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Use dmy dates|date=January 2012Use British English|date=January 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Dido| image = Dido2007.jpg| caption =| image_size = 250| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
| birth_date = birth date and age|1971|12|25|df=yes
Kensington , London, England, United Kingdom
| instrument = Singing|Vocals , piano , guitar , Drum kit|drums , recorder violin
| genre = Pop music|Pop , trip hop , pop rock , alternative rock
| years_active = 1995–present
| label = RCA Records cite web|url= http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rca-s-peter-edge-tom-corson-on-the-shuttering-1005394732.story |title=RCA's Peter Edge, Tom Corson on the Shuttering of Jive, J and Arista |publisher=Billboard.biz |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=2011-12-31
Cheeky Records|Cheeky , Arista Records|Arista , Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music
| associated_acts = Rollo Armstrong
Faithless
Dusted (band)|Dusted
Sister Bliss
Eminem
| website = http://www.didomusic.com/ www.didomusic.com| notable_instruments =
'''Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong'''cite video |people= Sharon Osbourne interviews Dido |date=16 October 2003 |title= The Sharon Osbourne Show |quote=It's Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong when asked to say her real name. (IPAc-en|icon|'|d|a?|d|o?; born 25 December 1971), known as Dido , is an English singer-songwriter .

Dido shot to worldwide success with her debut album, No Angel (1999). The album sold in excess of 21 million copies worldwide,cite news|url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article437174.ece|title=Music to watch girls by|date=25 March 2005|publisher=Times Newspapers, Ltd.|accessdate=15 May 2008 | location=London | first=Peter | last=Paphides and won several awards; including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New Act and Best Album, and two BRIT Awards for Best British Female and Best Album. Her following album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her mainstream success with the help of popular singles " White Flag (song)|White Flag " and " Life for Rent (song)|Life for Rent ". The album went on to sell around 12 million copies worldwide and saw her receive more accolades; including the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year for "White Flag", two further BRIT and NRJ Awards, as well as a Grammy Award nomination. Dido's first two albums, No Angel and Life for Rent , are among the List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom|best-selling albums in UK Chart history, and both are in the top 10 List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (UK)|best-selling albums of the 2000s in the UK . http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp? storycode=1033488 The 20 Biggest Selling Albums of the 21st century Music Week. Retrieved 19 August 2011 Her third and latest studio album, Safe Trip Home (2008), received critical praise to help maintain her success.cite web|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1358112/Its-Didos-time-rise-again.html? ito=feeds-newsxml|title=It's Dido's time to rise again|author=Adrian Thrills|date=17 February 2011|publisher= Daily Mail |accessdate=6 March 2011|quote=Safe Trip Home, regarded by many as her best set of songs to date She was nominated for an Academy Award for the song " If I Rise ".cite web|url= http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html |title=83rd Academy Award nominees |publisher=Oscars.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16 Dido has been ranked #98 of Billboard 200 Artists Music Chart based on the success of her music in the first decade of the 21st century. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-artists? year=2009& begin=81& order=position Billboard 200 Artists Billboard. Retrieved 19 August 2011

