Dido (singer)
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971) is a female English singer who has released five albums. She is of French descent. Dido is married to Rohan Gavin.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong |
| Born | 25 December 1971 (aged 54) |
| Origin | Kensington, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | RCA Records, Cheeky, Arista Records, Sony Music, Sony Music, Legacy, BMG |
Career
1999–2001: No Angel
Her debut studio album, No Angel, was released on 1 June 1999 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart, by 2003 the album had sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and in the UK it was the second biggest selling album behind Back to Bedlam by James Blunt. The album included the singles "Here with Me", "Thank You" and "Hunter".
2003–2004: Life for Rent
She released her second studio album, Life for Rent, on 29 September 2003 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart, making it her second number one album in the UK, it was also certified 9× Platinum. The album includes the singles "White Flag", "Life for Rent", "Don't Leave Home" and "Sand in My Shoes". Her single "White Flag" reached number one in seven countries.
2008–2009: Safe Trip Home
Her third studio album, Safe Trip Home, was released on 17 November 2008 and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "Don't Believe in Love" and "Quiet Times".
2013: Girl Who Got Away
She released her fourth studio album, Girl Who Got Away, was released on 4 March 2013 and peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "No Freedom" and "End of Night".
2019: Still on My Mind
Her fifth studio album, Still on My Mind, was released on 8 March 2019 and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "Give You Up", "Take You Home" and "Friends".
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | CAN | FRA | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWI | US | |||
| No Angel | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Life for Rent |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Safe Trip Home |
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2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Girl Who Got Away |
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5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
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| Still on My Mind |
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3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 45 | |
Live albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | GER | |||
| Live at Brixton Academy |
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53 | 50 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | FRA | IRE | SWI | |||
| Greatest Hits |
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27 | 96 | 170 | 41 | 57 |
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Demo albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Odds & Ends |
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Collaborative albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Last Summer (Deluxe Edition) (with R Plus) |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Highbury Fields EP |
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| Dido Live |
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Singles
- As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWI | US | ||||||||||
| "Here with Me" | 1999 | 4 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 6 | —[upper-alpha 1] | No Angel | |||||||
| "Don't Think of Me" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Thank You" | 3 | — | 25 | 30 | 41 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 3 | |||||||||
| "Hunter" | 2001 | 17 | 50 | — | 45 | — | 48 | 73 | 28 | 59 | — | ||||||||
| "All You Want" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "White Flag" | 2003 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 18 | Life for Rent | |||||||
| "Life for Rent" | 8 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 24 | 17 | 19 | — |
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| "Don't Leave Home" | 2004 | 25 | — | 54 | — | 67 | 35 | 38 | — | 45 | — | ||||||||
| "Sand in My Shoes" | 29 | 37 | 57 | — | 54 | 27 | 59 | — | 95 | — | |||||||||
| "Don't Believe in Love" | 2008 | 54 | —[upper-alpha 2] | 29 | — | — | — | 83 | — | 16 | — | Safe Trip Home | |||||||
| "Quiet Times" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Everything to Lose" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sex and the City 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||
| "No Freedom" | 2013 | 51 | — | — | 64 | 59 | — | 98 | — | 28 | — | Girl Who Got Away | |||||||
| "End of Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Give You Up" | 2019 | —[upper-alpha 3] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | Still on My Mind | |||||||
| "Take You Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Friends" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Thank You (Not So Bad)" (with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tiesto and W&W) |
2023 | 50 | —[upper-alpha 5] | 14 | 85 | 16 | 36 | 14 | — | 14 | —[upper-alpha 6] | Non-album single | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country. | |||||||||||||||||||
- As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | FRA | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWI | US | ||||||||||
| "Stan" (Eminem featuring Dido) |
2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 51 | The Marshall Mathers LP | |||||||
| "One Step Too Far" (Faithless featuring Dido) |
2002 | 6 | 21 | — | — | 48 | 8 | 47 | — | 51 | —[upper-alpha 7] | Outrospective | |||||||
| "Feels Like Fire" (Santana featuring Dido) |
2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | Shaman | |||||||
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (with Band Aid 20) |
2004 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | — |
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Non-album single | ||||||
| "Sing" (Annie Lennox featuring various artists) |
2008 | 161 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 8] | Songs of Mass Destruction | |||||||
| "Feelin' Good" (Faithless featuring Dido) |
2010 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Dance | |||||||
| "Summer Dress" (R Plus featuring Dido) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Last Summer | |||||||
