No Angel

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No Angel is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Dido. It was released on 1 June 1999, by Arista Records and Cheeky Records.

Dido began recording what would become No Angel in 1995, having already written numerous songs, principally based on real-life circumstances at the time. She simultaneously collaborated with her brother Rollo Armstrong's electronic dance band Faithless, attracting the attention of Clive Davis, founder and then-president of Arista. Dido subsequently signed with the label and completed the album, predominantly producing it with Rollo. She wrote all of the album's tracks, exploring lyrical themes such as love, codependency, and introspection. Further collaborators on the record included Rick Nowels, Youth, Jamie Catto, and Sister Bliss, whose contributions resulted with a folk-pop and folktronica musical style experimenting with trip hop, electronica, and dream pop.

Due to contractual reasons, No Angel would not be released outside the US until 16 October 2000, when it was issued in Dido's native UK, being progressively made available worldwide in subsequent months. Upon release, the album received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its sonic quality and Dido's vocal performance, but criticized the lyricism. Commercially a sleeper hit, the album debuted at low positions in both the UK and the US, before steadily ascending to number one on the UK Albums Chart and in nine other countries, and number four on the US Billboard 200. It become one of the best-selling albums of 2001 worldwide, and won British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards 2002.

No Angel produced three commercial singles—"Here with Me", "Thank You", and "Hunter". "Here with Me" and "Thank You" both reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart, while the latter peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, after receiving widespread exposure due to being sampled on Eminem's "Stan". To further promote the album, Dido embarked on an extensive world tour. No Angel went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time in the UK, being certified decuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of three million units. It was also certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over four million units in the US. As of 2025, it has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.

Writing and recording

Dido began writing songs for what would become No Angel around 1994, as she signed multiple ephemeral management deals, as well as her first publishing deal. Suffering from depression and frequent panic attacks, she wrote "Honestly OK" and "Slide". Soon thereafter, she met the entertainment lawyer Bob Page, with whom she would be in a 12-year relationship. A day after meeting him, she wrote "Here with Me", "Thank You", "I'm No Angel", and "Take My Hand".<ref name="simpson"/> In 1995, Dido began collaborating with her brother Rollo Armstrong's electronic dance music band Faithless, recording backing vocals for their debut studio album Reverence (1996) and co-writing its track "Flowerstand Man". She simultaneously recorded material for her own album, assembling an 11-track demo collection Odds & Ends, which circulated via Nettwerk Music Group, with whom she had recently signed a management deal. Alongside "Take My Hand", Odds & Ends included "Sweet Eyed Baby", which would later be remixed and retitled "Don't Think of Me", and the tracks "Worthless" and "Me", which would be included as bonus tracks on the Japanese edition of No Angel.<ref name="jones">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Dido spent 1996 touring with Faithless, recording additional songs while on tour,<ref name="jones"/> and signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music that October.<ref name="garratt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She recorded vocals for two tracks on Faithless' second studio album Sunday 8PM (1998), one of which incorporated elements of then-unreleased "My Lover's Gone". Her collaborative work with Faithless attracted attention of Clive Davis, founder and then-president of Arista Records, who instantly offered Dido a record deal with the label after attending their concert in London in 1998.<ref name="flick">Template:Cite magazine</ref> She initially refused, opting to remain signed to Rollo's label Cheeky Records, but eventually accepted the offer after Rollo sold Cheeky to the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), Arista's parent company, in 1999, as she was finishing recording No Angel.<ref name="simpson"/><ref name="garratt"/> Dido recorded over 25 songs for the album, 12 of which made the final track listing, at six locations in London—the Angel Recording Studios, The Church Studios, the Eden Studios, the Olympic Studios, Sarm West, and the Swanyard Studios.<ref name="flick"/><ref name="liner"/> She wrote all of the album's tracks, and produced all except "Don't Think of Me", which is the sole track produced by Youth. Rollo co-wrote five and produced seven of the album's 12 tracks, while Rick Nowels produced three. Faithless members Jamie Catto and Sister Bliss also contributed to the album, with Catto co-writing and producing "My Lover's Gone", and Sister Bliss producing "Take My Hand" and co-writing and producing the bonus track "Worthless".<ref name="liner"/>

