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| associated_acts = | website = | notable_instruments = Gibson J-200 }} Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong,〔 when asked to say her real name.〕 known as Dido (, born 25 December 1971), is a British singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album ''No Angel'' (1999). It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won several awards, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New Act and Best Album, and two Brit Awards for Best British Female and Best Album. Her next album, ''Life for Rent'' (2003), continued her success with the hit singles "White Flag" and "Life for Rent". Dido'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 third studio album, ''Safe Trip Home'' (2008), received critical acclaim but failed to duplicate the commercial success of her previous efforts. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the song "If I Rise".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=83rd Academy Award nominees )〕 Dido was ranked No. 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.〔() 〕 Dido made a comeback in 2013, releasing her fourth studio album ''Girl Who Got Away'', which reached the Top 5 in the United Kingdom. ==Early life== Dido was born at St Mary Abbots hospital in Kensington, London, on Christmas Day 1971.〔 "CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the register of Births, Still-births or Deaths in the District above mentioned." This is an authorized copy of Dido's birth certificate, Crown copyright.〕 On her birth certificate, her name was registered as Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong. Because she was born on Christmas Day, she also celebrates an "official birthday" on 25 June, following the example of Paddington Bear. Her mother, Clare (née Collins), is a poet of French ancestry,〔 and her father, William O'Malley Armstrong, was an Irish publisher and former managing director of Sidgwick & Jackson. Her elder brother, Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, is better known as record producer Rollo, part of the British electronica trio Faithless. Despite their birth names, the pair were known from childhood by the names that are famous now – Dido and Rollo.〔 Dido has made it clear that "Dido" is now her real name and not simply a stage name or nickname.〔〔 Her name derives from that of the mythical Queen of Carthage. As a child, she had to deal with its ambiguous and unusual nature, which led to her being bullied〔 and even to her pretending to have an ordinary name.〔 As she explains: Dido was educated at Thornhill Primary School in Islington, Dallington School, City of London Girls' and Westminster School where she was taught by the contemporary musician and Head of Academic Music, Sinan Savaskan. After she stole a recorder from school at the age of five, her parents enrolled her at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. By the time she reached her teens she had learned to play the piano, recorder and the violin. She later studied law at Birkbeck, University of London, while working as a literary agent. She never completed the degree, deciding instead to take up music full-time. After learning the guitar, she showcased her skills to audiences during her 2004 ''Life for Rent'' tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dido (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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