Album · Dido
Life for Rent by Dido
Life for Rent is an album by Dido, released in 2003. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “White Flag”, on 5 lists with a best position of #211.
Life for Rent, Dido's second album, came out on Arista in September 2003, and the English singer made it with her brother Rollo Armstrong and American songwriter Rick Nowels producing, starting work in mid-2002. After the runaway success of No Angel, the pressure was on, and she met it by doing more of the same, only better.
It's soft-focus, melancholic pop with a trip-hop pulse, all brushed beats, gentle acoustic strums and that clear, unhurried voice. "White Flag" and the title track were the hits. The numbers were enormous: more than 12 million sold worldwide, the fourth best-selling album on the planet in 2003, 9x platinum in the UK and the seventh best-selling album of the decade there, which made Dido the only singer with two albums in that top 10. It also picked up the NRJ Music Award for International Album of the Year in 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Life for Rent on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Flag | 5 | #211 | – | 2004–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.