Craig David

Craig Ashley David (born May 5 1981 in Southampton, England) is a mixed race English R&B singer, his father is Black Grenadian and his mother is Jewish. He rose to fame as the singer on the Artful

Craig Ashley David (born May 5 1981 in Southampton, England) is a mixed race English R&B singer, his father is Black Grenadian and his mother is Jewish. 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 met with some success overseas, in countries like Australia, Canada and the United States.