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James Blunt

   
Number of songs: 22 | Total weeks on charts: 1598
Appearing in a total number of: 157 charts | Total period running: 14192 days
Songs by James Blunt
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Biography

James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter. He had signed with EMI before securing a recording contract with Atlantic Records and Custard Records.

Blunt rose to prominence in 2004 with the release of his debut studio album Back to Bedlam, before achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". The album sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. Blunt's second album, All the Lost Souls, which was released in 2007, topped the charts in over 20 countries and produced the hit single "1973". His third album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released in 2010, after its lead single Stay the Night. A deluxe edition was released the following year, titled Some Kind of Trouble: Revisited. In 2013, he released his fourth album, Moon Landing, which was preceded by the lead single "Bonfire Heart", which peaked at number four in the UK Singles Chart following promotion on The One Show and The Graham Norton Show, as well as receiving extensive radio airplay.

Blunt has sold over 20 million albums and 17 million singles worldwide, with his debut album, Back to Bedlam, being listed as the best selling album of the 2000s in the UK. He has received several awards and nominations, having won two Brit Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations.

Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999. While posted to Kosovo, Blunt was introduced to the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or "Doctors Without Borders"). Since then, Blunt has been an active supporter of MSF by holding meet-and-greet auctions at many of his concerts, and filming the documentary Return to Kosovo, in which he visited the people and places he had encountered while stationed there. Blunt is a patron of Help for Heroes, a charity aiming to raise money to provide better facilities for wounded British soldiers.
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team


James Blunt in the news
Autumn Programming On BBC Radio 2: Radio 2 Announces Steve Wright & Paul Gambaccini Will Front New Shows (26/09/2023)
Wilco's Album 'Sky Blue Sky' Now On Limited-Edition Sky-Blue Vinyl (05/09/2023)
Autumn 2023 Programming On BBC Radio 2 (22/08/2023)
BBC Radio 2 Reveals The Nation's Most Popular Kylie Song! (22/08/2023)
Southern California Raised/ Berklee College Of Music Singer-Songwriter Maggie Cubillos Releasing New Single "Slow Motion" On July 28, 2023 (25/07/2023)
BBC Radio 2's Listeners To Vote For Their Favourite Kylie Song (18/07/2023)
Wilco's Album 'Sky Blue Sky' Due On Limited-Edition Sky-Blue Vinyl September 1, 2023 (12/07/2023)
Warner Music Central Europe (WMCE) Honours German Solo Artist, DJ And Producer Robin Schulz (05/07/2023)
Radio 2 In Concert With Blur Announced As Part Of A Summer Of Music Across The BBC (04/07/2023)
Tears For Fears & Kylie Minogue Headline UK Festival Radio 2 In The Park (14/06/2023)



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