Craig Ashley David was born on 5 May 1981 and is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger.
60 Facts About Craig David
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Craig David has 20 UK Top 40 singles, and seven UK Top 40 albums, selling over 15 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
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Craig 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.
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Craig David was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina, a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George Craig David, a carpenter, and grew up in the Holyrood estate.
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Craig David's parents separated when he was eight and he was brought up by his mother.
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Craig David wrote and released the song "Johnny" in 2005 about his memories of being bullied.
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Craig David then started doing vocals for the English garage duo Artful Dodger, on tracks such as "Something" and "What Ya Gonna Do".
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Craig David's first single, "Fill Me In", released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar Records, topped the UK chart and was the first of a string of four top 10 singles from his debut album Born to Do It, which eventually sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries.
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The album was leaked onto the internet prior to its official release but Craig David was not too bothered as he feels it "spreads the word".
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Craig David later signed on with Warner Music and put together his third album, The Story Goes.
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In 2007, Craig David collaborated with British rapper Kano on his album London Town, for the single "This Is the Girl".
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Craig David successfully sought permission from Craig David Bowie to sample his 1983 number-one single "Let's Dance".
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On 17 August 2008, Craig David performed at a birthday tribute concert for songwriter Don Black at the London Palladium.
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Craig David performed the song "Ben", originally a hit for Michael Jackson.
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Craig David took part in Soccer Aid 2008 at Wembley Stadium on 7 September 2008.
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Craig David picked up the "Man of The Match" award on the night and played in the same England side as ex-internationals such as Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham and David Seaman, and played against the likes of Romario, Paolo Di Canio, Jaap Stam and Luis Figo.
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On 7 November 2008, Craig David was recognised for his contribution to the music industry by receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Music, from Southampton Solent University at a graduation ceremony held at Southampton Guildhall.
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Craig David released his first Greatest Hits album on 24 November 2008.
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In support of the release, Craig David released two singles to promote the album.
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Craig David started working with guitarist and recording engineer Kwame Yeboah, both live and in the studio.
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From February to April 2009, Craig David toured Russia, the Far East and performed one show in Los Angeles as part of a Greatest Hits tour.
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Craig David met fans at a meet and greet session at Singapore Changi Airport before his show.
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On 14 May 2009, Craig David participated in the Hillsborough Memorial football match at Anfield.
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On 26 July 2009, Craig David participated in the Sir Bobby Robson Trophy match at St James' Park, playing alongside boyhood hero Alan Shearer.
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On 2 October 2009, Craig David revealed to his fans via Twitter and his website that he had signed a new record deal with Universal Motown.
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Craig David performed a bold new cover of "I Wan'na Be Like You" from Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book on the ITV programme Ultimate Movie Toons, broadcast 28 March 2010.
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On 17 March 2010, Craig David released a UK garage compilation album titled Rewind Old Skool Classics mixed with DJ Spoony featuring some of their favourite UK garage hits from the last ten years.
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On 20 May 2010, Craig David appeared as a co-host on The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies, whilst regular male presenter Larry Emdur was on holiday.
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Craig David was nominated for 'Best Video' at the 2010 Urban Music Awards for the song "One More Lie ".
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Craig David revealed on Twitter that he has worked with record producer Jim Beanz on material for his new album.
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Whilst doing a show in Russia, Craig David confirmed he had left Universal Music Group and hopes to release his new album in America as well as the UK.
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In February 2011, Craig David agreed to do a desert trek for Comic Relief as part of Red Nose Day 2011.
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In May 2011, Craig David made a guest appearance on NRJ12's French reality TV show Les Anges 2 where he offered advice to contestants trying to make a life in Miami.
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Craig David performed at the Michael Jackson tribute concert, held in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium on 8 October 2011.
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Morillo revealed Craig David would appear on a project with Harry Romero and Jose Nunez, featuring a remix of the track.
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In 2012, Craig David featured on a number of tracks whilst recording his own album, including releases with Stereo Palma titled "Our Love" and a collaboration with Mohombi and DJ Asaad titled "Addicted".
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In July 2012, it was revealed Craig David was writing with Backstreet Boys on their 20th-anniversary album, the follow-up to their 2009 album "This Is Us" and the first they released since the return of Kevin Richardson who departed from the band in 2005.
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In January 2013, Craig David announced on Twitter that he had signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.
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The deal saw Craig David's publishing company, formally known as Bootyman Music Publishing merge to become JEM Music.
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On 2 July 2014, Craig David previewed a teaser track titled "Cold" on his official SoundCloud page.
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On 5 September 2015, Craig David featured on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge with Sigala where they covered Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" mixed with the Little Mix track "Black Magic".
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Craig David performed "Fill Me In" over the track "Where Are U Now" and it became a viral internet hit.
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Craig David made a surprise appearance on The X Factor on 13 December 2015, where he performed his breakthrough single "Re-Rewind" during a medley with Reggie 'n' Bollie and Fuse ODG.
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On 25 January 2016, it was announced that Craig David had signed a recording contract with Insanity Records and independent company Speakerbox Media.
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On 19 August 2016, Craig David announced on social networks that his sixth studio album, Following My Intuition, would finally be released on 30 September 2016.
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On 15 September 2017, Craig David announced the release of the seventh studio album, The Time Is Now, which was released in January 2018, along with the single "Heartline".
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On 31 May 2019, Craig David released a new single "When You Know What Love Is" from his upcoming eighth album.
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On 31 December 2019 and 1 January 2020, Craig David performed on BBC One's New Year Live concert at Westminster Central Hall with his full band and TS5 DJ set.
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Craig David ended the year as one of the judges on new talent show Walk the Line.
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On September 30,2022, Craig David released his eighth studio album, 22, via his own TS5 label and Moor Records under exclusive license to BMG.
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On 9 September 2020, Craig David signed a global publishing deal with New York-based Round Hill Music.
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Craig David further explained in the interview that it was his PR team who suggested that he "play hurt" by the caricature.
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Craig David reiterated this stance on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2016 and explained that, contrary to popular belief, he had not fled the UK to escape negative attention brought about from the show.
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Craig David is an avid supporter of Southampton FC, his hometown football team.
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Craig David stated that his mission is to help overcome the social stigma of TB in order to combat the disease.
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In January 2021 it was announced that Craig David would appear in an esports series in a campaign with McLaren and British American Tobacco in order to enable them to reach their customers "in new, exciting and engaging ways" to push the nicotine pouch brand VELO.
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Craig David appears in the series alongside other UK stars including presenter Rory Reid and Fred Sirieix.
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Craig David has been criticised by Action on Smoking and Health in 2013 for appearing in another Big Tobacco funded appearance in Penang, Malaysia where Japan Tobacco International sponsored a concert.
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On 30 December 2020, it was announced that in the Queen's New Year Honours List Craig David had been appointed as MBE in recognition of his services to music.
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Craig David received his award at Windsor Castle on 15 December 2021.