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My Take
David Gray is an artist whose voice somehow loosens whatever tension I am carrying. A singer-songwriter from Sale who studied at the University of Liverpool, he broke through globally with White Ladder and the unmistakable Babylon, an album that became one of the best-selling of the 2000s in Britain. I find it genuinely heartening that a quiet, guitar-and-voice songwriter reached that height. Even with multiple UK number-one albums, he stayed grounded and kept writing with real sincerity, branching into film scoring along the way. I will always make room for craftsmen like this who refine their own sound rather than chase trends.
Overview
David Peter Gray (born 13 June 1968) is a British singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 1993. Gray received worldwide attention upon the release of White Ladder and its hit single, "Babylon". White Ladder was the first of three chart-toppers in six years for Gray in the UK, and it became the fifth best-selling album of the 2000s there.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Gray
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・グレイ
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・ぐれい
- Born
- June 13, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Monkey
- Origin
- Sale, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter / guitarist / composer / film score composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Liverpool
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.davidgray.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davidgray/
- Xhttps://x.com/DavidGray
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%20(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.