Craig David biography
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an England Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums:
Born to Do It,
Slicker Than Your Average,
The Story Goes., and
Trust Me (album).
Biography
Personal life
Craig David was born in Southampton, England, the son of Tina David (married and maiden names Loftus), a shop assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter who played bass in a local reggae band called Ebony Rockers, which released a few records on EMI that were regional hits in the 1980s. David's father is a black Grenada and his mother is a British Jew related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; his maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Judaism and his maternal grandmother a conversion to Judaism' His parents separated when he was eight and he was raised by his mother.
Craig is also a fan of Southampton FC.
Career
His earliest exposure came when he worked on a b-side to British group Damage's song "Wonderful Tonight". He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with UK garage act The Artful Dodger (UK band), of which the song "Rewind", released off the Artful Dodger album
It's All About the Stragglers, hit 2 on the UK charts in 2000, thus paving the way for a solo career. His first single, "Fill Me In", made him the youngest solo male artist ever to reach 1 in the UK (he was 19 at the time). This was the first of a string of four Top 10 singles from his debut album "Born To Do It" which eventually sold more than 7 Million units Worldwide earning Multi-Platinum status in more than 20 Countries. The song "Key To My Heart" taken from the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers Animated film
Osmosis Jones.
The success of his debut, which was written almost entirely by David and Mark Hill of Artful Dodger (UK band), led to the U.S. release of "Fill Me In" in May 2001. It proved a success, reaching 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Born to Do It was released in the U.S. on July 17 2001, peaking at 11 on the
Billboard 200 and sold over one million copies. The single "7 Days" nevertheless hit the Top 10 in the U.S., although "Walking Away"—which had reached 3 in the UK and 5 in Australia—missed the Top 40 in the U.S. and was the last of his singles to chart there.
The follow-up album,
Slicker Than Your Average, was released in 2002 and fared considerably less well than his debut. None of the six singles released from the album charted in the U.S. Although "What's Your Flava?" and "Rise & Fall" (duet with Sting (musician)) received airplay on the Urban contemporary and Soft AC formats, they did not make the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Tracks chart or the Adult Contemporary chart. However, "What's Your Flava?" made the Rhythmic Top 40 ( 32), Top 40 Mainstream ( 24) and the Top 40 Tracks ( 37). The albums' first four singles continued his streak of Top 10 hits in the UK, bringing a total of nine consecutive Top 10 hits until "World Filled with Love" peaked at 15 in 2003. According to the RIAA
Slicker Than Your Average reached Gold Status in the USA.
David later signed on with Warner Music Group and put together his third album,
The Story Goes..., released worldwide in August 2005 (excluding the U.S. where it was never released). The first single, "All the Way", returned him to the Top 3, and the second single, "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)", tied with "7 Days" as his longest running single in the charts since "Rewind", spending 15 weeks inside the UK Top 75. The album's third single, "Unbelievable", debuted at 18 in March 2006.
In 2007, he collaborated with UK rapper Kano (rapper) on his upcoming album
London Town, for the single "This is the Girl". The track was released on August 27 2007 and debuted at 18 on the UK charts.
The first single "Hot Stuff" from the album
Trust Me (album), was released on November 5 2007 . The single was a top ten hit, whilst the album charted at 18 on the UK Albums Chart.
"6 of 1 Thing", the second single to be taken from
Trust Me (album) charted at thirty-nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his third lowest charting single to date.
The latest single "Officially Yours" was released on June 23rd 2008, and peaked at a very disappointing 158 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his lowest charting single ever.
A greatest hits compilation will be released later 2008. David has began working on the compilation album with hit producers Danja Handz and Eddie Galan .
A new track titled 'Are You Up For This' started receiving airplay on various radio stations in July 2008, the track is courtesy of Ice Cream Records and features a remix from 'Witty Boy'.
On Sunday 17th August 2008 David performed in a birthday tribute concert for songwriter Don Black,
Lyrics by Don Black, at the London Palladium. He performed the song
Ben, originally a hit for Michael Jackson.
David took part in Soccer Aid 2008 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 7th September 2008. He played in the same England side with ex internationals such as Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham and David Seaman. David also picked up the Man of The Match award on the night.
On September 11th 2008, Ice Cream Records announced that 'Where's Your Love' featuring Tinchy Stryder would be released on November 10th 2008 in the UK with the 'Greatest Hits' album following on November 24th.
It has been revealed that Craig David has two nominations for the 2008 UK Urban Music Awards for 'Best Album' with
Trust Me (album) and 'Best R&B Act'.
Discography
Albums
Singles
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1 "Personal" appeared on the charts at number 18 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, even though it wasn't released as a single.
- 'Are You Up For This' which was released to clubs and radio, is a single produced by Fraser T Smith and was originally intended to be a bootleg for "Officially Yours". 'Are You Up For This' has been released on Ice Cream Records, and features a remix with Witty Boy following his fresh and acclaimed mix of Estelle.
- 'Where Is The Love' featuring Tinchy Stryder is the second promotional track to be released via Ice Cream Records. The lyrics are taken from a previously unreleased track called 'Smoothed Out' which featured a sample from Urban group 112.
As A Featured Performer
B-Sides/Extras/Unreleased Tracks
Awards and nominations
- BET Awards
- - 2002, Best R&B Male Artist (nominated)
- - 2002, Best New Artist (nominated)
- MOBO Awards
- - 2001: Best UK Act
- - 2001: Best R&B Act (Nominated)
- - 2001: Best Album:
Born to Do It (nominated)
- - 2000: Best R&B Act
- - 2000: Best UK Newcomer
- - 2000: Best UK Single of the Year: "Fill Me In"
- - 2000: Best Video: "7 Days" (nominated)
- - 2000: Best UK Single of the Year: "Woman Trouble" (nominated) shared with Robbie Craig and Artful Dodger
- MTV Europe Awards
- - 2001: Best R&B Act
- MTV Video Music Awards
- - 2002: Best Male Video: "Walking Away" (nominated)
- - 2001: MTV2 Award: "Fill Me In" (nominated)
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