Don’t get us wrong, for about two minutes in 2001, it did seem like Craig David was Officially Quite Good – we liked all that “took her for a drink on Monday, did something illegal in several countries on Tuesday, snuck into the STD clinic on Wednesday” business – but we’re really not sure how this has happened. Craig’s album Born To Do It has somehow been voted the second greatest album of all time in a new MTV poll. More than 40,000 viewers of different MTV channels voted in the poll which was won, less surprisingly, by Michael Jackson’s Thriller album. However, 12 per cent of voters said they very much liked a bit of Craig David all over their boink, as he beat the likes of Radiohead and Nirvana to take second place. Hmm, do we smell a scam? “At the time of having this vote and knowing that it's so many different genres of MTV, even if my fans were just trying to make the vote, I really don't think it would've made any difference,” says Craig. “You're talking massive albums, we're talking artists who have incredibly massive fan bases. U2 – these people are selling out stadiums around the world. You'd think if it was based on votes of how big certain bands and artists are, then other people would've been in those top spots. It's an incredible honour because Michael Jackson was one of the main artists that inspired me while writing that record. So to actually be placed number two behind such an incredible album that was just so consistent with singles that were just hits, to know that people have voted Born To Do It at number two is incredible. I'm very, very proud and very thankful to the UK public for supporting in that way. It's beautiful having a British album right behind Michael Jackson. That's the way we're doing it right now.” Um, is it just us or did most of that make no sense? And this man’s the second greatest artist ever? We demand a recount! Because at the moment the whole thing sounds like an altogether different kind of number two…
This is a bit generous