James Blunt discography explained

Artist:James Blunt
Studio:7
Compilation:1
Live:3
Ep:11
Singles:34
Music Videos:37

The discography of James Blunt, a British pop rock singer, contains seven studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, eleven extended plays and thirty-four singles.

Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam, was released by Atlantic Records in the United Kingdom in October 2004 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart in July 2005 and within the top five across most of Europe. It also peaked at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart and number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide and has been certified 11× Platinum in the UK.[1] Back to Bedlam produced the singles "High", "Wisemen" and "Goodbye My Lover". The most successful single released from the album, "You're Beautiful", went to number one on the UK Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart, Dutch Top 40 and the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also peaked at number two in Australia and Germany.

, a live album and DVD package, was released in February 2006. Blunt's second studio album, All the Lost Souls, was released in September 2007 and contained the singles "1973", "Same Mistake", "Carry You Home", "I Really Want You" and "Love, Love, Love". The album was less successful than Back to Bedlam, but still managed to top the charts around the world. Blunt's third album, Some Kind of Trouble was released in November 2010 and debuted at number four in the UK. Blunt's fourth studio album Moon Landing, was released in October 2013. It debuted and peaked at number two in the UK. His fifth and sixth albums The Afterlove and Once Upon a Mind were released in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

His first compilation album The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004–2021) was released in 2021 and was certified Gold in the UK.[2] Blunt's seventh (and most recent) studio album, Who We Used to Be, was released in October 2023. It was preceded by the singles: "Beside You", "All The Love That I Ever Wanted" and "The Girl That Never Was".

Blunt has sold more than 20 million records worldwide.[3]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[7]
FRA
[8]
GER
[9]
IRE
[10]
NLD
[11]
SWI
[12]
US
[13]
Back to Bedlam 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2
All the Lost Souls
  • Released: 17 September 2007
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
  • UK: 810,706
  • US: 500,000
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[27]
  • BVMI: 5× Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum
  • IRMA: 3× Platinum[28]
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • NVPI: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
  • SNEP: Diamond
Some Kind of Trouble
  • Released: 8 November 2010
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4 5 3 6 3 2 6 2 1 11
  • UK: 310,098
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • IRMA: Gold[29]
  • MC: Gold
  • NVPI: Gold
  • SNEP: 2× Platinum
Moon Landing
  • Released: 21 October 2013
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 2 1 2 5 2 5 6 1 20
  • UK: 388,860
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[30]
  • BVMI: 3× Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
  • SNEP: Platinum
The Afterlove
  • Release date: 24 March 2017
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6 7 7 6 14 6 7 10 4 177
  • BPI: Silver
Once Upon a Mind
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3 5 6 40 26 8 38 29 4
  • BPI: Gold
Who We Used to Be
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5 61 5 29 11 15 4

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
FRA
NLD
SWI
  • Released: 21 February 2006
  • Labels: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD/DVD digital download
8 17 2
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum (DVD)[31]
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
Les Sessions Lost Souls
  • Released: 25 November 2008
    • Labels: Warner Formats: CD/DVD digital download
39
Trouble Revisited
  • Released: 5 December 2011
  • Labels: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD/DVD
87 47
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

Box sets

Extended plays

Physical EPs

TitleDetails
Monkey on My Shoulder EP
Bonfire Heart EP
  • Released: 4 October 2013
  • Labels: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Digital EPs

TitleDetails
James Blunt: Live from London
James Blunt: Up Close
  • Released: 25 October 2005[34]
  • Label: Atlantic
James Blunt... Live in Berlin
  • Released: 28 October 2005[35]
  • Label: Atlantic
Introducing... James Blunt
  • Released: 19 May 2008[36]
  • Label: Atlantic
James Blunt Live: London Festival '08
  • Released: 17 July 2008[37]
  • Label: Atlantic
Love, Love, Love
  • Released: 7 November 2008[38]
  • Label: Atlantic
Amazon Artist Lounge Live EP
  • Released: 30 September 2013[39]
  • Label: Atlantic
When I Find Love Again EP
  • Released: 31 October 2014[40]
  • Label: Atlantic
Smoke Signals EP
  • Released: 15 December 2014 (US)[41]
  • Label: Custard, Atlantic

