Dodie
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| Birth name | Dorothy Miranda Clark | |||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1995 Enfield, London, England[1] | |||||||||
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Also known as | dodie | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1,698,230 (main channel subscriber count)[2][3] | |||||||||
| Total views | 345 million views (rounded all channels)[4][5][6][3] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 21 August 2018 | ||||||||||
Dorothy Miranda "Dodie" Clark[7] (born 11 April 1995) is an English singer-songwriter, author and YouTuber from Epping, Essex. Clark posts both original songs and cover songs on her main YouTube channel "doddleoddle" and posts vlogs on her side channel "doddlevloggle". Clark is known for her piano and ukulele covers as well as her original songs. As of July 2018, she has over 160 videos, over 1.7M[5] subscribers, and over 200 million views on her main channel. On her side channel, she has 350+ videos, over 870K[4] subscribers, and over 100 million views. On 9 December 2016, she released the first video on her Vevo channel, dodieVEVO, where she has over 11.8 million views and over 372K subscribers. She has collaborated with many other YouTube artists including Tessa Violet, Lauren Aquilina , Orla Gartland, Thomas Sanders, Jon Cozart, Emma Blackery, Flashback and more.[8]
Clark has released two independent extended plays, Intertwined and You, both of which charted within the top 40 of the official UK Albums Chart at numbers 35 and 6, respectively.[9]
Career
Dodie's first channel was called "Dodders5", now known as the "Alice and Dodie show!", which was created on 1 August 2007 and shared with her friend Alice Webb.[10]
Clark's main channel "doddleoddle" was created on 7 February 2011; her first video on that channel, an original song called "Rain", was uploaded on 14 April that year. In addition to her main channel, Clark has a VEVO channel, "dodieVEVO",[11] and a side channel, "doddlevloggle".[12]
On 18 November 2016 Clark self-released her first EP, Intertwined.[13] Despite its unsigned status, the EP reached number 35 on the official UK album charts during its first week of release.[14]
Clark also co-hosted Coca-Cola's CokeTV alongside fellow YouTuber Manny Brown, where they took part in various activities.[15]
Dodie's second EP, You, was released on 11 August 2017. In its opening week of release, the EP debuted at number 6 on the official UK Albums Chart—29 places higher than the peak of Intertwined, thereby marking a new personal best for Clark.[16] It also debuted at number 55 on the US Billboard 200.[17]
In June 2017, Dodie announced that she was writing a book.[18] On 2 November 2017, Clark published her autobiographical book titled Secrets for the Mad: Obsessions, Confessions and Life Lessons.
Dodie has also been featured on lyric annotation website Genius where she analysed her single "Party Tattoos".[19] In 2018, she was featured in a collaboration with Faultline, a cover of the song All I Do Is Dream of You which was featured in an advertising campaign by Audi in the United Kingdom.[20][21]
Dodie announced on September 18, 2018 that she has a new EP to be released in January of 2019 entitled “Human” with the title track being the lead single released on September 21.[22]
Touring
In 2014, Clark joined fellow YouTuber Bry on his national tour of the UK and rejoined him on his Australian and New Zealand tour in 2015. In January 2015, she supported Bethan Leadley (MusicalBethan) on her UK Tour. She toured with Tessa Violet twice over the period of 2015-2016, as well as with Jon Cozart and Rusty Clanton in 2016.[23]
She toured the UK for her EP, Intertwined, in March 2017, with Rusty Clanton as her opening act and Orla Gartland as her guitarist.[24][25] Dodie also toured her You EP, during October 2017, again with Orla.[26] Dodie toured Europe in February and March 2018.[27] She also had her 3rd UK tour, titled ‘The Spring Tour’,[28] where she was supported by the acts Fenne Lily and Skinny Living. Dodie also frequently performs at YouTube-related and musical festival events.[29][30][23] Dodie is touring with Tessa Violet in the US, in September 2018.[31][32][33]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Nominee | Result |
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| 2017 | Shorty Awards – YouTube Musician | Dodie Clark | Won[34] |
| 2017 | Summer in the City Awards – Breakthrough Award | Dodie Clark | Won[35] |
| 2017 | Summer in the City Awards – Song of the Year | Dodie Clark | Nominated |
| 2017 | Streamy Awards – Breakthrough Artist | Dodie Clark | Nominated |
Discography
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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| UK [36] |
AUS [37] |
CAN [38] |
US [39] |
US Indie[40] | US Heat[41] | US Folk[42] | |||||
| Intertwined |
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35 | — | — | 153 | 10 | 1 | 5 | |||
| You |
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6 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 2 | — | 3 | |||
| Human |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Sick of Losing Soulmates" | 2016 | Intertwined |
| "6/10" | 2017 | You |
| "Party Tattoos" | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "All I Do Is Dream of You" (with Faultline) | TBA | |
| "Human" (feat. Tom Walker) | Human |
YouTube Songs
All original songs and covers uploaded on Dodie's YouTube channels.