Early life




Dido was born at St Mary Abbots hospital in Kensington , London , on Christmas|Christmas Day 1971.Cite news|author=Clare Teresa Armstrong (Mother)|date=4 February 1972|title=BIRTH — Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong|periodical=Registration District of Kensington|publication-place= London |publisher= General Register Office for England and Wales |volume=GRO Volume 5C|pages=page 2242. "CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the register of Births, Still-births or Deaths in the District above mentioned." This is an authorized copy of Dido's birth certificate, © Crown copyright. On her birth certificate , her name was registered as Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong .Cite news|title=ARMSTRONG Florian Cloud De B.|periodical=Births Registered in January, February, and March 1972|page=page 37.|publisher= General Register Office for England and Wales |location= London cite news|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2001/may/20/features.magazine27|title=How Dido did it|author=Sheryl Garratt|date=20 May 2001|work=Comment & Features|publisher=The Observer|accessdate=2 October 2008 | location=London Because she was born on Christmas Day, she also celebrates an "official birthday" on 25 June, following the example of Paddington Bear .Cite news|author=Nigel Williamson|author-link=Nigel Williamson|title=Dido interview|magazine=The Times Magazine|issue=20 January 2001|pages=pages 14–16. Her mother, Clare ( Married and maiden names|née Collins), is a poet, and her father, William O'Malley Armstrong, was an Irish people|Irish publisher and former managing director of Sidgwick & Jackson .cite news|url= http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2160041.ece|title=William Armstrong — Publisher at Sidgwick & Jackson|author=Patrick Janson-Smith|work=Obituaries|date=17 January 2007|publisher= The Independent |accessdate=8 October 2008 | location=Londoncite web|url= http://www.publishingnews.co.uk/pnarchive/display.asp? K=e2007011113181138& st_01=william+armstrong& pl=10& fields=default& sort=date%2Fd& sf_01=KEYWORD& stem=false& sf_03=type& sf_02=date& m=1& dc=6|title=A rebel at heart — Margaret Willes remembers William Armstrong|work=PN Archive|publisher=Publishing News|author=Margaret Willes|date=12 January 2007|accessdate=8 October 2008 Her older brother, Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong,Cite news|title=ARMSTRONG ROWLAND CONSTANTINE O'M.|periodical=Births Registered in April, May, and June 1966|pages=page J66B0032B.|publisher= General Register Office for England and Wales |location= London is better known as record producer Rollo Armstrong|Rollo , part of the British electronica trio Faithless . Despite their impressive birth names, the pair were known from childhood by the names that are famous now — Dido and Rollo. Dido has made it clear that "Dido" is now her real name and not simply a stage name or nickname .cite web|url= http://forum.dido.co.uk/viewtopic.php? t=15532|title=MoRe and mOrE Questions & Answers 2002!!& #33; =)|work=The Official Dido Message Boards|quote=Q: Is Dido a stage name like Sister Bliss or is it your real name? A: Dido is my real name|accessdate=30 September 2008 Her name derives from that of the mythical Dido (Queen of Carthage)|Queen of Carthage . As a child, she had to deal with its ambiguous and unusual nature, which led to her being bullied and even to her pretending to have an ordinary name. As she explains:Quote|To be called one thing and christened another is actually very confusing and annoying. It's one of the most irritating things that my parents did to me. … Florian is a German man's name. That's just mean. To give your child a whole lot of odd names. They were all so embarrassing. … I thought it was cruel to call me Dido and then expect me to just deal with it.|Dido| Interview published in The Observer in 2001


Career


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Early recordings: (1995–1996)


In 1995, Dido began recording demo tracks which were put together on a collection entitled Odds & Ends and sent out by Nettwerk management. Nettwerk had signed her after she was brought to their attention by her collaborations with Faithless , the UK dance act spearheaded by her brother, Rollo Armstrong (Dido co-wrote and provided vocals for album tracks, such as "Flowerstand Man" and "Hem of His Garment"). The collection was released by Nettwerk on CD-R acetate in 1995 and featured a mixture of finished productions and demo versions which she later considered for release on her debut album, released in 1999 as No Angel . Odds & Ends brought her to the attention of Arista Records , who signed her in the USA, striking a deal with her brother's record label, Cheeky Records , to co-sign her. Of the tracks included on Odds & Ends , "Take My Hand" was included on all editions of No Angel as a bonus track; "Sweet Eyed Baby" was remixed and renamed to "Don't Think of Me", while "Worthless" and "Me" were released exclusively on the Japanese edition.

Breakthrough (1998–2000)


Cheeky Records, to which Dido was signed, was sold to BMG records in 1999. This delayed the release of No Angel in the United Kingdom, but also allowed her to concentrate on promoting the album No Angel in the United States, including a slot on Sarah McLachlan 's Lilith Fair tour. Through touring, both before and after the album was available, Dido's music began to receive more exposure. The first official single chosen by Dido and her label, " Here with Me (Dido song)|Here with Me ", was used as the theme music for the television program me Roswell (TV series)|Roswell . Arguably it was this, as well as the airplay on MTV throughout Europe of the single's video, which brought her mass attention.

In 1998, the music producer for the film Sliding Doors picked her track " Thank You (Dido song)|Thank You " for the soundtrack. No Angel was first released in 1999, and Dido toured extensively to promote the record.

