James Blunt also called as James hillier Blount, born on 22 February 1974 is a British musician whose
debut album "Back TO Bedlam", and single release especially the number one hit "you're Beautiful" brought him to fame in 2005. James Blunt style is mix of pop
and softrock along with vocals, Blunt plays a wide variety of instruments including the piano, guiter,
organ, marimba, and mellotran. He is signed to Linda Perry's American label Custard, and become the first British artist to top
the american singles charts in nearly a decade when his songs "youre beautifull" reached number one
on the billboard Hot 100 in 2006. The last British artist to do so had been Elton John in 1997.
James Blunt's debut single in the UK was"high" (co-written with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue). This song peaked below the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart.However, the song was chosen to appear in
a vodafone commercial in Italy, and as a result was a Top 10 hit. Some people
have suggested that the tittle of his song "high" is in references to drugs;
Blunt, however, claims this to be untre, his second single "wisemen", improved
upon that position with a#44 peak.
Blunt's dramtic rise to popularity and sucess has garnered hostility.his short notice billing at
a major summar festival, ousting the now lesser known Declan O'rourke, led
the latter to refer to him as "james Cucking Funt" live on-air on alrish radio station.
The name james Blunt has now become Cockney Rhyming. The sunday Telegraph's
Mandrake colum has claimed that Blunt is in fact three years older than
his publicity claims, critics of Blunt have cited this, along with vast marketing investing
and in offensive songs, in ssing him as more in the mould of a commercial act rather
than a genuine song-songwriter, yet Blunt initially had little to no investment from both.
According to The sun, you're Beautiful has eclipsed Robbie Williams' Angles as the wedding
favourite in the United kingdom. James Blunt same article, goodbye my lover was
revealed to be a funeral favourite as well, with two high profile funerals in canada using the song
in memorials for Montreal police officer of Valerie Gignac.
James Blunt Ringtones available are
1. Goodbye My Lover
2. You're Beautiful
