Albania's President, Bajram Begaj granted Sunday the Albanian citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa.

The motivation was the artist's role in spreading Albanians' fame internationally through her music.

Lipa granted citizenship ahead of Albania’s 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire. Begaj said he considered it an honor to do so because Lipa has made Albanians famous throughout the world.

“I will be an Albanian with papers too,” Lipa said before taking her citizenship oath at Tirana city hall.

Lipa was born in London in 1995 to immigrant Albanian parents Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa from Kosovo.