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James Arthur

January 08, 2023

For other people named James Arthur, see James Arthur (disambiguation).

James Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the final, and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Since then, it has gone on to sell over 2.5 million copies worldwide,[1] making it the most successful winner's single in the show's history.[2]

James Arthur
James Arthur in 2013
Background information
Born (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 34)
Middlesbrough, England
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2011–present
Labels
Websitejamesarthurofficial.com

The follow-up single, "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. He released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2013. The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. After the release of his debut studio album James Arthur, he was involved in a series of controversies which led iTunes to offer refunds for the album.[3]

Arthur parted ways with Simon Cowell's record label Syco in 2014. In 2015, he signed a new deal with Columbia Records to release his second studio album, Back from the Edge, in 2016; he was also re-signed to Syco in 2016. The album's lead single, titled "Say You Won't Let Go" and released in September 2016, saw great success, peaking at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and selling close to 2.7 million copies as of February 2021.[4] Back from the Edge was released on 28 October 2016, and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. On 18 October 2019, after releasing numerous singles throughout the prior two years, Arthur released his third studio album, You; this album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. In February 2021, Arthur signed with Columbia Records UK and Columbia Records Germany after Syco had ceased operations.

Early life

Arthur was born on 2 March 1988[5] to an English mother, Shirley Ashworth, and a Scottish father, Neil Arthur.[6] Neil was a delivery driver, but also used to be a DJ and drummer for many years, while Shirley was a fashion model and later a sales and marketing professional.[citation needed] Arthur's dad and mother split up when he was two years old,[7] and they each settled with new partners: when Arthur was three, Shirley got together with Ronnie Rafferty,[8] a computer engineer,[9] and Neil later married another woman; together they had Arthur's half-sister.[10]

At the age of 14, Arthur entered part-time voluntary foster care: he lived with his father, Neil, for three days of the week and was in foster care in Brotton – about ten miles from Redcar – for the other four days.[11]

Education, moving to Bahrain and back to England

Arthur first went to Ings Farm Primary School in Redcar, North Yorkshire.[12] In 1997, when he was nine,[13] he moved with his mother, his stepfather, and two of his sisters[14] to Bahrain.[14] In Bahrain, he studied at the local British School of Bahrain.[14] In April 2001, when Arthur was 13,[15] they moved back to England,[16] having lived in Bahrain for a total of four years.[15] Upon his return, he continued his studies at Rye Hills School in Redcar.[16]

Career

Early years

James Arthur started writing and recording songs when he was 15 as an unsigned artist both solo and in many bands,[17][18] including:

Moonlight Drive

A Cleveland-based progressive, experimental, rock five-piece band with Arthur on lead vocals. The band was active between 2005 and 2008. It had recordings such as "Said You'd Be There", "Hole in My Heart" and "Tear Me Apart".[19]

Cue the Drama

An alternative rock band based in Marske-by-the-Sea and active between 2005 and 2008. Recordings included "On the Radio 98KUPD", "It's Killing Me", "I'll Reach You" and "It Hurts".[20]

Save Arcade

A Middlesbrough alternative rock band made up of Arthur (vocals, guitar), Josh Brown (keyboards, vocals), Matthew Green (guitar), Alex Beer (bass, vocals), Travis Shaw (guitar, percussions, vocals) and Karl Dowson (drums). In 2009, the band released a three-track EP called Truth, carrying the title track – "The Truth" – as well as "Echoes" and "I Un-Proudly Present". In June 2010, the band released a five-track EP, Tonight We Dine in Hades, which in addition to the title track "Tonight We Dine in Hades" included "Superhero", "You Always Want a Fight", "Juliet Is Not Dead" and "She Aims to Please". Both releases were on the independent label 57 Records UK.[21]

Emerald Skye

A four-piece indie pop and rock band formed in March 2011 based in Redcar / Saltburn-by-the-Sea and made up of Arthur (guitar, vocals), Dean Harrison (piano, violin), Paul Gill (bass) and Save Arcade bandmate Green (drums).[22]

2011–2012: Sins by the Sea and The X Factor

In 2011, Arthur uploaded many of his own songs to SoundCloud and YouTube, as well as an album entitled Sins by the Sea. The independent album included 16 tracks. Arthur formed his own musical projects. The James Arthur Project resulted in recorded and releasing two EPs, firstly a soulful pop EP named Hold On as The James Arthur Project in August 2012 in collaboration with John McGough. The tracks were written and arranged by McGough, and mixed by Matt Wanstall with all vocals by Arthur.

Arthur also released an EP as The James Arthur Band. The band consisted of Arthur (vocals and guitar), Jez Taylor (guitar), Chris Smalls (keyboards), Jordan Swain (drums) and Rich Doney (bass). In 2012, the band released The EP Collection CD with nine tracks with R&B, soul and hip hop influences, a compilation of tracks on both EPs.

Further information: The X Factor (UK series 9)

In 2012, he auditioned in Newcastle for the ninth series of The X Factor, performing an acoustic rendition of judge Tulisa's "Young", before explaining his past, including a short spell in respite foster care and time spent in flats and bedsits after break-ups within his family. He also revealed his father and mother had hardly spoken to each other for over 20 years, and this was a reunion of sorts for them to attend his audition. He sang "A Million Love Songs" at bootcamp and was chosen as one of six contestants in the "Boys" category to advance to judges' houses. From this point onward, Arthur was mentored by Nicole Scherzinger. After his judges' houses performance of "I Can't Make You Love Me", he was picked as one of 12 contestants to advance to the live shows, and one of three in the "Boys" category.

