  Before breaking out into music,
James Blunt studied aerospace manufacturing,
engineering and sociology at Bristol
University and spent time in the Army in
Kosovo for 4 years. He eventually landed in
LA in 2003 to give music a shot and working
with producer Linda Perry to work on his
debut LP.
 Blunt released his debut LP Back
To Bedlam in the UK.
 # 108
Singles Artist of the Year
Blunt topped the UK LP charts
with Back
To Bedlam and the UK singles charts with
"You're Beautiful."
James contributed the track
"I Want You" to the Listen
To Bob Dylan: A Tribute Album compilation.
 Blunt released his debut Back
To Bedlam in the US.
Blunt won a MTV Europe Music
Award for Best New Act.
Blunt hit the Top 40 with "You're Beautiful."
Blunt performed on Saturday
Night Live.
 Back
To Bedlam became the #1 LP of the year in
the UK.
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
Back
To Bedlam was certified gold.
Back
To Bedlam topped the LP charts in Canada.
 Blunt topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart with "You're Beautiful."
Blunt hit the Top 10 with "You're Beautiful."
Back
To Bedlam was certified
platinum.
The single "You're Beautiful" was certified 2x
platinum.
Blunt won 2 Brit Awards for Best
Pop Act and Best British Male Solo Artist.
Blunt topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Pop 100 chart, Adult Top 40, and
Adult Contemporary chart with "You're Beautiful."
Back
To Bedlam topped the Billboard
Top Internet Albums chart, Top Rock Albums
chart, and Top Digital Albums chart.
 Blunt hit #1 for 2 weeks with "You're Beautiful."
Back
To Bedlam was certified 2x
platinum.
Blunt hit the Top 40 with "High."
The video for "You're Beautiful" won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video and Best Cinematography, and was nominated for
Best New Artist.
Back
To Bedlam was the 6th biggest-selling LP
in the US for the year with sales during the
year topping 2.1 million.
Blunt topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Adult
Contemporary Track ("You're Beautiful").
 Blunt was
nominated for 5 Grammy Awards incuding Record of the Year, Song of the Year (with
Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek) (awarded to
the songwriter), Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("You're Beautiful"), Best Pop Vocal Album (Back
To Bedlam), and Best New Artist. Blunt performed at
the ceremony.
 On July 7th, Blunt performed at
the Live
Earth
concert in the UK. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
 Blunt's next LP All
The Lost Souls was released.
Blunt topped the UK and Canadian
LP charts with All
The Lost Souls.
All
The Lost Souls was certified gold.
 The single
"You're Beautiful" was certified 2x
platinum.
Blunt released Some
Kind Of Trouble.
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Back To Bedlam
Released: October, 2005
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "High" - "You're Beautiful" -
"Wisemen" - "Goodbye My
Lover" - "Tears And Rain"
- "Out Of My Mind" - "So
Long Jimmy" - "Billy" -
"Cry" - "No Bravery" |
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All The Lost Souls
Released: September, 2007
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "1973"
- "One Of The Brightest Stars"
- "I'll Take Everything" -
"Same Mistake" - "Carry
You Home" - "Give Me Some
Love" - "I Really Want
You" - "Shine On" -
"Annie" - "I Can't Hear
The Music" |
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Some Kind Of Trouble
Released: January, 2011
Tracks: "Stay The
Night" - "Dangerous" -
"Best Laid Plans" - "So
Far Gone" - "No Tears" -
"Superstar" - "These Are
The Words" - "Calling Out Your
Name" - "Heart Of Gold" -
"I'll Be Your Man" - "If
Time Is All I Have" - "Empty
Track" - "Turn Me On" |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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