James Blunt
English musician
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April 25 2025 | Released single 'Tears Dry Tonight', a collaboration with Australian DJ Cyril. |
2025 | Scheduled for the Back to Bedlam 20th Anniversary Tour. |
2024 | Planned the Who We Used to Be Tour. |
2023 | James Blunt released two singles: 'Beside You', directed by Craig Bingham, and 'The Girl That Never Was', directed by Vaughan Arnell |
2023 | James Blunt featured on James Carter and Ofenbach's single 'Can't Forget You' as a non-album single. |
December 2023 | Planned release of documentary One Brit Wonder in UK cinemas for one night only. |
October 27 2023 | Released seventh album Who We Used to Be and single 'Beside You'. Also released his 'non-memoir' Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir. |
August 2 2023 | Announced his seventh album, Who We Used to Be. |
2022 | James Blunt released the single 'Adrenaline', directed by Moon |
2022 | Started The Stars Beneath My Feet Tour. |
February 2022 | Conducted a Greatest Hits tour with UK dates. |
November 19 2021 | Released his first 'greatest hits' album The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004–2021), which included four new songs and two singles: 'Love Under Pressure' and 'Unstoppable'. |
2020 | James Blunt released the song 'OK' in collaboration with Helene Fischer, featured on the album 'Die Helene Fischer Show – Meine schönsten Momente, Vol. 1'. |
2020 | James Blunt released two singles: 'Halfway' (potentially featuring Ward Thomas) and 'The Greatest' from the album 'Once Upon a Mind'. |
2020 | Constable published a book called 'How to Be a Complete and Utter Blunt: Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation', compiling his Twitter posts. |
2020 | Launched the Once Upon a Mind Tour. |
2019 | James Blunt released two singles: 'Monsters' and 'The Truth' |
2019 | The single 'Monsters' received a Silver certification from BPI. |
2019 | Collaborated with German DJ and producer Alle Farben to release the dance music track 'Walk Away'. |
October 25 2019 | Blunt released his sixth studio album, Once Upon a Mind. |
August 29 2019 | James Blunt released the lead single 'Cold' from his sixth album, Once Upon a Mind. |
2018 | James Blunt collaborated with Lost Frequencies on the single 'Melody', which peaked at chart position 19 and received a Gold certification from BVMI. |
2017 | Performed as an opening act for Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour. |
March 2017 | Released his fifth studio album 'The Afterlove'. |
2016 | James Blunt announced the start of work on his fifth album through his newsletter. |
2016 | Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Bristol. |
May 3 2015 | James Blunt was confirmed as a replacement judge for Ronan Keating on the seventh season of The X Factor Australia, joining Chris Isaak, Guy Sebastian, and Dannii Minogue. |
2014 | Nominated for NME Awards in the Best Band Blog or Twitter category. |
October 14 2014 | Official music video for the new single 'When I Find Love Again' was released. |
September 16 2014 | Blunt announced on his official Instagram account that 'Moon Landing' would be re-released as 'Moon Landing – Apollo Edition' on 3 November 2014, featuring 19 tracks including new and bonus tracks. |
September 6 2014 | Married Sofia Wellesley, granddaughter of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington. |
2013 | By this year, James Blunt had sold over 20 million records worldwide, and 'Some Kind of Trouble' had achieved over one million copies sold globally. |
October 18 2013 | James Blunt released his fourth album 'Moon Landing', produced by Tom Rothrock, featuring the lead single 'Bonfire Heart' which peaked at number four in the UK Singles Chart and reached number 1 in multiple countries including Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. |
2012 | Opened a restaurant called La Vache in Verbier with motorcycle racer Carl Fogarty and rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio, located at the top of a ski lift named after Blunt. |
2012 | Became a victim of the News International phone hacking affair and filed a civil case for damages. |
2011 | Named Elele Magazine Teen Idol of Turkey, recognizing his popularity and influence among Turkish youth in the entertainment industry. |
2011 | Started the Some Kind of Trouble Tour, which ran through 2012. |
April 4 2011 | Blunt released 'If Time Is All I Have' as the third single from 'Some Kind of Trouble' album. |
January 3 2011 | Blunt released 'So Far Gone' as the second single from 'Some Kind of Trouble' album. |
2010 | Contributed to the charity single 'Everybody Hurts' to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. |
2010 | James Blunt was recognized at the Virgin Media Music Awards in the category of 'The Hottest'. |
November 8 2010 | James Blunt released his third studio album 'Some Kind of Trouble', which debuted at number four in the UK and sold over 100,000 copies in its first week. |
October 27 2010 | James Blunt released 'Stay the Night', the first single from his third studio album 'Some Kind of Trouble', which became highly successful in Europe, reaching number two on the European Airplay Chart for five consecutive weeks. |
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