After his second live performance, Arthur suffered from an anxiety attack backstage. While being treated at the studio, paramedics determined he did not need to go to hospital, and he was ordered back to his hotel to rest. He later returned for the results show the following night.[23]

After his performance of LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" on the third live show on 20 October, Arthur was accused of plagiarism. His version was very similar to the rendition by YouTube star only1Noah,[24][25] which was uploaded on 9 May 2012 and had over 13 million views at the time.[26] However, Arthur later tweeted: "Btw doesn't everyone know I was putting a spin on Noah's version? It had 13.something million hits! Was I supposed to state the obvious?"[27][28] In week 7, after performing "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Arthur was in the final showdown. He sang "Fallin'" for survival against fellow favourite Ella Henderson, and the result went to deadlock; Scherzinger and Gary Barlow voted to send Arthur through to the quarter-final, while Tulisa and Louis Walsh voted to send Henderson through to the quarter-final. Resulting from the public vote, Arthur advanced to the quarter-final, receiving 13.7% of the vote whereas Henderson received 12.1%.(in Khmer)

With 53.7% of the final vote against Jahméne Douglas's 38.9%, Arthur won The X Factor on 9 December 2012.[29][30] This made him the first-ever winner of the show to have previously been in the bottom two.[31]

2013–2015: James Arthur, controversies and leaving Syco

Following his victory, Arthur's winner's song, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released as a charity single for Together for Short Lives.[32] It became the fastest-selling The X Factor winner's single so far, reaching 255,000 downloads within 48 hours and over 490,000 by the end of the week.[33] The single topped the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release.[34][35][36] After 11 days, it was the seventh-best-selling debut single from any contestant from The X Factor, with sales of 622,000.[37] In its second week, the single dropped to number two,[38] but reclaimed the number one spot in its third week, and stayed at the top for a further week.[39] After three weeks, it was the fifth best-selling single of 2012 with 897,000 copies sold.[40] To date, it has sold over 1.3 million copies in the UK, overtaking Alexandra Burke's version of "Hallelujah" to become the best-selling winners single ever.[41] The song also peaked at number one in Ireland, two in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland, and eight in Slovakia.[42][43][44][45] In May 2013, Arthur released an EP Undiscovered Acoustic of six acoustic songs written and recorded by John McGough with all tracks sang by Arthur.

On 7 August 2013, Arthur announced via Twitter that his next single would be called "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You",[46] which was released to UK radio stations on 9 September 2013. The song was officially released worldwide on 20 October 2013 and debuted at number two in the UK, falling just behind Lorde's "Royals". Arthur's self-titled debut studio album, James Arthur, was released by Syco Music on 1 November 2013. The album included the singles "Impossible", his X Factor winner's single, and "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You", as well as collaborations with Emeli Sandé and Chasing Grace. It debuted in the UK at number two, behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2,[47] and became the 30th best-selling album of 2013 in the country. "Recovery" was released as the album's third single on 15 December 2013[48] and debuted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. On 14 January 2014, Arthur confirmed on Twitter that "Get Down" would be the album's fourth single.[49] On 5 January 2014, Arthur embarked on his first headlining tour, the James Arthur Tour, a 37-date tour around Europe.

In November 2013, Arthur generated much controversy over the use of homophobic lyrics in a song. Mickey Worthless, a Croydon battle rapper, had issued "Stay In Your Lane" a track mocking Arthur, because Worthless didn't feel it was right that Arthur was presenting himself as a battle rapper on national radio. Arthur responded to Worthless with his vitriolic diss track "Hey Mickey" issuing string of slurs directed at Worthless, rapping "Hilarious, precarious you Talibani confused, imbellic mimic of a gimmick" adding the slur "You fucking queer".[50][51] This sparked outrage among the LGBT community and led to Twitter spats with comedians Frankie Boyle and Matt Lucas, and singer Lucy Spraggan.[52] Arthur immediately apologised for his comments and claimed that he was not homophobic. Following this he announced that he would not be posting on Twitter anymore, with his management taking up control of his page.[53] The backlash continued, however, with a Facebook campaign to see his upcoming appearance on The X Factor be cancelled. iTunes offered refunds for his album due to complaints from customers.[54] After Arthur switched on the Christmas lights in Manchester on 8 November 2013, Manchester City Council said that he would have been replaced if the controversy had happened earlier.[55] On 22 November 2013, Arthur's management announced that the singer would be cancelling all public engagements for the next seven days due to exhaustion.[56] Singer Olly Murs came to Arthur's defence,[57] but said later that he was not defending the choice of lyrics.[53]

Further controversies arose after the reviews to his projected rap mixtape All the World's a Stage, particularly regarding the track "Follow the Leader" where he rapped "I'm gonna blow up your family like I'm a terrorist". This led to further accusations of Arthur glorifying violence. This infuriated Simon Cowell who said "I think James, unfortunately, has had so many issues with what he has done publicly – which is a real issue with me... Somebody should have told him to shut up and just put the records out". On 5 April 2014, several media outlets began to report that Arthur had been dropped from Syco, following the dispute over "Follow the Leader".[58] He took to Twitter to deny the claims;[59] however, on 11 June 2014, Arthur announced via Twitter that he and Syco had parted ways by mutual agreement. Arthur independently released his mixtape All the World's a Stage on 16 May 2014.[60]

During the summer of 2014, Arthur stated that he was working on his second studio album and was close to signing a new record deal. He performed at V Festival in August, 2014.[61] On 19 October 2014, Arthur released a collaboration with British record producer Rymez entitled "Kryptonite"; the song entered the iTunes top 150 on pre-orders alone.[62] On 22 April 2015, Arthur unveiled a demo track titled "Promise" on YouTube.[63] He embarked on "The Story So Far Tour" in May 2015.[64] On 21 June 2015, he performed in the final of X Factor Adria.[65][66] On 6 September 2015, he announced that he had signed with Columbia Records and that a new album was on the way.[67]

2016–2017: Back from the Edge

On 8 January 2016, Arthur released a song called "The Truth" on iTunes in the United States.[68][unreliable source?] Following the song's release, he took to Twitter and clarified that the song would feature on Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn,[69][unreliable source?] and that it was not the lead single.[70][unreliable source?]

Arthur released "Say You Won't Let Go" on 9 September 2016 as the lead single from his second studio album, Back from the Edge, which was released on 28 October 2016.[a] Arthur also re-signed with Syco. On 30 September 2016, the single reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his second chart topper and making him the first male winner to have two UK number-one singles (as of 2016).[72] The song remained on the top spot for three consecutive weeks.[73] In January 2017, the single became his first chart entry on the Billboard charts in the US.[74] By the second week of January 2017, it had surpassed the 1 million sales mark in the UK, making James the first-ever X Factor act to have two singles sell over a million copies in his homeland as well as the 21st act in UK chart history to have two or more million sellers.[75] As of February 2017, it had sold two million copies worldwide.[76] It was later confirmed that he will be appearing at the V Festival in August, having previously performed there in 2013.[77] The same month, OneRepublic lead singer Ryan Tedder also confirmed that he would be joining the band and Fitz and the Tantrums as a support act on their Honda Civic Tour in the US and Canada during the summer.[78]