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
[42]
FRA
GER
IRE
NLD
[43]
SWI
US
[44]
"High"200416 42 13 22 18 15 100
  • BPI: Silver
Back to Bedlam
"You're Beautiful"20051 2 6 1 5 2 1 1 2 1
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[45]
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
"Goodbye My Lover"9 3 36 6 6 28 13 4 19 66
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[46]
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
"Wisemen"200623 11 15 10 40 36 9 23
  • BPI: Gold
"No Bravery"200715
"1973"20074 11 1 13 2 5 8 1 73
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
All the Lost Souls
"Same Mistake"57 12 69 27 29 21
"Carry You Home"200820 50 43 53 16
  • BPI: Silver
"I Really Want You"171 75
"Love, Love, Love"121 100 56 59
"Stay the Night"201026 10 6 53 31 4 28 5 1 94
  • ARIA: Platinum[47]
  • BVMI: Gold
Some Kind of Trouble
"So Far Gone"201140 82 15
"If Time Is All I Have"53
[48]
"I'll Be Your Man"45 40 53 64
"Dangerous"
"Bonfire Heart"20134 3 1 51 26 1 13 51 1
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[49]
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
Moon Landing
"Heart to Heart"201442 26 10 17 52 37
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
"Postcards"90 10 50 31
"When I Find Love Again"78 27 44 78 59
"Love Me Better"201793 140 87 The Afterlove
"Bartender"
"Cold"201959 Once Upon a Mind
"Champions"65
"I Told You"
"Monsters"90 71
  • BPI: Silver
"The Truth"55
"Halfway"
2020
"The Greatest"
"Love Under Pressure"2021The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004–2021)
"Unstoppable"
"Adrenaline"2022
"Beside You"2023Who We Used to Be
"All The Love That I Ever Needed"
"The Girl That Never Was"
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

As featured artist

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUT
FRA
GER
NLD
SWI
"Je réalise"
(Sinik & James Blunt)
20083 38 Le toit du monde
"Primavera in Anticipo
(It Is My Song)
"
(Laura Pausini & James Blunt)
20091 16 5
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
Primavera in anticipo
"OK"
(Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt)
20172 21 2 23 2
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum
  • SNEP: Platinum[50]
Uncovered
"Bridge over Troubled Water"
(as part of Artists for Grenfell)
32 28
"Melody"[52]
(Lost Frequencies featuring James Blunt)
201819 26 8
  • BVMI: Gold
Alive and Feeling Fine
"Walk Away"
(Alle Farben featuring James Blunt)[53]
201998 Sticker on My Suitcase
"Can't Forget You"
(James Carter and Ofenbach featuring James Blunt)[54]
2023
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

Other charted songs

Single! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearChartAlbum
AUS
[55]
FRA
SWI
"Face the Sun"2013133 Moon Landing
"The Only One"49
"Don't Give Me Those Eyes"201767 27The Afterlove
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

Music videos

YearSongDirector(s)
2004"High"Mark Davis
2005"Wisemen"
"You're Beautiful"Sam Brown
"High" (2005 video)
"Goodbye My Lover"
2006"Wisemen" (2006 video)Paul Minor
"No Bravery"Paul Heyes
2007"1973"Paul R. Brown
"Same Mistake"Jonas Åkerlund
2008"Carry You Home"Jake Nava
"Je réalise"
(Sinik featuring James Blunt)
Thomas Peké
"I Really Want You"Jim Canty
"Love, Love, Love"Kinga Burza
2009"Primavera in Anticipo" (It Is My Song)
(Laura Pausini featuring James Blunt)
Gaetano Morbioli
2010 "Stay the Night"Ray Kay
2011"So Far Gone"Marc Klasfeld
"If Time Is All I Have"Robert Hales
"I'll Be Your Man"Giorgio Testi
"Dangerous"Luc Janin
2013 "Bonfire Heart"Vaughan Arnell
"Satellites"Official Lyric Video
"Heart to Heart"Vaughan Arnell
2014 "Postcards"
"When I Find Love Again"
2017"Love Me Better"
"Time of Our Lives"
"Bartender"Declan Whitebloom
"Don't Give Me Those Eyes" video 1Andrew Flakelar
"Don't Give Me Those Eyes" video 2Travis Kopach
"OK"
(Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt)
Liza Minou Morberg
"Someone Singing Along"[56] Suzie Selman
2019"Monsters"
"The Truth"
2021"Unstoppable"Jamie Thraves
2022"Adrenaline"Moon
2023"Beside You"Craig Bingham[57]
"The Girl That Never Was"Vaughan Arnell[58]

Other appearances

These songs have appeared on a studio album not released by Blunt.

