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Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong (born December 25 , 1971 in London ) is a Brit Award -winning English Singer who performs under the name '''Dido'''. BIOGRAPHY Dido is partly of French descent; her mother, Claire, is a French poet and her father is British book publisher William Armstrong. Named after the Mythical Carthaginian Queen , Dido was educated at Thornhill Primary , City Of London Girls' , and Westminster Schools. At the age of six, she attended the Guildhall School Of Music in London , England . By the time she reached her teens, she had already mastered Piano , Violin , and Recorder . As an adult, she learnt to play the guitar, showcasing her skills to audiences during her 2004 ''Life For Rent'' tour. Following her track, " Thank You " (which had already been used in the 1998 movie '' Sliding Doors '') being sampled by the Rapper , Eminem , in his UK #1 single, " Stan " (Dido appeared in the music video, acting as the fictional character, Stan's, long-suffering girlfriend), Dido shot to worldwide fame and critical acclaim with her debut album, '' No Angel '', which was already available in the USA, and charted in the UK top 5 on import sales alone. Her debut single, "Here With Me," had already caused demand for the album, as it was used as the Theme Music for the Television Programme '' Roswell '' (it was later used in the soundtrack for the movie '' Love Actually ''). ''No Angel'' was the top-selling album of 2001 in the United Kingdom , debuting at, and returning to, #1 in the official UK albums chart many times throughout 2001. Her second album, '' Life For Rent '', was released September 30 , 2003 , and became one of the fastest selling albums in UK music history, debuting at #1, and debuting in the US top 5. Dido has also won 4 Brit awards, winning Best British Female artist and Best British Album for ''No Angel'' at the 2002 ceremony, and Best British Female artist and Best British Single for "White Flag" at the 2004 ceremony. She also won Best Album for ''No Angel'' and Best Newcomer at the 2002 NRJ awards in France. Dido's brother, " movie soundtrack. Following her sold-out world tour of 2004, Dido took time out of her worldwide travels to perform at three of the Live 8 concerts on 2 July , 2005 - performing in London , then at the Eden Project in Cornwall, before flying over to Paris , performing solo and duetting with Youssou N'Dour . In late 2005, Dido began working on her third solo album, writing and recording in America. She appeared at Clive Davies' pre-Grammy awards party in January 2006, where she said she aims to release the album sometime in 2006. DISCOGRAPHY Albums
Total Album Sales: 22 Million {Link without Title} Singles DVD
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