American rapper Eminem helped introduce Dido to a US audience in 2000 when he received permission from Dido herself to sample the first verse of "Thank You" in his hit single " Stan (song)|Stan ". Dido also appeared in the music video as Stan's pregnant girlfriend. She did not want to do the video at first, as she was uncomfortable with the scene in the video where she had to be tied up and have her mouth covered with duct tape, but later agreed to it and got along well with Eminem and the crew on set. The video usually aired with the trunk scene censored.cite web|author= Hot right now: & nbsp; & nbsp; |url= http://www.gigwise.com/photos/47455/10/The-50-Most-Shocking-Music-Videos-Ever |title=The 50 Most Shocking Music Videos Ever& #33; |publisher=Gigwise |date=12 November 2008 |accessdate=2011-12-31 Interest soared in her debut album, leading it to hit charts in Europe on import sales alone, charting in the top five on the UK albums chart before its official UK re-release. "Thank You" was also sampled by the Airheadz in their trance track "Stanley Here I Am" originally as a bootleg, but later entering the UK Top 40 in April 2001.

No Angel (1999–2002)


Her No Angel went on to become the top-selling album of 2001 - both in the United Kingdom and worldwide,cite web|url= http://www.didomusic.com/gb/music/releases/albums/no_angel/|title=No Angel (Album)|publisher=Dido's Official Website|accessdate=16 December 2008 debuting at, and returning to, number one in the official 2001 in British music#Charts|UK albums chart many times throughout the year. It spawned two Top Ten hit singles, "Here with Me" and "Thank You", a further Top Twenty hit, " Hunter (Dido song)|Hunter " and a fourth and final single release "All You Want" which reached the top 25. It was certified platinum in over thirty-five countries, and is estimated to have sold over List of best-selling albums worldwide#20–25 million copies|21 million copies worldwide.
It is the second biggest selling album of the 21st century in the UK. Dido's widely emulated hairstyle at this time became known as the " Dido flip ".
Her sold-out worldwide tour featured hip-hop artist Pete Miser as her live band's DJ. No Angel claimed #97 according the Decade-end album chart by Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums? year=2009& begin=81& order=position

Life for Rent and Live 8 (2003–2005)


Life for Rent was released in 2003. Preceded by the hit single " White Flag (song)|White Flag ", the album sold over 152,000 copies in the first day alone in the UK, and went on to sell over 400,000 in the first week. Three further singles—" Life for Rent (song)|Life for Rent ", " Don't Leave Home " and " Sand in My Shoes "—were lifted from the album, with Dido embarking on a worldwide tour in support of the album (a DVD of footage from the tour was released in 2005 entitled Live at Brixton Academy (Dido album)|Live at Brixton Academy ). It is the 4th biggest selling album of the 21st century in the UK.

Following her sold-out world tour of 2004, Dido was asked to perform at three of the Live 8 concerts on 2 July 2005—performing in Live 8 concert, London|London , then at the Live 8 concert, Eden Project|Eden Project in Cornwall, before flying over to Live 8 concert, Paris|Paris , performing both solo ("White Flag") and duetting with Youssou N'Dour ("Thank You" and "Seven Seconds").

Also in 2005, Dido provided vocals for her brother's side project Dusted (band)|Dusted on the album Safe from Harm . She sings on the tracks: "Time Takes Time", "Hurt U" and "Winter" and she co-wrote three tracks on the album: "Always Remember to Respect & Honour Your Mother, Part 1", "The Biggest Fool in the World" and "Winter".

Safe Trip Home (2008)


Dido started working on Safe Trip Home|her third album in October 2005 in Los Angeles . The album was produced by Jon Brion and Dido herself. Collaborators include Brian Eno , Questlove , Mick Fleetwood , Rollo Armstrong and Matt Chamberlain . Recording sessions were held at Abbey Road Studios|London's Abbey Road and at Jon Brion 's home studio in Los Angeles . During production of the album, Dido attended evening classes in music and English at the University of California, Los Angeles .cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7676909.stm |title=Entertainment & #124; Singer Dido takes music lessons |publisher=BBC News |date=27 October 2008 |accessdate=2011-01-24

Dido's official website was relaunched to coincide with the release of the album. The release of the album was postponed several times, though no official reason was ever given for this. The first single from the album, " Don't Believe in Love " leaked to the Internet on 5 September 2008 and was made available digitally on 27 October 2008. The full album was leaked to the internet on 1 November 2008, some 16 days before its official launch date. On 13 November 2008, the full album was available for a world premier listening at iLike . http://Ilike.com/dido/ Full album safe trip home world premier 2008

On 22 August 2008, Dido's official website confirmed that the album was to be entitled Safe Trip Home , with the official release date of 17 November 2008. A free song from the album, " Look No Further " was made available to download from the site for a limited time. Other songs included on the album are: "It Comes And It Goes", "The Day Before the Day", "Never Want To Say It's Love" and "Grafton Street". The latter was composed in collaboration with Brian Eno . The album cover features a photograph of astronaut Bruce McCandless II during a Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk , as part of space shuttle mission STS-41-B .