Arthur's follow-up single, "Safe Inside", peaked at number 31 on the UK charts, and the third single, "Can I Be Him", at number 69.[79][80] In early April, it was announced that he would be embarking on his first arena tour across the UK and Ireland with fellow X Factor contestant Ella Henderson as his support act.[81] The following month, Arthur collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly on the song "Go for Broke" from Kelly's album Bloom, which also served as the official theme song for WWE's SummerSlam in 2017.[82] The same month it was announced that Arthur would be one of the vocalists featured on a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water", which was recorded to raise funds for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.[83] The single was released on 21 June and went on to enter the UK charts at number 1 two days later.[84] On 20 June 2017, James confirmed on Twitter that he would be a guest vocalist on drum n bass act Rudimental's single "Sun Comes Up", set for release on 30 June.[85] He performed the song at V Festival with the group in August and it became another UK Top 10 single for him. Throughout the summer he toured the US and Canada with OneRepublic and Fitz and the Tantrums with the tour ending on 12 September in Texas.[86] Two nights later he performed alongside Julia Michaels and Kelly Clarkson at Fresh 102.7's Fall Fest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.[87] On 5 October, his autobiography Back to the Boy was released, and he did a series of book signings throughout the UK. A week later, it was announced that he had been nominated for an American Music Award in the 'New Artist of the Year' category.[88]

2017–2019: You

James Arthur released the song "Naked" as the lead single from his then-upcoming third studio album on 24 November 2017.[89]

James Arthur released singles in early 2018, without mentioning the name or release date for the album.[90] On 1 June, James Arthur released a single, "You Deserve Better".[91] On the same day, he released another single, titled "At My Weakest".[92] The video for "You Deserve Better" came out on 12 July.[93] His third single of 2018, "Empty Space", was released on 19 October.[94]

In November 2018, Arthur was featured on The Greatest Showman: Reimagined, alongside Anne-Marie, for the song "Rewrite the Stars".[95] In October 2018, James Arthur appeared on the Brazilian soap opera O Tempo não Para, singing the song "Naked".[96]

In December 2018, Arthur was featured in "The Power of Love", the UK The X Factor winning song by the season 15 winner Dalton Harris, which gave Arthur his sixth UK top 10 hit. The duet was a cover of an original by Frankie Goes to Hollywood from 1984.

On 10 May 2019, Arthur released a single called "Falling Like the Stars";[97] later, on 24 May 2019, he released a music video for it.[98]

Arthur's third studio album, You, was released on 18 October 2019[99] along with the album's seventh single, "Quite Miss Home".[100] The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, dropped to number 10 in the following week, and stayed on the chart for a total of 24 weeks.[101]

2020–present: It'll All Make Sense in the End, guest appearances, and signing with other labels

In July 2020, Arthur confirmed via Twitter that he had begun working on a fourth studio album "for the last couple of months", further revealing "I couldn't be more excited to share with you this new lane I'm playing around in, I think you'll be surprised in a good way. This is the album I've wanted to make for so long!"[102]

Arthur provided the vocals on Sigala's track "Lasting Lover", released on 4 September 2020.[103]

After his label Syco had ceased operations,[104] it was reported in a press release on 15 February 2021 that Arthur had signed with Columbia Records UK in a co-deal with Columbia Records Germany, the last of whom has worked with Arthur since Back from the Edge.[105] The same press release reported that his fourth studio album is scheduled for release in 2021, and that the lead single for this album is scheduled for release in March of the same year.[105] Arthur told Music Week that "[t]here was a definite genre or lane [he] wanted to do, which was mixing rock, guitar-based stuff with trap, hip-hop, and pop".[4]

Personal life

Arthur has four sisters and a brother.[106] Neil and Shirley – his father and mother, respectively – hardly spoke with one another for 22 years, but they agreed to attend Arthur's audition together in a family reunion to support him.[7] He announced the birth of his daughter in November 2022.[107] Arthur is a vegan.[108][109]

Arthur supports his local football team Middlesbrough F.C. as well as Rangers F.C.[110][111][112]

In September 2016, after opening up about his struggles with drugs, anxiety and depression, it was announced that he had become an ambassador for UK mental health charity SANE.[113]

Discography

Main article: James Arthur discography

Concert tours

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Work Result
2013 BRIT Awards British Single of the Year[116] "Impossible" Nominated[117]
Los Premios 40 Principales Best International Song Won
NRJ Music Awards International Breakthrough of the Year Won[citation needed]
Žebřík Music Awards Best International Discovery Himself Nominated[118]
2014 Radio Regenbogen Awards Pop International Won
2017 BRIT Awards British Artist Video of the Year "Say You Won't Let Go" Nominated
British Single of the Year Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Breakout Artist Himself Nominated
American Music Awards New Artist of the Year Nominated
2018 BMI Pop Awards Award-Winning Song[119] "Say You Won't Let Go" Won
2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Cover Song "Rewrite the Stars" (with Anne-Marie) Nominated

