David Gray (musician)

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David Gray (2010)

David Gray (born June 13, 1968 in Manchester ) is a British musician.

Career

David Gray is a songwriter and plays piano and guitar. He grew up in Wales , studied in Liverpool and initially played in punk bands. Eventually he moved to London and released his debut single Birds Without Wings in 1992 . His first album A Century Ends followed shortly afterwards . The debut album and its successor Flesh were praised by critics and musicians, but did not achieve any notable market success. Joan Baez spoke of the most important poet since Bob Dylan , and Bono from U2 also supported his career early on.

The breakthrough came with the fourth album White Ladder , which was published in the USA in 1999 as the first non-band album by ATO Records , and the single hit Babylon . This record company was co-founded by Dave Matthews . White Ladder became the most successful album of all time in Ireland with more than six million copies sold worldwide. White Ladder entered the UK charts in May 2000, took until August 2001 to reach the top position, making it the album that took the longest time to climb to number one after the first entry. The two follow-up albums A New Day at Midnight and Live in Slow Motion made it straight to the top of the British charts in 2002 and 2005, respectively.

In February 2006, Gray was on tour in Switzerland and Germany , among other things , and he also appeared at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park . In 2010 he reached the top ten in the USA for the first time with the album Foundling . In total, Gray has sold more than twelve million albums worldwide.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1996 Sell, sell, sell - - - UK92
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK 		-
First published: April 15, 1996
Chart entry only in 2000
1998 White Ladder DE61 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT-
gold
gold
AT 		- UK1
Tenfold platinum
× 10
Tenfold platinum

(176 weeks)UK 		US35
platinum
platinum

(83 weeks)US
First published: November 27, 1998
2002 A New Day at Midnight DE61 (1 week)
DE 		- CH45 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(53 weeks)UK 		US17th
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
First published: October 28, 2002
2005 Life in slow motion DE49 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT68 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH19 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(29 weeks)UK 		US16 (19 weeks)
US
First published: September 12, 2005
2009 Draw the line DE70 (1 week)
DE 		AT74 (1 week)
AT 		CH18 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK5
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US12 (8 weeks)
US
First published: September 14, 2009
2010 Foundling - - CH26 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK18 (2 weeks)
UK 		US9 (4 weeks)
US
First published: August 16, 2010
2014 Mutineers DE53 (1 week)
DE 		AT67 (1 week)
AT 		CH27 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK10 (4 weeks)
UK 		US15 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 17, 2014
2019 Gold in a Brass Age - - CH45 (1 week)
CH 		UK21 (1 week)
UK 		US186 (1 week)
US
First published: March 8, 2019

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2000 Lost Songs 95-98 - - - UK7th
gold
gold

(16 weeks)UK 		US153 (3 weeks)
US
First published: August 2000
2001 The EPs 92-94 - - - UK68 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: July 2, 2001
2007 Greatest hits - - - UK11
platinum
platinum

(13 weeks)UK 		US96 (9 weeks)
US
First published: November 12, 2007
2016 The Best of David Gray - - - UK30 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 28, 2016

More albums

  • 1993: A Century Ends
  • 1994: Flesh
  • 2006: Live from London EP
  • 2007: A Thousand Miles Behind
  • 2007: Shine: The Best of the Early Years

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1999 This Year's Love
White Ladder 		- - - UK20th
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK 		-
First published: March 8, 1999
Babylon
White Ladder 		DE96 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - UK5
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK 		US57 (18 weeks)
US
First published: July 12, 1999
Please Forgive Me
White Ladder 		- - - UK18 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 22, 1999
2001 Sail Away
White Ladder 		- - - UK26th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		-
First published: July 16, 2001
Say Hello Wave Goodbye
White Ladder 		- - - UK26 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 17, 2001
2002 The Other Side
A New Day at Midnight 		- - - UK35 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 9, 2002
2003 Be Mine
A New Day at Midnight 		- - - UK23 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: April 7, 2003
2005 The One I Love
Life in Slow Motion 		DE96 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT48 (4 weeks)
AT 		- UK8 (16 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 29, 2005
Hospital Food
Life in Slow Motion 		- - - UK34 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 28, 2005
2006 Alibi
Life in Slow Motion 		- - - UK71 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: March 27, 2006
2007 You're the World to Me
Greatest Hits 		- - - UK53 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 5, 2007
2009 Fugitive
Draw the Line 		- - CH84 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: September 7, 2009

more publishments

  • 1992: Birds Without Wing
  • 1993: Shine
  • 1993: Wisdom
  • 1996: Faster Sooner Now
  • 1996: Late Night Radio
  • 2002: Dead in the Water
  • 2009: Full Steam (feat. Annie Lennox )
  • 2010: A Moment Changes Everything
  • 2014: Gulls
  • 2014: Back in the World
  • 2014: Beautiful Agony
  • 2015: Snow in Vegas (feat. LeAnn Rimes )
  • 2016: Smoke Without Fire
  • 2018: The Sapling
  • 2019: A Tight Ship

Video albums

  • 2001: Live (UK:platinumplatinum)

swell

  1. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092900609.html
  2. ↑ http://www.davidgray.com/
  3. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  4. ↑ a b c Music Sales Awards: AT UK US

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Gray, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester