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'''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] 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.

Contents

Track listing

Charts

Singles

Song backgrounds

External links

References

Track listing

#"White Flag" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Rick Nowels) – 4:01
#"Stoned" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Lester Mendez) – 5:55
#"Life for Rent" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:41
#"Mary's in India" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:42
#"See You When You're 40" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Aubrey Nunn) – 5:20
#"Don't Leave Home" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:46
#"Who Makes You Feel" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, John Harrison) – 4:21
#"Sand in My Shoes" (D. Armstrong, Nowels) – 5:00
#"Do You Have a Little Time" (D. Armstrong, Bates, Nowels) – 3:55
#"This Land Is Mine" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Nowels) – 3:46
#"See the Sun" (D. Armstrong) – 10:36
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★ When this track finishes, there is the hidden track "Closer You Get"

Charts

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/ shipments
U.S. Billboard 200[2]	''Billboard''/RIAA	4	2× platinum[3]	2,000,000+
U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Internet Albums		22
European Albums Chart[4]	IFPI	1	5× platinum[5]	5,000,000+
Argentinian Albums Chart	CAPIF	—	Platinum[6]	40,000+
Australian Albums Chart	ARIA	1	6× platinum[7]	420,000+
Austrian Albums Chart	Media Control Europe	2	Platinum[8]	60,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart	ABPD	1	Platinum[9]	125,000+
Canadian Albums Chart	Nielsen SoundScan	2	3× platinum[10]	300,000+
Danish Albums Chart	IFPI/Nielsen	2	2× platinum	40,000+
Dutch Albums Chart	NVPI/Megacharts	—	Platinum[11]	70,000+
Finnish Albums Chart	GLF	2	Gold	15,000+
French Albums Chart[12]	SNEP/IFOP	1	3× platinum	645,000
German Albums Chart	Media Control	1	3× platinum[13]	600,000+
Mexican Albums Chart	AMPROFON	6	Gold[14]	50,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart[15]	RIANZ	1	4× platinum	60,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart	VG Nett	2	2× platinum[16]	80,000+
Swedish Albums Chart	GLF	2	Platinum[17]	60,000+
Swiss Albums Chart	Media Control
UK Albums Chart[18]	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	1	9× platinum[19]	2,688,000
United World Chart	Media Traffic	1	4× platinum	8,630,000
World Chart Top 50	Musicchart.net	1	10× platinum	10,142,100

Singles

★ "White Flag"

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★ Released: 1 September 2003

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★ Chart positions: #2 (UK) #1 (AUS)

★ "Stoned" (12" Vinyl/Download only)

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★ Released: October 2003

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★ Chart positions: #1 (U.S. Dance)

★ "Life for Rent"

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★ Released: 1 December 2003

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★ Chart positions: #8 (UK)

★ "Don't Leave Home"

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★ Released: 12 April 2004

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★ Chart positions: #1 (UK Airplay Chart), #25 (UK)

★ "Sand in My Shoes"

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★ Released: 13 September 2004

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★ Chart positions: #29 (UK),#5 (Hong Kong^[20])

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.

External links

★ Dido's official website

References

1. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=6 - Official UK Charts Company
2. Dido: Charts & Awards
3. Recording Industry Association of America ''Recording Industry Association of America''.
4. European Albums Chart
5. European Certification (IFPI)
6. Argentinian Certification (CAPIF)
7. Australian Certification (ARIA)
8. Austrian Certification (IFPI)
9. Brazilian Certification (ABPD)
10. Canadian Certification (CRIA)
11. Dutch Certification (IFPI)
12. French Chart, Sales & Certification
13. German Certification (IFPI)
14. Mexican Certification (AMPROFON)
15. New Zealand Certification (RIANZ)
16. Norwegian Certification (IFPI)
17. Swedish Certification (GLF)
18. UK Albums Chart (Search)
19. UK Certification (BPI)
20. http://www.997metroshowbiz.com/chart/international/041023.html