JAMES BLUNT

                                                                                                                                                                              James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974, is an English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and new single releases, especially "You're Beautiful and Where is my Mind", brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire is a mix of acoustic-tinged pop rock. Recording for Linda Perry's independent American label Custard Records, Blunt won two BRIT Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, and was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2006. He released his second album All The Lost Souls, in 2007                               

Music career

[edit] Early career

James Blunt in April 2006

Blunt took piano and violin lessons as a child, but his first significant exposure to popular music was at Harrow School. There, he was introduced to the guitar by a fellow student, and started playing guitar and writing songs at age 14. At Bristol University, his undergraduate thesis was The Commodification of Image - Production of a Pop Idol; one of his main references for the thesis was , a sociologist and rock critic, and current chair of the Mercury Music Prize.
Blunt left the British Army in 2002 so that he could pursue his musical career. It was at about that time that he started using the stage name "Blunt", in part to make it easier for others to spell; "Blount" is pronounced the same way, and remains his legal surname.Shortly after leaving the Army, he was signed to EMI music publishers, and to Twenty-First Artists management. A record contract remained elusive however, with recording label executives pointing to Blunt's "posh" speaking voice as a barrier in class-divided Britain. Linda Perry, who was just launching her own Custard Records label in early 2003, heard Blunt's promotional tape when visiting London, and soon after heard him perform live at the South by Southwest Music Festival. Within a few days, Blunt signed a recording contract with Perry, and one month later he was in Los Angeles working with producer Tom Rothrock.
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