His father was a cavalry officer in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and then a helicopter pilot and colonel of the Army Air Corps. He is the first of three children to Colonel Charles Blount and Jane Ann Farran Blount (née Amos). James Hillier Blount was born on 22 February 1974 at an army hospital in Tidworth in the county of Hampshire (the town was later transferred to Wiltshire). He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016 by University of Bristol.
He has received several awards, including two Brit Awards-winning Best British Male in 2006-two MTV Video Music Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations.īlunt was a reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in the Kosovo War in 1999. īlunt has sold over 20 million records worldwide. Back to Bedlam was the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
"You're Beautiful" was number one in the UK, the US and a dozen other countries. The album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. He originally signed to EMI Music Publishing and is currently signed to Custard Records and Atlantic Records.īlunt rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album Back to Bedlam, achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and former British Army Officer.
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