By CAROLINE PEACOCK

Published: 14:54 BST, 11 June 2025 | Updated: 14:54 BST, 11 June 2025

Dido became a huge pop star in 1999 and went on to work with the likes of Eminem and Kendrick Lamar.

Throughout her career, she was the recipient of several awards, including two Brit Awards and the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act. 

Although she disappeared from the limelight in the late 2000s, the now 53-year-old has continued to make music, with a comeback five years ago.

However, while many of us know her as Dido, most don’t know her name in full whlch is a rather lenghy one.

He real name is Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong.

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Dido emerged on the music scene 26 years ago with her debut album No Angel - but did you know her real name? (pictured on Instagram on June 7)

Dido emerged on the music scene 26 years ago with her debut album No Angel – but did you know her real name? (pictured on Instagram on June 7)

The star, who shot to fame in 1999, disappeared from the limelight in the late 2000s but made a return in 2019 (pictured in 2019)

The star, who shot to fame in 1999, disappeared from the limelight in the late 2000s but made a return in 2019 (pictured in 2019)

By the end of 2003, Dido was the world’s best-selling female artist with a string of hits, including White Flag and Life For Rent.

She toured the globe non-stop before dramatically putting the brakes on her career. to look after her father who was sick. 

‘The last big show I did was Live 8 (in 2005) and at that point, I’d been going hard at it for over six years and thought I’d take a little bit of time off. 

‘So I was just on a break. For 15 years.’

Explaining why she had taken a break from releasing music, Dido admitted she struggled to write good songs after welcoming her first child Stanley with husband Rohan Gavin in 2011.

She explained: ‘After I had my son I definitely have a couple of years where most what I wrote wasn’t very good.

‘I actually knew it at the time, when I write songs there’s always a bit conflicted, but then when I had a kid I thought ”I’m quite happy.”

She briefly became the world’s biggest female pop star, raking in a whopping £1M every month (pictured performing with Eminem in 2000)

She briefly became the world’s biggest female pop star, raking in a whopping £1M every month (pictured performing with Eminem in 2000)

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