Her mother, Clare (née Collins), is a poet of French ancestry, and her father, William O'Malley Armstrong (1938–2006), was an Irish publisher and former managing director of Sidgwick & Jackson. As she was born on Christmas Day, she also celebrates an 'official birthday' on 25 June, following the example of Paddington Bear. Mary Abbot's Hospital in Kensington, on Christmas Day in 1971.

Early life ĭido was born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, at St. In May 2019, Dido received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. Dido released her fifth studio album, Still on My Mind, on 8 March 2019 and embarked on her first tour in 15 years in support of the new album. Having taken time out of the music industry to raise her son, she reappeared on stage at the 2013 Reading and Leeds festival where she reunited with Eminem. ĭido made a comeback in 2013, releasing her fourth studio album, Girl Who Got Away, which reached the top 5 in the UK.

98 on the Billboard chart of the top Billboard 200 artists of the 2000s (2000–2009) based on the success of her albums in the first decade of the 21st century. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for ' If I Rise'. Her third studio album, Safe Trip Home (2008), received critical acclaim but failed to duplicate the commercial success of her previous efforts. In 2004, Dido performed with other British and Irish artists in the Band Aid 20 version of the charity single ' Do They Know It's Christmas?'.ĭido's first two albums are among the best-selling albums in UK chart history, and both are in the top 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s in the UK.

Her next album, Life for Rent (2003), continued her success with the hit singles ' White Flag' and ' Life for Rent'. The first verse of 'Thank You' is sampled in ' Stan', a collaboration with American rapper Eminem. It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won her several awards, including two Brit Awards for Best British Album and Best British Female, as well as the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act. Hit singles from the album include ' Here with Me' and ' Thank You'. She attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999). Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known professionally as Dido ( / ˈ d aɪ d oʊ/ DY-doh), is an English singer and songwriter.

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