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Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Back from the Edge debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 41,000 combined sales,[71] and has had more than 400,000 sales as of February 2021.[4]
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james, arthur, other, people, named, disambiguation, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, some, this, article, listed, sources, reliable, please, help, this,. For other people named James Arthur see James Arthur disambiguation This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s lead section may not adequately summarize its contents To comply with Wikipedia s lead section guidelines please consider modifying the lead to provide an accessible overview of the article s key points in such a way that it can stand on its own as a concise version of the article February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message James Arthur born 2 March 1988 is an English singer and songwriter He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 His debut single a cover of Shontelle s Impossible was released by Syco Music after the final and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart Since then it has gone on to sell over 2 5 million copies worldwide 1 making it the most successful winner s single in the show s history 2 James ArthurJames Arthur in 2013Background informationBorn 1988 03 02 2 March 1988 age 34 Middlesbrough EnglandOccupation s Singer songwriterInstrument s Vocals guitarYears active2011 presentLabelsColumbia Records UK Columbia Records GermanyWebsitejamesarthurofficial wbr com The follow up single You re Nobody til Somebody Loves You reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart He released his self titled debut studio album in November 2013 The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart After the release of his debut studio album James Arthur he was involved in a series of controversies which led iTunes to offer refunds for the album 3 Arthur parted ways with Simon Cowell s record label Syco in 2014 In 2015 he signed a new deal with Columbia Records to release his second studio album Back from the Edge in 2016 he was also re signed to Syco in 2016 The album s lead single titled Say You Won t Let Go and released in September 2016 saw great success peaking at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and selling close to 2 7 million copies as of February 2021 update 4 Back from the Edge was released on 28 October 2016 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart On 18 October 2019 after releasing numerous singles throughout the prior two years Arthur released his third studio album You this album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart In February 2021 Arthur signed with Columbia Records UK and Columbia Records Germany after Syco had ceased operations Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Education moving to Bahrain and back to England 2 Career 2 1 Early years 2 2 2011 2012 Sins by the Sea and The X Factor 2 3 2013 2015 James Arthur controversies and leaving Syco 2 4 2016 2017 Back from the Edge 2 5 2017 2019 You 2 6 2020 present It ll All Make Sense in the End guest appearances and signing with other labels 3 Personal life 4 Discography 5 Concert tours 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditArthur was born on 2 March 1988 5 to an English mother Shirley Ashworth and a Scottish father Neil Arthur 6 Neil was a delivery driver but also used to be a DJ and drummer for many years while Shirley was a fashion model and later a sales and marketing professional citation needed Arthur s dad and mother split up when he was two years old 7 and they each settled with new partners when Arthur was three Shirley got together with Ronnie Rafferty 8 a computer engineer 9 and Neil later married another woman together they had Arthur s half sister 10 At the age of 14 Arthur entered part time voluntary foster care he lived with his father Neil for three days of the week and was in foster care in Brotton about ten miles from Redcar for the other four days 11 Education moving to Bahrain and back to England Edit Arthur first went to Ings Farm Primary School in Redcar North Yorkshire 12 In 1997 when he was nine 13 he moved with his mother his stepfather and two of his sisters 14 to Bahrain 14 In Bahrain he studied at the local British School of Bahrain 14 In April 2001 when Arthur was 13 15 they moved back to England 16 having lived in Bahrain for a total of four years 15 Upon his return he continued his studies at Rye Hills School in Redcar 16 Career EditEarly years Edit James Arthur started writing and recording songs when he was 15 as an unsigned artist both solo and in many bands 17 18 including Moonlight DriveA Cleveland based progressive experimental rock five piece band with Arthur on lead vocals The band was active between 2005 and 2008 It had recordings such as Said You d Be There Hole in My Heart and Tear Me Apart 19 Cue the DramaAn alternative rock band based in Marske by the Sea and active between 2005 and 2008 Recordings included On the Radio 98KUPD It s Killing Me I ll Reach You and It Hurts 20 Save ArcadeA Middlesbrough alternative rock band made up of Arthur vocals guitar Josh Brown keyboards vocals Matthew Green guitar Alex Beer bass vocals Travis Shaw guitar percussions vocals and Karl Dowson drums In 2009 the band released a three track EP called Truth carrying the title track The Truth as well as Echoes and I Un Proudly Present In June 2010 the band released a five track EP Tonight We Dine in Hades which in addition to the title track Tonight We Dine in Hades included Superhero You Always Want a Fight Juliet Is Not Dead and She Aims to Please Both releases were on the independent label 57 Records UK 21 Emerald SkyeA four piece indie pop and rock band formed in March 2011 based in Redcar Saltburn by the Sea and made up of Arthur guitar vocals Dean Harrison piano violin Paul Gill bass and Save Arcade bandmate Green drums 22 2011 2012 Sins by the Sea and The X Factor Edit In 2011 Arthur uploaded many of his own songs to SoundCloud and YouTube as well as an album entitled Sins by the Sea The independent album included 16 tracks Arthur formed his own musical projects The James Arthur Project resulted in recorded and releasing two EPs firstly a soulful pop EP named Hold On as The James Arthur Project in August 2012 in collaboration with John McGough The tracks were written and arranged by McGough and mixed by Matt Wanstall with all vocals by Arthur Arthur also released an EP as The James Arthur Band The band consisted of Arthur vocals and guitar Jez Taylor guitar Chris Smalls keyboards Jordan Swain drums and Rich Doney bass In 2012 the band released The EP Collection CD with nine tracks with R amp B soul and hip hop influences a compilation of tracks on both EPs Further information The X Factor UK series 9 In 2012 he auditioned in Newcastle for the ninth series of The X Factor performing an acoustic rendition of judge Tulisa s Young before explaining his past including a short spell in respite foster care and time spent in flats and bedsits after break ups within his family He also revealed his father and mother had hardly spoken to each other for over 20 years and this was a reunion of sorts for them to attend his audition He sang A Million Love Songs at bootcamp and was chosen as one of