James Blunt

James Blunt got engaged to Sofia Wellesley in 2013. An Edinburgh University graduated she is employed as a legal consultant in London.

He shares a strong bond with his family and his father manages his finances. He has stated that ‘fame and celebrity is something that other people have constructed that I'm not really party to’.

He was impressed with the work done by the medical charity ‘M�decins Sans Fronti�res’ and has been helping in raising funds for the organization through benefit concerts.

James Blunt is the eldest child of Jane and Charles Blount, a colonel in the British Army Air Corps and military pilot.

He was a very active teenager and by the age of sixteen, he acquired his pilot's license and learnt to ride motorcycles. He attended Elstree School, Berkshire and the prestigious Harrow School in London.

He was admitted to the University of Bristol on army-sponsored seat where he pursued aerospace engineering and later switched to sociology. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1996.

As his education was sponsored by the Army, James Blunt was legally bound to join the defense forces for minimum of four years. Commissioned in the Life Guards, he soon ascended the ladder and was made the Captain.

In 1999, he became the part of the NATO deployment in Kosovo as an armored reconnaissance officer. An enthusiastic skier, he eventually became the best skier of the entire ‘Royal Armored Corps’.

When he was still serving in the armed forces, he recorded a demo. One of his friends 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 accomplish his musical dreams and adopted an easier-to-spell stage-name Blunt. Though he was signed with EMI music publishers, he was struggling to earn himself a record contract.

In 2003, he grabbed the attention of the American musician, Linda Perry, through his promotional tape when she was touring London. This brought about a much expected turn in Blunt’s career and he soon signed a recording contract with Linda.

James Blunt’s debut album, ‘Back to Bedlam’, was certified 10� platinum. With its highly popular hit singles such as, ‘You're Beautiful’, ‘Goodbye My Lover’, and ‘High’, the album is the 16th best-selling album in UK chart history.

His 2007 released album, ‘All the Lost Souls’ received Platinum certification in Australia and Germany. It reached no. 1 on the album charts in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Britain.