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And then the stalker kills himself." Lovely! Blunt has claimed You’re Beautiful is about a number of things over the years – seeing an ex-girlfriend with a new paramour on the tube, where their eyes meet and “(we) lived a lifetime in that moment”, which is a slightly more romantic inspiration than "It’s about a guy (me) who’s high and stalking someone else’s girlfriend on the subway. You’re Beautiful (2005)Ĭo-written by Blunt with Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost, You’re Beautiful was the second single released off Back To Bedlam and was the definition of a slow-burner at that point. Here, we look at his biggest successes in the UK Official Singles Chart. To celebrate his career so far, he’s put together a Best of album entitled The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004 – 2021), which is a 24-track round-up which features four new songs. His 17-year career has also seen him win BRIT Awards, Ivor Novellos, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations. Since he broke into the pop landscape in 2004, the man born James Hillier Blount has clocked up a reported 23 million album sales worldwide, including 3.4 million for his debut album Back To Bedlam in the UK alone (the best-selling album of 2005). Ex-military officer, Twitter legend, pub landlord and million-selling pop star – James Blunt has, you could say, been everything.