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Dido
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London, United Kingdom (1971 – present)
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 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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Life for Rent
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Hunter
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Don't Believe in Love
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Sand in My Shoes
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Don't Think of Me
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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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I'm No Angel
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Honestly Ok
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Stoned
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Shoutbox
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djvictoria68 wrote:
Love it!
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fire___ wrote:
Please, come to Warsaw in Poland !!
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posh_90 wrote:
i love here with me...♥
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isanka wrote:
great singer
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omgesteban wrote:
her music is so soothing. love it.
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infectedmodes wrote:
►We Love British Bands◄
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Any_Moor wrote:
One of the best female vocalists. I very like Dido.
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rdelcarmen wrote:
ME GUSTA MUCHO ESTE ARTISTA Y ME GUSTA MUCHO ESTA CANCION
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Juni85 wrote:
who has changed the colours in the covers of "No Angel" and "Life for rent"? lol
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coelho_ wrote:
Li Dildo
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soullogh wrote:
here with me!!!
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-aLaaN- wrote:
White Flag, Thank You & Hunter!!!
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Magia111 wrote:
Hunter...
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luanymaiato wrote:
ILY
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Reptilaa wrote:
my lover's gone.
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fsharpminor wrote:
dildo
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TiPan wrote:
15.564.694 execuções (991.586 ouvintes) :O oh my god!
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NightStar01 wrote:
white flag ;]
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lfml_1 wrote:
Rambov220, this is Dido's shoutbox, not Tatu's shoutbox. O.O
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MusicLoars wrote:
Nice pop music. Better than all this commercial trash today.
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News
"What do you sing in the shower" - Dido answers more of your questions
26 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/dido
Check out Dido's latest answers to the questions you've been emailing in, at the official Dido site - click here to read them. Dido HQ
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"What do you sing in the shower?"
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"Are you starting your world tour this summer?"
18 Jun 2009 | from www.didomusic.com/gb/
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