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David Jordan (born David Keith Arratoon, 13 September 1985, Barnet, London) is an English singer-songwriter. His debut album Set the Mood was released in October 2007, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart.
Biography
Born to a mother from Montserrat and a father from Calcutta, Jordan has been writing pop-rock songs since he was 11 (after his parents split). Growing up his music idol was Prince. After spending the first nine years of his life in North London, when his parents split up Jordan chose to live with his grandmother in Enfield until he moved into a council flat in Finchley aged 16. As a teenager, Jordan associated with a group of young hopefuls signed to Simon Fuller's 19 management company, including a young Amy Winehouse, with whom he remained friends. Jordan was obsessed with songwriting and a gaining a record deal. He would study drama at college during the day, work at Starbucks in New Oxford Street in the evening, and then work on songs with his producer friend Jack Freegard at Fortress Studios in Old Street.
Career
2007–08: Set the Mood
On 22 October 2007 he released "Place in My Heart" as the lead single from his debut studio album. he released his debut studio album Set the Mood on 29 October 2007 peaking to number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, the album also charted in France and Switzerland. On 4 February 2008 he released "Sun Goes Down" as the second single from the album, peaking to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. He performed the song at the Royal Variety Performance. On 4 May 2008 he released "Move On" as the third single from the album, peaking to number 68 on the UK Singles Chart.
2011–present
On 26 March 2011 Jordan uploaded a music video for "Don't Wanna (Hear You Say)" to YouTube. In July 2011 he featured on Kane Ricca's single "One Nation" with Defi'. On 5 April 2012 he uploaded a music video for "Fallen Star" to YouTube. On 25 July 2012 he uploaded a music video for "Wild, Wasted & Wonderful" to YouTube.
2012–present
On 5 April 2012 he uploaded a music video for "Fallen Star" to YouTube. On 25 July 2012 he uploaded a music video for "Wild, Wasted & Wonderful" to YouTube and he published 8 acoustic videos on YouTube made by Methodworks.
In Spring of 2012 he applied for the lead dancer role as Michael Jackson in the Thriller Live Musical at West End, London. He got the role and debuted as Michael Jackson at the Lyric Theater in the West End on July 2012 under the stage name Dajiow.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | FRA | IRE | SWI | ||
| Set the Mood |
| 13 | 159 | 93 | 60 |
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | IRE | SWI | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | "Place in My Heart" | – | – | — | Set the Mood | ||||||||||
| 2008 | "Sun Goes Down" | 4 | 20 | 42 | |||||||||||
| "Move On" | 68 | – | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "One Nation" (Kane Ricca featuring David Jordan and Defi') | N/A |
| 2013 | "Frequency" | N/A |
Music videos
| Year | Song |
|---|---|
| 2007 | "Place in My Heart" |
| "Sun Goes Down" | |
| 2008 | "Move On" |
| 2009 | "Set The Mood" |
| 2011 | "Don't Wanna (Hear You Say)" |
| 2012 | "Fallen Star" |
| 2012 | "Wild, Wasted & Wonderful" |
| 2012 | "Like a Winner" |
| 2014 | "Sun Goes Down 2014" |
