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James Morrison (born 13 August 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rugby, Warwickshire in the UK. He now lives near Brighton.
In 2006, he debuted with the single "You Give Me Something" which became a huge hit around Europe, Australia, and Japan, charting at #5 in the UK and #1 in New Zealand
. His debut album, Undiscovered, went to #1 in the UK.
He released his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me in 2008 and saw it peak at #3 on the UK Album Chart. The album features the top ten hits You Make It Real which peaked at #7 and his critically acclaimed collaboration with Nelly Furtado, Broken Strings which peaked at #4.
BiographyEarly lifeJames Morrison Catchpole dropped the Catchpole name for his music career. At age 13, Morrison began to learn guitar when his uncle Joe showed him how to play a blues riff. He started busking when he lived in the village of Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall. After several years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to compose his own. He attributes his distinctive voice to a severe bout of whooping Cough that nearly killed him when he was a baby.
Whilst visiting Derby with his long time girlfriend (with whom he has a baby daughter named Elsie) from the city, Morrison found a pub- "Ryan's Bar" with an Open Mic night. Over the best part of two years, he built up a following there and was rewarded when Polydor Productions signed him. Originally, he was the supporting artist for Corinne Bailey Rae on her tour supporting her debut album.
'Breakthrough and UndiscoveredHe achieved worldwide success with debut single "You Give Me Something", which reached #2 in Holland and the #5 spot in the UK. He released his debut album Undiscovered on 31 July 2006. The album received generally positive reviews with the The Sun,[James Morrison official website] claiming "There isn't a bad track on it". An equally positive review by The Times stated that "Undiscovered may prove to be the least apposite album title for years". It topped the UK album chart on its first week of its release. The album sold over 1 million copies around the world by the end of 2006.
The album's second single was "Wonderful World", which broke into the top ten in the UK following its CD single release, peaking at #8. The song fared just as well in the Netherlands where it peaked at #8. This was his second top ten single following the success of You Give Me Something. On 18 December 2006 James Morrison's third single, "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" was released. It peaked at #30 in the UK. The fourth single from Undiscovered was the title song "Undiscovered" which was released on March 13 2007. "Undiscovered" peaked at #63. The song fared better in the Netherlands where it peaked at #30.
Morrison was scheduled to play at the 2006 V Festival, in one of the smaller tents there. The audience however, was much larger than expected and couldn't fit into the tent allocated for him. As a result, he had a ten-minute set on the
Following the release of Undiscovered, Morrison made his first appearance on national TV in the United States, at the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, in addition to appearing on ''NBC's Today Show, on 16 March 2007, performing "You Give Me Something" with just guitar and Wurlitzer piano. The album debuted at #24 in the US with 24,000 copies in its first week.
Morrison at the Live&Loud KL '07In 2007, Morrison was nominated for 3 BRIT Awards and won the Best British Male Solo Artist category. (Other nominations were for the Best British Breakthrough Act, Best British Single Shortlist). On 4 April 2007, he was awarded the title of an AOL Breaker artist, a contest that was voted by the British public.
At the Concert for Diana on July 1, 2007, he performed the songs "Wonderful World" and "You Give Me Something" in honour of Princess Diana. During the summer of 2007, Morrison headlined the Forestry Commission's Forest Tour. His fifth UK single, One Last Chance was released on 2 July 2007 as a download only. The video is being shown on The Hits, The Box and Smash Hits music channels. The video was shot in Canada in April 2007. On 29 November 2007, he performed in KL Convention Center for the Acoustic ''Live&Loud KL '07; a music festival in Malaysia. James had performed alongside Rick Price and local singer Dayang Nurfaizah.
Recent work and Songs for You, Truths for MeMorrison collaborated with Jason Mraz called "Details In The Fabric" on Mraz's new studio album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, which was released on 13 May 2008.
On 29 September 2008, Morrison's second album entitled Songs for You, Truths for Me was released. In the writing process for this album he worked with Ryan Tedder, Martin Terefe, Martin Brammar and Steve Robson. The album also features a duet with Nelly Furtado entitled "Broken Strings" co-written with Fraser T. Smith and Nina Woodford. From October 2008 until the end of the year Morrison has toured throughout Europe.
"You Make It Real" was released a week before the release of the album as the lead single. As part of the promotion, Morrison performed the single on GMTV, Radio 1's Live Lounge and a the BBC Children in Need charity appeal. The song debuted at #7 on the UK Singles Chart giving Morrison his third top ten hit. "You Make It Real" spent a total of 8 weeks on the chart. The second single of the album was Broken Strings, the collaboration with Nelly Furtado. The single was released on the 15th of December 2008. It entered the singles charts at #73 and slowly rose for four weeks before, following a performance of the song with Girls Aloud on The Girls Aloud Live Party, broke into the top ten at #6, giving Morrison his fourth top ten hit. The following week the song rose to a new high, rising to #4 on the 2008 Christmas chart. This makes Broken Strings Morrison's most successful single by peak position to date in the UK.
DiscographyAlbums- Undiscovered (2006)
- Songs for You, Truths for Me (2008)
Singles- "You Give Me Something" (2006)
- "Wonderful World" (2006)
- "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" (2006)
- "Undiscovered" (2007)
- "You Make It Real (2008)
- "Broken Strings Feat. Nelly Furtado" (2008)
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