six contestants in the Boys category to advance to judges houses From this point onward Arthur was mentored by Nicole Scherzinger After his judges houses performance of I Can t Make You Love Me he was picked as one of 12 contestants to advance to the live shows and one of three in the Boys category After his second live performance Arthur suffered from an anxiety attack backstage While being treated at the studio paramedics determined he did not need to go to hospital and he was ordered back to his hotel to rest He later returned for the results show the following night 23 After his performance of LMFAO s Sexy and I Know It on the third live show on 20 October Arthur was accused of plagiarism His version was very similar to the rendition by YouTube star only1Noah 24 25 which was uploaded on 9 May 2012 and had over 13 million views at the time 26 However Arthur later tweeted Btw doesn t everyone know I was putting a spin on Noah s version It had 13 something million hits Was I supposed to state the obvious 27 28 In week 7 after performing Can t Take My Eyes Off You Arthur was in the final showdown He sang Fallin for survival against fellow favourite Ella Henderson and the result went to deadlock Scherzinger and Gary Barlow voted to send Arthur through to the quarter final while Tulisa and Louis Walsh voted to send Henderson through to the quarter final Resulting from the public vote Arthur advanced to the quarter final receiving 13 7 of the vote whereas Henderson received 12 1 in Khmer With 53 7 of the final vote against Jahmene Douglas s 38 9 Arthur won The X Factor on 9 December 2012 29 30 This made him the first ever winner of the show to have previously been in the bottom two 31 The X Factor performances and resultsEpisode Theme Song ResultFirst audition Free choice Young Through to bootcampBootcamp stage 1 Group performance How to Save a Life with Curtis Golden and James Vickery Through to stage 2Bootcamp stage 2 Solo performance A Million Love Songs Through to judges housesJudges houses Free choice I Can t Make You Love Me Through to live shows Sexy and I Know It Live show 1 Heroes Stronger Safe 6th Live show 2 Love and heartbreak No More Drama Safe 6th Live show 3 Club classics Sexy and I Know It Safe 6th Live show 4 Halloween Sweet Dreams Safe 3rd Live show 5 Number ones Don t Speak Safe 6th Live show 6 Best of British Hometown Glory Safe 3rd Live show 7 Guilty pleasures Can t Take My Eyes Off You Bottom two 5th Final showdown Fallin Safe Deadlock Quarter Final Songs by ABBA SOS Safe 1st Motown songs Let s Get It On Semi Final Songs for someone special One Safe 1st The song to get you to the final The Power of Love Final Free choice Feeling Good Safe 1st Mentor duets Make You Feel My Love with Nicole ScherzingerSongs of the series Let s Get It On WinnerWinner s single Impossible 2013 2015 James Arthur controversies and leaving Syco Edit Following his victory Arthur s winner s song a cover of Shontelle s Impossible was released as a charity single for Together for Short Lives 32 It became the fastest selling The X Factor winner s single so far reaching 255 000 downloads within 48 hours and over 490 000 by the end of the week 33 The single topped the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release 34 35 36 After 11 days it was the seventh best selling debut single from any contestant from The X Factor with sales of 622 000 37 In its second week the single dropped to number two 38 but reclaimed the number one spot in its third week and stayed at the top for a further week 39 After three weeks it was the fifth best selling single of 2012 with 897 000 copies sold 40 To date it has sold over 1 3 million copies in the UK overtaking Alexandra Burke s version of Hallelujah to become the best selling winners single ever 41 The song also peaked at number one in Ireland two in Australia New Zealand and Switzerland and eight in Slovakia 42 43 44 45 In May 2013 Arthur released an EP Undiscovered Acoustic of six acoustic songs written and recorded by John McGough with all tracks sang by Arthur On 7 August 2013 Arthur announced via Twitter that his next single would be called You re Nobody til Somebody Loves You 46 which was released to UK radio stations on 9 September 2013 The song was officially released worldwide on 20 October 2013 and debuted at number two in the UK falling just behind Lorde s Royals Arthur s self titled debut studio album James Arthur was released by Syco Music on 1 November 2013 The album included the singles Impossible his X Factor winner s single and You re Nobody til Somebody Loves You as well as collaborations with Emeli Sande and Chasing Grace It debuted in the UK at number two behind Eminem s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 47 and became the 30th best selling album of 2013 in the country Recovery was released as the album s third single on 15 December 2013 48 and debuted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart On 14 January 2014 Arthur confirmed on Twitter that Get Down would be the album s fourth single 49 On 5 January 2014 Arthur embarked on his first headlining tour the James Arthur Tour a 37 date tour around Europe In November 2013 Arthur generated much controversy over the use of homophobic lyrics in a song Mickey Worthless a Croydon battle rapper had issued Stay In Your Lane a track mocking Arthur because Worthless didn t feel it was right that Arthur was presenting himself as a battle rapper on national radio Arthur responded to Worthless with his vitriolic diss track Hey Mickey issuing string of slurs directed at Worthless rapping Hilarious precarious you Talibani confused imbellic mimic of a gimmick adding the slur You fucking queer 50 51 This sparked outrage among the LGBT community and led to Twitter spats with comedians Frankie Boyle and Matt Lucas and singer Lucy Spraggan 52 Arthur immediately apologised for his comments and claimed that he was not homophobic Following this he announced that he would not be posting on Twitter anymore with his management taking up control of his page 53 The backlash continued however with a Facebook campaign to see his upcoming appearance on The X Factor be cancelled iTunes offered refunds for his album due to complaints from customers 54 After Arthur switched on the Christmas lights in Manchester on 8 November 2013 Manchester City Council said that he would have been replaced if the controversy had happened earlier 55 On 22 November 2013 Arthur s management announced that the singer would be cancelling all public engagements for the next seven days due to exhaustion 56 Singer Olly Murs came to Arthur s defence 57 but said later that he was not defending the choice of lyrics 53 Further controversies arose after the reviews to his projected rap mixtape All the World s a Stage particularly regarding the track Follow the Leader where he rapped I m gonna blow up your family like I m a terrorist This led to further accusations of Arthur glorifying violence This infuriated Simon Cowell who said I think James unfortunately has had so many issues with what he has done publicly which is a real issue with me Somebody should have told him to shut up and just put the records out On 5 April 2014 several media outlets began to report that Arthur had been dropped from Syco following the dispute over Follow the Leader 58 He took to Twitter to deny the claims 59 however on 11 June 2014 Arthur announced via Twitter that he and Syco had parted