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Craig David - Greatest Hits
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:06:21 | By Musicomh.com
Strewth, has Craig David really been around that long that it's time for a Greatest Hits already? Reading between the lines, now is the perfect time for David to take stock of his career. After the second album the hits continued for a while but is was notable that David's moment in the spotlight was fading.
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Craig David releases his first Greatest Hits
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:49:39 | By Music-news.com
The album will be preceded by the single 'Insomnia�, produced by Jim Beanz for Timbaland Productions, out on November 17th'Greatest Hits� features the chart-topping singles 'Fill Me In� and '7 Days�, his collaborations 'Rewind� (with Artful Dodger) and 'Rise & Fall� (with Sting) that both peaked at #2 as well...
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Craig David The Doctor
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:14:17 | By Undercover Music News
Craig David is about to receive an honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University. The doctorate will be presented for his work in the music biz. His new album will be the compilation Craig David ‘ Greatest Hits’.
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Craig David Aims For Stateside Relaunch
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:12:49 | By Gary Graff, Detroit
"I'm going to have to slowly but surely build momentum back in the States," David tells Billboard.com. " David then hopes to return with his band for a concert tour some time this summer.
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b. Craig Ashley David, 5 May 1981, Southampton, Hampshire, England. R&B singer-songwriter Craig David emerged in late 1999 and early 2000 as a major figure on the international pop market. His first success was as the smooth, soulful voice on UK garage act Artful Dodger’s ‘Re-rewind When The Crowd Say Bo Selecta’ that reached number 2 in the UK Top 40 and spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart. At the age of 14, David was MCing on a local pirate radio station as well as at nearby clubs before moving into DJing, playing mainly garage. It was while involved in this scene that he met Mark Hill of Artful Dodger, also from Southampton. David’s career was boosted when he won a national songwriting competition. The prize was to co-compose the b-side of ‘Wonderful Tonight’, a UK number 3 hit in 1997 for R&B stars Damage. Given only the music, he put the finishing touches to ‘I’m Ready’. Now travelling to London at the weekends to record in the studio, his first track was a cover version of the R&B-tinged US number 1 ‘Human’ by the Human League. It was his collaboration with Mark Hill ‘What Ya Gonna Do’ that gave David his first club hit and the track that eventually became ‘Re-rewind’. Released on the Public Demand label, it became an underground hit and this led to appearances around the country.
Rising interest in the vocalist led to a solo contract with the Telstar/Capital Radio joint venture, Wildstar Records in August 1999. His first single for them, the infectious ‘Fill Me In’ received substantial national radio airplay and rose to the UK’s number 1 spot in April 2000. David repeated the feat in August with ‘7 Days’, and completed a memorable year by winning three MOBO awards two months later. He was named best UK newcomer and best R&B act, and ‘Fill Me In’ was voted best UK single. During the following twelve months he began to make an impact across the Atlantic, culminating in ‘7 Days’ breaking into the US Top 10 in February 2002. His superb debut albumBorn To Do It, originally released in 2000, was also a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic.
David bolstered his reputation with the release of his second album, Slicker Than Your Average. The overall sound of the album headed in a more urban-orientated direction, a timely response to hip critics unimpressed by David’s success on the pop charts. Nevertheless, the album retained enough of a commercial edge to generate the UK hits ‘What’s Your Flava?’, ‘Hidden Agenda’, ‘Rise & Fall’ (featuring Sting), and ‘Spanish’. The subsequent collapse of Telstar Records resulted in David relocating to Warner Brothers Records. He made his debut for the label at the end of 2005 with the slick pop/soul collection The Story Goes... .