'I live and die by my artists — that's what I wake up every day and fight for.'
Music Business Worldwide December 18, 2020 Dua Lipa has, without question, emerged as one of 2020’s biggest superstars. And Wendy Ong, US President at management company and label Tap Music, has been a key figure behind her success throughout the year. In March, Lipa flipped the ‘tricky second album’ curse on its head with what’s since become a lockdown soundtrack, the Warner-released Future Nostalgia, hitting No.1 in the UK and No.4 in the US, going on to sell 2.6m albums worldwide and racking up 6bn streams. In November, Lipa’s record-breaking Studio 2054 livestream extravaganza,...