Music and lyrics

{{#invoke:Listen|main}} No Angel is, according to critical commentaries, predominantly a folk-pop and folktronica record,Template:Efn incorporating elements of genres such as trip hop and electronica.<ref name="lechner"/><ref name="cinquemani"/> In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), journalist Ernesto Lechner further classified the album as a dream pop work.<ref name="lechner"/> Its lyrical themes primarily encompass love, lust, and complexities of relationships and friendships.<ref name="burger"/><ref name="waliszewski">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> John Aizlewood of The Guardian described Dido's vocals as "ice-maiden" while possessing an "undertow of humanising vulnerability".<ref name="aizlewood"/> Dido's vocal performance received frequent comparisons to Sarah McLachlan<ref name="cinquemani"/><ref name="khasim"/> and Sinéad O'Connor,<ref name="burger"/><ref name="lechner"/><ref name="baillie">Template:Cite news</ref> while numerous critics likened the album's musical style to Beth Orton.Template:Efn Further comparisons were made to Faithless,<ref name="shaw"/> Dolores O'Riordan,<ref name="waliszewski"/> Sting, and Peter Gabriel.<ref name="la"/>

No Angel opens with "Here with Me", a "languid" folktronica track driven by "heart-monitor" synths and "dramatic" strings.<ref name="white">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song depicts Dido as a woman dependent on her lover, attempting to imagine her life without him, while on "Hunter", she yearns to descend from the unsolicited pedestal he placed her on.<ref name="cinquemani"/><ref name="shaw"/> String-infused "Don't Think of Me" shows a protagonist angrily scorning her former partner.<ref name="johnson"/><ref name="waliszewski"/> "All You Want" details romantic loss from the perspective of a fixated lover, as evident in the lines: "I'd like to watch you sleep at night / To hear you breathe by my side" and "Now our bed is oh so cold / My hands feel empty, no one to hold / And I can sleep what side I want."<ref name="shaw"/><ref name="white"/> "Thank You" expresses gratitude towards a partner alleviating different inconveniences.<ref name="waliszewski"/> Musically, it is a ballad built on an acoustic guitar, congas, a recorder, and a drum machine.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Folktronica and trip hop track "Honestly OK" displays a minimalist vocal arrangement against an electronic dub background, and is among the more introspective songs on the album: "I'm so lonely, I don't even want to be with myself anymore".<ref name="shaw"/><ref name="cinquemani"/> "Slide" and "Isobel" are lyrical encouragements directed towards an anguished and remorseful friend.<ref name="waliszewski"/> Syncopated up-tempo title track "I'm No Angel" is followed by the blues-influenced closing track "My Life",<ref name="leiby"/> built on "cinematic" strings and a Wurlitzer electronic piano.<ref name="cinquemani"/> Lyrically, the latter sees Dido regaining control over her situation, concluding the events of the album's lyrics similarly to a romantic comedy climax, according to Natalie Shaw of BBC.<ref name="shaw"/>

Marketing and touring

Prior to the completion of No Angel, "Thank You" first appared on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Sliding Doors.Template:Efn As early as the summer of 1998, Arista began distributing samples of the album to journalists, including the five-track The Highbury Fields EP, while some material also appeared on a promotional cassette for the 1998 Lilith Fair.<ref name="jones"/><ref name="flick"/> Consequently, various retailers faced high demand for the album in the months preceding its release.<ref name="flick"/> No Angel was ultimately released on 1 June 1999, with "Here with Me" released as its lead single two weeks earlier. Dido had begun touring clubs across the US, which commenced in Boston on 10 May, and was slated to perform on five dates of the 1999 Lilith Fair in July.<ref name="flick"/> "Here with Me" was soon chosen as the opening theme for the American television series Roswell (1999–2002),<ref name="white"/> and reached number 16 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100, the Billboard Hot 100's extension chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Don't Think of Me" was released as a promotional single on 7 February 2000,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> before "Thank You" was released as the second single on 18 September,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> as Dido continued touring the US throughout the year, also serving as an opening act for Sting.<ref name="hay"/> She further promoted No Angel with televised performances on shows such as Live with Regis,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live,<ref name="thankful"/> and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

