James Blunt

This article is about the British musician James Blunt. For the US doctor and general, see James G. Blunt .

James Blunt (2018)

James Blunt (* 22. February 1974 as James Hillier Blount in Tidworth , Wiltshire ) is a British singer-songwriter . He was best known for his number 1 hit You're Beautiful in 2005 .

Youth and military service

James Blunt comes from a family with a long military tradition; his father served in the Army Air Corps . During his youth, Blunt spent ten years in Soest ( Möhnesee ) when his father was stationed there with the Rhine Army . Blunt attended Elstree School in Woolhampton and later Harrow School . There he got a scholarship from the British Army for the Bristol University before his training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, was able to close. He became an officer in the Life Guards , served with his regiment within the framework of KFOR in Kosovo (including the capture of the Pristina airport and the conflict with the Russian advance into Pristina ) and took part as pallbearer at Queen Mum's funeral on April 9, 2002 part. During his service in Kosovo he wrote the song No Bravery . In 2002, he ended his six-year service as captain .

Career

Blunt (2008)

A year after leaving the Army, Blunt signed with EMI Music Publishing as a singer and songwriter. The former singer of the 4 Non Blondes , Linda Perry , who had already written and produced songs for Pink , Courtney Love and Christina Aguilera , became aware of him. Perry signed Blunt to her new label, Custard Records , and he recorded his debut album Back to Bedlam in Los Angeles with producer Tom Rothrock .

Blunt's debut UK single was High . The piece did not make it into the top 100 of the UK singles chart. Nevertheless, the song was nominated for a Vodafone - commercial in Italy selected and there to the top 10 hit. High also became a promotional song for Deutsche Telekom , as a result of which Blunt was often heard on German television during the 2006 World Cup . His second single Wisemen landed at number 44 on the UK charts and led Back to Bedlam to make it into the top 20 of the album charts. In 2004 Blunt appeared on Elton John's tour in the opening act. His third single, You're Beautiful, gave him his breakthrough. The song entered the UK charts at number 12 and climbed to number 1 within six weeks. The song was played frequently on the radio, bringing the album to number 1 as well. Following the great success of You're Beautiful in the UK the song was also released in the rest of Europe and one of the biggest summer hits there in 2005. When the song was released in the USA in autumn 2005 , he was the first British artist in nine years who managed to jump to the top of the Billboard charts . He inherited Elton John, who succeeded in doing this in 1997 with Candle in the Wind .

In August 2007, 1973 was released as a single. The piece in which Blunt sings about the opening year of his favorite club, the Pacha discotheque in Ibiza , was the first release from his second album All the Lost Souls , which went on the international market in September 2007. In January 2008 he released his second single from the album. Same Mistake is also the soundtrack to the movie PS I love you . The third single from the album, Carry You Home , was released in Germany in July 2008.

In 2010, Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released . The first single Stay the Night was the title track of the Sat.1 series Hand on Heart . So Far Gone was released in January 2011 and I'll Be Your Man in autumn 2011 . His fourth studio album was titled Moon Landing and was released in October 2013. On July 29th, Bonfire Heart was released from it, which immediately reached number 1 in the German single charts.

Music videos

Most of the blunt music videos are characterized by symbolism and sinister imagery . In the first video for High , he was buried in a desert . In the first Wisemen video, he was kidnapped and taken hostage . The re-release video for Wisemen shows a blunt burning ID and eventually walking through the woods as a human torch.

Awards and Achievements

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Since 2005, Blunt has won several awards, including a. an MTV Europe Music Award , two Brit Awards and two Echoes . It is estimated that he has sold more than 19 million albums to date. His debut album Back to Bedlam was named the most successful album in Great Britain in late 2010. His first album alone has sold almost 15 million copies to date. This makes it one of the most successful debut albums in music history. His album Back to Bedlam was in the top 10 in 19 countries, number 1 in eleven countries and second in five countries.

family

Sofia Wellesley and James Blunt (2013)

In September 2014, Blunt married his compatriot Sofia Wellesley, the granddaughter of Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington .

Discography

→ Main article : James Blunt / Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Back to Bedlam	DE1 × 9 Ninefold gold (68 weeks)DE	AT1 × 2 Double platinum (89 weeks)AT	CH1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (100 weeks)CH	UK1 × 11 Eleven times platinum (130 weeks)UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (78 weeks)US	First published: Oct 11, 2004 sales +14,800,000
2007	All the Lost Souls	DE1 × 5 Quintuple gold (54 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (57 weeks)AT	CH1 × 3 Triple platinum (56 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (36 weeks)UK	US7th gold (25 weeks)US	First published: Sep 14, 2007 sales + 3,000,000
2010	Some kind of trouble	DE2 platinum (27 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (26 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (44 weeks)CH	UK4th platinum (19 weeks)UK	US11 (6 weeks) US	First published: November 5, 2010 sales + 1,000,000
2013	Moon landing	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (66 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (49 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (71 weeks)CH	UK2 platinum (52 weeks)UK	US20 (3 weeks) US	First published: Oct 18, 2013 sales + 1,500,000
2017	The afterlove	DE6 (14 weeks) DE	AT7 (7 weeks) AT	CH4 (33 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (10 weeks)UK	US177 (1 week) US	First published: March 25, 2017 sales + 60,000
2019	Once Upon a Mind	DE8 (11 weeks) DE	AT6 (5 weeks) AT	CH4 (30 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (21 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 25, 2019 Sales: + 60,000

Awards

• 2005
  • MTV Europe Music Award - Best Newcomer
  • Q Award - Best Newcomer
  • Digital Music Award - Best Newcomer
• 2006
  • NRJ Music Award - International Newcomer
  • BRIT Award - Best Pop Act
  • BRIT Award - Best British Male Solo Artist
  • NME Award - Worst Album for Back To Bedlam
  • Echo - Newcomer of the Year (international)
  • MTV Australia Video Music Awards - Song of the Year for You're Beautiful
  • Ivor Novello Award - Most Performed Work and International Hit of the Year
  • MTV Video Music Awards - Best Male Video for You're Beautiful
  • World Music Award - Best New Artist in the World and Biggest Selling British Artist in the World
  • Teen Choice Award - Choice Music Male Artist
• 2008
  • Echo - Artist of the Year (international)
• 2011
  • Radio Regenbogen Award - Best International Male Artist

literature

• Michael Fuchs-Gamböck & Thorsten Schatz: High - The James Blunt Story. 2008, ISBN 978-3-86543-344-2 .
• Peter Hardy: Different Country, Same State: On the Road with James Blunt. 2011, ISBN 978-0-7553-1995-4 .

Web links

Commons : James Blunt  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• James Blunt Official Website
• James Blunt at MusicBrainz (English)
• James Blunt at Discogs (English)
• James Blunt at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography on Bunte.de
2. ↑ Article in Stern from September 20, 2005
3. ↑ James Blunt: How I Prevented World War III. Spiegel Online from November 15, 2010
4. ↑ BBC News: Blunt Words of Sensitive Soldier , Feb. 16, 2006
5. ↑ jamesblunt.com: Still Photographs ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. → In the Sound Booth at The Embassy Studio, Los Angeles 
6. ↑ Elton John commends James Blunt , March 6, 2006
7. ↑ A dream start for Helene Fischer , press release from media control on October 15, 2013
8. ↑ Lily Harrison and Michelle Falls: James Blunt Marries Sofia Wellesley! Newlyweds Celebrates With Lavish Wedding Party in Majorca. de.eonline.com, September 19, 2014
9. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US