James Hillier Blount, or James Blunt as we know him, was born February 22nd 1977 in Hampshire, England. He studied at Harrow, the famous public school for boys, before joining the army to fight for Queen and country. James spent four and a half years in the military, six months of which was in Kosovo as part of the peace keeping force.
Upon leaving the army, James decided to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. In 2003 he was spotted by music producer Linda Perry who signed him to her Custard label.
After his first two singles failed to make an impact on the British charts, James looked destined to become another struggling singer trying to scrape a living. But everything changed when his third single You're Beautiful, made it all the way to number one on the U. K. singles chart, and remained there for five weeks. The album Back To Bedlam soon followed and quickly became one the biggest selling records of the year, spending ten consecutive weeks at number one.
In March 2006 You're Beautiful topped the US singles chart, making James the first British artist to do so since Elton John hit the top spot way back in in 1997.
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