| "Those Days" (R Plus featuring Dido) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "My Boy" (R Plus featuring Dido) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Together (In These Times)" (R Plus featuring Dido) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "When Love Sucks" (Jason Derulo featuring Dido) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Nu King | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country. | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | |||
| "Let Us Move On" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) |
2012 | — | Girl Who Got Away |
| "Hurricanes" | 2018 | 87 | Still on My Mind |
| "Friends" | — | ||
| "Chances" | 2019 | — | |
| "Still on My Mind" | — | ||
| "Find a Way" (with Faithless & Suli Breaks) |
2025 | — | non-album single |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Flowerstand Man" | 1996 | Faithless | Reverence |
| "Postcards" | 1998 | Sunday 8PM | |
| "Hem of His Garment" | Faithless, Pauline Taylor | ||
| "Dub Be Good To Me" | 2002 | Faithless | NME Presents: 1 Love |
| "Don't You Trust Me" | 2004 | 2Pac | Loyal to the Game |
| "No Roots" | Faithless | No Roots | |
| "I Eat Dinner" | Rufus Wainright | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason soundtrack | |
| "Time Takes Time" | 2005 | Dusted | Safe from Harm |
| "Hurt U" | |||
| "Winter" | |||
| "Last This Day" | 2006 | Faithless | To All New Arrivals |
| "Fire and Rain" | 2007 | none | Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project |
| "North Star" | 2010 | Faithless | The Dance |
| "If I Rise" | A. R. Rahman | 127 Hours: Music from the Motion Picture | |
| "Beside the Sea" | 2017 | Damien Dempsey | Soulsun |
| "Together" | 2019 | R Plus | The Last Summer |
| "Cards" | |||
| "Look Up!" | |||
| "Fly to You" | 2023 | Caroline Polachek, Grimes | Desire, I Want to Turn into You |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| As lead artist | ||
| "Here with Me" (version 1) | 1999 | Big TV! |
| "Here with Me" (version 2) | 2000 | Liz Friedlander |
| "Thank You" | 2001 | David Meyers |
| "Hunter" | Matthew Rolston | |
| "All You Want" | Russell Thomas | |
| "White Flag" | 2003 | Joseph Kahn |
| "Life for Rent" | Sophie Muller | |
| "Don't Leave Home" | 2004 | Jake Nava |
| "Sand in My Shoes" | Alex De Rakoff | |
| "Don't Believe in Love" | 2008 | AlexandLiane |
| "Look No Further" | Sally Williams | |
| "It Comes and It Goes" | Tinge Krishnan | |
| "The Day Before the Day" | Cristiana Miranda | |
| "Us 2 Little Gods" | 2009 | Marcus Prado |
| "If I Rise" (with A. R. Rahman) |
2011 | N/A |
| "No Freedom" | 2013 | Ethan Lader |
| "End of Night" | De La Muerte | |
| "Hurricanes" (lyric video) | 2019 | Peter Lawrie Winfield |
| "Give You Up" | Sophie Muller | |
| "Take You Home" | Rankin | |
| As featured artist | ||
| "Stan" (Eminem featuring Dido) |
2000 | Dr. Dre, Philip Atwell |
| "One Step Too Far" (Faithless featuring Dido) |
2002 | Liz Friedlander |
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (with Band Aid 20) |
2004 | Geoff Wonfor |
| "Feelin' Good" (Faithless featuring Dido) | 2010 | N/A |
Dido (singer) Media
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Notes
- ↑ "Here with Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number sixteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- ↑ "Don't Believe in Love" did not enter the Australian Singles Chart Top 100, but peaked at number 42 on the Australian Physical Singles Chart.[18]
- ↑ "Give You Up" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[19]
- ↑ "Give You Up" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 1 on the Dance Club Songs chart.
- ↑ "Thank You (Not So Bad)" did not enter the Australian Singles Chart but peaked at number 18 on the Australia Dance Chart.[20]
- ↑ "Thank You (Not So Bad)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
- ↑ "One Step Too Far" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Dance Singles Sales Chart
- ↑ "Sing" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart, and number 18 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "British certifications – Dido". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Dido in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Click Go
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Dido)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Dido)". Hung Medien.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Canadian certifications – Dido". Music Canada.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Dutch certifications – Dido" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "American certifications – Dido". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Dido – No Angel". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 "French certifications – Dido" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Dido – Life for Rent". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Irish certifications". Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ↑ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Austrian certifications – Dido" (in German). IFPI Austria.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Enter Dido in the field Interpret. Click Suchen - ↑ "The ARIA Report Issue #977" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "GIVE YOU UP – DIDO". officialcharts.com. Official Charts.
- ↑ "ARIA Top 20 Dance Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "British single certifications – Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – Thank You (Not So Bad)". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Thank You (Not So Bad) in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
- ↑ "Austrian certifications – Dido" (in German). IFPI Austria.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Enter Dido in the field Interpret. Click Suchen - ↑ "British certifications – Eminem". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Eminem in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Click Go
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eminem)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Austrian certifications – Eminem" (in German). IFPI Austria.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Enter Eminem in the field Interpret. Click Suchen - ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Eminem)". Hung Medien.
- ↑ "American certifications – Eminem". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ↑ "French certifications – Eminem" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "British certifications – Band Aid 20". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Band Aid 20 in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Click Go