ways by mutual agreement Arthur independently released his mixtape All the World s a Stage on 16 May 2014 60 During the summer of 2014 Arthur stated that he was working on his second studio album and was close to signing a new record deal He performed at V Festival in August 2014 61 On 19 October 2014 Arthur released a collaboration with British record producer Rymez entitled Kryptonite the song entered the iTunes top 150 on pre orders alone 62 On 22 April 2015 Arthur unveiled a demo track titled Promise on YouTube 63 He embarked on The Story So Far Tour in May 2015 64 On 21 June 2015 he performed in the final of X Factor Adria 65 66 On 6 September 2015 he announced that he had signed with Columbia Records and that a new album was on the way 67 2016 2017 Back from the Edge Edit On 8 January 2016 Arthur released a song called The Truth on iTunes in the United States 68 unreliable source Following the song s release he took to Twitter and clarified that the song would feature on Family Therapy with Dr Jenn 69 unreliable source and that it was not the lead single 70 unreliable source Arthur released Say You Won t Let Go on 9 September 2016 as the lead single from his second studio album Back from the Edge which was released on 28 October 2016 a Arthur also re signed with Syco On 30 September 2016 the single reached number one on the UK Singles Chart becoming his second chart topper and making him the first male winner to have two UK number one singles as of 2016 update 72 The song remained on the top spot for three consecutive weeks 73 In January 2017 the single became his first chart entry on the Billboard charts in the US 74 By the second week of January 2017 it had surpassed the 1 million sales mark in the UK making James the first ever X Factor act to have two singles sell over a million copies in his homeland as well as the 21st act in UK chart history to have two or more million sellers 75 As of February 2017 update it had sold two million copies worldwide 76 It was later confirmed that he will be appearing at the V Festival in August having previously performed there in 2013 77 The same month OneRepublic lead singer Ryan Tedder also confirmed that he would be joining the band and Fitz and the Tantrums as a support act on their Honda Civic Tour in the US and Canada during the summer 78 Arthur s follow up single Safe Inside peaked at number 31 on the UK charts and the third single Can I Be Him at number 69 79 80 In early April it was announced that he would be embarking on his first arena tour across the UK and Ireland with fellow X Factor contestant Ella Henderson as his support act 81 The following month Arthur collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly on the song Go for Broke from Kelly s album Bloom which also served as the official theme song for WWE s SummerSlam in 2017 82 The same month it was announced that Arthur would be one of the vocalists featured on a cover of Simon amp Garfunkel s Bridge over Troubled Water which was recorded to raise funds for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire 83 The single was released on 21 June and went on to enter the UK charts at number 1 two days later 84 On 20 June 2017 James confirmed on Twitter that he would be a guest vocalist on drum n bass act Rudimental s single Sun Comes Up set for release on 30 June 85 He performed the song at V Festival with the group in August and it became another UK Top 10 single for him Throughout the summer he toured the US and Canada with OneRepublic and Fitz and the Tantrums with the tour ending on 12 September in Texas 86 Two nights later he performed alongside Julia Michaels and Kelly Clarkson at Fresh 102 7 s Fall Fest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden New York 87 On 5 October his autobiography Back to the Boy was released and he did a series of book signings throughout the UK A week later it was announced that he had been nominated for an American Music Award in the New Artist of the Year category 88 2017 2019 You Edit James Arthur released the song Naked as the lead single from his then upcoming third studio album on 24 November 2017 89 James Arthur released singles in early 2018 without mentioning the name or release date for the album 90 On 1 June James Arthur released a single You Deserve Better 91 On the same day he released another single titled At My Weakest 92 The video for You Deserve Better came out on 12 July 93 His third single of 2018 Empty Space was released on 19 October 94 In November 2018 Arthur was featured on The Greatest Showman Reimagined alongside Anne Marie for the song Rewrite the Stars 95 In October 2018 James Arthur appeared on the Brazilian soap opera O Tempo nao Para singing the song Naked 96 In December 2018 Arthur was featured in The Power of Love the UK The X Factor winning song by the season 15 winner Dalton Harris which gave Arthur his sixth UK top 10 hit The duet was a cover of an original by Frankie Goes to Hollywood from 1984 On 10 May 2019 Arthur released a single called Falling Like the Stars 97 later on 24 May 2019 he released a music video for it 98 Arthur s third studio album You was released on 18 October 2019 99 along with the album s seventh single Quite Miss Home 100 The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart dropped to number 10 in the following week and stayed on the chart for a total of 24 weeks 101 2020 present It ll All Make Sense in the End guest appearances and signing with other labels Edit In July 2020 Arthur confirmed via Twitter that he had begun working on a fourth studio album for the last couple of months further revealing I couldn t be more excited to share with you this new lane I m playing around in I think you ll be surprised in a good way This is the album I ve wanted to make for so long 102 Arthur provided the vocals on Sigala s track Lasting Lover released on 4 September 2020 103 After his label Syco had ceased operations 104 it was reported in a press release on 15 February 2021 that Arthur had signed with Columbia Records UK in a co deal with Columbia Records Germany the last of whom has worked with Arthur since Back from the Edge 105 The same press release reported that his fourth studio album is scheduled for release in 2021 and that the lead single for this album is scheduled for release in March of the same year 105 Arthur told Music Week that t here was a definite genre or lane he wanted to do which was mixing rock guitar based stuff with trap hip hop and pop 4 Personal life EditArthur has four sisters and a brother 106 Neil and Shirley his father and mother respectively hardly spoke with one another for 22 years but they agreed to attend Arthur s audition together in a family reunion to support him 7 He announced the birth of his daughter in November 2022 107 Arthur is a vegan 108 109 Arthur supports his local football team Middlesbrough F C as well as Rangers F C 110 111 112 In September 2016 after opening up about his struggles with drugs anxiety and depression it was announced that he had become an ambassador for UK mental health charity SANE 113 Discography EditMain article James Arthur discography James Arthur 2013 Back from the Edge 2016 You 2019 It ll All Make Sense in the End 2021 Concert tours EditThe X Factor Live Tour 2013 James Arthur Tour 2014 The Story So Far Tour 2015 Back from the Edge Tour 2017 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour 2017 supporting OneRepublic 114 The