This article is about a music album. For the 2000 German pop music group, see
No Angels.
No Angel is the debut album by pop singer/songwriter Dido. 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 over sixteen million copies worldwide.[1]
[edit] Worldwide success
The success of No Angel was spurred on by Eminem sampling Dido's track, "Thank You" on "Stan", a track from 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 third 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 . 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 UK singles charts, while achieving top 10 success in Portugal and Greece. "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
- "Here with Me" (Dido Armstrong, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Statham) – 4:14
- "Hunter" (D. Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong) – 3:57
- "Don't Think of Me" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Paul Herman, Pauline Taylor) – 4:32
- "My Lover's Gone" (D. Armstrong, Jamie Catto) – 4:27
- "All You Want" – 3:53
- "Thank You" – 3:38
- "Honestly OK" – 4:37
- "Slide" – 4:53
- "Isobel" – 3:54
- "I'm No Angel" – 3:55
- "My Life" – 3:09
- "Take My Hand (Bonus Track)" – 6:42
- "Here with Me" - Video
- "Thank You" - Video
[edit] Charts and certification
| Chart | Peak
position | Certification | Sales/
shipments |
| U.S. Billboard 200[2] | 4 | 4× platinum[3] | 4 million |
| U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[4] | 2 |
| European Top 100 Albums[5] | 1 | 5× platinum[6] | 5 million[7] |
| Argentina | — | Platinum[8] | 40,000 |
| Australian ARIA Charts | 1 | 6× platinum[9] | 420,000 |
| Austria | 1 | Platinum[10] | 30,000 |
| Brazil | — | 2× platinum[11] | 500,000 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[2] | 4 | 4× platinum[12] | 400,000 |
| Denmark | 2 | Platinum[13] | 30,000 |
| Finland | 1 | Platinum[14] | 51,514[14] |
| France | 1 | Diamond[15] | 1.2 million[16] |
| German Media Control Charts[17] | 2 | 3× gold[18] | 450,000 |
| Mexico | 4 | Platinum[19] | 150,000 |
| Netherlands Megacharts | 3 | Platinum[20] | 80,000 |
| New Zealand RIANZ | 1 | 5× platinum[21] | 75,000 |
| Norway | 1 | Platinum[22] | 40,000 |
| Sweden | 2 | Platinum[23] | 60,000 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 3× platinum[24] | 120,000 |
| UK Albums Chart[25] | 1 | 10× platinum[26] | 3,031,608[27] |
[edit] Singles
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Dido: Biography". DidoMusic.com. http://www.didomusic.com/htmlsite/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ^ a b "Billboard charts". Allmusic. 2001. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fbfoxq95ldte~T5. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Recording Industry Association of America (July 17, 2001). "U.S. certification (search)". riaa.com. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Dido: Charts & Awards". Billboard magazine. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=DIDO&sql=11:fbfoxq95ldte~T5. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Paul Sexton (May 7, 2001). "Geri Halliwell Earns Fourth U.K. No. 1". Billboard magazine. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=861156. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (2002). "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards". ifpi.org. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2002.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. "Criteria". ifpi.org. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/platinum_intro.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (2001). "Argentinian certification". capif.org.ar. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Dido&album=No+Angel&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=P&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (2004). "ARIA Charts — Accreditations". aria.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2004.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria (June 30, 2004). "Austrian certification (search)". ifpi.at. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (2002). "Brazilian certification (search)". abpd.org.br. http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (September 23, 2003). "Canadian certification (search)". cria.ca. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Denmark (Week 38, 2001). "Danish certification". hitlisterne.dk. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ a b International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Finland (2001). "Finnish certification". ifpi.fi. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/kplista.html?action=etuk&kirjain=D. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (June 26, 2002). "French certification". disqueenfrance.com. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifications/album.asp?forme_certif=15&annee=19. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "French sales". fanofmusic.free.fr. 2002. http://fanofmusic.free.fr/ParcoursAlbum-D.php. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "German Albums Chart (Search)". charts-surfer.de. 2001. http://www.charts-surfer.de/. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Germany (2002). "German certification". musikindustrie.de. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=1&strSuche=No+Angel. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, A.C. (November 22, 2001). "Mexican certification". amprofon.com.mx. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=dido&titulo=&disquera=&certificacion=todas&anio=todos&categoria=todas&Submitted=Buscar&item=menuCert&contenido=buscar. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld-en geluidsdragers (2001). "Dutch certification (search)". nvpi.nl. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (April 14, 2002). "New Zealand certification (search)". rianz.org.nz. http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Norway (2001). "Norwegian certification (search)". ifpi.no. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Sweden (2001). "Swedish certification". ifpi.se. http://d12753932.u160.foretag.surftown.se/wp-content/uploads/ar-2001.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ HitParade (2006). "Swiss certification". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/awards.asp?year=2006. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Every Hit (October, 2000). "UK Albums Chart". everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ British Phonographic Industry (January 16, 2004). "U.K. certification". bpi.co.uk. http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=31417. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Bill Harris. "Queen rules - in album sales". Toronto Sun. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
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