Cquote|I recorded my vocals next to the hoover in Jon’s broom cupboard. It was so small, there wasn’t even room for a guitar: I got quite addicted to singing in there.|||Dido| Interview in Q (magazine)|Q magazine .Cite news|author=John Aizlewood|title=Dido — Untitled: Expected Early 2008|magazine= Q (magazine)|Q Magazine |issue=October 2007
In December 2008, Dido's song "Let’s Do The Things We Normally Do", was criticised by Gregory Campbell (politician)|Gregory Campbell , Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP for East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)|East Londonderry and Minister for Sports, Arts and Leisure for Northern Ireland, for referencing lyrics from a song, " The Men Behind the Wire " which was written in the aftermath of the introduction of Operation Demetrius|detention without trial for persons accused of being members of paramilitary groups. Campbell described "The Men Behind the Wire" as "written about people who were murderers, arsonists and terrorists" . Campbell suggested "she Dido should clarify her position so that her fans and the wider public knows where she stands on these things" .cite news|title='Thoughtless' Dido criticised over IRA rebel song on new album| url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092551/Thoughtless-Dido-criticised-IRA-rebel-song-new-album.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail | date=6 December 2008 The album failed to sell as well as her previous efforts, but it was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.cite web|url= http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#25 |title=Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical |publisher=GRAMMY.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-18 In October 2010, former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II|Bruce McCandless sued Dido for possible unauthorized use of a photo of his 1984 space flight for the album art of Safe Trip Home , which showed McCandless "free flying" about 320 feet away from the space shuttle Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger . http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx? cp-documentid=154834589 "Dido sued by astronaut", MSN|MSN News , accessed 04/10/2010 The lawsuit - which also named Sony Corp.’s Sony Music Entertainment and Getty Images Inc . as defendants - does not allege copyright infringement, only infringement of his persona. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-02/astronaut-mccandless-sues-singer-dido-over-free-flying-photo.html "Astronaut McCandless sues singer Dido over free flying photo", Business Week , accessed 04/10/2010

Fourth album and new collaborations (2009–present)


Dido began recording her fourth studio album just months after releasing Safe Trip Home . In July 2009, she claimed that the album, which is untitled, will have an electronic approach, in an attempt to take a totally different direction to her previous albums.cite web|url= http://www.didomusic.com/xx/news_and_diary/news/a_catchup_with_dido_part_1 |title=Dido & #124; Global Site & #124; News & #124; News & #124; A catch-up with Dido, part 1 |publisher=Didomusic.com |date=7 October 2009 |accessdate=2011-01-24 In September 2010, " Everything to Lose ", was released via digital download,cite web|url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00406J538 |title=Everything To Lose: Dido: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-01-24 a track that had previously appeared on the Sex and the City 2 movie soundtrack. In 2011 in music|2011 , after recording " If I Rise ", A. R. Rahman|A.R. Rahman tied up with Dido for the official music video of the song.cite news|url= http://timesofindia.hotklix.com/link/Entertainment/Regional-Movies/A-R-Rahman-and-Dido-together-for-a-music-video-KOLLY-TALK|title=A.R.Rahman and Dido together for a music video|publisher= Times of India |accessdate=2010-12-12

According to Dido, via her official website, she has recorded the album in London and in California and she's described it as a big fun electronic extravaganza. Some songs were recorded in a hotel room with a Electronic keyboard|keyboard and a microphone during a trip in United States|America . The album will feature collaborations from Rollo Armstrong , Sister Bliss , Lester Mendez , A. R. Rahman , Rick Nowels , Greg Kurstin and Jeff Bhasker and will be completed soon.cite web|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1358112/Its-Didos-time-rise-again.html? ito=feeds-newsxml|title=It's Dido's time to rise again|author=Adrian Thrills|date=17 February 2011|publisher= Daily Mail |accessdate=2011-02-28

She has also stated she has got other new collaborations coming up. One rumored track is "The Girl Who Got Away", which is a collaboration with drummer Ash Soan.cite web|url= http://twitter.com/#!/didoofficial/status/34635094165561344 |title=Twitter; A tweet from Dido |publisher=Twitter |date=7 February 2010


Other work


In addition to her solo work, Dido has co-written and provided vocals for tracks with Faithless , including " One Step Too Far "—which was released in the UK as a limited edition single, where it debuted at number six—and "No Roots", the title track of the fourth Faithless album. Rollo Armstrong|Rollo —Dido's brother—co-writes and co-produces much of Dido's solo material, including many tracks on No Angel , Life for Rent and Safe Trip Home .

