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Famous as :

Musician

Birth Name :

James Hillier Blount

Birth Date :

February 22, 1974

Birth Place :

Tidworth, Wiltshire, England

Claim to fame :

Single "You're Beautiful" (2006)

Biography


by AceShowbiz.com

entitled "You're Beautiful" by late May 2005 with the intention to give "Back to Bedlam" a sufficient boost to score higher in the chart. His strategy worked beyond expectation when the tune gloriously soared to secure the highest spot of U.K. singles chart while also received massive airplay which consequently elevated his album to the first rank, replacing Coldplay's "X&Y." This fabulous success amazingly extended to U.S as it managed to enter the top ten of Billboard 200 besides obtained number one slot on both Top Heatseekers and Canadian Albums charts. "You're Beautiful" even was included in the top five of 5 different singles charts, including The Billboard Hot 100 plus Adult Top 40.

By the end of 2005, the sale of "Back to Bedlam" had reached 2.4 million copies in U.K only to then be certified eight times Platinum besides gained Gold status in U.S. and other Platinum in Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, plus Canada. Followed this brilliant attainment with the triumph at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards for winning Best New Act category, James truly has transformed into one of the most potential rising music artists in the world's music scene. This growing popularity of his subsequently ...

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led to several notable appearances in U.S famous shows, like "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) aside from an acting debut on ABC Family Channel's "Wildfire" (2005) in late January 2006.

Singing career aside, James has been romantically linked to Camilla Bowler before then split, citing work pressures as the cause. After that he was reported to find new love in The Pussycat Dolls band-member Jessica Sutta shortly after meeting her during a tour of Berlin, where she was promoting her group's single "Don't Cha". Blame this man's charm that in companion with his rising singing career he's been reported dating some women, including the British it-girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Australian TV personality Tania Zaetta. Finally gave his heart to Petra Nemcova, a Czechoslovakian-born fashion model, they then broke up in March 2007 after dating for about one year, presumably because his being romantically linked to actress-singer Lindsay Lohan.

Behind the romantic turmoil, his work on the sophomore effort was still proceeding with long-time producer Tom Rothrock. Taking two years to work it out, James was ready to drop "All the Lost Souls" on September 17, 2007 with first single titled "1973".

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