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James Blunt
James Blunt is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".
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entertainment · English musician (born 1974) · singer-songwriter · songwriter · composer · singer · pianist · guitarist · vocalist · pop musician · musician · also James Blunt, Blunt
Born 22 February 1974 · Q130799
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2026· 20 entries
heraldousa.com: ¿Teorías sobre la élite? El polémico video de James Blunt tras la muerte de Hayden Panettiere
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Caracol Radio: James Blunt, conocido por el éxito “You’re Beautiful”, regresa con el sencillo “Tastes Like Summer”
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The Tab: Every wild thing James Blunt said about Diana Jenkins in his book, and how she responded
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Cultura Colectiva: El video de James Blunt que desató teorías de élites y canibalismo
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That Eric Alper: James Blunt Bottles Romance And Warm Weather On “Tastes Like Summer”
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FM Mundo: James Blunt sorprende en el verano con su nuevo sencillo "Tastes like summer"
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Public attention spiked: 35,821 Wikipedia readers in one day, 22.7× the usual 1,576, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “James Blunt sorprende en el verano con su nuevo sencillo "Tastes like summer"” (FM Mundo).
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Published video “I will NOT sell out!”.
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Published video “Go and listen to my new single "Tastes Like Summer" immediately so you don't end up like this guy.”.
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Published video “James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer (Official Music Video)”.
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Published video “It's so hard to make friends these days.”.
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Published video ““Tastes Like Summer”. Out this Friday.”.
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Public attention spiked: 5,689 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 1,576, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “James Blunt - I Can't Hear The Music (Official Visualiser)”.
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Published video “James Blunt - Annie (Official Visualiser)”.
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Published video “James Blunt - Shine On (Official Visualiser)”.
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Published video “James Blunt - I Really Want You (Official Visualiser)”.
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Published video “James Blunt - Give Me Some Love (Official Visualiser)”.
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Public attention spiked: 8,755 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.6× the usual 1,576, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘I can’t listen to Angels – Robbie Williams stole my drummer’: James Blunt’s honest playlist
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The Guardian: News of the World paid women to sleep with celebrities, James Blunt says
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The Guardian: James Blunt: ‘Have I changed and grown up? No, not really’
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2023· 4 entries
The Guardian: James Blunt: One Brit Wonder review – soldier-turned-singer’s brilliant Twitter game
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Released album “Who We Used to Be”.
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The Guardian: James Blunt looks back: ‘After a few days at boarding school I asked, “When are my parents coming back?”’
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The Guardian: James Blunt: ‘The first time I crowdsurfed, I fell flat on the floor’
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: James Blunt review – larky king of uncool turns on the emotion
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The Guardian: James Blunt jokes he will release new music on Spotify in Rogan protest
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004 – 2021)”.
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The Guardian: James Blunt: ‘I walk up to strangers and tell them they’re beautiful’
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2020· 4 entries
The Guardian: James Blunt: ‘My body has not been a temple. I’ve put it through painful experiences’
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The Guardian: James Blunt review – beige balladeer turns up the self-deprecating charm
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The Guardian: James Blunt: how we made You're Beautiful
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Constable published a compendium of his tweets as a book called How to Be a Complete and Utter Blunt: Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation
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2019· 3 entries
Released album “Once Upon a Mind”.
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The Guardian: Who’s still playing James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful in 2019?
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Blunt collaborated with German DJ and producer Alle Farben to release "Walk Away" in the dance music genre
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2018· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Singer James Blunt once refused to follow orders that could have triggered World War III while serving with the British Army in Kosovo.” Mostly False.
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2017· 5 entries
The Guardian: James Blunt announces Australia tour after stint as Ed Sheeran's 'bitch'
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Released ep “OK (The Remixes)”.
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Released ep “Love Me Better (Remixes)”.
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The Guardian: James Blunt: 'I’m always ready for the enemy to come over the hill'
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Released album “The Afterlove”.
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2016· 1 entry
Blunt received an honorary Doctor of Music (Hon DMus) degree from the University of Bristol in 2016.
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “I'll Take Everything - The Platinum Collection”.
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2014· 3 entries
Released ep “Smoke Signals EP”.
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Released ep “When I Find Love Again”.
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Released ep “Heart to Heart”.
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2013· 4 entries
Released ep “Deezer Session EP”.
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Released album “Moon Landing”.
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Released ep “Bonfire Heart”.
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Released ep “Moon Landing (Amazon Artist Lounge Live EP)”.
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2012· 2 entries
Released ep “Superstar (Remixes)”.
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Alongside motorcycle racer Carl Fogarty and rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio, he opened a restaurant at the top of the ski lift called La Vache
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Some Kind of Trouble”.
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2008· 6 entries
Released album “Les Sessions Lost Souls”.
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Released album “All the Lost Souls Tour 2008: Wolverhampton Civic Hall 21.01.2008”.
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Released album “All the Lost Souls Tour 2008 (Plymouth Pavilions 18.01.2008)”.
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Released album “All the Lost Souls Tour 2008: Hammersmith Apollo, London 14.01.2008”.
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Released album “All the Lost Souls Tour 2008 (Manchester Apollo 11.01.2008)”.
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Released ep “iTunes Festival: London 2008”.
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2007· 3 entries
Released ep “The MySpace Transmissions”.
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Released album “All the Lost Souls”.
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Released album “Song Collection”.
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year (2006).
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Released ep “Monkey On My Shoulder EP (From The Original Demo Collection)”.
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Released album “Back to Bedlam: Live in Paris”.
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2005· 6 entries
Released ep “Live in Berlin (Fritz Radio Konzert)”.
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Released ep “Up Close”.
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Released album “Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions”.
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Released ep “iTunes Live: From London”.
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Released ep “James Blunt Digital Live - EP”.
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Blunt performed 90 live shows, mainly across the UK and Europe, and supported Jason Mraz in a North American tour
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2004· 3 entries
Released album “Baden-Baden 2005”.
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Released album “Back to Bedlam”.
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With the release of his debut album Back to Bedlam, achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover"
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2003· 1 entry
With Rothrock as producer in Conway Recording Studios at Rothrock's home studio in Los Angeles, playing many instruments himself
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2002· 1 entry
So that he could pursue his music career
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1999· 1 entry
Blunt volunteered to join a squadron of the Blues and Royals who deployed with NATO to Kosovo
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1998· 1 entry
To act as the opposing army in combat training exercises
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1996· 1 entry
After initially studying civil engineering
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1974· 1 entry
Born 1974-02-22.
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