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Life For Rent (Album) by Dido

Artist Biography For Dido

There Are At Least Two Artists With The Name Dido 1 Dido Armstrong Born 25 December 1971 Is A British BRIT Award-Winning And Grammy Award-Nominated Singer And Songwriter. Dido Was Born In London UK On Christmas Day She Was Christened Dido Florian Cloud De Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. She Lived With Her Poet Mother And Publisher Father In London. One Day She Looked Up The Story Of Her First Name. "I Thought It Was Strange That I Was Called After A Woman Who Killed Herself In Ancient Literature. It's Great For Me Now But There's No Denying That I Hated It. That Was Just Another Thing That Made Me Stand Out." Young Dido Enjoyed Reading And Playing Tennis Against The Garden Wall When She Was Just 6 She Was Accepted Into The Guildhall School Of Music In London. By 10 She Could Play The Piano Violin And Recorder. Some Of Her Teenage Years Were Spent Touring The UK With A Classical Ensemble And Waitressing At Cafe Flo In Islington. She Left School To Pay Her Way Through University And Eventually Enrolled As A Law Student At Birkbeck University. At 16 She Became Enthralled With The Music Of Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald And Her Brother's Music Collection. Her Brother Rollo Plays In The Group Faithless And She Featured On The Group's Five Million Selling Debut Album Reverence In 1995 On The Tracks Flowerstand Man Which She Co-Wrote And Salva Mea. Dido Later Featured On Another Faithless Album Sunday 8pm In 1998 On The Tracks Postcards And Hem Of His Garment Which She Co-Wrote. In Between Recording Those Two Albums Dido Met Producer Clive Davis In 1997 After He Had Heard Demos Of Some Of Her Own Tracks. Dido Was Later Signed To The Record Company Arista And Began Recording Her Debut Album No Angel.
The Album Was Released In The USA In 1999 And About A Year Later In October 2000 In The UK. Two Tracks Off The Album Have Featured In A TV Show And In A Film. Thank You Appeared In The Film 'Sliding Doors' And Here With Me Was The Theme Tune To 'Roswell' A Hit TV Show In The USA And Which Has Been Doing Well In The UK. Her Brother Rollo Then Did A Solo Project Under The Name Dusted For Which Dido Co-Wrote The Tracks Always Remember To Respect & Honour Your Mother Part 1 And Biggest Fool In The World She Features On The Tracks Time Takes Time And Hurt U And She Co-Wrote And Features On The Track Winter. The Album Was Re-Released In 2005 Having Been Completely Re-Worked Sounding Bigger And Better. Dido Really Shot To Fame When Eminem Incorporated Thank You Into The Massive Number 1 Hit Stan. For The 'Stan' Video Dido Agreed To Wear A Padded Pregnancy Suit And Lie In The Boot Of A Car Before Being Dumped In A River. "I Did That For An Adventure And A Laugh. I'd Just Done A Really Glammy Video For 'Here With Me' And Suddenly I Was On Set Choosing Boxer Shorts With Dr Dre While Wearing This Massive Bump. I Looked So Pregnant I Had To Jump About On A Sofa To Flatten My Stomach Down." Dido Said Of Eminem "He's Been Nothing But Properly Nice To Me. He's Polite Funny And Charming Nothing Like His Media Image At All. If He Was Such An Arsehole I Wouldn't Have Played With Him Would I? I Had No Contract To Do That. I Chose To." A Special Edition Of 'No Angel' Was Released In January 2001 With Enhanced Videos Of 'Here With Me' And 'Thank You'. It Also Included A Bonus Track Take My Hand And A Picture Gallery. The Album Went To Number 1 And Stayed There For A Number Of Weeks. It Has Sold More Than 12 Million Copies Worldwide. Her Debut Single Here With Me Was Released In February 2001 And Became A Hit Getting To Number 4. The Follow Up 'Thank You' Was Released In May 2001 And Got To Number 3. The Following Month Dido Featured On Another Faithless Album Outrospective On The Track One Step Too Far. Hunter Was Released In September 2001 It Didn't Do As Well As The Previous Two Singles Only Reaching Number 17. A Further Limited Edition Of 'No Angel' Was Released In November 2001 With Extra Enhanced Videos Of 'Hunter' And Live Versions Of 'All You Want' And 'Honestly OK'. It Also Included Mixes Of 'Here With Me' 'Thank You' 'Hunter' And 'Take My Hand' And An Extra Track Christmas Day. Also In November 2001 Dido Won The Best New Act Award At The MTV Europe Music Awards. A Fourth And Final Single From The 'No Angel' Album 'All You Want' Backed With 'Christmas Day' Was Released As A Limited Edition 3" CD Single In December 2001 It Didn't Enter The Charts Due To It Being A Limited Edition. 'No Angel' Was The Best Selling Album Of 2001 And Sold More Than 2 Million Copies During The Year.