Twenty Tour 2019 supporting Westlife on their Irish concert tour dates You Up Close and Personal Tour 2019 115 Awards and nominations EditYear Organisation Award Work Result2013 BRIT Awards British Single of the Year 116 Impossible Nominated 117 Los Premios 40 Principales Best International Song WonNRJ Music Awards International Breakthrough of the Year Won citation needed Zebrik Music Awards Best International Discovery Himself Nominated 118 2014 Radio Regenbogen Awards Pop International Won2017 BRIT Awards British Artist Video of the Year Say You Won t Let Go NominatedBritish Single of the Year NominatedTeen Choice Awards Choice Breakout Artist Himself NominatedAmerican Music Awards New Artist of the Year Nominated2018 BMI Pop Awards Award Winning Song 119 Say You Won t Let Go Won2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Cover Song Rewrite the Stars with Anne Marie NominatedReferences EditExplanatory notes Back from the Edge debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 41 000 combined sales 71 and has had more than 400 000 sales as of February 2021 update 4 Citations Odams Katherine 19 September 2013 James Arthur Premieres You re Nobody Til Somebody Love You Music Video WATCH Entertainmentwise Archived from the original on 21 September 2013 Retrieved 20 September 2013 Smiles Mikea 22 June 2015 James Arthur makes top selling singles list of the DECADE beating Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry Gazette Live Retrieved 10 December 2016 James Arthur counts cost of offensive lyrics as iTunes offers refunds on album The Guardian 22 November 2013 a b c Ben Homewood 16 February 2021 James Arthur on new music respect and making bangers Music Week Retrieved 16 February 2021 James Arthur How the X Factor hopeful became a chart topping singer Planet Radio 1 May 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 James Arthur s tartan treat for Scots female fans Daily Record 16 December 2012 Retrieved 6 October 2014 a b Daily Record Scots father of X Factor star James Arthur admits he has no idea where singer gets his charm from dailyrecord Retrieved 6 October 2014 Arthur 2017 p 26 Arthur 2017 p 41 Arthur 2017 p 27 Arthur 2017 p 165 Family of James Arthur so proud of X Factor hopeful GazetteLive co uk 6 October 2012 Retrieved 9 December 2012 Al Omari Ahmed How Bahrain shaped X Factor star s life Gulf Daily News Retrieved 10 March 2019 a b c Arthur 2017 p 61 a b Arthur 2017 p 97 a b Arthur 2017 p 99 James Arthur Music Tumblr Archived from the original on 22 April 2013 Retrieved 9 December 2012 James Arthur Music Myspace Retrieved 13 December 2012 Moonlight Drive Music Myspace Retrieved 13 December 2012 Cue The Drama Myspace Retrieved 13 December 2012 Save Arcade Myspace Retrieved 13 December 2012 The Emerald Skye Facebook Facebook Retrieved 13 December 2012 Jack Seale and Tom Cole The X Factor 2012 James Arthur RadioTimes YouTube Sexy and I Know It by only1Noah YouTube Retrieved 27 April 2020 Darvill Josh 24 October 2012 X Factor 2012 James Arthur accused of copying Sexy And I Know It cover Tellymix Retrieved 8 December 2012 Noah Cover of Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO YouTube 9 May 2012 James Arthur on Twitter Twitter X Factor s James Arthur Accused of Plagiarism Over Sexy And I Know It Cover By fans who allege that James copied YouTube star only1Noah Entertainmentwise 23 October 2012 Archived from the original on 22 July 2013 Retrieved 8 December 2012 The X Factor voting numbers revealed HERE The X Factor itv com 9 December 2012 Archived from the original on 11 December 2012 Retrieved 10 December 2012 James Arthur wins X Factor but Christopher Maloney vanishes from line up Daily Telegraph London 10 December 2012 Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Retrieved 10 December 2012 James Arthur wins The X Factor 2012 Digital Spy 9 December 2012 Retrieved 30 September 2016 James Arthur hits the No 1 slot again Together for Short Lives 31 December 2012 Retrieved 7 January 2013 Wyatt Daisy 11 December 2012 James Arthur s Impossible becomes fastest selling X Factor single The Independent London Retrieved 11 December 2012 Bueno Emily 17 October 2012 X Factor winner James Arthur tops the charts Daily Telegraph UK London Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Retrieved 18 December 2012 X Factor winner James Arthur reaches Number One Irish Independent 17 October 2012 Retrieved 18 December 2012 James Arthur scores fastest selling single of the year Guardian UK London 17 October 2012 Retrieved 18 December 2012 Lane Dan 20 December 2012 Hillsborough tribute extends lead over James Arthur in Christmas race The Official Charts Company Retrieved 20 December 2012 Hillsborough Justice Collective beat James Arthur to Christmas No 1 Digital Spy 23 December 2012 Lane Dan 30 December 2012 James Arthur is back at Number 1 with Impossible Official Charts Company Retrieved 31 December 2012 Dan Lane 2 January 2013 The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2012 revealed Official Charts Company Retrieved 5 January 2013 Smiles Mieka 22 June 2015 James Arthur makes top selling singles list of the DECADE beating Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry Gazette Live Retrieved 3 October 2016 Darvill Josh 15 February 2013 XFactor champ James Arthur a hit in Australia and Switzerland tellymix Retrieved 16 February 2013 Hung Steffen Discography James Arthur Irish Charts Portal Hung Medien Steffen Hung IFPI SR Hitparada Radio Top 100 Oficialna Tyzden 201306 IFPI Archived from the original on 10 January 2007 Retrieved 16 February 2013 Hung Steffen Discography James Arthur New Zealand Charts Portal Hung Medien Steffen Hung James Arthur s New Song You re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You Has First Play On Capital Capital 9 September 2013 Eminem scores seventh consecutive UK Number 1 album Official Charts Company 10 November 2013 Retrieved 3 December 2019 Copsey Robert 15 November 2013 James Arthur reveals new single title release date Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Retrieved 16 November 2013 James Arthur on Twitter Its official my next single is Get Down Who loves this track JARMY LOVE Twitter Retrieved 6 October 2014 Adam Bychawski 18 November 2013 Rapper who started beef with X Factor s James Arthur says I feel no remorse at all NME Retrieved 23 September 2016 Tonks Owen James Arthur and Lucy Spraggan queer row Disgusted fans demand album refund after bitter text exchange mirror Retrieved 16 April 2016 Independent James Arthur and Lucy Spraggan in homophobic Twitter spat 26 November 2013 The Independent 21 November 2013 Retrieved 6 October 2014 a b Entertainment Olly Murs Denies Defending James Arthur s Homophobic Slur 26 November 2013 Yahoo Celebrity UK 26 November 2013 Retrieved 6 October 2014 Pink News Apple deems offence caused by homophobia an appropriate reason to refund James Arthur track PinkNews co uk 22 November 2013 Retrieved 6 October 2014 Roberts Edward 23 November 2013 MancunianMatters James Arthur s homophobic rant would have seen him kicked off Christmas switch on says Manchester council Mancunian Matters Retrieved 6 October 2014 The X Factor James Arthur Rebecca Ferguson to perform next week Digital Spy 24 November 2013 Retrieved 6 October 2014 Olly Murs defends James Arthur RTE ie 26 November 2013 Drewett Meg 6 April 2014 James Arthur dropped by record label Syco after mixtape