White Ladder is the fourth studio album by English folk singer-songwriter David Gray.  It was initially released in November 1998 through Gray's own record label, IHT Records, but failed to chart.  On May 1, 2000, the album was re-released by Dave Matthews' ATO Records and debuted at # 69 on the UK Albums Chart before climbing to # 1 more than a year later on August 5, 2001. White Ladder produced five singles, including the hit "Babylon", which ignited interest in the album and shot Gray to worldwide fame. 

White Ladder spent almost three consecutive years in the UK top 100, charting between May 2000 and March 2003.  It was massively successful in Ireland where it spent six consecutive weeks at number one on the Irish albums chart and had sold 350,000 copies by 2002.  It is currently the biggest selling album of all time in Ireland and that includes the house band, U2.  In the United States, the album peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 spending a whole year on the chart.  The album earned Gray a nomination in the United States at the 44th Grammy Awards for Best New Artist.

White Ladder was the fifth best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, selling 2.9 million copies.  White Ladder has sold over 3 million copies in the UK making it the eighth best-selling album of the 21st century and the 26th best-selling album of all time.  The album has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.  Just a great disc to turn on and tune out to at the beach.