James Morrison

by itemvn  |  May 24, 2008 [Edit]

James Morrison (born 13 August 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rugby. He now lives near Brighton.

He got his worldwide success with debut single "You Give Me Something", which reached the #2 spot in Holland and the #5 spot in the UK. He released his debut album Undiscovered on July 31, 2006. He got great reviews from different papers. "There isn't a bad track on it" (The Sun),[3] "Undiscovered may prove to be the least apposite album title for years" (The Times). It topped the UK album chart in its first week of its release. The album has sold over 1 million copies around the world (as of December 24, 2006).

The album's second single was "Wonderful World", which has already been a top-10 hit in the UK, reaching the #8 spot; it also reached #8 in the Netherlands.

On December 18, 2006 James Morrison's third single, "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" was released. It peaked at #30 in the UK, which made it the lowest peak of all his singles until "Undiscovered", which peaked at #63, was released.

Morrison performed a duet 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 May 13, 2008.

On 29 September 2008, Morrison's second album entitled Songs for You, Truths for Me" was released , preceded by the single, "You Make It Real", a week earlier.