Craig David is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on May 5, 1981 in Southampton, England, United Kingdom. The album Born To Do It was only ranked after the Michael Jackson album The Thriller album in the MTV Greatest Albums of All-Time poll.
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. 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 “Key to My Heart”, taken from the US version of the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Bros. animated film Osmosis Jones.
The success of David’s debut, which was written almost entirely by David and Mark Hill of Artful Dodger, led to the United States release of “Fill Me In” in May 2001. It reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Born to Do It was released in the United States on 17 July 2001, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over 1 million copies. The single “7 Days” hit the top 10 in the U.S.; although “Walking Away”, which had reached number 3 in the UK and number 5 in Australia, missed the top 40 in the U.S. and was the last of his singles to chart there.
He was the son of Tina an assistant in the retail department at Superdrug along with George David, a carpenter.
It was his song “Walking Away,” and his father was a member of the reggae group Ebony Rockers.
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer 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 15,000,000 records worldwide as a solo artist.
