James Blunt Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Father, Songs & Net Worth.

BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES BLUNT

James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and former British Army officer. He became popularly known for his songs ‘You’re Beautiful’ and ‘Goodbye My Lover’.

Blunt rose to prominence in 2004 with the release of his showcase album Back to Bedlam, achieving global notoriety with the singles ‘That is no joke’ ‘Farewell My Lover’. Back to Bedlam was the UK’s top 2000s album.

Blunt was a watch officer in the Life Guards, a British Army mounted force regiment, and served under NATO during the Kosovo War in 1999.

He has earned a few accolades, including two Brit Awards – winner of Best British Male in 2006 – two MTV Video Music Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as five Grammy nominations.

James Blunt Education

He was educated at Elstree School in Woolhampton, Berkshire and Harrow School, where he obtained degrees in physics, chemistry and economics. Blunt continued his studies in Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering and Sociology at the University of Bristol, where he obtained a BSc (Hons) in Sociology in 1996. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music in 2016 by the University of Bristol.

James Blunt’s career

As his education was sponsored by the military, James Blunt was legally required to join the Defense Force for at least four years. Commissioned into the Life Guards, he soon ascended the ladder and was made a captain.

In 1999, he joined the NATO deployment in Kosovo as an armored reconnaissance officer. An avid skier, he eventually became the best skier in the entire “Royal Armored Corps”.
While still serving in the armed forces, he recorded a demo. A friend of his asked him to forward the demo to Todd Interland who was Elton John’s manager.

The track “Goodbye My Lover” impressed Interland. After six years of service, he resigned from the British Army in 2002 to pursue his musical dreams and adopted an easier-to-spell stage name Blunt. Although he was signed to music publishers EMI, he struggled to earn a recording contract.

In 2003, he caught the attention of American musician, Linda Perry, through his promotional tape while on tour in London. This caused a long-awaited turn in Blunt’s career and he soon signed Linda to a recording contract.

2003 proved to be a big year for Blunt’s career and he released his debut album ‘Back to Bedlam’. Produced in association with Tom Rothrock, the album was recorded at Rothrock’s home studio in Los Angeles.

His most successful single to date, ‘You’re Beautiful’, which shot him into the limelight, was part of the ‘Back to Bedlam’ album. It peaked at no. 1 on the pop charts in several countries including Great Britain, the United States, Spain, Canada and the Netherlands.

In 2007 he released the album, ‘All the Lost Souls’ which helped him develop a fan base included the hit singles ‘1973’, ‘Same Mistake’, ‘Carry You Home’, ‘I Really Want You’, ‘Love, Love, Love’ and ‘This is my song’.

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‘Some Kind of Trouble’, her third studio album, released in 2010, however, failed to repeat her previous big hit and received mixed reviews from music critics. He debuted at no. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, and at no. 11 on the Billboard 200. The album included singles such as ‘Stay the Night’ and ‘If Time Is All I Have’. It has been hailed as ‘a move towards unassuming love songs’ by ‘Allmusic’.

‘Moon Landing’, her last album was released in 2013. Her first single ‘Bonfire Heart’ reached no. 4 in the UK Singles Chart a few weeks after its release. It was also featured in the music charts of several countries around the world.

JAMES BLUNT AGE | BIRTHDAY

Blunt was born on February 22, 1974 in Tidworth, Hampshire, England. He celebrates his birthday on 22 ^nd February every year.

JAMES BLUNT FAMILY

Parents

James Blunt was born as the first of three children of Colonel Charles Blount and Jane Ann Farran Blount. His father was a cavalry officer in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, then a helicopter pilot and colonel in the Army Air Corps. His mother started a ski chalet business in Méribel. The Blount family has a long history of military service, dating back to the arrival of their Danish ancestors in England in the 10th century.

James Blunt Father

The most recent single, Monsters, released by the British artist, comes as a tribute to his father and his role model in critical condition.

Blunt’s father, Charles, had been diagnosed with incessant stage four kidney disease. He shows up at the end of the heartbreaking clip.

The camera initially focuses around Blunt, on one edge, singing as tears appear in his eyes. At that point, it works to find that he is sitting next to each other with his father, who tenderly holds his child’s arm while listening to the emotional lyrics.

In what was likely an extremely difficult video for both men to record. Blunt sings:

“I’m not your son, you’re not my father / We’re just two grown men saying goodbye / No need to forgive, no need to forget / I know your mistakes and you know mine. And while you sleep I’ll try to make you proud / So daddy, don’t you close your eyes? / Don’t be afraid, it’s my turn / To hunt the monsters. ‘

After a career in the military, James Blunt may have been “molded” to not show much sentiment, but this tune turns into a truly touching farewell to his father.

Many viewers of the music video agree and have posted their responses and positive notes of consolation on the web.

Following an interview, in October 2019, Blunt opened up about his father’s quest for a kidney donor and how it influenced the songs on his latest album Once Upon A Mind.

Blunt said: ‘He’s a man I’ve looked up to all my life, he was a colonel in the army. He was very healthy, never drank, never smoked, very fit and healthy – now he is sick.

