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Greatest Hits (Craig David Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is Craig David's first greatest hits album and was released on 24 November 2008. It contains three new songs, "Where's Your Love", "Insomnia" and "Just My Imagination" (unrelated to the track on his 2010 album). "Officially Yours" and "Unbelievable" are the only two singles previously released by David not to feature on the album. The album peaked at number 48 in the UK, thus becoming David's lowest-charting album to date. It received a Silver certification from the BPI. In 2016, after the release of ''Following My Intuition'', it rose to a new peak of number 28 after entering the top 40 for the first time. Reception BBC Music said of the album: Track listing * "Rendezvous", "Spanish", "World Filled with Love" and "This Is the Girl" are omitted from the single-disc version of the album. * Disc two (DVD) # "Fill Me In" # "7 Days" # "Walking Away" # "What's Your Flava?" # "Rise & Fall" # "All the Way" # "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" # "This Is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig David
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer and songwriter who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta), Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger (UK band), Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, ''Born to Do It'', was released in 2000, after which he has released a further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such as Sting (musician), Sting, Tinchy Stryder, Big Narstie, Kano (rapper), Kano and Jay Sean. David has 20 UK Top 40 singles, and seven UK Top 40 albums, selling over 15,000,000 records worldwide as a solo artist. David has been nominated for fourteen Brit Awards: five times for Best British Male, and twice receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Early life David was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter, and grew up in the Holyrood esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til The Well Runs Dry)
"You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" is a song by British singer Craig David's. It was written by David and Mark Hill for his second studio album ''Slicker Than Your Average'' (2002), while production was helmed by Hill, with duo Soulshock and Peter Biker credited as additional producers. The song was released as the album's sixth and final single from and became one of David's lowest-charting singles to date, reaching number 43 on the UK Singles Chart. Music video The video for "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" was a live performance video. Chart performance "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" charted and peaked at forty-three on the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks in the top 75. Covers The song was covered by Rising Appalachia Rising Appalachia is an American Appalachian folk music group led by multi-instrumentalist sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith. Leah also performs as a solo artist. Based between Atlanta, New O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Emmanuel
Stephen Emmanuel is a UK garage/dance music producer and songwriter, best known for the hits "What U Do" and "Coochy Coo", both of which feature singer Eska. Career Emmanuel, credited as 'Colours', released the 1998 single "What U Do" featuring British singer Eska, which reached No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. In 2000, the single "Coochy Coo", also featuring Eska, peaked at No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 17 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The SE22 Mix of Emmanuel's 1998 garage track "Hold On" was sampled by Craig David and Tinchy Stryder in 2008 on the song "Where's Your Love", as well as on the 10° Below Dub Mix of Kele Le Roc's " My Love". Capital XTRA included "Hold On (SE22 Mix)" in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time". It was also included in ''NMEs "25 essential UK garage anthems" list in September 2019. Why the track is on the list, Fred Garratt-Stanley wrote: "Rising strings, mashed-up keyboard s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Ora
Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studio album, ''Ora'', released in August 2012, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. The album contained the UK number-one singles, " R.I.P." and "How We Do (Party)". Ora was the artist with the most number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart in 2012, with three singles reaching the top position. Born in Pristina, modern-day Kosovo, Ora was named an Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo in 2015. Ora's second studio album, ''Phoenix'', was released in November 2018. The lead single, "Your Song", reached the UK top ten, and the subsequent singles, " Anywhere" and "Let You Love Me", reached the top five in the UK. "Let You Love Me" made Ora the first British female solo artist to have thirteen top ten songs in the United Kingdom. Early life Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian British, Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo (music), solo studio albums, ''Star in the Hood (album), Star in the Hood'' (2007), ''Catch 22 (Tinchy Stryder album), Catch 22'' (2009), and ''Third Strike (album), Third Strike'' (2010). Stryder's business ventures include the clothing line Star in the Hood (company), Star in the Hood, the Cloud 9 X Goji headphone and audio equipment range in collaboration with Goji Electronics. Early life and education Stryder was born Kwasi Danquah in Accra, Ghana in 1986. Stryder has lived in England, United Kingdom since 1995. In Bow, London, he attended St Bonaventure's Catholic School in nearby Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, Newham; He gained a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. (Hons) in Digital arts, Film, Moving image and Animation at the University of East London. He b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking Away (Craig David Song)
"Walking Away" is a song by English singer Craig David. It was written by David and Mark Hill and released as the third single from his debut studio album, '' Born to Do It'' (2000), on 20 November 2000. It reached number three in the United Kingdom and number one in New Zealand, where it became the most successful song of 2001 according to the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (now Recorded Music NZ). In 2008, the track was re-recorded for David's ''Greatest Hits'' compilation, released in November 2008 in the United Kingdom. The new versions each feature a different artist: Lynnsha on the French version, Nek on the Italian version, Álex Ubago on the Spanish version and Monrose on the German version. Monrose's vocals were sung in English rather than in German, whereas the other artists sang in their native languages. Music video Original version There are two versions of the video. The European music video begins with David with his girlfriend in a car, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Your Flava?