As Rollo's negotiations regarding the 1999 sale of Cheeky Records to BMG postponed all Cheeky releases for over a year,<ref name="garratt"/> No Angel was not released outside the US until 16 October 2000, when it was released in Dido's native UK.<ref name="musicweek"/> It was progressively released worldwide within the following six months.<ref name="snep"/><ref name="sonyau"/><ref name="Japan"/> The album's release in Europe and Oceania coincided with the release of Eminem's international number-one hit single "Stan", a song which incorporates a sample of the opening verse of "Thank You", and was widely credited with propelling Dido to global prominence and accelerating the sales of No Angel.Template:Efn In the UK, the album was reissued as an enhanced CD on 29 January 2001,<ref name="enhanced"/> while "Here with Me" was released as the lead single on 12 February 2001,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart,<ref name="uksingles">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and within the top 10 in 12 additional countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Prior to the single's relaunch, Dido filmed a second accompanying music video for the song.<ref name="leiby"/> Dido began touring the UK for the first time in February,<ref name="simpson"/> followed by shows across Europe throughout the spring, before returning to North America to perform at larger venues throughout the summer.<ref name="garratt"/> "Thank You" was internationally released on 21 May 2001,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> peaking at number three on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.<ref name="uksingles"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Hunter" was released as the third and final single from No Angel on 18 June,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> attaining less commercial success than its predecessors by peaking at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart and failing to enter the US Billboard Hot 100.<ref name="uksingles"/>

Dido also promoted No Angel with televised performances in the UK, such as those of "Here with Me" and "Thank You" on Later... with Jools Holland,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and separate performances of "Here with Me", "Thank You", and "Hunter" on Top of the Pops in February,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> June,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and September 2001,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> respectively. In Australia, she performed "Here with Me" at the 2001 ARIA Music Awards on 30 October.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Earlier that month, a double-disc special edition of the album was released in Japan and Australia,<ref name="japanspecial"/><ref name="auspecial"/> while a double-disc limited edition, including the previously unreleased "Christmas Day", was released in the UK on 19 November.<ref name="uklimited"/> "All You Want" was also released as a limited 3-inch mini single exclusively in the UK on 10 December.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Although she had refused to perform at the Brit Awards 2001, where she was slated to perform "Stan" with Eminem,<ref name="garratt"/> she performed "Here with Me" at the following ceremony on 20 February 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 2008, No Angel was digitally reissued to include "Worthless" and a Deep Dish-produced remix of "Thank You" as bonus tracks.<ref name="digital"/> In commemoration of its 25th anniversary, the album is set to be made available on vinyl worldwide for the first time, alongside additional merchandise, in September 2025.<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref>Template:Efn

Critical reception

No Angel received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. American journalists, such as those of Elle, Los Angeles Times, and Time, as well as Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine, welcomed Dido and her "sparkling", "stylish" and "accomplished" debut.<ref name="la"/><ref name="cinquemani"/><ref name="thankful">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Meanwhile, British journalist Christian Ward of NME opined that Dido failed to match the strength of Eminem's "Stan", which helped introduce her to her native UK market after she had already become prominent in the US.<ref name="ward"/> Jeff Burger from AllMusic and Beth Johnson of Entertainment Weekly both directed predominant praise towards the sonic quality of No Angel, which Burger described as "atmospheric, seductive, and beautifully produced and sequenced".<ref name="burger"/><ref name="johnson"/> Fridae's Ikram Khasim further called the album "an amalgamation of pop, soul, folk, and trip-hop (thanks to her brother Rollo from the band Faithless) rolled into a pleasing package",<ref name="khasim"/> while a critic from Interview concluded that it "feels just about perfect".<ref name="thankful"/> Conversely, Chris Nettleton of Drowned in Sound dismissed the record's sound as commercialised and overproduced, concluding that the album lacks a coherent theme.<ref name="nettleton"/> He nonetheless complimented Dido's vocal performance, as did John Aizlewood of The Guardian. Both Nettleton and Aizlewood commended the album's Faithless-influenced aspects, with Nettleton highlighting "My Lover's Gone" for exhibiting a musical style reminiscent of the band, and Aizlewood accentuating a "template of aggressive lushness" shared between the artists.<ref name="nettleton"/><ref name="aizlewood"/> Burger was, however, ambivalent towards the album's lyricism, which he labelled less adventurous than that of Sinéad O'Connor, to whom Dido received frequent critical comparisons.<ref name="burger"/> Ward further criticized the lyricism as "tedious", and Dido's artistry as "music for people who buy one CD a year".<ref name="ward"/>

