Craig David

Known for ActingBorn 1981-05-05 (age 45)Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

X-Factor

Top of the Pops Reloaded

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

The Graham Norton Show

Bo' Selecta!

Samedi soir en direct

Top of the Pops

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Platinum Party at the Palace

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

The Last Leg

GMTV

Star Academy

Goldene Kamera

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

RI:SE

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Big Narstie Show

The One Show

The KSI Show

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Walk the Line

Craig David Rocks Big Ben Live

The Queen's Birthday Party

Who Shot Simon Cowell?

Sounds Like Friday Night

The Michael Ball Show

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

Fredag hela veckan

Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party