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James Blunt
Singer & songwriter who enjoys spending time on the White Isle
Born on 22 February 1974, James Hillier Blount is better known by his stage name James Blunt, and is a very well known English singer-songwriter.
He has now sold over 20 million albums and 17 million singles worldwide. His debut album, Back to Bedlam, is also listed as the best selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
Blunt says that he has become closer to his family since his musical success. His father manages his finances and his mother arranged the purchase of his principal residence in Ibiza, where Blunt has holidayed since he was a teenager. Blunt also owns a chalet in the Swiss town of Verbier, which he purchased in February 2007, and he was named "godfather" of one of the town's new ski lifts.
Blunt married girlfriend, Sofia Wellesley, in September 2014 on the neighbouring island of Mallorca. They later celebrated their marriage in Ibiza amid controversy about the venue they were using. The couple had paid an events company to set up a wedding banquet on s’Estanyol beach in the south east of the island. According to Spanish national daily El Mundo, beachgoers were forced to leave as the stretch of sand was taken over by chairs and tables where Blunt and Wellesley’s 150 guests would be seated. Santa Eulalia Town Hall opened up proceedings against the couple and the wedding organizers for illegally occupying a protected area.
