James Blake (musician)
James Blake (born September 26, 1988 in Deptford , London ) is a British musician. As a singer-songwriter, he makes electronic pop music. In many of his works he uses dubstep stylistic devices . He is also known under the pseudonym Harmonimix and a founding member of the 1-800 Dinosaur music label .
Life
Blake is the son of British guitarist James Litherland and attended elementary school in Winchmore Hill , then attended The Latymer School in Edmonton . He studied popular music at Goldsmiths, University of London , he attended the courses together with singer Katy B visited. Blake has been in a relationship with Jameela Jamil since 2015 .
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In July 2009 his first EP Air & Lack Thereof was released . In 2010 another three EPs appeared, with the song CMYK being released as the first single and being played on the BBC .
His debut album James Blake , released on R&S Records in February 2011 , received positive feedback. The NZZ called his live appearance in Zurich in April 2011 "trend-setting".
His second studio album Overgrown was released in April 2013.
His third studio album The Color in Anything was released in 2016. It is 76 minutes long, contains a duet with Bon Iver and was produced in part by Rick Rubin . It is "a wonderful, virtuoso composed and sung record with melodies that may not be apparent when you first listen, but after the second and third time they get stuck in your memory all the more", said Jens Balzer. He called it "a high mass of contemporary songwriting - and a work that is deeply touching and depressing in its hopeless narcissism."
Awards
- 2013
Nominations
- 2011 James Blake
- for BBC Sound of 2011 : Second place
- for the Mercury Music Prize
- for the Critics Choice of the BRIT Award
- 2012
- with The Wilhelm Scream for Best Contemporary Song of the Ivor Novello Awards
- with James Blake for British Male Solo Artist of the Brit Awards
- with Limit to Your Love for Best New Artist & Best Dance Video of the MTV Video Music Awards -Japan
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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 CH
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| 2011 |
James Blake Atlas, A&M , Polydor |
DE27 (5 weeks) DE |
AT15 (7 weeks) AT |
CH9 (6 weeks) CH |
UK9  (7 weeks)UK |
US123 (1 week) US |
First published: February 4th, 2011
Sales: + 70,000 |
| 2013 |
Overgrown Polydor, Republic |
DE13 (4 weeks) DE |
AT21 (4 weeks) AT |
CH16 (5 weeks) CH |
UK8th (7 weeks)UK |
US32 (3 weeks) US |
First published: April 8, 2013
Sales: + 60,000 |
| 2016 | The Color in Anything Polydor, Republic |
DE76 (2 weeks) DE |
AT68 (1 week) AT |
CH19 (4 weeks) CH |
UK13 (5 weeks) UK |
US36 (1 week) US |
First published: May 6, 2016
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| 2019 | Assume Form Polydor, Republic |
DE27 (2 weeks) DE |
AT16 (2 weeks) AT |
CH9 (4 weeks) CH |
UK6 (4 weeks) UK |
US21 (3 weeks) US |
First published: January 18, 2019
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EPs
- 2010: The Bells Sketch
- 2010: CMYK
- 2010: piano works
- 2011: Enough Thunder
- 2011: Love What Happened Here
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 2010 | Limit to Your Love James Blake |
- |
AT63 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
UK39 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 25, 2010
Sales: + 15,000; Original: Leslie Feist |
| 2013 | Retrograde overgrown |
- | - | - |
UK87 (3 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: February 11, 2013
Sales: + 250,000 |
| 2018 | King's Dead Black Panther: The Album |
- | - | - |
UK50 (8 weeks)UK |
US21st  × 3
(20 weeks)US |
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| 2019 | Mile High Assume Form |
- | - | - |
UK47 (2 weeks) UK |
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| The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
| 2018 | Bloody Waters Black Panther: The Album |
- | - | - |
UK98 (1 week) UK |
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As a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
| 2016 | Forward lemonade |
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UK85 (1 week) UK |
US63 (1 week) US |
Chart entry: May 5, 2016
Beyoncé feat. James Blake |
More singles
- 2009: Air & Lack Thereof
- 2011: The Wilhelm Scream
- 2011: Lindisfarne / Unluck
- 2011: Order / Pan
- 2011: Fall Creek Boys Choir (with Bon Iver )
- 2011: A Case of You (Original: Joni Mitchell )
- 2013: Overgrown
- 2014: Life Round Here
- 2016: Modern Soul
- 2016: Timeless
- 2016: Radio Silence
- 2016: My Willing Heart
- 2016: I Need a Forest Fire (with Bon Iver )
- 2017: Vincent
- 2018: If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead
- 2018: Don't Miss It
- 2020: You're Too Precious
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
 gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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- |
gold1
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- | 35,000 | aria.com.au |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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- |
3 × gold3
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- | 40,000 | ifpi.dk |
 Canada (MC)
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- | - |
2 × platinum2
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160,000 | musiccanada.com |
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United States (RIAA)
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- | - |
3 × platinum3
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3,000,000 | riaa.com |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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4 × silver4th
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- | - | 520,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
4 × silver4th
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4 × gold4th
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5 × platinum5
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Web links
- Official website jamesblakemusic.com
- James Blake on MySpace
- James Blake at Discogs (English)
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- ^ Rising James Blake , pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
- ↑ BBC interview
- ^ Pitchfork Media Review
- ↑ Plattentests.de Review
- ↑ NZZ of April 19, 2011: Torn between feeling and technology - James Blake undermines expectations in the Plaza Club
- ↑ http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.neues-james-blake-album-feier-der-menschlichen-stimme.f5d12397-9fe8-4a2c-8c0e-021d6bcd5b58.html
- ↑ a b https://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/trost-trostlösungen-11680269.html
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blake, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harmonimix (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deptford , London , United Kingdom |