controversy Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Retrieved 6 April 2014 Rigby Sam 6 April 2014 James Arthur denies being dropped by Syco criticises media circus Retrieved 6 April 2014 James Arthur confirms rap EP All the World s a Stage 12 March 2014 Retrieved 6 October 2014 V Festival Lineup 2014 Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 Retrieved 29 November 2016 Mieka Smiles 17 October 2014 Listen James Arthur s new direction as he teams up with Rymez for latest single gazettelive James Arthur Promise Teaser Demo YouTube 22 April 2015 Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 James Arthur announces live dates for The Story So Far UK tour Digital Spy 11 February 2015 Poslusajte zvijezdu i pobjednika britanskog X Factora Jamesa Arthura RTL in Croatian 22 June 2015 Retrieved 1 January 2023 Marinovic Barbara 22 June 2015 Pobjednik X Factor Adrie je Amel Curic Vecernji list in Croatian Retrieved 1 January 2023 Myers Justin 7 September 2015 James Arthur signs record deal announces new music on the way Official Charts Company Retrieved 7 September 2015 The Truth Single by James Arthur on iTunes iTunes Retrieved 24 January 2016 Dina and Michael Lohan Come to Blows Over Lindsay Lohan in Family Therapy Trailer YouTube Entertainment Tonight Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 Retrieved 6 February 2016 Arthur James 14 January 2016 Just to be clear this is not the official 1st single from my the album it s only available on US iTunes for now Twitter Retrieved 24 January 2016 Copsey Rob 4 November 2016 James Arthur scores his first Number 1 album Official Charts Retrieved 16 February 2021 James Arthur is fiiiiinally No 1 with his comeback single Say You Won t Let Go Digital Spy 30 September 2016 Retrieved 30 September 2016 James Arthur keeps hold of singles Number 1 for a third week Official Charts Company 14 October 2016 Retrieved 22 October 2016 The Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 28 January 2017 Retrieved 20 January 2017 YTD T40 Singles Albums with estimated sales Week 2 19 1 17 Buzzjack co uk SundayBrunchC4 26 February 2017 Congratulations to JamesArthur23 for 2 million sales worldwide for Say You Won t Let Go SundayBrunch Tweet Retrieved 26 February 2017 via Twitter Trendell Andrew 27 February 2017 V Festival 2017 line up announced NME com Retrieved 27 February 2017 OneRepublic News Retrieved 29 June 2017 Safe Inside Official Charts Company Retrieved 29 June 2017 Can I Be Him Official Charts Company Retrieved 29 June 2017 James Arthur on Twitter 3 April 2017 Retrieved 22 October 2017 Top 40 M Future Releases Archived from the original on 13 June 2017 Retrieved 29 June 2017 Simon Cowell announces Bridge Over Troubled Water charity record RTE Entertainment 16 June 2017 Retrieved 29 June 2017 Grenfell Tower single Bridge Over Troubled Water enters at Number 1 less than 48 hours after release Official Charts Company 23 June 2017 Retrieved 29 June 2017 James Arthur on Twitter 20 June 2017 Retrieved 29 June 2017 Kaufman Gil 2 February 2017 OneRepublic Headlining 2017 Honda Civic Tour See the Dates Billboard com Retrieved 16 September 2017 Fresh Fall Fest 17 feat Kelly Clarkson James Arthur Julia Michaels Live Nation 14 September 2017 Retrieved 16 September 2017 Here Is the Full List of 2017 AMAs Nominations Billboard com 12 October 2017 Retrieved 12 October 2017 James Arthur teams up with hitmaker Max Martin for his new single Naked first listen preview Official Charts 23 November 2017 Retrieved 3 November 2019 It s called Naked and it s the lead single from his third album Naked is out tomorrow Friday November 24 2017 James Arthur New Album 2018 Everything You Need To Know Including Release Date And Singles Capital Retrieved 20 November 2018 JamesAVEVO 1 June 2018 James Arthur You Deserve Better Lyric Video YouTube Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 Retrieved 20 November 2018 JamesAVEVO 12 June 2018 James Arthur At My Weakest Lyric Video YouTube Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 Retrieved 20 November 2018 JamesAVEVO 12 July 2018 James Arthur You Deserve Better YouTube Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 Retrieved 20 November 2018 JamesAVEVO 1 November 2018 James Arthur Empty Space Official Video YouTube Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 Retrieved 20 November 2018 James Arthur Debuts Video For Nostalgic Single Empty Space Watch Billboard Retrieved 20 November 2018 James Arthur makes his acting debut in major international soap Hits Radio Retrieved 20 November 2018 James Arthur s Falling Like The Stars Is A Tender Love Song Idolator 10 May 2019 Retrieved 24 May 2019 RJ Frometa 24 May 2019 James Arthur Releases New Video For Falling Like The Stars Vents Magazine Retrieved 24 May 2019 YOU by James Arthur Apple Music Retrieved 6 September 2019 James Arthur devoile le single poignant Quite Miss Home NRJ 18 October 2019 Retrieved 19 October 2019 James Arthur UK Albums Chart 2nd Albums Retrieved 27 June 2020 I ve been writing the new album for the last couple of months I couldn t be more excited to share with you this new lane I m playing around in I think you ll be surprised in a good way This is the album I ve wanted to make for so long 30 July 2020 Retrieved 9 August 2020 via Twitter Sigala teams up with James Arthur on new single Lasting Lover NME 5 September 2020 Retrieved 22 October 2020 Jack White 15 February 2021 James Arthur signs new record deal new album coming in 2021 Official Charts Retrieved 16 February 2021 a b James Arthur Signs To Columbia Records UK Pressparty 15 February 2021 Retrieved 16 February 2021 Arthur 2017 p 278 by Jessica Gibb Miriam Goodman 19 November 2022 James Arthur welcomes baby girl into the world and shares her name TeessideLive Retrieved 21 November 2022 James Arthur s guitarist helped him convert to veganism Toronto com Retrieved December 17 2021 James Arthur reveals he weighs 17 stone after bingeing on vegan sausages in lockdown heart co uk Retrieved December 17 2021 Middlesbrough FC manager Tony Mowbray has given his backing to X Factor finalist Retrieved 15 December 2012 Boro s Surprise For James Archived from the original on 8 December 2012 Retrieved 15 December 2012 X Factor star James Arthur lives the dream as he trains with his Rangers heroes but he won t be giving up his day job just yet Daily Record 11 January 2014 Retrieved 11 January 2014 James Arthur becomes Ambassador for SANE 28 September 2016 Retrieved 14 December 2016 Kaufman Gil 16 February 2017 OneRepublic Headlining 2017 Honda Civic Tour See the Dates Billboard Gary Welford 28 May 2019 James Arthur announces You Up Close and Personal UK tour Sunderland Echo Retrieved 30 June 2019 BRIT Awards 2013 Best British Single Capital FM 10 January 2013 Retrieved 11 January 2013 Robson Dave 21 February 2013 Saltburn singer James Arthur misses out on Brit award Gazette Live Retrieved 25 February 2014 Historie Anketa Zebrik Mark Ronson Receives the BMI Champion Award at the 66th BMI Pop Awards BMI com 8 May 2018 Retrieved 27 April 2020 BibliographyArthur James 2017 Back to the Boy Great Britain Hodder amp Stoughton ISBN 9781473665866 External links EditOfficial websiteAwards and achievementsPreceded byLittle Mix Winner of The X Factor2012 Succeeded bySam Bailey Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Arthur amp oldid 1132293840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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