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50 free Dua Lipa trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Dua Lipa's grandmother picked her name, which means "love" in Albanian, and a primary-school choir teacher once told her she could not sing. Born in London to Kosovo Albanian parents, she moved to Pristina at 13, came back alone at 15, waited tables in a cocktail bar, and signed to Warner in 2014 partly because the label had no big female pop star. New Rules made her the first British woman to top the UK chart since Adele; Future Nostalgia made her the face of the 2020 disco revival. These 50 questions cover the lot: her father's Kosovan rock band Oda, the X Factor advert, New Love and Be the One, the five Brit nominations of 2018, One Kiss with Calvin Harris and its afterlife as a Liverpool anthem, Electricity, Don't Start Now's chart records, Levitating's Diamond certification and lawsuits, Cold Heart with Elton John, Mermaid Barbie, Houdini and Radical Optimism, Glastonbury 2024, Service95, the Sunny Hill Foundation, the Albanian and Kosovar passports, the Callum Turner wedding and the Wendy Williams mispronunciation that became a nickname. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so a miss still teaches you something. Play it solo or print it for a pop-music night.
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Q 01What does the name Dua mean in Albanian?
Love
Her grandmother suggested the name; both her grandfathers were historians.
Q 02Lipa's father Dukagjin was lead singer of which Kosovan rock band?
Oda
He kept playing at home, covering Bowie, Dylan, Radiohead and Sting.
Q 03In which part of London did Lipa grow up?
West Hampstead
Her primary-school choir teacher told her she could not sing; she took lessons at Sylvia Young instead.
Q 04Which instrument did Lipa learn at primary school?
Cello
She began singing at five and started weekend lessons at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at nine.
Q 05Lipa's family moved to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in which year?
2008
She returned to London alone at 15 and shared a flat with a family friend.
Q 06Lipa sang a Sister Sledge cover in a 2013 ITV advert for which show?
The X Factor
Her cover of "Lost in Music" came via a modelling agency that had signed her.
Q 07What job was Lipa working when she signed with Tap Management in 2013?
Waitress in a cocktail bar
Her managers offered her a monthly salary to quit and focus on recording.
Q 08Co-writing which song led to Lipa's Warner Bros. record deal in 2014?
Hotter than Hell
Her manager said Warner wanted her partly because the label had no big female pop artist.
Q 09What was Lipa's first single, released in August 2015?
New Love
Emile Haynie and Andrew Wyatt produced it.
Q 10Which 2015 single reached number one in Belgium, Poland and Slovakia?
Be the One
It made the top ten in more than eleven European territories.
Q 11Lipa featured on which Sean Paul single in 2016?
No Lie
It became a top-ten hit in ten countries six years after release and Sean Paul's most-streamed song.
Q 12Which Dutch DJ collaborated with Lipa on "Scared to Be Lonely"?
Martin Garrix
Released in January 2017, it reached number 14 in the UK.
Q 13Which single gave Lipa her first UK number one in 2017?
New Rules
She was the first female solo artist to top the UK chart since Adele's "Hello" in 2015.
Q 14Lipa was the first woman to top the UK singles chart since whose "Hello"?
Q 21Lipa's "Kiss and Make Up" was a collaboration with which K-pop group?
Blackpink
It appeared on Dua Lipa: The Complete Edition in October 2018.
Q 22Lipa's 2019 single "Swan Song" was written for which film?
Alita: Battle Angel
Her "High" with Whethan had appeared on the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack the year before.
Q 23Lipa said her second album would feel like what?
A dancercise class
She called it a nostalgic pop record; critics credited it with reviving disco.
What was the lead single of Future Nostalgia?
Adele
"New Rules" has since passed three billion YouTube views.
Q 15Lipa recorded a 2017 charity cover of "Bridge over Troubled Water" for the victims of what?
The Grenfell Tower fire
It was one of her four UK top-ten singles that year.
Q 16How many Brit Award nominations did Lipa receive in 2018, a record for a female artist?
5
She won British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
Q 17Which DJ partnered Lipa on "One Kiss", the UK's best-selling song of 2018?
Calvin Harris
It topped the UK chart for eight straight weeks and won the Brit for Song of the Year.
Q 18Lipa performed at the opening ceremony of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final in which city?
Kyiv
Liverpool fans adopted "One Kiss" afterwards and she calls herself an honorary supporter.
Q 19"Electricity" paired Lipa with Silk City, the duo of Diplo and whom?
Mark Ronson
It won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2019.
Q 20Which Grammy did Lipa win in 2019 along with the dance-recording award for "Electricity"?
Best New Artist
Future Nostalgia later won her Best Pop Vocal Album.
Don't Start Now
It logged the longest UK top-ten stay ever for a British female artist.
Q 25Future Nostalgia debuted at number two in the UK behind which band's album Calm?
5 Seconds of Summer
It was only 5,550 copies behind and went to number one the following week.
Q 26Lipa became the first British woman since whom to land three UK top-tens in a calendar year?
Vera Lynn
Lynn managed it in 1952; Lipa then beat the mark herself with "Levitating".
Q 27Which two artists featured on the August 2020 "Levitating" remix?
Madonna and Missy Elliott
It led Club Future Nostalgia, a remix set by the Blessed Madonna and Mark Ronson.
Q 28Which rapper featured on the second "Levitating" remix in October 2020?
DaBaby
The remix came with its own music video the same day.
Q 29Which Belgian singer joined Lipa on the 2020 single "Fever"?
Angèle
Pierre de Maere later featured on the "These Walls" remix in 2024.
Q 30Lipa featured on "Prisoner" from which Miley Cyrus album?
Plastic Hearts
Cyrus had headlined Lipa's Sunny Hill Festival in Pristina the year before.