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Here's a question. Should she be at Dido (singer)? Because most people probably don't know her as "Dido Armstrong", just as Dido, the singer... -- Oliver P. 15:46, 22 August 2003 (UTC)
I was just thinking this is a bit POV if it says best known for her song Thank You. Since both of her albums went #1 wouldn't she also be known for those? This article was possibly written by an Eminem fan.--Redwolf24 04:04, 7 June 2005 (UTC)
Why is there a mention of "Greek mythology"? Dido was the queen of Carthage, so shouldn't it fall under European or Roman mythology, especially since she's mainly in the Aenid? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.148.0.60 (talk) 21:10, 17 June 2005 (UTC)
"She is perhaps best known for her 2001 hit song "Thank You", which was used by the rapper Eminem as the basis for one of his own hit singles, "Stan". "
"Thank you" is rather older than 2001. It was re-released after the success of "Stan". I'm not sure when it was originally released but it is certainly on the soundtrack of the film Sliding Doors from 1998. Can some get a date on the original release? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LiamE (talk • contribs) 16:14, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
2006 anything for her??Maoririder 20:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Can we have a show of hands over whether to retain the trivia section? Much of it strikes me as complete bollocks, e.g. * She grew up without television; * Dido admits to have played 'Monopoly' on her own as a child; * Dido's album Life For Rent contains a hidden track "Closer" that follows the final song "See the Sun" after a two minute pause; * Dido's album "Life For Rent" is copy protected using the Copy Control system. This means that along with many other Sony BMG titles it will not play on many computers and CD players; * Dido is a huge Arsenal fan, Ray Parlour is one of her favorite players ...etc etc. I personally think this (and similar sections elsewhere) are amateurish and silly, and severely degrades the encyclopaedic quality of the article (and it does look suspiciously liek it may have been lifted from another site verbatum), but i don't want to ditch it without consensus. Chime in below with comments if you have an opinion. Cheers, Badgerpatrol 01:43, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it's also possible that Dido could be noble because one part of her name is de Bounevialle which means "from Bounevialle". so it can be that she is also a relative of french nobles. *g* But in the moment it's only a rumour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spam (talk • contribs) 19:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
She dedicates her first album "... most of all, to BOB." Anyone know who he is, or was?Fergananim 14:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Is that true? Damn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.211.145.21 (talk) 03:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
An article on some new skin reatment to reduce ageing listed her as 49 (in 2002). Can we clarify her age. Antares33712 14:25, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Could somebody start again and write a really good, authoritative article? There is a dearth of published material about Dido and so there is a real opportunity here. What do others think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IXIA (talk • contribs) 22:06, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
i think... no Woodgreener 20:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
It appears that none of the questions currently on this talk page apply to the article itself, and none of the conjecture here is in the article... so I'm removing the dispute template from the top. If some one feels the content is still disputed they can re-add the disclaimer and explain why. - BalthCat 04:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
The information on the second paragraph regarding the Odds & Ends CD is absolutely inaccurate. Odds & Ends was NOT Dido's 'demo tape' and was issued AFTER the 1999 release of No Angel, but there are many more inaccuracies in that paragraph, and I propose it simply be deleted. Where do you draw the line in a biographical article anyway? This sort of music-biz related information is just geek-stuff and really bogs down the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.108.201 (talk) 10:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I put the Trivia here if somebody needs it. --Spam 23:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I removed all the talk at the top of the page as was all resolved 2003-2005(Changing from Dido Armstrong to Dido (Singer), a small POV issue and changing from Greek to Roman Mythology). Hope thats ok. Please delete this paragraph when you think neccessary. Woodgreener 20:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
This article was written and edited by a die hard fan I like Dido, but I can also understand the valid UK Guardian newspaper criticism of her tendency to "twee and bland aural wallpaper" Criticism balances the article, by removing the criticism the article is just pointless So I've put it back --Nighthawkx15 09:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)Hawk
How come there's hardly any, or nearly no information about Dido's third album and it's going to be released in less than two months? Andyroost 23:19, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
-- Best info I can find suggests the album is not released until the third quarter so the likely reason is simply that the album release date is much further away. PatrickDunfordNZ 13:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
In the section Safe Trip Home: (2008–present), it said that Gregory Campbell is "MP for East Londonderry and Minister for Sports, Arts and Leisure for Northern Ireland". Can I delete this description, and leaving his name only?
