fame the satellite implicit done her tune.

President Bajram Begaj said connected Sunday that Lipa turned into granted citizenship up of Albania’s 1 100 and tenth day of independency from the Ottoman empire. Begaj said helium considered it an honour to bash truthful due to the fact that Lipa has made Albanians celebrated astatine immoderate constituent of the arena.

Read extra

“I mightiness beryllium an Albanian with papers too,” Lipa stated earlier than taking her citizenship oath astatine Tirana municipality corridor.

Lipa turned into calved successful London successful 1995 to migrant Albanian parents Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa from Kosovo.

Lipa, who began singing astatine 5 years old, go musically encouraged done her father, a erstwhile vocalist and guitarist of a stone band. She started retired to taxable her songs successful YouTube erstwhile she go 14. Her archetypal debut workplace medium turned into released successful 2017. In 2019 she gained the Grammy grant for exceptional caller artist.

Together on with her father, she co-founded the Sunny Hill Foundation successful 2016 to rise finances with yearly unrecorded shows held successful her autochthonal Kosovo to assistance quality beings experiencing monetary problems.

“It is an indescribable fantabulous pleasance with specified acceptance, emotion and everything,” said Lipa. The creator past took a passport photograph, was fingerprinted and sed an inferior signifier for an individuality paper and passport.

S up to Sleeve Notes

Free play newsletter

Get tune information, formidable opinions and astonishing extras. Every genre, each era, each week

Lipa volition wrapper up her yearly unrecorded show circuit successful Tirana’s main Skanderbeg Square connected Monday to commemorate Independence Day.