James Blunt Biography
James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and former British Army Officer He became popularly known for his songs “You’re Beautiful” and “Goodbye My Lover”.
Blunt rose to distinction in 2004 with the release of his presentation album Back to Bedlam, accomplishing overall notoriety with the singles “That is no joke” “Farewell My Lover”. Back to Bedlam was the top of the line album of the 2000s in the UK.
Blunt was a surveillance officer in the Life Guards, a mounted force regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in the Kosovo War in 1999.
He has gotten a few honors, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 2006—two MTV Video Music Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, just as getting five Grammy Award nominations.
James Blunt Education
He was educated at Elstree School in Woolhampton, Berkshire, and Harrow School, gaining A-levels in Physics, Chemistry and Economics. Blunt went on to study Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering and Sociology at the University of Bristol, graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Sociology in 1996. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016 by the University of Bristol.
James Blunt Career
As his education was sponsored by the Army, James Blunt was legally bound to join the defense forces for a minimum of four years. Commissioned in the Life Guards, he soon ascended the ladder and was made the Captain.
In 1999, he became the part of the NATO deployment in Kosovo as an armored reconnaissance officer. An enthusiastic skier, he eventually became the best skier of the entire ‘Royal Armored Corps’.
When he was still serving in the armed forces, he recorded a demo. One of his friends asked him to forward the demo to Todd Interland who was Elton John’s manager.
The track ‘Goodbye My Lover’ impressed Interland. After six years of service, he resigned from the British Army in 2002 to accomplish his musical dreams and adopted an easier-to-spell stage-name Blunt. Though he was signed with EMI music publishers, he was struggling to earn himself a record contract.
In 2003, he grabbed the attention of the American musician, Linda Perry, through his promotional tape when she was touring London. This brought about a much-expected turn in Blunt’s career and he soon signed a recording contract with Linda.
The year 2003, proved significant to Blunt’s career and he came out with his debut album ‘Back to Bedlam’. Produced in association with Tom Rothrock, the album was recorded at Rothrock’s Los Angeles home studio.
His most successful single release to date, ‘You’re Beautiful’, which catapulted him to limelight was part of the ‘Back to Bedlam’ album. It peaked at no. 1 on pop charts in several countries including Britain, the United States, Spain, Canada, and the Netherlands.
In 2007, he released the album, ‘All the Lost Souls’ which helped him develop a fan base included the hit singles ‘1973’, ‘Same Mistake’, ‘Carry You Home’,’I Really Want You’, ‘Love, Love, Love’ and ‘It Is My Song”.
‘Some Kind of Trouble’, his third studio album, released in 2010, however, failed to reiterate his previous grand success and received mixed reviews from the music critics. It debuted at no. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, and at no. 11 on the Billboard 200. The album included singles such as, ’Stay the Night’ and ‘If Time Is All I Have’. It was praised as “a move toward love songs free of pretension” by ‘Allmusic’.
‘Moon Landing’, his latest album was released in 2013. Its first single ‘Bonfire Heart’ reached no. 4 in the UK Singles Chart within a couple of weeks of its release. It also featured on music charts of several countries all over the world.
James Blunt Age | Birthday
Blunt was born on 22 February 1974 in Tidworth, Hampshire, England. He celebrates his birthday on 22nd February every year.
James Blunt Family
Parents
James Blunt was born as the first of three children to Colonel Charles Blount and Jane Ann Farran Blount. His father was a cavalry officer in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and then a helicopter pilot and colonel of the Army Air Corps. His mother started up a ski chalet company in Méribel. The Blount family has a long history of military service, dating back to the arrival of their Danish ancestors in England in the 10th century.
James Blunt Father
The most current single, Monsters, to be released by the British artist fills in as a contacting tribute to his in critical condition father and role model.
Blunt’s dad Charles had been diagnosed to have ceaseless stage-four kidney ailment. He shows up towards the finish of the heartbreaking music video.
The camera initially centers around Blunt, in one single edge, singing while tears show up in his eyes. It at that point works out to uncover that he is sitting one next to the other with his dad, who tenderly holds his child’s arm while tuning in to the emotional lyrics.
In what more likely than not been a massively difficult video for the two men to record. Blunt sings:
“I’m not your son, you’re not my father/ We’re just two grown men saying goodbye/ No need to forgive, no need to forget/ I know your mistakes and you know mine. And while you’re sleeping, I’ll try to make you proud/ So daddy, won’t you just close your eyes?/ Don’t be afraid, it’s my turn/ To chase the monsters away.”
Following a career in the military, James Blunt may have been ‘molded’ to not show a lot of feeling, yet this tune fills in as a really contacting goodbye to his dad.
Numerous watchers of the music video concur and have been posting their responses and positive notes of consolation on the web.
Following an interview, in October 2019, Blunt talked about his dad’s quest for a kidney donor and how it influenced songs on his newest album Once Upon A Mind.
Blunt stated: ‘He’s a man I’ve admired my whole life, he was a colonel in the army. He’s been very healthy, never drunk, never smoked, very fit and healthy — now he’s unwell.
Siblings
Blunt was born as the first of three children to Colonel Charles Blount and Jane Ann Farran Blount.
