Who is the favorite to sing the new James Bond theme song?

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As speculation mounts over who will play James Bond next – with Aaron Taylor-Johnson the clear favourite – fans are now wondering who could sing the next Bond theme song.

For this coveted song, Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Paul McCartney, Tina Turner and, more recently, Adele, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish have won several awards.

The latter three received Oscars for Best Original Song for “Skyfall,” “Writing's on the Wall” and “No Time To Die,” respectively.

For the 26th adventure of the iconic spy, after ” No Time To Die“In 2021, a music star emerged: Dua Lipa.

The British singer of Kosovar origin, who is behind hits such as “New Rules”, “Levitating” and “Houdini”, recently headlined Glastonbury Festival and is currently the bookies' favourite with odds of 6/4 (40% probability), according to betting site Gambling.com.

The 28-year-old has also recently become an actress, with small roles in Barbie and in the spy movie Argyllreleased L'last year.

A few familiar names are following Dua closely, such as summer star Sabrina Carpenter (2/1), Lady Gaga (5/2), Taylor Swift (3/1) and Ed Sheeran (7/2).

Other names floating around include SZA, Sir Elton John, RAYE and Celine Dion, who recently performed for the first time since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

The famous Canadian singer has several film songs to her credit, including “My Heart Will Go On” for the film Titanicawarded an Oscar, and “Ashes” for Deadpool 2 in 2018.

According to Gambling.com, Dion currently has odds of 6/1.

There are still no confirmed details about the next Bond film, although it was recently revealed that Lana Del Rey wrote one of her old songs for a 007 film – and it was rejected.

What do you think of the idea of ​​Dua Lipa recording the next Bond song? We're pretty excited about the idea – although we hope Dion and RAYE get some (much-deserved) love…

Additional sources • Gambling.com