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Craig David

Craig Ashley David MBE (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, Born to Do It, was released in 2000, after which he has released a further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such as Sting, Tinchy Stryder, Big Narstie, Kano and Jay Sean. David has 20 UK top 40 singles, and seven UK top 40 albums, selling over 15 million records worldwide as a solo artist. David has been nominated for fourteen Brit Awards: five times for Best British Male, and twice receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. David was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the only child of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter, and grew up in the Holyrood estate. David's father is Afro-Grenadian and David's mother is Anglo-Jewish and related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert to Judaism. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was brought up by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School and Southampton City College. David was bullied by other students at school. He wrote and released the song "Johnny" in 2005 about his memories of being bullied. David's father, George David, played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone. David's earliest exposure came when he worked on a B-side to British group Damage's cover of "Wonderful Tonight", on the track "I'm Ready". He then started doing vocals for the UK garage duo Artful Dodger, on tracks such as "Something" and "What Ya Gonna Do". Wildstar Records first became aware of David when the artist's then manager Paul Widger met the label's co-owner Colin Lester and played some of his music. Lester later told HitQuarters that he was particularly impressed by the first song he heard, "Walking Away", saying "That was an absolute stand-out ... It struck me that any seventeen-year-old that could write a song like this had huge potential." The Wildstar boss was further won over when, on later visiting the artist's home in Southampton, he found David's tiny bedroom stacked from floor to ceiling with 12" vinyl records, commenting: "That convinced me he was the real deal and not just some kid acting out the part." At that point Lester offered him a development deal with his label. When Lester later heard the song "7 Days", he said he immediately heard a number-one record and promoted the contract to an album deal the same day. ... Source: Article "Craig David" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
May 5, 1981 In Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the series Bravo Otto Verleihung 1957-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Riphamiltonfilm 2024-11-26
Known For
Poster of Platinum Party at the Palace
Poster of Walk the Line
Poster of Fredag hela veckan
Poster of Bravo Otto Verleihung
Filmography
Movie Riphamiltonfilm Self 2024-11-26
Movie Platinum Party at the Palace Self 2022-06-04
Movie The KSI Show Self 2021-07-17
Series Walk the Line Self - Judge 2021-12-12
Movie Craig David Rocks Big Ben Live Self 2019-12-31
Movie The Queen's Birthday Party Self - Performer 2018-04-21
Series The Big Narstie Show Self 2018-06-29
Series The Michael Ball Show Self 2010-08-16
Series The Graham Norton Show Self 2007-02-22
Series Fredag hela veckan Self - Music guest 2007-10-05
Series The Alan Titchmarsh Show Self 2007-09-03
Movie Live From Abbey Road: Best of Season 1 Self 2006-11-25
Series Top of the Pops Reloaded Self 2005-09-17
Series Samedi soir en direct Unknown 2003-09-13
Series RI:SE Unknown 2002-04-29
Series Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Self - Performer 2002-06-08
Series Star Academy Self 2001-10-20
Series Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self 2001-11-02
Series The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Self 1999-03-30
Series GMTV Self 1993-01-01
Series Victoires de la musique Self 1985-11-23
Series Goldene Kamera Verleihung Self 1966-01-25
Series Top of the Pops Self 1964-01-01
Series Bravo Otto Verleihung Self - Awardee / Performer 1957-01-01