Craig David Rider

Craig  David  is an English R&B singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums: Born To Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me and a Greatest Hits album. The singer has sold over 13 million albums worldwide.

 

David released his first Greatest Hits album on 24 November 2008. In support of the release, David released two singles to promote the album. "Where's Your Love" featuring Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora, a homage to his UK garage days, was digitally released on 10 November 2008. The second single, "Insomnia", produced by Jim Beanz from Timbaland productions, a dance track with hard bassline beats, was released the following week on 17 November 2008.  As part of the "Greatest Hits" compilation, David re-recorded "Walking Away" with four different artists across Europe, Monrose from Germany, Nek from Italy, Lynnsha from France and Alex Ubago from Spain. The album debuted at #48 on the UK Albums Chart.  From February to April 2009, David toured Russia, the Far East and performed one show in Los Angeles as part of a Greatest Hits tour. He met fans at a meet and greet session at Singapore Changi Airport before his show.

 

n April 2009, 'Born To Do It' came second in a poll by MTV for the Greatest Album ever, which received over 40,000 votes, beaten by Michael Jackson’s album 'Thriller'.[8]

On 14 May 2009 Craig participated in the Hillsborough Memorial football match at Anfield.

On Sunday the 26th July 2009 Craig participated in the Sir Bobby Robson Trophy at St James' Park, playing alongside boyhood hero Alan Shearer.

Friday 18th September 2009 saw an exclusive demo posted on his official website, a thirty second snippet covering Stevie Wonder's 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours', said to be from Craig David's forthcoming album. On Friday, October 2nd, Craig revealed to his fans via Twitter and his website that he had signed a new record deal with Universal.