It Got To Number 1 In 13 Countries And Was The Best Selling Album In The World. In February 2002 Dido Won Best British Female Solo Artist And Best British Album For 'No Angel' At The Brit Awards 2002. In April 2002 'One Step Too Far' The Track Which Dido Recorded With Faithless Was Released As As Single It Reached Number 6. Also In April 2002 The Track That Dido Co-Wrote For Britney Spears 'I'm Not A Girl Not Yet A Woman' Was Released It Got To Number 2. In October 2002 Dido Featured On The War Child Charity Album '1 Love'. It Featured The Track Dub Be Good To Me That She Recorded With Faithless Which Was A Cover Version Of Beats International's Number 1 From 1990. She Also Featured On Santana's Album Shaman On The Track Feels Like Fire. 'White Flag' Dido's First Solo Single In Almost Two Years Was Released In September 2003 And Became Her Biggest Solo Hit To Date Getting To Number 2. Three Weeks Later Her Second Album 'Life For Rent' Was Released And Entered The Chart At Number 1. The Album Broke Amazon's Pre-Order Sales Record And Also Became The Fastest Selling Album In The Last Six Years Selling More Than 152 000 Copies On The First Day Of Its Release And 350 000 Copies During The First Week Of Its Release. The Title Track From 'Life For Rent' Was Released In December 2003 It Got To Number 8. 'Life For Rent' Was The Best Selling Album Of 2003 And Sold More Than 2.2 Million Copies During The Year. It Got To Number 1 In 20 Countries. In February 2004 Dido Won Best British Female Solo Artist For The Second Time And Best British Single For 'White Flag' At The Brit Awards 2004. 'Don't Leave Home' Was Released In April 2004 It Only Got To Number 25. 'Sand In My Shoes' The Fourth And Final Single From 'Life For Rent' Was Released In September 2004 It Only Managed To Get To Number 29 Which Is Dido's Lowest Chart Position To Date. In November 2004 Dido Featured On The 'Bridget Jones The Edge Of Reason' Soundtrack With Rufus Wainwright On The Track 'I Eat Dinner When The Hunger's Gone '. Also That Month Dido Was One Of The Many Artists Who Featured On The Re-Recording Of The 1984 Band Aid Charity Single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Under The Name Of Band Aid 20 To Mark The 20th Anniversary Of The Original Song. 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Was The Best Selling Single Of 2004 Selling More Than 1 Million Copies It Was Also The Christmas Number 1. Dido Releases Her Third Album Safe Trip Home On November 3rd. To Celebrate The Release Look No Further A New Track Was Given Away In Late August On Her Official Site. "Don't Believe In Love" Followed As The Lead Single Of The Album With A Music Video. Due To The Album Being Dedicated To Her Late Father And The Heaviness Of Some Of The Songs Dido Opted Not To Tour. As Part Of The Creative Process Dido Decided To Have All The Songs In The Album Have A Short Film As A Music Video All Shot In Different Parts Of The World Showcasing Different Cultures. In 2013 Dido Released Her Fourth Album Titled "The Girl Who Got Away". The Album Would Present A Departure From The Haunting Darker More Acoustic Sound Of Safe Trip Home And Wander More Through The Realms Of Electronica Folk-Pop And Folktronica. "Let Us Move On" Was Released As A Promotional Single Featuring Kendrick Lamar. The Lead Single "No Freedom" Would Follow Suit And Has Since Become A Fan Favourite And Seen An Increase In Interest Even Being Covered By Miley Cyrus. Dido Gave Birth While The Album Was Being Produced So She Opted To Not Tour For The Album And Focus On Her Newborn Son Stanley. After Five Years Of Inactivity Dido Announced A New Album Titled " Still On My Mind" In Late 2018. The Promotional Single "Hurricanes" Saw Her Merging Both The Acoustic And Electronic Sounds Of Her Previous Albums. It Appears On The Spanish Version Of TV Show "Skam". She Released The Album On March 8th 2019 And Announced Her First Tour In 15 Years. This Also Marked The First Time She Toured In Latin America. The First Single Released Was "Give You Up" With The Music Video Being Directed By Sophie Muller. The Song Appears On The Netflix Series "Locke And Key". The Second Single "Take You Home" Was Released With A Music Video Directed By Rankin. The Third And Final Single "Friends" Was Released Alongside A Music Video Showcasing Footage Of Her Concerts While On Tour. The Album Was Critically Acclaimed Reaching Number 1 In The Independent Album Charts In The UK. 2 Dido Was A Japanese Duo Consisting Of Singer And Music Artist おおたか静流 Shizuru Ohtaka And Composer 加藤みちあき Michiaki Kato . They Debuted In 1989. Alternative Page Dido​

