James Blunt Biography

James Blunt is a singer and English, who shot to fame in 2005 with the single "You're beautiful."

James Blunt: Childhood

James Blunt was born in a military hospital in Tidworth, Wiltshire, Jane and Charles Blount. His family has a history of military service from 10 th century.

His childhood was divided between Britain, Cyprus and Germany, that his father was a sergeant in the British Army Air Corps was.

Blunt won with 16 licensed pilot and has its own place in the army at Bristol University, where he studied aeronautical and aerospace engineering, before he helped to a degree in sociology 1996th His education was completed at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

James Blunt: his military career

Blunt made no less than four years in the army when they participated in the financing of his university education. It was first included as a lieutenant Guard and attained the rank of captain.

In 1999, Blunt served in the peacekeeping force in Kosovo and NATP was the first British officer, the capital of Kosovo in force.

Blunt picked up a guitar with him and often perform for the local inhabitants in Kosovo. There he wrote the song "No Bravery".

and later in Switzerland, he was promoted to captain of cavalry household downhill skier and was a champion of the Royal Armoured Corps.

While in London, James Blunt guarded the coffin of the Queen Mother, mounted as she lay in state, and was part of his funeral.

He stretched out his stay in the army, then left, but in October 2002.

After retiring from the army, Blunt signed to EMI publishing arm, and the twenty-first Artists Management. His voice speak posh concern to many record company executives. However, if there was Linda Perry (songwriter Pink and Christina Aguilera and others) established in 2003 to life Custard Records, she signed a deal with seeing him on the South by Southwest festival to perform.

The first album Back To Bedlam, was produced by Tom Rothrock in 2003. Blunt left the actress Carrie Fisher during his stay in Los Angeles to record an album. He was greeted by family Fischer, a former girlfriend. The song "Goodbye My Lover" was recorded at Fisher Hall.

Back To Bedlam was published in 2003, but was relatively unknown and dull response to his concert was mixed, but his music is often compared to Damien Rice and David Gray.

It was the third single, "You're Beautiful" was published that Blunt has exceeded the overall success. The song was in the charts at number 12 and eventually rose to the top spot. Huge amount of airplay given to the song of the album also pushed Map UK album.

Ivor Novello Award for most job there, James Blunt and co-song was excellent. He also became the first British artist, almost a decade to top U.S. charts away.

In 2006, he won five Brit Awards. He played "You're Beautiful" at the Grammy Awards in 2007, but won none of the five awards he was nominated.

Back To Bedlam sold more than 11 million copies.

All The Lost Souls, James Blunt's second album was released in 2007 and went gold in just four days in the UK. The album was at his home in Ibiza, Rothrock again recorded with the production rights.

James Blunt private life has also been described in the press, and was romantically Dixie Chassay, a casting director for the Harry Potter films, musicians and Camilla Boler connected model Petra Nemcova.

Blunt has sold a series of "Meet and Greet" opportunity, Gig, to raise money for Doctors Without Borders and to promote environmental causes. He shows a trailer of the documentary Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" during his concerts.