--Chimin 07 (talk) 08:04, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
"The right-wing British National Party quoted lyrics from 'White Flag' and 'This Land Is Mine' on their website, quoting the lyrics as a nationalistic..." That is interesting. One of the leading active British National Front members from the 60's was Rosine de Bounevialle. Unusual surname, part of Dido's name. Does anyone know if they are related? Jfbcubed 18:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Here's a line that is rather perplexing -
"In 2006 , Dido began recording demo tracks, put together on a collection entitled Odds & Ends, and sent out by Nettwerk management, who had signed her after being brought to their attention through her collaborations with Faithless (Dido co-wrote and provided vocals for album tracks, such as "Flowerstand Man" and "Hem Of His Garment") the UK dance act spearheaded by her brother, Rollo Armstrong."
Now, not the whole line is as such, only the mention of the year 2006, since that's obviously a long time after she made any type of breakthrough, international or otherwise. The question being, is someone mistaken with the year? Was it perhaps intended to be somewhere in the earl 1990's? --75.35.82.128 03:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
- 2006 is completely the wrong year. If that is still in the article. it just shows there has been a lot of vandalism that hasn't been picked up. PatrickDunfordNZ 05:59, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Revision as of 19:26, 3 March 2007 by 76.190.1.13 posted a change to the artist's name that cannot be verified. Revision as of 19:27, 3 March 2007 by 76.190.1.13 perpetuated this change in other parts of the document. Like all reputable material, references are required for such changes. (I find it strange that Wikipedia still allows accountless editing from anonymous people) PatrickDunfordNZ 05:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- in accordance with my above comments I have placed the tag on the top of this page. There has been repeated vandalism of the subject's name on the article page. No verification has been provided for any of the numerous name changes, including the currently displayed name, which at the time of writing this can be seen at this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dido_%28singer%29&oldid=115008012 At this time, I do not wish to make the correction as I do not have an authoritative source to verify the correct form of name with. PatrickDunfordNZ 13:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
There is no evidence that her surname is Grant. Her father, William Armstrong, was a well-known figure in the publihsing world and her brother Rollo uses the name Armstrong. She was known as Dido Armstrong at school. I have amneded and inserted some reliable references. BONNUIT 04:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I have read that her birth name is Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong and that Dido is actually a nickname (used by her family as well) that she has had since she was a young child. Does anybody have a source for whether Dido is her actual birth name? —MJBurrage • TALK • 23:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I just found her in the UK birth registry available on line, and Dido is not birth name, I have edited the article to reflect that. (see the note in the article for a link to the source) —MJBurrage • TALK • 00:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
You say that's an online resource, do you have a link? 194.129.249.111 20:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Dido is not a "Stage" name. She has been asked a number od times and it is her real name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.84.92.191 (talk) 16:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Another person who knows that Dido is her real name... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.50.144.41 (talk) 21:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
In every printed source I've seen, including interviews, her "full" name has been given as either "Dido Armstrong" or "Dido Flourian De Bounevialle Armstrong". And I trust dead-tree groupthink (Which will have been waved under lawyers, agents etc.) more than I trust wikipedia groupthink. I've googled "UK birth registry", few of the links are in the .gov.uk domain. (I.E. They aren't official!) and none of the .gov.uk results offer a search of Births. Please give a link to your reliable source, because at the moment it's looking more like complete bollocks! Scruffy brit (talk) 06:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
The American Society of Composers, Artists and Performers lists Dido as "ARMSTRONG FLORIAN CLOUD DE BOU".[1] Her name is too long to fit in one of their standard entries, but they would list her as "ARMSTRONG DIDO FLORIAN CLOUD D" if Dido was her legal first name. I intend to edit the article as such, with a citation of the ASCAP database, but I can see that this is a contentious issue so I invite everybody's opinion on this before I do. Bm213 (talk) 22:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
I have brought this up many times. I would support any change that shows that Dido is not her birth name (which it is NOT), and that AT least the legal birth name section is changed to reflect that Florian is actually her first REAL name. She has contradicted herself in interviews as to what her name is, stating Dido Florian Cloude etc. to Florian Cloude De etc. So as far as I'm concerned, I would like the article to reflect her real name. An entry to the ASCAP is supposed to be the correct LEGAL name of the artist (whether changed by deed poll or otherwise), seems to confirm that legally she is Florian Cloude De Bounevialle Armstrong. Her stage name, nickname or pseudonym is Dido. Cheers and good luck.--Read-write-services (talk) 00:13, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
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Hi there, Could someone please find a public domain photograph of Dido for this article? It is very uninteresting to have the article blank apart from some text. Also, I propose a name change for this article to Dido Armstrong with the disambiguation page updated with links incorporating Dido, Dido Armstrong and Florian Cloud de Bounevialle as redirects to this article-how does everyone feel about this? What I'd really like is a personal go ahead from Dido herself *hint hint* regards.
