James Blunt

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Attribution
Image Credit: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil (James Blunt | Tom Brasil), CC BY 2.0

Biography

James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire can be best described as a mix of acoustic-tinged pop, rock and folk. After recording on the independent American label Custard Records, Blunt won two Brit Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, and by 2006 was nominated for five Grammy Awards. The following year, he released his second album All the Lost Souls (2007). Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released in November 2010. Worldwide, Blunt has sold over 18 million albums, and his debut album, Back to Bedlam, is the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict there 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 supported MSF by holding meet-and-greet auctions at many of his concerts.

Details

Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 2003
Number of Albums 41
Record Label Atlantic
Website https://www.jamesblunt.com
Wikipedia James Blunt on Wikipedia
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Trivia

What was James Blunt's birth date?

22.02.1974

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How much money does James Bluunt have in 2014?

18 million USD

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Blunt's father was a Corporal in what military unit?

British Army Air Corps

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What was his father's rank in the British Army Air Corps?

Corporal

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What rank did he rise to after a while?

Captain

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What was the name of the song Blunt performed for the Kosovans?

No Bravery

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Where was Blunt stationed when he returned to the UK?

London

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At what age did he go to school at Harrow?

seven

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What military academy was a pretty miserable experience for a young man?

Sandhurst

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What was James' primary passion?

music

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How old was James when he got hooked on music?

14

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After four years in the Army, he quit to pursue a career in what industry?

music business

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What was James' surname changed to?

Blunt

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What company did James sign with?

EMI Music Publishing

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Where did he penned his first album?

Los Angeles

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What was the name of the first single off Back To Bedlam?

High

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Where did the single High peak in the UK singles chart?

below the Top 100

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What number did Wisemen make it to?

44

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How many nominations did James Blunt receive at the Brit Awards?

five

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What is James Blundt hoping to re-release?

Wise Men

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When is Wise Men set to re-release?

March 13

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What instrument did the older boy play at 14?

electric guitar

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Where did James serve as a peacekeeper in 1999?

Kosovo

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In what year did James leave the army to become a musician?

2002

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Who offered James a lavish contract under Custard Records?

Linda Perry

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When did James release You're Beautiful?

May 2005

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How many different singles chart did You're Beautiful make it to?

5

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What was the name of the single that was included in the top five of 5 different charts?

You're Beautiful

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What category did James win at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards?

Best New Act

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James has been romantically linked to who?

Camilla Bowler

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James split from Camilla Bowler because of what?

work pressures

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How long did James Blunt serve in the army?

six years

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What label did he sign with before securing a recording contract with Atlantic Records and Custard Records?

EMI

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What single from his debut album became immensely popular?

Goodbye My Lover

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What was he's the name of his debut album?

Back to Bedlam

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How many records has Blunting sold worldwide since his first album?

over 20 million

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What university awarded him an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016?

University of Bristol

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In what year did James Hillier Blount receive a Doctorate in Music from the University of Bristol?

2016

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In what city was James Hilliers born?

Tidworth

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When did Back to Bedlam become the top selling album in the UK?

2005

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What military academy did he attend?

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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Where was the South By Southwest festival held in 2004?

Austin, Texas

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What label did Linda Perry sign Blunted to?

Custard Records

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In what year did Blunt release his two-disc oddsandsods audiovideo release?

2006

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What was the name of the audiovideo released in 2006?

Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions

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Blund had sold over how many albums by 2013?

20 million

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What was his father a cavalry officer in?

13th18th Royal Hussars

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In what country did he peak at number 2?

United States

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What was the name of his second album?

All the Lost Souls

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In what year was All the Lost Souls released?

2007

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What was the title of the deluxe edition of Kind Of Trouble?

Some Kind of Trouble: Revisited

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How many MTV Awards did he win?

two

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