"What's Your Flava?" is a song by British singer Craig David. It was released on 28 October 2002 as the first single from his second studio album ''Slicker Than Your Average'' (2002). It peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Despite only peaking at number 104 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, a much lower position than previous singles "Fill Me In" and "7 Days", it was included on the soundtrack for the 2003 American film '' What a Girl Wants''. In 2003, the song was used in a commercial for Mattel's highly unsuccessful Flavas dolls. In 2007, an edited and condensed version of the song was used for Popeye's Chicken commercials. There is a remix, featuring American rapper Twista. Chart performance The single charted at 8 in the United Kingdom, tying with the previous single, " Rendezvous". It also charted at No. 9 in Canada, No. 10 in Australia, No. 22 in the Republic of Ireland and No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the United States. Music vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician and actor. He was the frontman, songwriter and bassist for new wave rock band The Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of The Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards: he won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take", three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2019, he received a BMI Award for "Every Breath You Take" becoming the most-played song in radio history. In 2002, Sting received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise & Fall (Craig David Song)
"Rise & Fall" is a song by British singer Craig David. It was written for his second studio album, ''Slicker Than Your Average'' (2002), while production was helmed by duo Soulshock and Karlin. The song, a collaboration with fellow British musician Sting, is based on a sample of the song " Shape of My Heart" from Sting's 1993 album ''Ten Summoner's Tales''. "Rise & Fall" served as the album's the third single and returned David to the UK top five, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It also returned David to the top ten on the Australian Singles Chart. In Hungary, Poland, and Romania, "Rise & Fall" topped the singles charts. The song was also included in Sting's ''Duets'' compilation album (2021). Chart performance "Rise & Fall" charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, spending ten weeks inside the top 75. It also charted at number six on the Australian Singles Chart. Music video The music video was directed by Max & Dania, who have directed a number of Craig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Days (Craig David Song)
"7 Days" is a song by British singer Craig David. It was released on 24 July 2000 as the second single from his debut studio album, '' Born to Do It'' (2000). "7 Days" topped the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, "7 Days" peaked within the top ten of the charts in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United States. It received a Gold sales certification from the British Phonographic Industry and became Britain's 17th best-selling single of 2000. In 2001, the song was nominated for the BRIT Award for Best Single (losing out to Robbie Williams' " Rock DJ"), and in 2003, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. There is also a remix produced by DJ Premier featuring Mos Def. Music video Synopsis The music video was directed by Max & Dania. It starts in a barber's shop, where two guys are on duty. One is giving another guy a haircut and the other is sweeping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fill Me In
"Fill Me In" is the debut solo single of British singer Craig David. It was released on 3 April 2000 as the lead single from his debut studio album, '' Born to Do It'' (2000). The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 9 April 2000. "Fill Me In" was then released in the United States on 22 May 2001 and peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. According to the Official Charts Company, it was the 10th-best-selling single of 2000 in the UK, having sold 573,000 copies. The track contains a sample from an Artful Dodger bootleg remix of BBMak's " Still on Your Side". There is a second part of the song which features on the US edition of ''Born to Do It''. Content The narrator tells a story of trying to spend time with the girl next door, but her parents remain suspicious about what she is doing. The song is a commentary on the "helicopter parenting" that was becoming more prominent in the early 2000s. In the hook, the parents ask if their daughter can fill the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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