British pop singer Dua Lipa has won the 'Best New Artist' at the 61st Grammy Awards. She took home the award beating H.E.R., Jorja Smith, Margo Price, Chloe x Halle, Luke Combs, Bebe Rexha, and Greta Van Fleet.
In her acceptance speech, Dua Lipa mentioned the outgoing Recording Academy President Neil Portnow infamous comments of “step up” at last year Grammys. In a sarcastic reply, Dua said, “Where I want to begin is by saying how honored I am to be nominated alongside so many incredible female artists this year because I guess this year we’ve really stepped up?”
It was in June 2017 that Dua Lipa released her self-titled debut. The record includes Lipa hit single “New Rules” which ranked No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to Best New Artist, Dua Lipa was also nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for “Electricity” which is her collaboration with Mark Ronson and Diplo.