Biography
The star of the British artist Craig David appeared at the Great Britain's Music Sky in 1999, when the single called "Fill Me In" was at the 1st Positions of National Hit Pandas. The debut album with the speaking name "Born to do it" brought the singer world popularity, and subsequent works earned 10 nominations of Brit Awards and a dozen other prestigious awards and premiums.Childhood and youth
Craig Ashley David was born on May 5, 1981 in the English city of Southampton with parents of different nationalities and religions. Dark-skinned father was a leaving from the island state of Grenada, and the mother represented the dynasty of the UK orthodox Jews.
When the boy turned 8 years old, the parent who worked as a local carpenter left the family, giving his wife alone to take care of the smaller son. True, after a while, Craig restored relations with his father, part-time by the EBONY Rockers bassist, and began to attend speeches in clubs, absorbing music and penetrating the creative atmosphere.
In college, the young man was seriously carried away by playing the guitar and began to compose his own melodies. Thanks to the dating of the Father, he began to work in local parties DJ and achieved victory in the national competition of young performers.
As a award, the composition of Craig "I'm Ready" placed on the reverse side of the plate of the British collective Damage "Wonderful Tonight". And then he recorded the vocals several times for the songs of Duet Artful Dodger.
In the further biography of the young artist, an important role was played by the agent Paul Worger, who, when meeting with the colligendse of Wildstar Records, Colin Leicester put him recording the composition of the Craig "Walking Away".
Music
In the late 1990s, David was invited to a professional studio and offered contact to record solo album. After the producers and guide heard the sketches of the song "7 Days", the starred debut of a young singer and the author was predetermined and inevitable.In addition, a good start for the solo career was the success of the song song Artful Dodger "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)", which took 2nd place in the British charts in 1999.
Thanks to these factors, the first single from the debut album called "Fill Me In" took off to the top of the national charts and received a multiplatin certificate for selling more than 8 million copies around the world.
Other hits that appeared after the release of the Born to Do IT plate were also included in the top 10 popular compositions, were reprinted in the United States and immediately after the release occupied the leading positions in the Billboard Hot 100.
Since the temporary restrictions of the standard music disk did not allow the Craig to use all written material, he in the shortest possible time released the 2nd album "Slicker Than Your Average" and continued the triumphant climbing to world popularity.
After the official release on November 19, 2002, the record received a gold certificate in the United States and a double platinum in the UK. Along with the English version, consisting of 13 tracks, in Asia countries, a CD with remixes on a duet with sting "Rise and Fall" and the solo composition of David "Hidden Agenda".
The subsequent works of Craig could not repeat the success of debut albums. "The Story Goes ...", recorded in 2005, with the exception of the "All the Way" song, was unnoticed, and Trust Me with a cover on David Bowie's "Let's Dance" composition remained outside the top ten in the Hit Parades of Great Britain.
Despite the low ratings, the last work received 2 categories UK URBAN MUSIC AWARD 2008, and the author was awarded the reward for the development of the Music Industry and the Honorary Doctoral degree of the University of Southampton.
Before the release of the 5th studio plate "Signed Sealed Delivered" with a black and white photo on Craig's cover, participated in the prefabricated concerts and together with a rapper named DJ Spoony recorded several British hits for the "Rewind Old Skool Classics" project. In addition, the singer released a collection of the best hits with the famous composition "Insomnia" as an additional edition and a head track of the record.
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 Clip" at the Urban Ceremony Music Awards 2010.
2011 The musician has dedicated joint projects with DJs Eric Morillo and Stereo Palma and performances at various events, the most noticeable of which became Tribute Michael Jackson at the Millennium Rugby Stadium in Cardiff.
In 2012, Craig unexpectedly appeared on the planing of the American pop group Backstreet Boys, and then announced the replenishment of his own discography and disappeared from the UK's musical radar.
A year later, it became known that the musician held the TS5 parties weekly in his own Penthouse in Miami and broadcast what was happening through the SoundCloud Internet resource. Information about the establishment of Bootyman Music Publishing, the purpose of which was the search and support for young talented performers.
Finally, in 2016, David pissed the fans of the studio album "Following My Intuition", on the eve of which the "Cold" trades appeared in the Internet rotation, and the NO HOLDING BACK promotion. Such a promotion helped new Craig's work to debut at number 1 in the British Chart of the albums and at the beginning of sales to step up the threshold at 24, 5 thousand copies.
In September 2017, David announced the release of the 7th studio album and this time justified the expectations of fans, on January 26, 2018, representing the "The Time IS Now" record.
Personal life
Craig does not like to spread about personal life and relationships with women. But he does not refute information about the novels with the Venezuelan model by Aida Yespika, the American singer Villa Ford, Columbia actress Sophia Vergara.
Now, according to unofficial information, the singer is in finding a girl who can become a good wife, love and take care of children.
In addition to the musical career, David is interested in design and architecture, and in his free time, it comes up with unusual visual technologies for smartphones, iPhone and other gadgets.
In addition, Craig travels a lot and often visits Russia. During these visits, the performer met the Moscow Showmen and the creative elite, and also made friends with Ksenia Sobchak.
David Craig now
After completing the tour in support of the Album "The Time Is Now", Craig returned to the project called TS5.In 2019, the musician plans to give an idea of the top ten cities of America and Europe and, judging by the Announcement at Instagram, to perform at the London South West Four Festival.
In addition, on January 12, 2019, it became known that David became the Brit Awards nominee in the "best performer of the UK" category, but gave way to the award to the young folk musician and the author of George Erze's songs.
Discography
- 2000 - "Born to do it"
- 2002 - "Slicker Than Your Average"
- 2005 - "The Story Goes ..."
- 2007 - "TRUST ME"
- 2010 - "Signed Sealed Delivered"
- 2016 - "Following My Intumption"
- 2018 - "The Time IS Now"