Craig David

British performer Craig David's star hit the UK music scene in 1999, when a single titled "Fill Me In" hit # 1 on the national charts. The debut album with the self-explanatory title "Born To Do It" brought the singer worldwide popularity, and his subsequent works earned 10 Brit Awards nominations and a dozen other prestigious awards and prizes.

Craig Ashley David was born on May 5, 1981 in the English city of Southampton to parents of different nationalities and religions. The black father was from the island state of Grenada, and the mother represented the dynasty of Orthodox Jews in Great Britain.

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When the boy was 8 years old, a parent who worked as a local carpenter left the family, leaving his wife to take care of his growing son alone. True, after a while Craig restored relations with his father, part-time bassist of the Ebony Rockers, and began attending performances in clubs, absorbing music and penetrating into a creative atmosphere.

In college, the young man became seriously interested in playing the guitar and began to compose his own tunes. Thanks to his father's acquaintances, he began to earn money at local parties as a DJ and won the national competition for young performers.

As a reward, Craig's song "I'm Ready" was featured on the back of British metallers Damage's "Wonderful Tonight" LP. And then he recorded vocals for the songs of the duet Artful Dodger several times.

Agent Paul Widger played an important role in the further biography of the young performer, who, when meeting with the co-owner of the Wildstar Records label, Colin Lester, gave him a recording of Craig's "Walking Away".

In the late 1990s, David was invited to a professional studio and offered a contact to record a solo album. After the producers and directors heard the sketches for the song "7 Days", the young singer and author's stellar debut was predetermined and inevitable.

In addition, the success of Artful Dodger's song "Re-Rewind (the Crowd Say Bo Selecta)", which reached # 2 on the UK charts in 1999, was a good start for his solo career.

Thanks to these factors, the first single from the debut album, entitled "Fill Me In", soared to the top of the national charts and received a multi-platinum certification for selling more than 8 million copies worldwide.

Other hits that appeared after the release of the album "Born To Do It" also entered the top 10 popular songs, were reissued in the United States and immediately after the release took the leading positions in the Billboard Hot 100.

Since the time constraints of a standard music disc prevented Craig from using all the written material, he quickly released his 2nd album "Slicker Than Your Average" and continued his triumphant ascent to worldwide popularity.

After its official release on November 19, 2002, the album was certified gold in the US and double platinum in the UK. Along with the English version, which consisted of 13 tracks, a CD with remixes of the duet with Sting "Rise and Fall" and the solo composition of David "Hidden Agenda" were released in Asia.

Craig's subsequent work failed to replicate the success of his debut albums. "The Story Goes ...", recorded in 2005, with the exception of the song "All The Way" went unnoticed, and "Trust Me" with a cover of David Bowie's song "Let's Dance" remained outside the top ten in the UK charts.

Despite the low ratings, the latter received 2 UK Urban Music Awards in 2008, and the author was honored with the Music Industry Contribution and Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton.

Prior to the release of his 5th studio album, Signed Sealed Delivered, featuring a black and white photo on the cover, Craig played in group gigs and, along with rapper DJ Spoony, recorded several British hits for the Rewind Old Skool Classics project. In addition, the singer released a collection of greatest hits with the famous composition "Insomnia" as an additional edition and title track of the disc.

At the same time, David presented the singles "Stuck in the Middle", "All Alone Tonight (Stop, Look, Listen)" and "One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows)" and received a nomination in the category "Best Music Video" at the Urban Awards Music Awards 2010.

The musician devoted 2011 to collaborations with DJs Eric Morillo and Stereo Palma and performing at various events, the most notable of which was the tribute to Michael Jackson at the Millennium Rugby Stadium in Cardiff.

In 2012, Craig unexpectedly appeared on the disc of the American pop group Backstreet Boys, and then announced the replenishment of his own discography and disappeared from the UK music radars.

A year later, it became known that the musician had weekly TS5 parties in his own penthouse in Miami and broadcast what was happening via the SoundCloud Internet resource. There was also information about the creation of Bootyman Music Publishing, the purpose of which was to find and support young talented performers.

Finally, in 2016, David pampered fans with the studio album "Following My Intuition", on the eve of which the track teaser "Cold" and the promotional single "No Holding Back" appeared on the Internet rotation. Such promotion helped Craig's new work to debut at number 1 in the UK album chart and at the beginning of sales to cross the threshold of 24.5 thousand copies.

In September 2017, David announced the release of his 7th studio album and this time met the expectations of the fans, on January 26, 2018 by presenting the album "The Time Is Now".

Craig does not like to talk about his personal life and relationships with women. But he does not refute information about romances with Venezuelan model Aida Yespica, American singer Willa Ford, Colombian actress Sofia Vergara.

Now, according to unofficial information, the singer is looking for a girl who can become a good wife, love and take care of children.

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In addition to his musical career, David is fond of design and architecture, and in his free time he comes up with unusual visual technologies for smartphones, iPhones and other gadgets.

In addition, Craig travels a lot and visits Russia frequently. During these visits, the performer met with Moscow showmen and the creative elite, and also made friends with Ksenia Sobchak.

After completing the tour in support of The Time Is Now, Craig returned to a project called TS5.

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In 2019, the musician plans to perform in a dozen cities in America and Europe and, judging by the announcement on Instagram, to perform at the London South West Four festival.

In addition, on January 12, 2019, it became known that David was nominated for the Brit Awards in the UK Best Performer category, but lost the award to young folk musician and songwriter George Erza.

2000 - "Born to Do It" 2002 - "Slicker Than Your Average" 2005 - "The Story Goes ..." 2007 - "Trust Me" 2010 - "Signed Sealed Delivered" 2016 - "Following My Intuition" 2018 - "The Time Is Now "

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