James Blunt

The English singer-songwriter, James Blunt has just finished recording his fourth studio album, entitled Moon Landing, as revealed by the singer in an email to fans. It is due for release on October 21st and will feature production from Back to Bedlam producer Tom Rothrock. The lead single of the album, "Bonfire Heart", will be released on October 7th. For this song, Blunt has teamed up with Ryan Tedder. Blending the gentle acoustic melancholy, which helped "You're Beautiful" become an instant Valentine's Day classic "Bonfire Heart" is arguably Blunt's most immediate single. The twinkling piano chords and angelic vocal samples of its rousing finale suggests Sigur Ros has been on constant rotation at the Ibiza villa Blunt has spent much of his three-year absence at.

Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire can be best described as a mix of acoustic-tinged pop, rock and folk. After recording on the independent American label Custard Records, Blunt won two Brit Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, and by 2006, he was nominated for five Grammy Awards. The following year, he released his second album All the Lost Souls (2007). Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble, was released in November 2010. Worldwide, Blunt has sold over 18 million albums, and his debut album, Back to Bedlam, is the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.

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