Dido death
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Dido (singer)
English singer (born 1971)
Not to be confused with Dodie or Doda (singer).For other uses, see Dido (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong[5] (born 25 December 1971), known professionally as Dido (DY-doh), is an English singer and songwriter. She attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999); hit singles from the album include "Here with Me" and "Thank You". It sold over 21 million copies worldwide[6] and won her several awards, including two Brit Awards; additionally, she won Best British Album and Best British Female as well as the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act. The first verse of "Thank You" is sampled in "Stan", a critically acclaimed collaboration with American rapper Eminem. Her next album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her success with the hit singles "White Flag" and "Life for Rent". In 2004, Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the Band Aid 20 version of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
Dido's first two alb
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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 Universit
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Dido Biography
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"Dido Gets Extreme on 'Life,'" RollingStone.com , http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=5935759&pageid=rs.ArtistArticles&pageregion=mainRegion (July 3, 2004).
Dido Official Website, http://www.didomusic.com (July 3, 2004).
"Dido: The Dreamlife of Angels," VH1.com , http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1478218/09152003/dido.jhtml (July 3, 2004).
"Dido, Travis Take Vancouver," RollingStone.com , http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=5931792&pageid=rs.ArtistArticles&pageregion=mainRegion (July 3, 2004).
"Dido Won't Let Success Go to Her Head," VH1.com , http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1459637/01222003/dido.jhtml (July 3, 2004).
"Hip Online: Dido," Hip Online, http://www.hiponline.com/artist/music/d/dido/interview/100201ii.html (July 3, 2004).
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