Regardless of the critical polarity, Q listed No Angel as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> At the Brit Awards 2002, the album won British Album of the Year;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> it would go on to be nominated for British Album of 30 Years at the Brit Awards 2010, but would ultimately lose to (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Internationally, the album won the 2002 NRJ Music Award for International Album of the Year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in addition to being nominated for the 2001 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Ernesto Lechner reflected on No Angel sounding "surprisingly mature for a debut album", concluding that although Dido's "mellow approach and pretty melodies are a bit too laid-back to qualify as groundbreaking", it would be "cynical to altogether dismiss the chanteuseTemplate:'s sincere intentions and gorgeous voice".<ref name="lechner"/> In a retrospective review for BBC, journalist Natalie Shaw remarked: "While there's little variation in No AngelTemplate:'s material, its songs do their jobs diligently. But that's exactly the problem – it's all so constructed."<ref name="shaw"/> Writing for The Independent upon the album's 25th anniversary, journalist Adam White declared it "neither as bland as conventional wisdom suggests it is, nor quite interesting enough to be a secret classic".<ref name="white"/>

Commercial performance

No Angel was a universal sleeper hit. In the US, it debuted at number 50 on the Top Heatseekers chart dated 24 July 1999, after which it fluctuated for a year before reaching the summit on 5 August 2000.<ref name="hay">Template:Cite magazine</ref> On the Billboard 200, the album debuted at number 144 on the issue dated 3 June 2000,<ref name="Billboard II">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and began rapidly ascending the chart in subsequent months, which was attributed to extensive touring, adult contemporary radio exposure, and Eminem's "Stan".<ref name="hay"/> In November, No Angel was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), signifying shipments of one million units in the country,<ref name="riaa"/> and entered the top 40 of the Billboard 200.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In January 2001, the album leaped towards the top 10 on the Billboard 200 at number nine,<ref name="Billboard II"/> by which point it had already sold two million copies in the country.<ref name="simpson"/> The album reached its peak position of number four in its 40th week on the Billboard 200, on the chart dated 3 March 2001.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> On the year-end Billboard 200 for 2001, it was positioned at number 17,<ref name="us01">Template:Cite magazine</ref> having been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA that July.<ref name="riaa"/> According to Nielsen SoundScan, No Angel had sold over 4.2 million units in the US by November 2008,<ref name="reuters">Template:Cite news</ref> and has spent a total of 69 weeks on the Billboard 200.<ref name="bb200"/> In Canada, the album debuted at number 18 on the Canadian Albums Chart dated 6 January 2001,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> peaking at number four in its tenth week.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For sales of 400,000 copies in the country, it was certified quadruple platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in September 2003.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the UK, No Angel debuted at number 50 on the UK Albums Chart dated 28 October 2000. Despite not yet being supported by a single in the country, it entered the top 10 at number five in its 14th week, ascending to the summit two weeks later,<ref name="occ"/> and sold over 400,000 copies in the country by February 2001.Template:Efn As "Here with Me" was commercially released as the lead single, No Angel remained atop the chart for five further consecutive weeks.<ref name="occ"/> On the chart dated 6 October 2001, it returned to the top for a seventh and final week.<ref name="occ"/> In the country, the album became the best-selling of 2001,<ref name="uk01">Template:Cite news</ref> and the second-best-selling of the 2000s, behind James Blunt's Back to Bedlam.<ref name="white"/> With sales exceeding three million units, it is the 26th best-selling album of all time in the UK,<ref name="UK sales">Template:Cite news</ref> and was certified decuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in July 2013.<ref name="bpi"/> Across Europe, the album reached number one in Austria, Finland, France,<ref name="aut"/> Greece,<ref name="gre"/> Ireland,<ref name="ire"/> and Norway,<ref name="nor"/> as well as on the European Top 100 Albums.<ref name="eur"/> It was the best-selling album of 2001 in Europe,<ref name="eur01"/> and the second-best-selling in Finland,<ref name="fin"/> Germany,<ref name="ger"/> and Ireland.<ref name="ire01"/> The following year, it was certified quintuple platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), for sales of five million units in Europe.<ref name="ifpi"/> In Australia, No Angel debuted at number 21, rising to number one in its sixth week and spending eight consecutive weeks at the summit.<ref name="aus"/> It went on to be certified sextuple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2004, denoting shipments of over 420,000 units in the country.<ref name="aria"/> In New Zealand, the album debuted at number 17, reaching the summit in its fifth week; it stayed atop the chart for nine non-consecutive weeks.<ref name="nz"/> By April 2002, it had sold 75,000 copies and was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> No Angel was the second-best-selling album of 2001 in both countries.<ref name="aus01"/><ref name="nz01"/> With shipments of 8.6 million copies worldwide, it topped BillboardTemplate:'s Global 20 chart for 2001.<ref name="global">Template:Cite magazine</ref> According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the album was the second-best-selling of 2001 worldwide.<ref name="ww01"/> As of 2025, it has sold over 15 million copies worldwide, and has accumulated 1.2 billion streams.<ref name="ichr">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="rtr">Template:Cite news</ref>

