Life for Rent

For the song, see Life for Rent (song).

Life for Rent
Studio album by
Dido
Released29 September 2003 (2003-09-29)
Studio
GenreFolk-pop[1]
Length51:57
Label
Producer
Dido chronology
No Angel
(1999) 		Life for Rent
(2003) 		Live at Brixton Academy
(2005)
Singles from Life for Rent
  1. "White Flag"
    Released: 7 July 2003
  2. "Life for Rent"
    Released: 1 December 2003
  3. "Don't Leave Home"
    Released: 10 April 2004
  4. "Sand in My Shoes"
    Released: 23 August 2004

Life for Rent is the second studio album by English singer Dido, released by Arista Records on 29 September 2003. The album was produced by her brother Rollo Armstrong and American songwriter Rick Nowels. Work on the album began in mid-2002.[2] It was certified 9× Platinum by the BPI,[3] and sold over 12 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling album worldwide of 2003.[4] The album became the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s in the United Kingdom, making Dido the only singer to have two albums in the top 10 list.

As of 2015, Life for Rent is the 34th best-selling album in UK chart history.[5] In 2019 it was listed the 15th best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK.[6][7]

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  5. ^ Copsey, Rob (13 October 2018). "The UK's Top 40 biggest studio albums of time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Radio 2 reveals the best-selling albums of the 21st Century". BBC. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. ^ "The UK's Top 40 biggest studio albums of the 21st Century". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 October 2019.