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![]() Caesar performing in 2018 | |
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Birth name | Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | April 5, 1995
Origin | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 2014–present |
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Website | danielcaesar |
Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds[1][4] (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 critically acclaimed EPs, Praise Break (2014) and Pilgrim's Paradise (2015), Caesar released his debut studio album, Freudian, in August 2017, which garnered widespread critical acclaim.[5] He released his second studio album, Case Study 01, in June 2019. In March 2021, Caesar was featured alongside Giveon on Justin Bieber's single "Peaches", his first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100. Caesar released his third studio album, Never Enough, in April 2023 as his first release under Republic Records.