David Gray

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.

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 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Sale, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / guitarist / composer / film score composer

University

University of Liverpool

Motto

Private

• 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)

Tags

• singer
• singer-songwriter
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.