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. The song ' Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)', from the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers, hit number two on the UK charts in 1999 thus, paving the way for a solo career. 1999–2003: Born to Do It and Slicker Than Your Average 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. 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. Lester later told HitQuarters that he was particularly impressed by the first song he heard, ' Walking Away', saying 'That was an absolute stand-out. 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. He then started doing vocals for the UK garage duo Artful Dodger, on tracks such as 'Something' and 'What Ya Gonna Do'. Career Early career ĭavid'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'. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone. ĭavid's father, George David, played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. He wrote and released the song 'Johnny' in 2005 about his memories of being bullied.

David was bullied by other students at school. He attended Bellemoor School and Southampton City College. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was brought up by his mother.

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. Early life ĭavid 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 has 20 UK top 40 singles, and seven UK top 40 albums, selling over 15 million records worldwide as a solo artist.ĭavid 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'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. Craig Ashley David MBE (born ) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single ' Re-Rewind' by Artful Dodger.

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