Track listing

Notes

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of No Angel.<ref name="liner">Template:Cite AV media</ref> Template:Div col

• Bruce Aisher – additional keyboards (track 7), keyboards (track 8)
• Rusty Anderson – electric guitar (tracks 2 and 5)
• Aquila – background vocals (track 8)
• Mark Bates – keyboards (tracks 6, 11, and 12), organ (track 11), piano (tracks 3, 6, 9, and 11), songwriting (track 11), Wurlitzer (track 11)
• Matty Benbrook – live drums (tracks 8, 9, and 11), programming (track 7), songwriting (track 7)
• Duncan Bridgeman – keyboards (track 4), production (track 4), programming (track 4), recording (track 4)
• Phill Brown – mixing (tracks 6–11), recording (tracks 9 and 10)
• Rachael Brown – background vocals (tracks 8 and 11)
• Jamie Catto – production (track 4), songwriting (track 4)
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Laura de Leon – hair
• Richard Dekkard – songwriting (track 12)
• Dido – keyboards (tracks 7 and 9), production (tracks 1, 2, and 4–12), recorder (track 6), songwriting (all tracks), vocals (all tracks)
• Geoff Dugmore – live drums (track 3), percussion (track 3)
• Peter Edge – A&R
• Mark Felton – harmonica (track 10)
• Pascal Gabriel – songwriting (tracks 1 and 10)
• Goetz – additional recording (track 9), mixing (tracks 4 and 12), recording (tracks 6–8, 11, and 12)
• Hosh Gureli – A&R
• Paulie Herman – guitar (tracks 3, 6, 8, and 9), harmonica (track 9), songwriting (3, 5, 6, and 8)
• Ash Howes – mixing (tracks 1, 2, and 5), recording (tracks 1, 2, and 5)
• Len Irish – photography
• Sudha Kheterpal – percussion (tracks 8 and 10)
• Peter Leak – management
• Heidi Lee – makeup
• Sheri G. Lee – art direction
• Wil Malone – string arrangement (tracks 1, 3, 11, and 12)
• Martin McCorry – electric guitar (track 9)
• Hugo Nicolson – mixing (track 3), recording (track 3)
• Rick Nowels – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, and 5), chamberlin (tracks 2 and 5), keyboards (tracks 1, 2, and 5), production (tracks 1, 2, and 5)
• Aubrey Nunn – bass guitar (tracks 4, 8, 10, and 12)
• John Pierce – bass (tracks 2 and 5)
• Dave Randall – guitar (tracks 4, 10, and 12)
• Nick "Manasseh" Raphael – additional programming (track 7), dub effects (track 7)
• Jony Rockstar – programming (track 3)
• Rollo – production (tracks 6–12), programming (tracks 6, 8–10, and 12), songwriting (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11)
• James Sanger – programming (tracks 1, 2, and 5)
• Sister Bliss – keyboards (track 12), production (track 12)
• Mal Hyde Smith – percussion (tracks 6, 9, and 12)
• Andrew Southam – photography
• Paul Statham – keyboards (tracks 1 and 10), piano (track 10), songwriting (tracks 1 and 10)
• Richie Stevens – additional live drums (tracks 2 and 5), additional percussion (track 5)
• Pauline Taylor – additional arrangement (track 8), additional background vocals (tracks 2, 3, and 12), background vocals (tracks 8 and 11), background vocal arrangement (track 11), songwriting (track 3)
• John Themis – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, and 5), percussion (tracks 1, 2, and 5)
• Peter Vittese – additional programming (track 1), keyboards (track 1)
• Tim Vogt – bass (track 9)
• Randy Wine – engineering (tracks 2 and 5)
• Gavyn Wright – strings (tracks 1, 3, 11, and 12)
• Youth – bass (track 3), production (track 3)
• Basia Zamorska – styling