She provided guest vocals for each of the six studio albums by Faithless, from 1996's Reverence (Faithless album)|Reverence to 2010's The Dance (Faithless album)|The Dance . Dido worked with her brother on a CD to accompany the children's book he wrote with Jason White, Safe from Harm ; the CD is also titled Safe from Harm and the artist is listed as "Dusted". She co-wrote Britney Spears 's worldwide number one hit " I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman ", soundtrack feature track to Spears's first major film debut.

In 2006, she re-released the song "Christmas Day", although it failed to chart in the UK. This had appeared originally on a 2001 Extended play|EP of "All You Want" (a song from No Angel ).

Dido has provided guest vocals to tracks by other artists including " Feels Like Fire " for Carlos Santana 's 2002 album, Shaman (album)|Shaman , and a duet with Rufus Wainwright entitled "I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)" for the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film)|Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason film soundtrack. A sample of the Dido track "Do You Have a Little Time" is used on the song "Don't You Trust Me? " by Tupac Shakur|Tupac , on the album " Loyal to the Game ", which was almost entirely produced by Eminem in 2004.

Annie Lennox has joined forces with Dido and 22 other female artistscite web|title=Annie Lennox Sings Praises For Charity Work|url= http://www.looktothestars.org/news/1476-annie-lennox-sings-praises-for-charity-work|accessdate=8 December 2007|format=php to raise awareness of the issue of mother-to-child transmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa. The single " Sing (Annie Lennox song)|Sing " was released on World Aids Day on 1 December 2007, in conjunction with Annie Lennox's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa .

In 2010, " Everything to Lose ", was featured on the Sex and the City 2 soundtrack. The song was written by Dido in her country house where she is recording her fourth album, which will have an electronic approach.cite web|url= http://www.didomusic.com/gb/news_and_diary/news/new_dido_track_on_sex_and_the_city_2_soundtrack/ |title=Dido & #124; GB & #124; News & #124; News & #124; New Dido track on Sex And The City 2 soundtrack& #33; |publisher=Didomusic.com |date=21 April 2010 |accessdate=2011-01-24

Also in 2010, Dido appears on the score of 127 Hours , a thriller film directed by Danny Boyle . http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/127-hours-music-from-the-motion-picture-soundtrack-album-to-be-released-digitally-on-november-2nd-and-in-physical-format-on-november-22-on-interscope-featuring-new-original-music-by-oscar-winning-film-composer-ar-rahman-105986908.html 127 Hours: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album to Be Released Digitally on 2 November and in Physical Format on 22 November on Interscope, Featuring New Original Music by Oscar-Winning Film Composer A.R. Rahman. Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2010-11-1. The soundtrack features a mix of electric guitars with orchestral arrangements and sound loops. A. R. Rahman|A.R. Rahman , composer, and Dido recorded a song together called " If I Rise " which is featured in the climax of the film.cite web|url= http://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/10/best-song-and-score-is-the-academy-not-cool-enough-for-reznor-and-ross/|title=Best Song and Score is not cool enough for Reznor and Ross|publisher=Awardsdaily The song was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Original Song|Satellite Award , Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010|Houston Film Critics Society Awards and Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Song|Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award , and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song|83rd Academy Award for Original Song .cite web|url= http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html|title=Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards It won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song . A music video of "If I Rise", featuring Dido and A. R. Rahman was also released on 17 February.cite web|url= http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/02/18/dido-and-ar-rahmans-if-i-rise-video/|title=Exclusive: Dido and A.R. Rahman’s ‘If I Rise’ Video|date=18 February 2011|publisher= Wall Street Journal |accessdate=18 February 2011

Personal life


Upon the release of No Angel in 1999, after a long time promoting the album, Dido broke up with her fiancé, entertainment lawyer Bob Page, after a seven-year relationship.cite news|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-111929/Dido-cancels-wedding.html|title=Dido cancels her wedding|author=Nadia Cohen|work=TV & Showbiz|publisher= Daily Mail |accessdate=19 October 2008 | location=London

