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Craig Ashley David (born May 5 1981 in Southampton) is a British pop singer. He rose to fame as the singer on the Artful Dodger's "Rewind" which reached number two in the UK in late 1999. David sent in a self written song called "I'm Ready" for a competition Damage was running, which was then used as a b-side on their top three hit "Wonderful Tonight".

In 2000 he had a number one hit with "Fill Me In". He then got another top 10 hit, being featured on another Artful Dodger song, also featuring Robbie Craig, called "Woman Trouble" (reaching #6). Then another solo number one hit came, named "7 Days". At the end of that year he was named best UK newcomer and best R&B act at the MOBO awards. His album Born To Do It was released in 2000, and 2 more top 10 hits from it came ("Walking Away" reaching #3, and "Rendezvous" reaching #8). The album and its singles also had massive success overseas, in countries like Australia, Canada and the United States.

Slicker Than Your Average was the follow-up album and was released in 2002, and 6 singles were released from it. These were: "What's Your Flava?" (#8 in 2002), "Hidden Agenda" (#10 in 2003), "Rise & Fall" (featuring Sting, #2 in 2003), "Spanish" (#8 in 2003), "World Filled With Love" (#15 in 2003), and "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til The Well Runs Dry)" (#43 in 2004).

David's label, Telstar Records, ultimately went bankrupt; the blame was placed on them concentrating too much on marketing Victoria Beckham's musical output, which failed to achieve the success they had expected.

In 2005 he will make a comeback with the single "All The Way", and the album The Story Goes....

Discography

Albums

Singles

Guest appearance on It's All About The Stragglers (Artful Dodger album):

  • 1999 "Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta" (Artful Dodger featuring Craig David) #2 UK

From Born To Do It:

  • 2000 "Fill Me In" #1 UK, #15 US (2001 release)

Guest appearance on It's All About The Stragglers (Artful Dodger album):

From Born To Do It:

  • 2000 "7 Days" #1 UK, #10 US (2001 release)
  • 2000 "Walking Away" #3 UK, #44 US (2002 release)
  • 2001 "Rendezvous" #8 UK

From Slick Than Your Average:

  • 2002 "What's Your Flava" #8 UK
  • 2003 "Hidden Agenda" #10 UK
  • 2003 "Rise And Fall" (featuring Sting) #2 UK
  • 2003 "Spanish" #8 UK
  • 2003 "World Filled With Love" #15 UK
  • 2004 "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til The Well Runs Dry)" #43 UK

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