Oh, P.S. Dear Dido, you can respond right here or via my talk page. haha.--Read-write-services 23:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Still waiting...--Read-write-services 23:09, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Since it is necessary to distinguish her from the Queen of Carthage, there is a choice between "Dido (singer)" [or "Dido (Something else)"] and Dido Armstrong, which, as noted above, is the name she uses as a songwriter. So I'd vote for Dido Armstrong. IXIA 06:37, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello again. As there has been no real negative response or valid reason not to change the title back to Dido Armstrong, I have done it. Cheers!--Read-write-services 00:13, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
The current photograph is hideous! IXIA (talk) 22:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Dido's real name IS "Dido" She has said so in many interviews, such as this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNGyM7nxl10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.84.171.125 (talk) 17:00, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Can the pronunciation of "Dido" be added? I think DIE-doe but I don't know... and if IPA is used, I still won't know, ha ha :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.107.130 (talk) 19:42, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Theft is a criminal offence. If true, we must have references or risk violating BLP. Spevw (talk) 23:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Resolved, reference added by someone else. Thank you. Spevw (talk) 00:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
In any case, the age of criminal responsibility is ten. IXIA (talk) 22:37, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
WP:BLP guidelines are pretty firm, just double check that you have good WP:RS before you do post something.Eruditess (talk) 04:00, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Does anyone know at what point Dido changed her accent? Her toff accent suddenly sounded 'street', it is a considerable difference even to the untrained ear. In early interviews Dido speaks with a champagne Chiswick cadence but later she waxes lyrical with an Acton affected articulation. With such a privileged background could it be that her affected speech is an attempt to sound more like the 'oiks' that buy her records? Surely this faux-urban voice she put on needs a mention in her trivia section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.14.152.15 (talk) 01:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
(errr.... who wrote the above?) Hmmm, I'd noticed the change in diction in "Life For Rent" however many people's accents are sliding towards forms of Estuary English and so the change might not have been entirely intentional. (And, whoever you are, that's 'Products of the State Education System' rather than 'oiks' thank you very much!;-)
Scruffy brit (talk) 06:19, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
correction:
she changed her accent totally. In her latest album she sings less 'british' (much less), more close to american (in some songs) and actually it is something to write about. Not every singer *if at all* changes his mother-tong for selling more records.
[06:11, 10 April 2009] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.183.126.116 (talk)
Are you all sure she did it to sell more records? Isn't it just because she lives more in California now then in England ? Look at Madonna, she lives in London and her accent has changed since she left America... 78.128.186.97 (talk) 09:02, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Your accent doesn't change after you're an adult as old as Madonna (or Dido) is! Madonna affects a British accent because she thinks its cool. She does not really have a British accent. 214.13.130.104 (talk) 11:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)TexxasFinn
Can you please take out the "O'Malley" of the artists name. The source web page doesn't even mention this name.
N00bh4ck3r (talk) 17:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
While the list of Dido's boyfriends shows a disturbing attention to detail, she was reported as still going out with Bob until 2002. There have been lots of rumours about her partners over the years, many of which have been rebuffed or debunked, and is it any of our business anyway? Scruffy brit (talk) 06:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
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I originally contributed to the Legal birth name thread, as I had found more references for her real name being "Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong", which I intended to add to the opening sentence of the main article. Since then, I have realised that I was missing the point. Dido's real name is whatever Dido says it is, and we have a citation for her real name being "Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong". However, a good encyclopaedic article should include details of her birth name and how it came to be changed. Apart from being an important fact in itself, Dido's birth name had a significant impact on her during childhood.
To this end, I am making a contribution to the Biography section. I will have to make changes to the existing content, so that it still reads well, but I will not make any substantial deletions. Usually, the birth name is written in the opening sentence. In this case, I believe it would be a bad idea for the following reasons:
I am sure that some editors will still add "Dido" to the birth name, despite the references including Dido's birth certificate and the public records held by the General Register Office (with a link to a scan of the document, so you can see for yourself). However, it should be less of a problem if a full explanation is given, and if it is not in the opening sentence. Labalius (talk) 15:29, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
The acquisition of a new name by use and reputation is in truth the only way by which a name is changed, for a man's name is the name by which he is known, an Act of Parliament or Royal licence being permissive only, and a deed poll being merely evidence of intention to be known by another name. ...It is a matter of evidence whether a change by repute has in fact taken place...but if the evidence is adequate the reputed name will become the effective one for legal purposes.
