James Blunt (James Hillier Blount) born on February 22, 1974 is an English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases, especially the number one hit "You're Beautiful", brought him to fame in 2005.
His style is a mix of pop and acoustic rock. Along with vocals, James Blunt plays a wide variety of instruments including the piano, guitar, organ, marimba, and mellotron. He is signed to Linda Perry's American label Custard, and became the first British artist to top the American singles chart in nearly a decade when his song "You're Beautiful" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006.
The last British artist to do so had been Elton John in 1997 with the song "Candle in the Wind". Blunt won two BRIT Awards and was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2006.
Within a year of leaving the army, Blunt signed to EMI Music Publishing as a singer/songwriter. He soon caught the eye of former 4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry, who had written and produced songs for Pink, Courtney Love and Christina Aguilera.
James Blunt's debut single, by "soft release" in the UK was "High" (co-written with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue). This song peaked below the Top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. However, the song was chosen to appear in a Vodafone commercial in Italy, and was a Top 10 hit in that country.
His second single, "Wisemen", this time properly commercially available, peaked at nr. 42 and sent the album into the UK's Top 20 chart. Blunt's third single "You're Beautiful" was his breakout hit. |
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