James Blunt discography
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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-five singles.
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| James Blunt discography | |
|---|---|
James Blunt performing in 2022 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 11 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 35 |
| Music videos | 37 |
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.
Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions, 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.[2] 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.[3][4] Blunt's seventh 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.[5]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
CAN [8] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
IRL [11] |
NLD [12] |
SWI [13] |
US [14] | ||||
| Back to Bedlam |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| All the Lost Souls |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
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| Some Kind of Trouble |
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4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
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| Moon Landing |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
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| The Afterlove |
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6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 177 |
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| Once Upon a Mind |
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3 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 4 | —[a] |
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| Who We Used to Be |
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5 | 61 | 5 | — | 29 | 11 | — | 15 | 4 | — | ||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [9] |
NLD [12] |
SWI [13] | |||||||||||||||||
| Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions |
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8 | 17 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Les Sessions Lost Souls |
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39 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Trouble Revisited |
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87 | — | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [6] | ||||
| I'll Take Everything: The Platinum Collection |
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5 |
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Collection of Blunt's first four studio albums (Back to Bedlam, All the Lost Souls, Some Kind of Trouble and Moon Landing) |
Extended plays
Physical EPs
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Monkey on My Shoulder EP |
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| Bonfire Heart EP |
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Digital EPs
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| James Blunt: Live from London | |
| James Blunt: Up Close |
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| James Blunt... Live in Berlin |
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| Introducing... James Blunt |
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| James Blunt Live: London Festival '08 |
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| Love, Love, Love |
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| Amazon Artist Lounge Live EP |
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| When I Find Love Again EP |
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| Smoke Signals EP |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
CAN [42] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
IRL [11] |
NLD [43] |
SWI [13] |
US [44] | ||||||||||
| "High" | 2004 | 16 | 42 | 13 | — | — | 22 | 18 | — | 15 | 100 |
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Back to Bedlam | ||||||
| "You're Beautiful" | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| "Goodbye My Lover" | 9 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 66 | |||||||||
| "Wisemen" | 2006 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 10 | — | 40 | 36 | 9 | 23 | — |
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| "No Bravery" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "1973" | 4 | 11 | 1 | 13 | — | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 73 | All the Lost Souls | ||||||||
| "Same Mistake" | 57 | — | 12 | 69 | — | 27 | — | 29 | 21 | — | |||||||||
| "Carry You Home" | 2008 | 20 | — | 50 | — | — | 43 | — | 53 | 16 | — |
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| "I Really Want You" | 171 | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Love, Love, Love" | 121 | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | 56 | 59 | — | |||||||||
| "Stay the Night" | 2010 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 31 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 94 | Some Kind of Trouble | |||||||
| "So Far Gone" | 2011 | — | — | 40 | — | 82 | — | — | 15 | — | — | ||||||||
| "If Time Is All I Have" | — | 53 [48] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "I'll Be Your Man" | — | — | 45 | — | — | 40 | — | 53 | 64 | — | |||||||||
| "Dangerous" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Bonfire Heart" | 2013 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 51 | 1 | — | Moon Landing | |||||||
| "Heart to Heart" | 2014 | 42 | 26 | 10 | — | — | 17 | — | 52 | 37 | — | ||||||||
| "Postcards" | 90 | — | 10 | — | — | 50 | — | — | 31 | — | |||||||||
| "When I Find Love Again" | 78 | 27 | 44 | — | — | 78 | — | — | 59 | — | |||||||||
| "Love Me Better" | 2017 | 93 | — | — | — | 140 | — | — | — | 87 | — | The Afterlove | |||||||
| "Bartender" | —[b] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Cold" | 2019 | —[c] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | Once Upon a Mind | |||||||
| "Champions" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | — | |||||||||
| "I Told You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Monsters" | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | —[d] |
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| "The Truth" | —[e] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | |||||||||
| "Halfway" (solo or featuring Ward Thomas) |
2020 | —[f] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "The Greatest" | —[g] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Love Under Pressure" | 2021 | —[h] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004–2021) | |||||||
| "Unstoppable" | —[i] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Adrenaline" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Beside You" | 2023 | —[j] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Who We Used to Be | |||||||
| "All the Love That I Ever Needed" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "The Girl That Never Was" | —[k] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Tears Dry Tonight" (with Cyril)[60] |
2025 | —[l] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||
| "Tastes Like Summer" | 2026 | —[m] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [7] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
NLD [43] |
SWI [13] | |||||||||||||||
| "Je réalise" (Sinik & James Blunt) |
2008 | — | 3 | — | — | 38 | Le toit du monde | ||||||||||||
| "Primavera in Anticipo (It Is My Song)" (Laura Pausini & James Blunt) |
2009 | 1 | — | 16 | — | 5 | Primavera in anticipo | ||||||||||||
| "OK" (Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt) |
2017 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 2 | Uncovered | ||||||||||||
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" (as part of Artists for Grenfell) |
32 | — | — | — | 28 |
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Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "Melody"[65] (Lost Frequencies featuring James Blunt) |
2018 | 19 | — | 26 | — | 8 |
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Alive and Feeling Fine | |||||||||||
| "Walk Away" (Alle Farben featuring James Blunt)[66] |
2019 | — | — | 98 | — | — | Sticker on My Suitcase | ||||||||||||
| "Can't Forget You" (James Carter and Ofenbach featuring James Blunt)[67] |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Single | Year | Chart | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [68] |
FRA [9] |
SWI [13] | |||||||||||||||||
| "Face the Sun" | 2013 | — | 133 | — | Moon Landing | ||||||||||||||
| "The Only One" | — | — | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| "Don't Give Me Those Eyes" | 2017 | 67 | — | 27 | The Afterlove | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "High" | Mark Davis |
| 2005 | "Wisemen" | |
| "You're Beautiful" | Sam Brown[69][70] | |
| "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[71] | |
| "Love, Love, Love" | Kinga Burza[72] | |
| 2009 | "Primavera in Anticipo" (It Is My Song) (Laura Pausini featuring James Blunt) |
Gaetano Morbioli[73] |
| 2010 | "Stay the Night" | Ray Kay |
| 2011 | "So Far Gone" | Marc Klasfeld[74] |
| "If Time Is All I Have" | Robert Hales | |
| "I'll Be Your Man" | Giorgio Testi | |
| "Dangerous" | Luc Janin[75] | |
| 2013 | "Bonfire Heart" | Vaughan Arnell[76] |
| "Satellites" | Official Lyric Video | |
| "Heart to Heart" | Vaughan Arnell[77][78] | |
| 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 1 | Andrew Flakelar | |
| "Don't Give Me Those Eyes" video 2 | Travis Kopach | |
| "OK" (Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt) |
Liza Minou Morberg | |
| "Someone Singing Along"[79] | Suzie Selman | |
| 2019 | "Monsters" | Vaughan Arnell[80][81] |
| "The Truth" | ||
| 2021 | "Unstoppable" | Jamie Thraves[82] |
| 2022 | "Adrenaline" | Moon[83] |
| 2023 | "Beside You" | Craig Bingham[84] |
| "The Girl That Never Was" | Vaughan Arnell[85] |
Other appearances
These songs have appeared on a studio album not released by Blunt.
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "I Want You" | Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute[86] |
| 2006 | "If There's Any Justice" | Radio 1's Live Lounge |
| 2011 | "Why Do I Fall" | Titeuf Original Soundtrack[87] |
| 2014 | "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" | BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s[88] |
| 2020 | "OK" (with Helene Fischer) |
Die Helene Fischer Show – Meine schönsten Momente, Vol. 1[89] |