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Daniel Caesar

Daniel Caesar grew up in Toronto singing in church, and that gospel background still runs through everything he does. His debut album Freudian made him one of the defining voices in modern R&B, pairing quiet, confessional writing with warm, unhurried production. Songs like "Get You" and "Best Part" turned him from a local favourite into an artist whose influence you can hear across the genre.

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Freudian (2017). It's the record that introduced him to most of the world, built on spare guitar, soft vocals and church harmonies. "Get You," "Best Part" and "We Find Love" are all here, and they show exactly what he does best.

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Biography

Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Daniel Caesar, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After independently building a following through the release of two EPs, Praise Break (2014) and Pilgrim's Paradise (2015), Caesar released his debut studio album, Freudian, in 2017, which received three Grammy Award nominations, winning for the collaboration with American singer H.E.R. "Best Part". In 2019 he released his second studio album, Case Study 01, longlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.

In 2021 Caesar featured alongside Giveon on Justin Bieber's single "Peaches", his first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100, and receiving four nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2023 Caesar published his third studio album, Never Enough through Republic Records, winning his second Juno Award. In 2025, Caesar released his fourth studio album Son of Spergy, which became his third top-ten album on the Billboard Canadian Albums and first on the Billboard 200.

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