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Craig David's astounding comeback from national joke to MBE and truce with Leigh Francis

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At the start of the millennium, a 19 year old Craig David was taking over the charts with his debut album, Born to Do It. He was the youngest UK male to reach number one with Fill Me In, and by the time he was 21, the Southampton-born star had sold 13 million albums, received 12 Brit nominations, two Grammy nods and three Ivor Novellos.

Then it all started to go tragically wrong. He became the butt of the joke on Bo' Selecta! in 2002 when comedian Leigh Francis turned Craig into a caricature with a giant rubber head, a strong Yorkshire accent and a pet kestrel called Kes.

With his cool rating on the wane, his next albums Slicker Than Your Average and The Story Goes failed to set emulate the success of his first.

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