Brothers and sisters

Blunt was born as the first of three children of Colonel Charles Blount and Jane Ann Farran Blount.

James Blunt wife

Blunt is married to his lovely wife, Sofia Wellesley. James and Sofia were married on September 5, 2014 in a private ceremony at a London registry office. On September 19, they also celebrated their wedding in Mallorca, where Sofia’s parents have a family home, in front of their close family and friends.

Children

James and Sofia have a son born in 2016 although they never revealed his name.

James Blunt Gay

Singer James Blunt says he “would like to be considered an honorary homosexual” in light of the feedback he receives because of his “sensitive” songs.

“Calling me gay is a compliment,” he told Today program guest editor Miriam Gonzales Durantez.

“Also, if I had been macho, I would have just had an audience full of men,” he said.

Photo by James Blunt

JAMES BLUNT BODY MEASUREMENTS

• Height: 1.73m
• Weight: 163 lbs / 74 Kg
• Size: Not available
• Body shape : Not available
• Hair Color: Dark Brown
• Bust: 41 in
• Bicep Size: 15 in
• Waist: 35 in

SALARY JAMES BLUNT

According to our reliable sources, James Blunt’s annual salary is $2 million per month.

NET WORTH OF JAME BLUNT

Award-winning music producer, James Blunt has an estimated net worth of $30 million which he has earned through his successful career as a music producer and songwriter.

JAMES BLUNT SONGS

• You are beautiful
• goodbye my lover
• bonfire heart
• Take you home
• Same error
• 1973
• Heart to Heart
• sages
• High
• When I find love again
• Stay for the night
• Don’t give me those eyes
• love me better
• Bartender
• I will be your man
• tears and rain
• someone who sings
• Postcards
• Time of our lives
• If time is all I have
• Okay
• So far
• lose my number
• no courage
• I Realize / Feat. Sinik
• always hate me
• Courtney’s Song
• So long Jimmy
• no tears
• Facing the sun
• early spring
• These are the words

VISITS TO JAMES BLUNT

• Return to Bedlam Tour (2005–06)
• All the Lost Souls Tour (2008-09)
• Some Kind of Trouble Tour (2011–2012)
• Moon Landing World Tour (2014-15)
• The Afterlove Tour (2017-2018)

JAMES BLUNT BAND

• Karl Brazil (drums, backing vocals): 2004–present
• Ben Castle (lead guitar, backing vocals): 2005–present
• John Garrison (bass, guitar, backing vocals): 2007–present
• Simon Lea (drums): 2014–2015
• Christopher Pemberton (keyboards, backing vocals): 2014–present
• Richard Cardwell (keyboards, backing vocals): 2014–present
• Morten Hellborn (drums): 2015
• Kristoffer Sonne (drums): 2017 – present

Former members

• Daisy Blount (backing vocals): 2004
• Paul Freeman (lead guitar, backing vocals): 2004–2005
• Malcolm Moore (bass, backing vocals): 2004–2007, 2010–2014
• Paul Beard (piano, keyboards, backing vocals): 2004–2014

Awards and nominations

UK prices

• 2006: James Blunt
  : Back to Chaos
  : ‘You’re Handsome’
• 2008: ‘1973’
  : BT Digital Music Awards
• 2005: James Blunt

Grammy Awards

• 2007: James Blunt
  : ‘You’re Beautiful’
  : Back to Chaos

MTV Australia Awards

• 2006: “You are beautiful”

MTV Europe Music Awards

• 2005: James Blunt
  : ‘You’re Handsome’

MTV Video Music Awards

• 2006: “You are beautiful”

Teen Choice Awards

• 2006: James Blunt
  : ‘You’re Handsome’

Q-Price

• 2005: James Blunt
  : ‘You’re Beautiful’
  : Back to Chaos

2006

• NRJ Music Award (France) – Best International Newcomer
• Echo Music Prize (Germany) – Best International Newcomer
• NME Awards – Worst Album [92]
• Ivor Novello Award – Most Performed Work and International Hit of the Year
• World Music Awards – World’s Best New Artist and UK’s Best Selling Artist
• World
• 40 Principales Awards – Best New International Artist (Nominated)

2007

• IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards – Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums All the Lost Souls

2008

• Echo Music Prize (Germany) – Best International Male Artist

2010

• Virgin Media Music Awards – The Hottes

2011

• Elele Magazine Teen Idol of Turkey 2011

2014

• NME Awards for Best Group Blog or Twitter (Nominated)
• Hungarian Music Award – Pop/Rock Album of the Year for Moon Landing

2016

• Honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT JAMES BLUNT

Who is James Blunt?

James Blunt is one of the UK’s best known and beloved singers, songwriters and record producers.

How old is Blunt?

James Blunt is 45 years old in 2019. He was born in 1974

How tall is Blunt?

James Blunt stands at a height of 1.73m

Is Blunt married?

Blunt is married to his lovely wife Sofia

How much is Blunt worth?

He has an accomplished journalist with an estimated net worth of $30 million

Where does Blunt live?

He resides in Ibiza, Spain.

Is Blunt dead or alive?

James Blunt is still alive and well.