Dave
British rapper
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| 2023 | Dave made his modeling debut for Pharrell Williams at the Louis Vuitton show during Paris Fashion Week, where Williams was the newly appointed men's creative director. |
| 2023 | Released EP 'Split Decision', continuing to expand his discography. |
| October 2023 | Released the track 'Peace Dream', which addresses global conflicts and government hypocrisy, while raising awareness and funds for humanitarian relief. |
| October 2023 | Dave launched a fundraising campaign through his clothing brand 'Psycho' to raise nearly £500,000 for humanitarian causes in Palestine, Congo, and Sudan during ongoing conflicts. |
| June 2023 | Dave achieved his third and longest-running number-one single with 'Sprinter', a collaboration with Central Cee and the lead single of their collaborative EP Split Decision. |
| 2022 | Dave embarked on his first sold-out UK arena tour, including two shows at the O2 arena, and continued the tour to Europe and North America. |
| 2022 | Dave won the Brit Awards for Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act |
| 2022 | Dave performed at multiple festivals including Wireless Festival, Longitude Festival, Rolling Loud Toronto, and became the youngest ever solo headliner of Reading and Leeds Festival. |
| May 2022 | Dave won Songwriter of the Year at the 67th Ivor Novello Awards, his fourth Ivor Novello win in five years. |
| March 3 2022 | Dave released the single 'Starlight', which became his first solo UK number-one single. |
| February 2022 | Dave produced the track 'End of the Beginning' on Central Cee's mixtape 23, under the name SANTAN. |
| September 11 2021 | Dave headlined his first festival at Parklife. |
| August 2021 | Dave won his third Ivor Novello Award alongside Fraser T Smith in the Best Contemporary Song category for the track 'Children of the Internet'. |
| July 23 2021 | Dave released his second album 'We're All Alone in This Together', which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and sold 74,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. |
| July 9 2021 | Dave released the lead single 'Clash' featuring Stormzy, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. |
| April 2021 | Dave released a two-track EP 'Titanium' and 'Mercury', featuring Kamal. |
| March 2021 | Dave collaborated with Aston Martin for the launch of their AMR21 Formula 1 car. |
| January 2021 | Dave worked with Fredo, featuring on and producing the track 'Money Talks', which debuted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. |
| 2020 | Dave won Album of the Year at the Brit Awards for Psychodrama. |
| September 6 2020 | Dave participated in Soccer Aid charity football match for the Soccer Aid World XI, raising money for GAVI. |
| August 2020 | Dave collaborated with Sir David Attenborough and Hans Zimmer for a special episode of Planet Earth, playing piano. |
| September 2019 | Dave made his acting debut in the third season of the Netflix series Top Boy. |
| September 19 2019 | Dave won the Mercury Prize for his debut album Psychodrama. |
| June 30 2019 | Dave made his Glastonbury Festival debut, bringing a fan onstage to perform 'Thiago Silva' in a viral moment, and also performed at Reading and Leeds Festival. |
| March 8 2019 | Dave's debut album Psychodrama was released, debuting at number one in the UK with 26,390 copies sold and breaking the record for first-week streams for a British rap album. |
| February 21 2019 | Dave announced his debut album Psychodrama and released the lead single 'Black', a track exploring the complexities of being black featuring a video with prominent black British figures. |
| January 2019 | Dave collaborated with UK rapper Headie One on the track '18Hunna', which charted at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. |
| 2018 | Dave won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song for his political track 'Question Time'. |
| 2018 | Dave's brother Benjamin was released from prison after serving his four-year sentence. |
| October 4 2018 | Dave released the self-produced track 'Funky Friday' featuring Fredo, which debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his first number one single and first Top 10 single. |
| February 27 2018 | Dave released the single 'Hangman'. |
| November 29 2017 | Dave won his first MOBO Award for Best Newcomer Act. |
| November 3 2017 | Dave released the EP Game Over independently, which debuted at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, alongside the single 'No Words'. |
| October 9 2017 | Dave announced his second extended play, Game Over, preceded by the politically charged track 'Question Time'. |
| May 2017 | Dave made his television debut on BBC's Later... with Jools Holland, performing 'Picture Me' and playing the piano. |
| 2016 | Canadian rapper Drake premiered a remix of Dave's song 'Wanna Know' featuring himself on OVO Sound Radio. |
| 2016 | Dave released his debut extended play Six Paths, which included the successful grime single 'Thiago Silva' with AJ Tracey. |
| 2014 | Dave's brother Benjamin was sentenced to four years in prison for robbery when Dave was 15. |
| 2012 | Dave received an electric keyboard from his mother for Christmas and began teaching himself to play piano at age 14. |
| March 2010 | Dave's brother Christopher was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the gang murder of Sofyen Belamouadden at London Victoria station. |
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