Dido experimented with music as early as the age of five when she stole her first recorder. She then attended Guildhall School of Music one year later. At the age of 10 she was able to play three instruments including violin, piano, and aforementioned recorder.

Throughout her teenage years she took part in stealing some of her brothers records ,from the Clash to Gregory Isaacs to Duran Duran, and touring the UK with her classical music ensemble. At the age of 16 she fell in love with Ella Fitzgerald.

Eventually she worked her way up from listener to participator. She began singing with several different bands in the London area. Despite the fact that her brother, Rollo, told her not to give up her day job, she eventually appeared on the debut album of a band that Rollo formed in 1995. The band was Faithless, and went on to sell five million records. Over the next two years, Dido toured with Faithless and, recorded demos of her own songs whenever she was back in London. Dido appears on two songs on Faithless's current release, Sunday 8pm, one of which embodies her own "My Lover's Gone".

At the beginning of 1997, Arista was fortunate enough to hear these demos. She was invited to the Dorchester Hotel in London to meet Clive Davis. The meeting was productive while Clive even managed to help out with some backing vocals while Dido sung to him.

The recording of Dido's debut album, No Angel was underway. Dido, her brother Rollo, Rick Nowels, and Youth produced the album. "Unified by both Dido's stunning voice and lyrical acuteness, the album travels through various and diverse styles ranging from the impassioned magnificence of "Here With Me," the gentle soulfulness of "Thank You", the deep dubbiness of "Honestly Ok", to the lyrical perversity of "Don't Think of Me." Combining Dido's love for warm acoustic sounds and her brother's fascination for beats and all things electronic, the album is both new and classic at the same time. Above all, it is the quality of the songs that will make this album both durable and successful."

All information used in this biography was from Arista Records

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