Albania’s president on Sunday granted citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa for what he mentioned was the artist’s function in spreading Albanians’ fame internationally by her music.
President Bajram Begaj mentioned Lipa was granted citizenship forward of Albania’s one hundred and tenth anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire. Begaj mentioned he thought-about it an honour to take action as a result of Lipa has made Albanians well-known all through the world.
“I will probably be an Albanian with papers too,” Lipa mentioned earlier than taking her citizenship oath at Tirana metropolis corridor.
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Lipa was born in London in 1995 to immigrant Albanian mother and father Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa from Kosovo.
Lipa, who began singing at 5 years previous, was musically influenced by her father, a former singer and guitarist of a rock band. She began to publish her songs in YouTube when she was 14. Her first debut studio album was launched in 2017. In 2019 she received the Grammy Award for Greatest New Artist.
Collectively together with her father, she co-founded the Sunny Hill Basis in 2016 to lift funds with annual concert events held in her native Kosovo to assist folks experiencing monetary difficulties.
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“It’s an indescribable nice pleasure with such acceptance, love and the whole lot,” mentioned Lipa. The artist then took a passport picture, was fingerprinted and signed an software type for an id onerous and passport.
Lipa will wrap up her annual live performance tour in Tirana’s important Skanderbeg Sq. on Monday to commemorate Independence Day.
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