Dido
Artist Type: Person
Artist Born:
1971
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Artist Biography
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.
Artist Discography
Albums
Dido Does Dublin (2001)
Life for Rent (2003)
No Angel (1999)
One Step Too Far (2000)
Safe Trip Home (17 November 2008)
Singles
Don't Believe in Love (27 October 2008)
Don't Leave Home (12 April 2004)
Here With Me (12 February 2001)
Hunter (2001)
Life for Rent (1 December 2003)
Sand in My Shoes (13 September 2004)
Thank You (21 May 2001)
White Flag (1 September 2003)