Life for Rent

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For the song with the same title, see Life for Rent (song).
Life for Rent
Life for Rent cover
Studio album by Dido
Released 30 September 2003
Recorded The Ark, The Church, Cubejam and Wessex Studios
Genre Pop, trip hop
Length 54:02
Label Cheeky
Producer Rollo
Professional reviews
Dido chronology
No Angel
(1999)		 Life for Rent
(2003)		 TBA
(2008)

Life for Rent is the second album by Dido, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). "White Flag" was the first track from the album to be played on the radio, and became a major worldwide hit. The video for "White Flag" featured Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel star David Boreanaz. The track "Stoned" was remixed and issued as an American club single at around the same time "White Flag" was climbing the pop and adult contemporary charts. "Stoned" became a club hit, though it failed to catch on with dance radio.

The third and fourth singles, "Life for Rent" and "Don't Leave Home", respectively, did not fare as well as "White Flag" in America.

Life for Rent was nominated for "Best British Album" at the 2004 BRIT Awards along with Daniel Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This, Blur's Think Tank and The Coral's Magic and Medicine, but they were all beaten by The Darkness's Permission to Land. "White Flag" was awarded the 2004 Ivor Novello Award in the category "International Hit of the Year".

Life for Rent spent ten weeks at the top of the UK albums chart.[1] It remained in the chart for 52 weeks.[2] The Life for Rent Tour was taken around the world in 2004.

In Australia the album debuted at number one on the ARIA albums chart, was one of the biggest selling albums of 2003 and went on to be certified six times platinum for sales of over 420,000. With this, Dido was able to match the huge success of her previous effort, No Angel.

According to media traffic, the album has sold about 8,630,000 copies worldwide. It has been certificated five times platinum in Europe and two times platinum in America. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

It is the fastest selling album by a female artist and passed the five million mark worldwide. It sold one million in 50 days, on the way there it sold 102,500 on day one and 400,351 in the first week on its way to the record.[3]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "White Flag" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Rick Nowels) – 4:01
  2. "Stoned" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Lester Mendez) – 5:55
  3. "Life for Rent" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:41
  4. "Mary's in India" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:42
  5. "See You When You're 40" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Aubrey Nunn) – 5:20
  6. "Don't Leave Home" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:46
  7. "Who Makes You Feel" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, John Harrison) – 4:21
  8. "Sand in My Shoes" (D. Armstrong, Nowels) – 5:00
  9. "Do You Have a Little Time" (D. Armstrong, Bates, Nowels) – 3:55
  10. "This Land Is Mine" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Nowels) – 3:46
  11. "See the Sun" (D. Armstrong) – 10:36
    • "See the Sun" runs for 5:04, it is followed by 2:01 of silence and then the hidden track "Closer" - 3:29

[edit] Charts

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
U.S. Billboard 200[4] Billboard/RIAA 4 2× platinum[5] 2,000,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[4] 22
European Albums Chart[6] IFPI 1 5× platinum[7] 5,000,000+
Argentinian Albums Chart CAPIF — 3× platinum[8] 120,000+
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 1 6× platinum[9] 420,000+
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control Europe 2 Platinum[10] 60,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart ABPD 1 Gold[11] 50,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[4] Nielsen SoundScan 2 3× platinum[12] 300,000+
Danish Albums Chart IFPI/Nielsen 2 2× platinum 40,000+
Dutch Albums Chart NVPI/Megacharts 1 Platinum[13] 70,000+
Finnish Albums Chart GLF 2 Gold 15,000+
French Albums Chart[14] SNEP/IFOP 1 3× platinum[14] 645,000[14]
German Albums Chart Media Control 1 3× platinum[15] 600,000+
Greek International Albums Chart IFPI 1 Platinum 30,000+
Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON 6 Gold[16] 50,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart[17] RIANZ 1 4× platinum[17] 60,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart VG Nett 2 2× platinum[18] 80,000+
Swedish Albums Chart GLF 2 Platinum[19] 60,000+
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control 1
Russian Albums Chart RASC 1 7× Platinum[20] 1,720,640+
UK Albums Chart[21] BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 1 9× platinum[22] 2,823,569
United World Chart Media Traffic 1 4× platinum 8,630,000
World Chart Top 50 Musicchart.net 1 10× platinum 10,142,100

[edit] Singles

[edit] Song backgrounds

  • "White Flag" – about a past relationship. Dido "regretted writing it" to begin with because of the further problems it caused with that person, but now enjoys performing the song.
  • "Life for Rent" – written to reflect how she saw her life at the time.
  • "Mary's in India" – a joke for childhood best friend Mary who now lives in India, originally not intended to be on the album.
  • "See You When You're 40" – about a past boyfriend who "wanted to be different more than anything in the world."
  • "Don't Leave Home" – written about the difficulties of drug addiction and made as a demo during the creation of her previous album.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=6 - Official UK Charts Company
  2. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (Edition 18), published by Guinness World Records
  3. ^ British Hit Singles & Albums (Edition 17), published by Guinness World Records
  4. ^ a b c Dido: Charts & Awards. Billboard magazine. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  5. ^ Recording Industry Association of America Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. ^ European Albums Chart. Music.AllOfMp3.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  7. ^ European Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  8. ^ Argentinian Certification (CAPIF). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  9. ^ Australian Certification (ARIA). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  10. ^ Austrian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  11. ^ Brazilian Certification (ABPD). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  12. ^ Canadian Certification (CRIA). Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  13. ^ Dutch Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  14. ^ a b c French Chart, Sales & Certification. FanOfMusic.Free.fr. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  15. ^ German Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  16. ^ Mexican Certification (AMPROFON). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, A.C.. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  17. ^ a b New Zealand Certification (RIANZ). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  18. ^ Norwegian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  19. ^ Swedish Certification (GLF). GLF. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  20. ^ Russian Certification (RASC). RASC. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  21. ^ UK Albums Chart (Search). Everyhit.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  22. ^ UK Certification (BPI). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  23. ^ http://www.997metroshowbiz.com/chart/international/041023.html
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Dido
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