Dido

In the ‘90s, major UK electronic artists like Massive Attack, Everything But the Girl, and Faithless (for which pop singer Dido once sang lead) brought club music into homes across the world by slowing down tempos and incorporating more contemplative lyrics.

Within a few years, Dido—born Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong in Kensington, London, in 1971—capitalized on this trend by crafting solo tracks built on vocals that were at once glassy and languid and lyrics that were both personal and universal.

From the moment her full-length debut, No Angel, dropped in 1999, she was making dance pop that helped audiences achieve living room bliss.