YearSongAlbum
2005"I Want You"[59]
2006"If There's Any Justice"Radio 1's Live Lounge
2011"Why Do I Fall"Titeuf Original Soundtrack[60]
2014"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s[61]
2020"OK"
Die Helene Fischer Show – Meine schönsten Momente, Vol. 1[62]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Making a Career After a Monster Hit. Ben. Sisario. 19 September 2007. New York Times. 6 July 2010.
  2. Web site: James Blunt To Release Greatest Hits Album. noise11. 17 July 2021. 31 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Album: James Blunt - Who We Used to Be. The Arts Desk. Thomson. Liz. 27 October 2023. 31 October 2023.
  4. Web site: UK Charts > James Blunt. Official Charts Company. 2 November 2019.
  5. Peaks in Australia:
  6. Web site: Discographie James Blunt. austriancharts.at Hung Medien. de. 11 December 2011.
  7. James Blunt Chart History: Canadian Albums. Billboard. 26 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Discographie James Blunt. fr. lescharts.com Hung Medien. 3 February 2011.
  9. Web site: Discographie von James Blunt. GfK Entertainment. de. 24 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Discography James Blunt. irish-charts.com Hung Medien. 3 February 2011.
  11. Web site: Discografie James Blunt. nl. dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. 3 February 2011.
  12. Web site: Discographie James Blunt. swisscharts.com Hung Medien. 3 February 2011. Select "Charts" tab.
  13. James Blunt Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 26 July 2021.
  14. Web site: James Blunt strikes back. Homewood. Ben. 14 March 2017. Music Week. subscription .
  15. News: THE TRIBAL MIND ARCHIVE: The music Australia loved. Dale. David. 10 January 2013. Sydney Morning Herald.
  16. News: Billboard - Ask Billboard. America. Billboard. 29 August 2012. RIAA.
  17. United Kingdom. James Blunt. 19 July 2023.
  18. Australia. 2010. album. 4 February 2011.
  19. Germany. 3 February 2011. James Blunt.
  20. Austria. James Blunt. 11 December 2011.
  21. Switzerland. James Blunt. 13 April 2011.
  22. Ireland. 2006. Platinum. 14. 3 February 2011.
  23. Canada. James Blunt. 3 February 2011.
  24. Netherlands. James Blunt. 3 February 2011.
  25. United States. James Blunt. 3 February 2011.
  26. France. James Blunt. infodisc. album. 3 February 2011.
  27. Australia. 2007. album. 3 February 2011.
  28. Ireland. 2007. Platinum. 3.
  29. Ireland. 2010. Gold.
  30. Australia. 2013. album. 16 November 2013.
  31. Australia. James Blunt. video. 2007. 18 December 2021.
  32. Australia. James Blunt. album. 2015. 28 December 2021.
  33. Web site: Live from London (iTunes Exclusive) > iTunes Preview. iTunes. 7 July 2010.
  34. Web site: Up Close - EP. iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 13 April 2011.
  35. Web site: Live In Berlin (Fritz Radio Konzert) - EP. 4 October 2005. iTunes Store Germany. Apple Inc. de. 13 April 2011.
  36. Web site: Introducing... James Blunt - EP. iTunes Store Mexico. Apple Inc. es. 13 April 2011.
  37. Web site: iTunes Live: London Festival '08 > iTunes Preview. iTunes. 7 July 2010.
  38. Web site: Love, Love, Love - EP by James Blunt on Apple Music. 7 November 2008. Apple Music. 18 July 2021.
  39. Web site: James Blunt Amazon Artist Lounge Live EP by James Blunt on Amazon Music. Amazon Music. 18 July 2021.
  40. Web site: When I Find Love Again EP - James Blunt. 31 October 2014. iTunes. 9 December 2014.
  41. Web site: James Blunt Sends Up "SMOKE SIGNALS"; New EP Features Five Brand New Tracks; First Single, "When I Find Love Again," Available as Instant Grat With All Pre-Orders; "SMOKE SIGNALS EP" Arrives in U.S. on December 15th. 18 November 2014. Yahoo Finance.
  42. James Blunt Chart History: Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. 26 July 2021.
  43. Web site: Top 40-artiest: James Blunt. nl. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. 15 August 2013.
  44. James Blunt Chart History: Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. 26 July 2021.
  45. Australia. 2005. single. 4 February 2011.
  46. Australia. 2006. single. 4 February 2011.
  47. Australia. 2011. single. 13 April 2011.
  48. Web site: Chartifacts - Tuesday 10th September, 2013 - ARIA Music News. 10 September 2013. Australian Recording Industry Association. 25 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921233810/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/42190/chartifacts---tuesday-10th-september%2C-2013. 21 September 2013. dead.
  49. Australia. 2014. single. 10 February 2014.
  50. France . Robin Schulz . 22 April 2022 .
  51. United Kingdom. Artists for Grenfell. Bridge Over Troubled Water. 1082-4434-1. 21 August 2022.
  52. Web site: Melody – Single by Lost Frequencies on Apple Music. 27 April 2018. Apple Inc. 27 April 2018.
  53. Web site: CD/DVD Vorschau - kommende Veröffentlichungen. 28 March 2019. de.
  54. Web site: SONGS Can't Forget You by James Carter & Ofenbach ft. featuring James Blunt. Crown Notes. 14 April 2023. 6 May 2023.
  55. Web site: ARIA CHART WATCH #418. auspOp. 29 April 2017. 29 April 2017.
  56. Web site: James Blunt - Someone Singing Along [Official Video]]. YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/quv06q2u3LA . 2021-12-19 . live. 17 August 2017. 24 August 2017.
  57. Web site: James Blunt - Beside You (Official Video). YouTube. 10 August 2023. 18 August 2023.
  58. Web site: James Blunt - The Girl That Never Was (Official Video). YouTube. 12 October 2023. 31 October 2023.
  59. "Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute > Overview"
  60. Web site: Titeuf (Original Soundtrack). iTunes. 18 March 2011. 10 June 2015. fr.
  61. Web site: BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s. iTunes. 9 June 2015.
  62. Web site: Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente, Vol. 1 by Helene Fischer on Apple Music. 11 December 2020. Apple Music. 29 March 2021.