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Dido |
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Name: Dido
Birth Name: Dido Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong
Height: 5' 8"
Sex: F
Nationality: British
Birth Date: December 25, 1971
Birth Place: London, UK
Profession: musician
Education: London's Guildhall School of Music
Relationship: Bob Page (lawyer; split up)
Father: literary agent
Mother: artist
Brother: Rollo Amstrong (music producer)
Claim to fame: Album No Angel (1999)
Contact: Click here
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- Has made it into a list of the music world's biggest earners, along with Coldplay and the Rolling Stones. (February 18, 2004)
- Said she spent a long time writing White Flag.
- Says she will be forever grateful to rapper Eminem for launching her on the road to stardom -- Eminem's decision to use the Dido song Thankyou in his ode to an obsessed fan Stan transformed her career. (November 6, 2003)
- Dido, Tori Amos, and Avril Lavigne are among the women appearing on the upcoming Oh! From The Girls compilation album -- The monies raised from the sale of the album will be donated to the Oxygen Media's Build Your Own Business program, which works to assist women starting up their own businesses. (October 28, 2003)
- Her new album Life For Rent had a big first week in UK, selling more than 250,000 copies in its first five days on sale. (October 9, 2003)
- Releases her album Life For Rent on September 30, 2003
- Dido says the first single her forthcoming Life For Rent album deals with her calling off her engagement with long time boyfriend Bob Page -- White Flag is an apology to Page for breaking his heart; Dido called off the wedding due to a chaotic touring schedule, and the demands of her career. (July 28, 2003)
- A bit of a child prodigy, by the time she was 10 she played piano, violin, and the aforementioned recorder.
- Has a contribution to Britney Spears album, Britney
- Dido was five when she stole her first recorder. This didn't lead to prison, but rather to her entrance one year later to the Guildhall School of Music in London.
- Her first musical instrument was the recorder.
- Her song Thank You was sampled by rapper Eminem in his controversial hit single Stan.
- Her brother, Rollo, is from the music group Faithless. Dido provided vocals on Faithless recordings and shows.
- Was named after an African warrior queen.
- Was raised without television.
- MORE DIDO TRIVIA
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