No Angel

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No Angel
No Angel cover
Studio album by Dido
Released June 1, 1999
Recorded 1998–1999
Genre Pop, Alternative Rock
Length 56:32
Label Cheeky, Arista, Sony BMG
Professional reviews
Dido chronology
Odds & Ends
(1995)		 No Angel
(1999)		 Life for Rent
(2003)

No Angel is Dido's debut album. Originally released in 1999, it found a mass audience in 2001, and according to her official web site it went on to achieve sales in excess of twelve million copies worldwide.[1]

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[edit] Worldwide success

The success of No Angel was spurred on by Eminem sampling Dido's track, "Thank You" on "Stan," a track on his The Marshall Mathers LP album, released in 2000. The Marshall Mathers LP reached #1 on the US and Canadian charts, and Dido appeared in the music video for "Stan," which was the second single from the album, playing the fictional character Stan's long-suffering girlfriend. While the song only reached #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA, it went to #1 in the UK and Australia and was an international hit. "Stan" was nominated for a Grammy award for the track (Dido did not sing with Eminem at the ceremony; Elton John sang Dido's section).

The album also began to reach a mass audience, when the debut single, "Here With Me," was chosen as the title music to the hit TV series Roswell. Due to record company conflicts, the album was released in the USA first in 1999, and began surfacing in Dido's homeland, the UK, on import alone. In December 2000, a month ahead of its official UK release, No Angel went top 10 in the UK; a month later it hit #1 when it was officially released as a special edition, featuring the videos to "Here With Me" and "Thank You." "Here With Me" was later released in February 2001, as a commercial single, and reached #4 on the official UK singles chart; it also went top 10 in Portugal and Greece, and top 40 in France, United States, and New Zealand.

"Thank You", the album's second single, was a huge radio airplay success, thanks in part to people recognising the first verse from "Stan", and reached #3 in the UK singles charts and #1 in Brazil. The prior single's, "Here With Me", moderate American success garnered its video (which had two different versions) heavy airplay on MTV2 in 2000. However, it was not until the video for "Thank You" that Dido achieved massive success on mainstream American music television, such as MTV and VH1.

The third single, "Hunter," went top 20 on the World Adult Chart and the UK singles charts, while achieving top 10 success in Portugal and Greece. "My Lover's Gone" reached the top of the charts in Brazil, where it was in the soundtrack of a famous soap opera, while "Don't Think of Me" made the US Adult Contemporary top 40.

No Angel was one of the best selling albums of 2001 throughout the world, being named the biggest selling album of 2001 in the UK and the second best seller in Australia (certified 6x platinum for sales of over 420,000). The album also went top 3 in the US album charts and reached #5 in Canada. Prior to the album's release, a promotional EP entitled The Highbury Fields EP had been sent out in America, featuring 4 album tracks, and "Worthless," which was not included on No Angel, but was featured on the "first" Dido album, a promotional album sent out by her management in order to get record companies interest, entitled Odds & Ends, unreleased in 1995.

The album won the prize for Best Album at the 2002 BRIT awards, where Dido also won the Best British Female award.

In 2006, the album was certified 3x platinum in Switzerland, meaning it sold over 100,000 copies there.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Here With Me" (Dido Armstrong, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Statham) – 4:14
  2. "Hunter" (D. Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong) – 3:57
  3. "Don't Think of Me" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Paul Herman, Pauline Taylor) – 4:32
  4. "My Lover's Gone" (D. Armstrong, Jamie Catto) – 4:27
  5. "All You Want" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Herman) – 3:53
  6. "Thank You" (D. Armstrong, Herman) – 3:37
  7. "Honestly OK" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Matt Benbrook) – 4:37
  8. "Slide" (D. Armstrong, Herman) – 4:53
  9. "Isobel" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:54
  10. "I'm No Angel" (D. Armstrong, Gabriel, Statham) – 3:55
  11. "My Life" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Mark Bates) – 3:09
  12. "Take My Hand" (D. Armstrong, Richard Dekkard) – 6:42

[edit] Charts

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
U.S. Billboard 200[2] Billboard/RIAA 4 4x Platinum[3] 4,000,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[2] 2
European Albums Chart[4] IFPI 1 5x Platinum[5] 5,000,000+
Argentinian Albums Chart CAPIF — 3x Platinum[6] 120,000+
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 1 6x Platinum[7] 420,000+
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control Europe 1 Platinum[8] 60,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart ABPD 1 2x Platinum[9] 250,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[2] Nielsen SoundScan 4 3x Platinum[10] 300,000+
Danish Albums Chart IFPI/Nielsen 2 2x Platinum 40,000+
Dutch Albums Chart NVPI/Megacharts 3 Platinum[11] 70,000+
Finnish Albums Chart GLF 1 Gold 15,000+
French Albums Chart[12] SNEP/IFOP 1 Diamond[12] 1,202,000[12]
German Albums Chart Media Control 1 3x Gold[13] 450,000+
Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON 1 Platinum[14] 150,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart[15] RIANZ 1 5x Platinum[15] 75,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart VG Nett 1 Platinum[16] 40,000+
Swedish Albums Chart GLF 2 Platinum[17] 60,000+
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control 2 3x Platinum[18] 100,000
UK Albums Chart[19] BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 1 10x Platinum[20] 3,002,194

[edit] Singles

Title Released Chart positions
"Here With Me" 5 February 2001 #4 (UK)
"Thank You" 21 May 2001 #3 (UK, US)
"Hunter" 10 September 2001 #17 (UK)
"All You Want" 10 December 2001 —

[edit] Trivia

  • An early version of "My Lover's Gone" was previously performed by Dido with dance group Faithless on the track "Postcards" (from their 1998 album Sunday 8PM). The chorus is mostly used, however the lyrics can be heard differently as "My love has gone."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dido: Biography. DidoMusic.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  2. ^ a b c Dido: Charts & Awards. Billboard magazine. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  3. ^ Recording Industry Association of America Recording Industry Association of America.
  4. ^ European Albums Chart. Music.AllOfMp3.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  5. ^ European Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  6. ^ Argentinian Certification (CAPIF). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  7. ^ Australian Certification (ARIA). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  8. ^ Austrian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  9. ^ Brazilian Certification (ABPD). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  10. ^ Canadian Certification (CRIA). Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  11. ^ Dutch Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  12. ^ a b c French Chart, Sales & Certification. FanOfMusic.Free.fr. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  13. ^ German Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  14. ^ Mexican Certification (AMPROFON). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, A.C.. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  15. ^ a b New Zealand Certification (RIANZ). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  16. ^ Norwegian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  17. ^ Swedish Certification (GLF). GLF. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  18. ^ Swiss Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  19. ^ UK Albums Chart (Search). Everyhit.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  20. ^ UK Certification (BPI). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.

[edit] External links

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Dido
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No Angel • Life for Rent
Singles
Guest singles