James Blunt Wife
Blunt is married to his lovely wife, Sofia Wellesley. James and Sofia got married on 5th September 2014 at a private ceremony at a London registry office. On 19th September they also celebrated their wedding at Majorca, where Sofia’s parents have a family home, in front of close family and friends.
Children
James and Sofia have a son born in 2016 although they have never revealed his name.
James Blunt Gay
Singer James Blunt says that he “would like to be considered an honorary gay man” in light of comments he receives because of his “sensitive” songs.
“To call me gay is a compliment,” he told Today program guest editor Miriam Gonzales Durantez.
“Also, if I’d been macho, I’d just have had an audience full of men,” he said.
James Blunt Body Measurements
- Height: 1.73 m
- Weight: 163 pounds / 74 Kg
- Shoe Size: Not Available
- Body Shape: Not Available
- Hair Colour: Dark Brown
- Chest Size: 41 in
- Biceps Size: 15 in
- Waist Size: 35 in
James Blunt Salary
According to our reliable sources, James Blunt’s annual salary is $2 million per month.
Jame Blunt Net Worth
The award-winning music producer, James Blunt, has an estimated net worth of $30 million which he has earned through his successful career as a music producer, and songwriter.
Jame Blunt Songs
- You’re Beautiful
- Goodbye My Lover
- Bonfire Heart
- Carry You Home
- Same Mistake
- 1973
- Heart to Heart
- Wisemen
- High
- When I Find Love Again
- Stay The Night
- Don’t Give Me Those Eyes
- Love Me Better
- Bartender
- I’ll Be Your Man
- Tears and Rain
- Someone Singing Along
- Postcards
- Time Of Our Lives
- If Time Is All I Have
- OK
- So Far Gone
- Lose My Number
- No Bravery
- Je Réalise / Feat. Sinik
- Always Hate Me
- Courtney’s Song
- So Long Jimmy
- No Tears
- Face the Sun
- Primavera in anticipo
- These Are the Words
Jame Blunt Tours
- Back to Bedlam Tour (2005–06)
- All the Lost Souls Tour (2008-09)
- Some Kind of Trouble Tour (2011–12)
- Moon Landing World Tour (2014–15)
- The Afterlove Tour (2017–18)
James Blunt Band
- Karl Brazil (drums, backing vocals): 2004–present
- Ben Castle (lead guitar, backing vocals): 2005–present
- John Garrison (bass, guitar, backing vocals): 2007–present
- Simon Lea (drums): 2014–2015
- Christopher Pemberton (keyboards, backing vocals): 2014–present
- Richard Cardwell (keyboards, backing vocals): 2014–present
- Morten Hellborn (drums): 2015
- Kristoffer Sonne (drums): 2017-present
Former members
- Daisy Blount (backing vocals): 2004
- Paul Freeman (lead guitar, backing vocals): 2004–2005
- Malcolm Moore (bass, backing vocals): 2004–2007, 2010–2014
- Paul Beard (piano, keyboards, backing vocals): 2004–2014
Awards and nominations
Brit Awards
- 2006: James Blunt
: Back to Bedlam
: “You’re Beautiful” - 2008: “1973”
: BT Digital Music Awards - 2005: James Blunt
Grammy Awards
- 2007: James Blunt
: “You’re Beautiful”
: Back to Bedlam
MTV Australia Awards
- 2006: “You’re Beautiful”
MTV Europe Music Awards
- 2005: James Blunt
: “You’re Beautiful”
MTV Video Music Awards
- 2006: “You’re Beautiful”
Teen Choice Awards
- 2006: James Blunt
: “You’re Beautiful”
Q Awards
- 2005: James Blunt
: “You’re Beautiful”
: Back to Bedlam
2006
- NRJ Music Award (France) – Best International Newcomer
- Echo Music Prize (Germany) – Best International Newcomer
- NME Awards – Worst Album[92]
- Ivor Novello Awards – Most Performed Work and International Hit of the Year
- World Music Awards – Best New Artist in the World and Biggest Selling British Artist in the
- World
- Premios 40 Principales – Mejor Artista Revelación Internacional (Nominated)
2007
- IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards – Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums All the Lost Souls
2008
- Echo Music Prize (Germany) – Best International Male Artist
2010
- Virgin Media Music Awards – The Hottes
2011
- Elele Magazine Teen Idol of Turkey 2011
2014
- NME Awards for Best Band Blog or Twitter (nominated)
- Hungarian Music Awards – Pop/Rock Album of the Year for Moon Landing
2016
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol
Frequently Asked Questions About James Blunt
Who is James Blunt?
James Blunt is one of the United Kingdom’s best-known and loved singer, songwriter and record producer.
How old is Blunt?
James Blunt is 45 years as of 2019. He was born in 1974
How tall is Blunt?
James Blunt stands at a height of 1.73 m
Is Blunt married?
Blunt is married to his lovely wife Sofia
How much is Blunt worth?
He has an accomplished journalist with an estimated net worth of $30 million
Where does Blunt live?
He is a resident of Ibiza, Spain.
Is Blunt dead or alive?
James Blunt is still alive and in good health.
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