David Sneddon (born 15 September 1978) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician and music producer of contemporary pop music. He took an unusual route into the music business via performing on stage and television and singing lead roles in stage musicals in Glasgow. He went on in 2002 to win the first series of the
BBC's music competition
Fame Academy. He released his first single "
Stop Living the Lie" in 2003 which was a
number one hit single selling over 250,000 copies, making it the 12th highest selling single of 2003. Sneddon's debut album
Seven Years – Ten Weeks released in April 2003, reached No.5 in the
UK Albums Chart. He achieved three more
UK Singles Chart singles – "
Don't Let Go" (No. 3), "
Best of Order" (No. 19) and "
Baby Get Higher" (No. 39). His song "Baby Get Higher" was a hit on the dance floor for
Almighty Records and a chart hit for
VanVelzen in 2006, and also for
Emin Agalarov.