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Dido
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London, United Kingdom (1999 – present)
Dido Armstrong (born 25 December 1971) is an english 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.
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.
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Dido - Give Me Strength
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Don't Believe In Love
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Here With Me
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White Flag
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Thank You
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Life for Rent
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Don't Leave Home
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All You Want
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My Lover's Gone
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Stoned
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Isobel
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Shoutbox
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TONFROIS wrote:
DIDO IN BRAZIL ??? SÃO PAULO ??? ...
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TONFROIS wrote:
My music I´´M NO ANGEL ... ESPERAMOS DIDO EM SÃO PAULO !!!
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paulkiller wrote:
yea. amazing
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VTTM wrote:
Grafton Street is AMAZING *-------------------*
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GuhhQ wrote:
I hope the album will be as huge as Life for Rent was.... but thats impossible now ;~~
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MaharAbuHamad wrote:
She's just Amazing.
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Justyna__ wrote:
I love "Here With Me"
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Apoc-Sculptor wrote:
WOW !!!1
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lukasz1260 wrote:
Dido - Grafton Street Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful !!!
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_juh wrote:
Wow, Don't Believe In Love <3
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stonedcat wrote:
I am not judging, guys! I wasn't attacking imogen heap..I am just saying that comparing the two of them is just like comparing dido to enya..all these artists have had beautiful tracks in their career, only for me they can't be compared ! :D
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Fabietto1463 wrote:
WOW beautiful voice
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rigostillisphat wrote:
NEW ALBUM. ABOUT FUCKING TIME.
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playcold wrote:
I love them both very much. They have very different but unique voices, their lyrics are always touching and incredibly beautiful, they are both very talented. Please stop judging if you didn't listen enough to compare them and just leave all the prejudices. ..
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if-then-else wrote:
Grafton Street.... is breathtaking. The chorus gives me shivers, and almost makes me cry. November 17th must come faster T_T
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retrobabies wrote:
"Dido has been making music long way before Imogen Heap" - Dido started her solo career back in 1995. Imogen's first album was released in 1998 so it's not an incredibly large timegap. And why the hate of Imogen anyway? She's got a very different style to Dido.
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stonedcat wrote:
dido is way more experienced in music than imogen heap, even though they are one of her favourite bands..you should know that..and a song like Grafton Street deserves to be listened of course more than any Imogen Heap track apart from Hide and Seek..
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imorais wrote:
i have to admit, the cover of the album "safe trip home" is absolutely breath-taking. one of the best i have ever seen.
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dunkelengel wrote:
Dido >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imogen Heap .-.
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in_brainstorm wrote:
she is so beatiful. her songs are awesome. like her >_<
News
New lyrics added
10 Oct 2008 | from www.didomusic.com/gb/
We've just been emailed the official, Dido-approved lyrics for Grafton Street and Look No Further, which we've now added to the site. Click on the titles to read them.
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iTunes album pre-order opens around Europe
7 Oct 2008 | from www.didomusic.com/gb/
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Recent Activity
- kamillik, Jazzepi, Xizuar and 15 other people added Dido to their libraries. 20 minutes ago
- FRANCIS32 tagged Dido with ‘jazz piano’. 8 hours ago
- Mitchellensharp, franc_79, magda_rlc and 3 other people added Dido to their libraries. 8 hours ago
- Illinoisemakerr tagged Dido with ‘post-jazz’. 8 hours ago
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- halfpow tagged Dido with ‘female vocalist’. 12 hours ago
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- BloodyAdam tagged Dido with ‘female vocalists’, ‘chillout’ and ‘singer-songwriter’. yesterday evening
- Vojt4, SiriusDa and shiko-chan added Dido to their libraries. August 2008
- Cold_R tagged Dido with ‘female vocalists’ and ‘pop’. August 2008
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