James Blunt

Increasingly self-depreciating in public statements, Blunt let roughly three-and-a-half years pass before putting out another album. Released in early 2017, The Afterlove featured songwriting collaborations with, among others, his friend Ed Sheeran and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. While it became his first album to miss the Top 20 in the U.S. (it peaked at 177), it returned him to the Top Ten elsewhere, including the U.K., where it reached number six. Still with Atlantic Records, he returned with his sixth full-length, Once Upon a Mind, in the second half of 2019. The album, which hit number three in the U.K., extended The Afterlove's polished pop sound, balancing that with plaintive moments dedicated to his father and children. The singer's first "greatest-hits" collection, The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021), arrived in November 2021. It featured four previously unreleased tracks, including "Love Under Pressure" and "Unstoppable." Following a tour, Blunt returned to the studio and in October 2023 delivered his seventh album, Who We Used to Be, along with the single "Beside You." ~ Matt Collar & Marcy Donelson

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