Charts

Weekly charts

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2000–2001 weekly chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Peak position
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)<ref name="eur">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
Greek Albums (IFPI)<ref name="gre">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="Japan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	43
Portuguese Albums (AFP)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	2
South African Albums (RISA)<ref name="SA"/>	10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref name="salaverri"/>	6

Monthly charts

2001 monthly chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Peak position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1

Year-end charts

2000 year-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	81
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	135
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	175

Template:Year-end album chart

2001 year-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="aus01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)<ref name="eur01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref name="ger">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Global 20 (Billboard)<ref name="global"/>	1
Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref name="ire01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref name="nz01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	38
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4
UK Albums (OCC)<ref name="uk01"/>	1
US Billboard 200<ref name="us01"/>	17
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)<ref name="ww01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2

2002 year-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	43
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	70
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	57
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name = "CANALTYE02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	75
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	24
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	38
UK Albums (OCC)<ref name="uk02">Template:Cite news</ref>	27

2003 year-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	98
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	89

2004 year-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	98

2005 year-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	44

Decade-end charts

2000s decade-end chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA end of Decade">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	24
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	2
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine Digit page 167 on the PDF archive.</ref>	97

Centurial charts

21st century chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	157

All-time charts

All-time chart performance for No Angel

Chart	Position
Irish Female Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8

Release history

Release dates and formats for No Angel

Region	Date	Edition(s)	Format(s)	Label(s)	Template:Abbr
United States	1 June 1999	Standard	Template:Hlist	Template:Hlist	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
United Kingdom	16 October 2000			Template:Hlist	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Germany	23 October 2000		CD	BMG	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
France	22 January 2001				{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
United Kingdom	29 January 2001	Special	Enhanced CD	Arista	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Australia	12 February 2001	Standard	CD	BMG	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Japan	25 April 2001				{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
	3 October 2001	Special	Double CD		{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Australia	15 October 2001				{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
United Kingdom	19 November 2001	Limited		Arista	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Various	28 November 2008	Reissue	Digital download	Sony Music	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
	19 September 2025	Standard	VinylTemplate:Efn		{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

See also

• Dido discography
• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s
• List of number-one albums of 2001 (Australia)
• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums by women
• List of best-selling albums in Europe
• List of best-selling albums in France
• List of best-selling albums in United Kingdom

References

Bibliography

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External links

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• Official website