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As she releases music from her upcoming soundtrack to Wuthering Heights, we count down the best of her frank, futurist tracks

5/5 A Brat-focused performance with intensely creative staging and guest performances from Robyn and Caroline Polachek

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THE COUNTDOWN: From Charli XCX’s neon-splattered club remix with Lorde to The Cure’s moment of bleary-eyed brilliance 16 years in the making, here are the songs that defined 2024, chosen by Annabel Nugent, Roisin O’Connor, Louis Chilton and Adam White

Completely inescapable at the turn of the millennium – when her billboards were pelted with tomatoes by Amy Winehouse – the folktronica artist behind hits like ‘Thank You’ and ‘Here with Me’ remains a polarising symbol of muted, post-Cool Britannia chillout. But is there more to Dido’s debut than meets…

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