Original Songs
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Rain" | 2011 | — |
| "A song about a song" | — | |
| "The ill ukelele song" | 2012 | — |
| "You're Just A Dream" | — | |
| "The YouTube Song" | — | |
| "Fickle" | — | |
| "Stuck The Way We Are" | — | |
| "From Braces to Lipstick" | — | |
| "A Permanent Hug From You" | — | |
| "Absolutely Smitten" | 2013 | Intertwined |
| "Paint" | — | |
| "Little Mosquito" | — | |
| "There's A Storm Coming Tonight" | — | |
| "Christmas Time" | — | |
| "Social Dance" | 2014 | — |
| "Adored By Him" | — | |
| "She" | Human | |
| "Little Room" | 2015 | — |
| "Pas De Deux" | — | |
| "An Awkward Duet" (feat. Jon Cozart) | — | |
| "One For the Road" | — | |
| "The Flat's a Mess"(feat. Evan Edinger) | — | |
| "Down" | — | |
| "The Slowest Man Alive" | — | |
| "Sick of Losing Soulmates" | Intertwined | |
| "Freckles and Constellations" | — | |
| "Gold Star For Me" (feat. Carrie Hope Fletcher) | 2016 | — |
| "My Face" | — | |
| "Intertwined" | Intertwined | |
| "I've Been Busy" | — | |
| "this is for me" | — | |
| "I won't be done" | — | |
| "Tell Me A Story" (feat. Evan Edinger) | — | |
| "Human" (feat. Jon Cozart) | Human | |
| "Would You Be So Kind?" | You | |
| "when" | Intertwined | |
| "Dear Happy" (feat. Thomas Sanders) | — | |
| "Secret for the mad" | You | |
| "I Knew You Once" | 2017 | — |
| "you" | You | |
| "Instrumental" | ||
| "no words" | — | |
| "party tattoos" | Party Tattoos | |
| "6/10" | You | |
| "in the middle (acoustic)" | ||
| "burned out" | Human | |
| "bitter content" (feat. Dom Fera) | 2018 | Human |
| "Far Away" | — | |
| "Rainbow" | — | |
| "why the rainbow is ours!" | — |
Covers
Music Videos
Uploaded on Dodie's Vevo Channel
| Title | Director | Year |
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| "Sick of Losing Soulmates" | Sammy Paul | 2016 |
| "Intertwined" | Sammy Paul | 2017 |
| "6/10" | Sammy Paul | |
| "You" | Bertie Gilbert | |
| "In the Middle" | Tom Brennan | |
| "Secret For the Mad" | Hannah Jacobs | 2018 |
| "Human" | Hazel Hayes |
Personal Life
Clark is bisexual, and came out openly in 2016.[43] She has since been celebrated as a prominent bisexual role model and campaigner.
In 2018, Clark voiced her support for student-led political campaign group For our Future’s Sake (FFS), who advocate a people’s vote on the Brexit deal.
References
- ^ Clark, Dodie (17 November 2015). "doddleoddle". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "YouTube Channel". Retrieved 21 August 2018..
- ^ a b "About doddleoddle". YouTube.
- ^ a b "doddlevloggle". YouTube.
- ^ a b "doddleoddle". YouTube.
- ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube.
- ^ Clark, Dodie (31 August 2015). You got questions, kid? I got answers. YouTube. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "dodie". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "dodders5". YouTube. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "dodieVEVO". YouTube.
- ^ Clark, Dodie. "doddlevloggle". YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Riley, Conor (25 November 2016). "Dodie Releases EP and Sells Out Headline Show". TenEighty Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Results". Official Charts Company. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Hepburn, Matthew (23 June 2016). "CokeTV and chill? Tune in to Coca-Cola's new YouTube channel with hosts Manny and Dodie". Coca-Cola. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ White, Jack (18 August 2017). "Ed Sheeran pips Elvis Presley to Albums Number 1 in one of the year's closest chart races". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Dodie – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Clark, Dodie (15 June 2017), party tattoos - original song || dodie, retrieved 14 July 2018
- ^ Brown, Lisa (21 February 2018). "Dodie Breaks Down "Party Tattoos" On Genius' Video Series 'Verified'". Genius. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Audi Approved – Dream". 2 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Audi (12 June 2018). Audi Approved 'Dream'. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Dodie Live at Vicar Street". vicarstreet.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Tessa Violet, Rusty Clanton, and Dodie Clark are Going on Tour This Fall". 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Dodie Clark Announces Intertwined EP Tour – TenEighty – YouTube News, Features, and Interviews".
- ^ "Dodie Clark announces U.K. tour dates - CelebMix". 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Dodie Just Announced A Tour And Here's Everything You Need To Know".
- ^ "dodie Announces European Tour – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
- ^ "dodie Announces Spring 2018 Tour – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
- ^ "dodie at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
- ^ "Dodie Clark To Play Her First Festival – TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". teneightymagazine.com.
- ^ Violet, Tessa [@TessaViolet] (25 June 2018). "super excited to announce i'll be supporting dodie on her US run this September! See you there!" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 June 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Tessa Violet Tour Dates 2018 & Concert Tickets". Bandsintown. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Tessa Violet Tickets, Tour Dates 2018 & Concerts". Songkick. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Dodie Clark - The Shorty Awards". www.shortyawards.com.
- ^ Summer in the City [@SummerInTheCity] (7 August 2017). "Subs, VEVO, tour and more! @doddleoddle wins #SitC2017 Awards' Breakthrough!" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 August 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Dodie - Chart history". UK Album Charts. 19 March 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Dodie - Chart history". Billboard. 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Dodie - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/dodie/chart-history/independent-albums
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/dodie/chart-history/heatseekers-albums
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/dodie/chart-history/americana-folk-albums
- ^ Hodson, Charleyy (24 May 2016). "Dodie Clark addresses her sexuality and the idea of "labels"". wetheunicorns.com. We the Unicorns. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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