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Craig David is an English R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Southampton, England, the son of Tina David, a shop assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a carpenter who played bass in a local reggae band called Ebony Rockers. David's father is a black Grenadian and his mother is a British Jew. His parents separated when he was eight and he was raised by his mother.

His earliest exposure came when he worked on a b-side to British group Damage's song "Wonderful Tonight". He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act Artful Dodger. His first single, "Fill Me In", made him the youngest solo male artist ever to reach #1 in the UK (he was 19 at the time). This was the first of a string of four Top 10 singles from his debut album Born To Do It which eventually sold more than 7 million units worldwide earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries. The song "Key To My Heart", taken from the album, was also featured on the award-winning Warner Brothers animated film Osmosis Jones.

The success of his debut, which was written almost entirely by David and Mark Hill of Artful Dodger, led to the U.S. release of "Fill Me In" in May 2001. It proved a success, reaching #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Born to Do It was released in the U.S. on July 17, 2001, peaking at #11 on the Billboard 200 and sold over one million copies. The single "7 Days" nevertheless hit the Top 10 in the U.S., although "Walking Away", which had reached #3 in the UK and #5 in Australia, missed the Top 40 in the U.S. and was the last of his singles to chart there.

The follow-up album, Slicker Than Your Average, was released in 2002 and fared considerably less well than his debut. None of the six singles released from the album charted in the U.S. Although "What's Your Flava?" and "Rise & Fall" (duet with Sting) received airplay on the Urban contemporary and Soft AC formats, they did not make the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Tracks chart or the Adult Contemporary chart. However, "What's Your Flava?" made the Rhythmic Top 40 (#32), Top 40 Mainstream (#24) and the Top 40 Tracks (#37). The albums' first four singles continued his streak of Top 10 hits in the UK, bringing a total of nine consecutive Top 10 hits until "World Filled with Love" peaked at #15 in 2003. According to the RIAA, Slicker Than Your Average reached Gold Status in the USA.

David later signed on with Warner Music and put together his third album, The Story Goes..., released worldwide in August 2005 (excluding the U.S. where it was never released). The first single, "All the Way", returned him to the Top 3, and the second single, "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)", tied with "7 Days" as his longest running single in the charts since "Rewind", spending 15 weeks inside the UK Top 75. The album's third single, "Unbelievable", debuted at #18 in March 2006.

The first single, "Hot Stuff", from the album Trust Me, was released on November 5, 2007 . The single was a top ten hit, whilst the album charted at #18 on the UK Albums Chart. "6 of 1 Thing", the second single to be taken from Trust Me, charted at thirty-nine on the UK Singles Chart.

'Officially Yours' was released on June 23rd 2008 and peaked at #158 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his lowest charting single to date and was the final single from 'Trust Me'.