Having dispensed with the services of her management company earlier this year, singer-songwriter Dua Lipa would appear to have no cause for regret.
For accounts just filed record that the Kosovo-Albanian Londoner has added another £4 million to her fortune.
Her company Dua Lipa Limited now has £21.6 million tucked away — up from £17.5 million the previous year.
Bearing in mind that another of her companies has ᴀssets of £11.6 million, it suggests her new manager is performing satisfactorily.
Just as well: he’s the songstress’s father, Dukagjin Lipa.
Music industry sources said at the time her departure was linked to the size of the cut she received from recording and commercial deals negotiated on her behalf by Tap Management.
Miss Lipa, a three-times Grammy award winner, is signed to Warner Music and has lucrative deals with firms including Evian, Yves Saint Laurent and Versace. She also has social-media deals to promote the Truly alcoholic drink.
While some of her endorsements were recent, others pre-dated her emergence as a global superstar with 79 million followers on Instagram, when her negotiating position would have been weaker.
Commenting on her surprise decision to leave Tap Management and her manager Ben Mawson, a source said at the time: ‘It all came as a bit of a shock, but unfortunately there will always be disagreements when it comes to money.
‘Things had been brewing for some time. Tap have taken her from an unknown teenager to the most successful female artist in the world.
When you look at it like that, you can’t help but think something quite bad has happened.’
She became a household name in 2018 when her single, One Kiss, topped charts around the world.
A year later, she won the Brit Award for Song of the Year and scooped best new artist and best dance recording prizes at the Grammys.
It was reported at the time that Miss Lipa’s father Dukagjin would take over her management from Tap, whose other stars include Ellie Goulding and former Little Mix singer Leigh-Ann Pinnock.
The Mail on Sunday contacted both Tap Management and Dua Lipa for comment at the time but did not received a response.
