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Dido
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, known mononymously as Dido, 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 and won her several awards, including two Brit Awards; additionally, she won Best British Album and…
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entertainment · English singer (born 1971) · singer · singer-songwriter · composer · recording artist · pop musician · musician · songwriter · also Dido, Dido (singer), Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong
Born 25 December 1971 · Q202550
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 8 entries
Published video “No Angel anniversary vinyl - out now! #dido #vinyl”.
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Published video “No Angel - 25th Anniversary special edition Vinyl - out now! #dido #vinyl”.
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Published video “Dido - Thank You (Official Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Dido - Thank You (Live at the Parkinson Show, 2003)”.
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Published video “Dido - Hunter (Live In Concert with BBC Radio 2, 2019)”.
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Published video “Celebrating Hunter being released 24 years ago today. Now available in 4k ❤️🩶🖤 love DidoHQ #dido”.
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Yahoo: Dido Sold 40 Million Albums But Retreated from the Public Eye: Inside the ‘Thank You’ Singer’s Life Now
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Published video “Dido - Here With Me (Official Lyric Video)”.
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2024· 4 entries
Published video “Dido - Thank You (Lyrics in Portuguese and English)”.
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Published video “Dido - Thank You (Lyrics in Spanish and English)”.
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Published video “Dido - Thank You (Live In Concert with BBC Radio 2, 2019)”.
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Published video “Dido - Here With Me (Live In Concert with BBC Radio 2, 2019)”.
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2023· 3 entries
Published video “Dido - Here With Me (Alternative Video)”.
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Published video “Dido - Thank You (Live from Later with Jools Holland, 2000)”.
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Jason Derulo released the single "When Love Sucks", which samples "Thank You", and includes a feature credit for Dido
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2020· 1 entry
Dido co-released The Last Summer, a collaborative studio album with her brother R Plus (Rollo Armstrong)
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2019· 3 entries
The Guardian: David Gray or Dido: which artist is best to make moussaka to?
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Released album “Still on My Mind”.
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It was listed the 15th best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK
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2018· 1 entry
“s title, Still on My Mind, along with its cover. It was released on 8 March 2019 and charted at number 3 on the UK Albums chart, number 1 on the UK Indie Album chart and sold over 60,000 copies in the UK. The teaser single”
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2013· 4 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Girl Who Got Away”.
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And her highest charting song since 2004's "Sand In My Shoes"
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Releasing her fourth studio album, Girl Who Got Away, which reached the top 5 in the UK
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Safe Trip Home”.
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The Guardian: CD: Pop review: Dido, Safe Trip Home
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Dido Greatest Hits”.
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2005· 3 entries
Released ep “Live at Brixton Academy EP”.
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Released album “Live at Brixton Academy”.
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Dido provided vocals for her brother's side project Dusted on the album Safe from Harm
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Female Artist of the Year (2004).
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Album of the Year for Life for Rent (2004).
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Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the Band Aid 20 version of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “Life for Rent / No Angel”.
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Released album “Life for Rent”.
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Album of the Year for No Angel (2002).
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year (2002).
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Released ep “No Angel: The Remixes”.
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Released ep “Better Believe / One Step Too Far”.
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2001· 5 entries
Released album “Christmas Day”.
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Released album “One Step Too Far”.
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Released album “Dido”.
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Released album “Dido Does Dublin”.
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Released ep “Take My Hand / Rachel's Song (Parks & Wilson remixes)”.
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2000· 2 entries
When he received permission from Dido herself to sample the first verse of "Thank You" in his hit single "Stan"
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Released album “Unplugged in Sacramento”.
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “No Angel”.
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And after much time spent promoting the album, Dido broke up with her fiancé, entertainment lawyer Bob Page, after a twelve-year relationship
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Released ep “The Highbury Fields EP”.
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And Dido toured extensively to promote the record
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1998· 1 entry
The music producer for the film Sliding Doors selected her track "Thank You" for the soundtrack
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1995· 3 entries
And featured a mixture of finished productions and demo versions, which she later considered for release on her 1999 debut album, No Angel
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Dido began recording 10 demo tracks which were put together on a collection entitled Odds & Ends and sent out by Nettwerk management
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Released album “Odds & Ends”.
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-12-25.
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