— J.F. Josling, Change of Name (13th Edition)
The band Attack Flamingo are clearly upset that Dido has used the same picture for Safe Trip Home as they have for their album No Star Could Be as Large. They have every right to feel aggrieved but should the Dido article feature antything about this issue? I would say no on the following grounds:
I am going to remove the Attack Flamingo content. I suggest that consensus should be built over what of it, if anything, should be included. Labalius (talk) 22:07, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
In what way is Dido an "ambiguous" name? Compact OED: 'ambiguous adjective 1 (of language) having more than one possible meaning.' How many meanings could 'Dido' obviously have? I should think that the vast majority of people would assume that she had been named with Dido, queen of Carthage, in mind. According to Wikipedia Dido may be a Phoenician word meaning 'wanderer', so she could have been named directly from the Phoenician, though it is unlikely that this word would be widely known were it not for the connection with the famous queen. Likewise, she could have been named after Dido Elizabeth Belle (of whom I should not have heard had I not found her on Wikipedia), but this Dido was also clearly named after the queen of Carthage. So, while I do not doubt the possibility that 'Dido' could be polyvalent, I think that if one applies common sense it really has just one possible meaning. I doubt that those who bullied her about her name taunted her with the possibility that she had been named after a nuclear reactor. I should say that her name is actually far less ambiguous than most. For example, the name 'Virginia' could be intended (and does intention matter?) to refer to the Commonwealth of Virginia, to Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, or to virginity itself (among other possibilities). Unless somebody can suggest why not, I shall change it myself, unless somebody else gets there first.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 21:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Is she really an alto? To me she sounds like a coloratura mezzosoprano (in between soprano and mezzosoprano- similar to Sinead O Connor.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.218.233.143 (talk) 16:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Any, word what it might be called, and is it coming out this year? --WhiteInKnights (talk) 17:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
It's ludicrous how often lack of promotion is cited here with no reference, for the commercial failure of 'Safe Trip Home'. How exactly does one gauge whether promotion has been adequate or not? There are no set requirements. From what I personally saw, the album had a highly visible advertisement campaign, but such things are subject to conjecture unless somebody can lay their hands on the exact figures spent on promotion of this album as opposed to her previous ones. The only fact that is irrefutable is that statistically this album sold much fewer copies than her previous efforts. --95.96.146.115 (talk) 00:03, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I remember the article in question, but wasn't aware that she was following the example of Paddington. Did she actually day that? OK if she did, but the more obvious example is the Queen. IXIA (talk) 21:18, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Dugnad (talk · contribs) has removed roughly a third of this article [1], with the edit summary "Removed unsourced material, see WP:LP). Included in the material removed is stuff like "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" and "In 1998, the music producer for the film Sliding Doors picked her track "Thank You" for the soundtrack. No Angel was first released in 1999, and Dido toured extensively to promote the record." This removal is not in line with WP:LP, and I'm reverting it as such. Finn Rindahl (talk) 18:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Dugnad has been busy removing stuff and adding ((cn)) or other tags - at a glance most of the tagged material seems easy verifiable. If anyone volunteers to try to salvage tagged content, this article Dido biography might be a good starting point. I suppose "Encyclopedia of World Biography" is considered a reliable source in itself, but it may be better to follow the links to the sources given there. Awards etc could be easily obtained through a google search (or the official pages for the various awards). There may be additional info in the sources already cited in the article as well. Remember to readd categories removed by Dugnad (after readding the content with sources). Finn Rindahl (talk) 15:55, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Regarding Dido's "crime" at age five, see also this archive. Dugnad (talk) 13:49, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
hello.. this was published in dido's official page.. "Hello everyone, It’s been a month of amazing news for me and now I have some more to share. Me and my husband rohan are expecting a baby" http://www.didomusic.com/gb/news_and_diary/news/a_note_from_dido/
do you have\any other sources for this? who is rohan? since when she's married? etc.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.182.23.165 (talk) 23:08, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
So pretentious - and off-putting! Why not just "profesionally" or "who performs as"? IXIA (talk) 20:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Feb,2010 current updated to May 31,2011 "Me and my husband rohan are expecting a baby" Is this a joke ? --Karinsa (talk) 11:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Somebody as well educated as Dido would hardly say "me and my husband"! IXIA (talk) 18:42, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Was supposed to be her fourth album due for release in Fall 2011/early 2012. Anyone know what happened? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.38.88 (talk) 15:44, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Can we get a better photo than the side of her head taken by cellphone from a stadium projection?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 09:34, 29 May 2018 (UTC)