Dido in general

Question. How did Dido get paid for her work on the Faithless album 'Reverence'? Answer. A free curry. (True fact, pop-pickers...) The success of Dido Armstrong throughout the past year has been nothing short of phenomenal. Rewind back to 12 months ago, and she was hardly known in the UK, apart from by some die-hard Eminem sleevenote readers. Her track 'Thank You', which had featured in a film soundtrack, was used by Eminem on his seminal track 'Stan', transforming a gentle song into something more sinister. Dido showed her thanks (ha ha) by appearing as the pregnant wife of 'Stan' in the video. However, before ...

The special UK edition of this CD has only just been released, but this album dates back almost two years...it was released in America during the early summer of 1999, where it has been a slow-burning success to the tune of more than 1 million copies sold. A few months ago, before Eminem took one of her songs - Thank You - and used it as the basis for his chart-topping single Stan, about an obsessed fan, few people in Britain knew who Dido was. They might have heard her by several means, but putting a name to the voice (or songs) would have proven difficult. Now, of course, Dido is the name on most people's lips, with No Angel currently enjoying the UK No.1 ...

Although no stranger to the music industry, it was only around a year ago that Dido first started to become known here in the UK. At first, this was for her song "Here With Me" being made into the theme song for "Roswell High", but later for her part on Eminem's hit single "Stan". Dido has a beautiful voice, and her work is a refreshing change to the commercialised teenie-bopper bands that continuously top the charts. Her first album "No Angel" is packed with twelve unique tracks, sung in Dido's distinctive style. ============================= 1. Here With Me 2. Hunter 3. Don't Think Of ...