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Life For Rent Is The Second Album By Dido Released In 2003. Song Backgrounds
"White Flag" – About A Past Relationship. Dido "regretted Writing It" To Begin With Because Of The Further Problems It Caused With That Person But Now Enjoys Performing The Song. "Life For Rent" – Written To Reflect How She Saw Her Life At The Time. "Mary's In India" – A Joke For Childhood Best Friend Mary Who Now Lives In India Originally Not Intended To Be On The Album. "See You When You're 40" – About A Past Boyfriend Who "wanted To Be Different More Than Anything In The World." "Don't Leave Home" – Written About The Difficulties Of Drug Addiction And Made As A Demo During The Creation Of Her Previous Album. Reception Critical
Life For Rent Was Nominated For "Best British Album" At The 2004 BRIT Awards Along With Daniel Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This Blur's Think Tank And The Coral's Magic And Medicine But They Were All Beaten By The Darkness's Permission To Land. "White Flag" Was Awarded The 2004 Ivor Novello Award In The Category "International Hit Of The Year". Commercial
Life For Rent Spent Ten Weeks At The Top Of The UK Albums Chart. It Remained In The Chart For 52 Weeks. The Life For Rent Tour Was Taken Around The World In 2004. In Australia The Album Debuted At Number One On The ARIA Albums Chart Was One Of The Biggest Selling Albums Of 2003 And Went On To Be Certified Six Times Platinum For Sales Of Over 420 000. With This Dido Was Able To Match The Huge Success Of Her Previous Effort No Angel. It Is The Fastest Selling Album By A Female Artist And Passed The Five Million Mark Worldwide. It Sold One Million In 5 Days On The Way There It Sold 102 500 On Day One And 400 351 In The First Week On Its Way To The Record. Track Listing
"White Flag" Dido Armstrong Rollo Armstrong Rick Nowels – 4 01 "Stoned" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Lester Mendez – 5 55 "Life For Rent" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong – 3 41 "Mary's In India" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong – 3 42 "See You When You're 40" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Aubrey Nunn – 5 20 "Don't Leave Home" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong – 3 46 "Who Makes You Feel" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong John Harrison – 4 21 "Sand In My Shoes" D. Armstrong Nowels – 5 00 "Do You Have A Little Time" D. Armstrong Bates Nowels – 3 55 "This Land Is Mine" D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Nowels – 3 46 "See The Sun" D. Armstrong – 10 36 "See The Sun" Runs For 5 04 It Is Followed By 2 01 Of Silence And Then The Hidden Track "Closer" - 3 29 Singles
"White Flag" 1 September 2003 "Stoned" October 2003 "Life For Rent" 1 December 2003 "Don't Leave Home" 12 April 2004 "Sand In My Shoes" 13 September 2004 Charts And Certification
Chart Peak
position Certification Sales/
shipments U.S. Billboard 200 4 2× Platinum 2.1 Million U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 12 European Top 100 Albums 1 5× Platinum 5 Million Argentina — 3× Platinum 120 000 Australia ARIA Charts 1 6× Platinum 420 000 Austria 2 Platinum 30 000 Belgium 1 2× Platinum 100 000 Brazil — Gold 50 000 Canadian Albums Chart 2 3× Platinum 300 000 Denmark 1 Platinum 30 000 Finland 3 Gold 17 485 France 1 2× Platinum 645 000 Germany Media Control Charts 1 3× Platinum 600 000 Hungary MAHASZ 7 Gold 15 000 Mexico 4 Gold 50 000 Netherlands Megacharts 1 Platinum 80 000 New Zealand RIANZ 1 4× Platinum 60 000 Norway 2 2× Platinum 80 000 Russia 1 Platinum 20 000 Sweden 1 Platinum 60 000 Switzerland 1 3× Platinum 120 000 UK Albums Chart 1 9× Platinum 2 833 783