Dido is a keen Arsenal F.C. fan and regularly attended matches with her father as a child.cite web|url= http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/celebrityfans/193/article.aspx|title=Celebrity Fans - Dido|author=FourFourTwo Magazine|publisher= FourFourTwo |accessdate=12 July 2010 Dido briefly dated Sol Campbell who played for the club at the time.cite web|url= http://popdirt.com/dido-dating-sol-campbell/32723/|title=Dido Dating Sol Campbell|author=popdirt.com|accessdate=12 July 2010cite web|url= http://popdirt.com/dido-and-sol-campbell-split-up/35499/|title=Dido And Sol Campbell Split Up|author=popdirt.com|accessdate=12 July 2010

In February 2011, Dido posted a message on her official website, explaining to fans that she would not perform at the 83rd Academy Awards because she was pregnant and was expecting a baby with her husband Rohan Gavin. Dido gave birth to her son Stanley in July 2011. This news was not released to the press until December 2011.cite web|url= http://www.didomusic.com/gb/news_and_diary/news/a_note_from_dido/ |title=Dido & #124; GB & #124; News & #124; News & #124; A note from Dido |publisher=Didomusic.com |date=6 February 2011 |accessdate=2011-12-31cite web|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2078227/Dido-gives-birth-son-Stanley.html |title=Dido gives birth to son Stanley & #124; Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-12-31

Awards


Awards and nominations


Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominee !! Result
2001 MTV Video Music Award Best Female Video Thank You " Nom
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Best Video of the Year " Stan (song) Nom
Best Rap Video Nom
Best Male Video Nom
Best Directed Video Nom
Best Cinematography Nom
2001 MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act Won
2001 MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female Nom
2001 MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album " No Angel " Nom
2001 MTV Europe Music Awards MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song Stan " Nom
2001 BRIT Awards Best British Female Artist Nom
2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Female: New Artist Nom
2002 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Song of the YearThank You " Won
2002 NRJ Awards Best Newcomer Won
2002NRJ Award Best Album " No Angel " Won
2002 BRIT Awards Best British Female Artist Nom
2002 Brit Awards Best British Album " No Angel " Won
2002 BRIT Awards Best British VideoThank You " Nom
2002 World Music Awards World's Best-Selling British Artist Won
2002 World Music Awards Best World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist Won
2002 World Music Awards World's Best-Selling Adult Contemporary Artist Won
2002 Meteor Ireland Music Awards Best International Female Nom
2003 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Original Song " I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman " Won
2003 World Music Awards Best British Pop/ Rock Female Artist Nom
2004 Ivor Novello Awards International Hit of the YearWhite Flag " Won
2004 Ivor Novello Awards Best Song Musically and LyricallyWhite Flag " Nom
2004 Grammy Awards Best Female Pop Vocal Performance White Flag " Nom
2004 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Album " Life for Rent " Nom
2004 BRIT Awards Best British Female Artist Won
2004 BRIT Awards Best British SingleWhite Flag " Won
2004 BRIT Awards Mastercard British Album " Life for Rent " Nom
2004 NRJ Awards Best International Artist Won
2004 NRJ Awards Best Album Life for Rent Won
2004 World Music Awards UK's Best-Selling Artist Won
2005 International Dance Music Awards Best Dance Artist Solo Nom
2005 The Groovevolt Music and Fashion Awards Best Album: Female " Life for Rent " Nom
2007 ASCAP Awards UK AwardASCAP Won
2010 ASCAP Awards UK Award Songwriter of The Year Won
2010 Grammy Awards Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical " Safe Trip Home " Nom
2010Brit Awards 2010 BRITs Album of 30 Years " No Angel " Nom
2010 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Best Song " If I Rise " Won
2010 Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Best Original Song " If I Rise " Nom
2010 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Best Song " If I Rise " Nom
2010 Satellite Awards 2010 Best Original Song " If I Rise " Nom
2010Academy Awards 2010 Best Original Song " If I Rise " Nom
2010Denver Film Critics Society Award 2010 Best Song " If I Rise " Won


Discography


Main|Dido discography
  • Odds & Ends (1995)

  • No Angel (1999)

  • Life for Rent (2003)

  • Safe Trip Home (2008)


    • References


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    External links


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  • http://www.didomusic.com/ Official Dido website

  • IMDb name|0225824|Dido

  • http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/oct/28/advertising Video for "Us Two Little Gods" at The Guardian website.


    • DidoUK best-selling albums (by year) 1990–2009
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