42 Facts About James Arthur

James Arthur was born on 2 March 1988 and is an English singer and songwriter.

James Arthur rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012.

James Arthur released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2013.

On 18 October 2019, after releasing numerous singles throughout the prior two years, James Arthur released his third studio album, You; this album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart.

In February 2021, James Arthur signed with Columbia Records UK and Columbia Records Germany after Syco had ceased operations.

James Arthur was born on 2 March 1988 to an English mother, Shirley Ashworth, and a Scottish father, Neil James Arthur.

James Arthur first went to Ings Farm Primary School in Redcar, North Yorkshire.

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

In 2011, James Arthur uploaded many of his own songs to SoundCloud and YouTube, as well as an album entitled Sins by the Sea.

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.

James Arthur 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.

James Arthur 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, James Arthur was mentored by Nicole Scherzinger.

James Arthur later returned for the results show the following night.

James Arthur's version was very similar to the rendition by YouTube star only1Noah, which was uploaded on 9 May 2012 and had over 13 million views at the time.

James Arthur 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.

In May 2013, James Arthur released an EP Undiscovered Acoustic of six acoustic songs written and recorded by John McGough with all tracks sang by James Arthur.

On 7 August 2013, James Arthur announced that his next single would be called "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You", which was released to UK radio stations on 9 September 2013.

Arthur's self-titled debut studio album, James Arthur, was released by Syco Music on 1 November 2013.

On 14 January 2014, James Arthur confirmed on Twitter that "Get Down" would be the album's fourth single.

In November 2013, James Arthur generated much controversy over the use of homophobic lyrics in a song.

James Arthur immediately apologised for his comments and claimed that he was not homophobic.

On 22 November 2013, James Arthur's management announced that the singer would be cancelling all public engagements for the next seven days due to exhaustion.

On 5 April 2014, several media outlets began to report that James Arthur had been dropped from Syco, following the dispute over "Follow the Leader".

James Arthur took to Twitter to deny the claims; however, on 11 June 2014, Arthur announced that he and Syco had parted ways by mutual agreement.

James Arthur independently released his mixtape All the World's a Stage on 16 May 2014.

On 19 October 2014, James Arthur released a collaboration with British record producer Rymez entitled "Kryptonite"; the song entered the iTunes top 150 on pre-orders alone.

On 22 April 2015, James Arthur unveiled a demo track titled "Promise" on YouTube.

James Arthur embarked on "The Story So Far Tour" in May 2015.

On 8 January 2016, James Arthur released a song called "The Truth" on iTunes in the United States.

James 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.

On 20 June 2017, James Arthur 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.

James Arthur received a nomination for an American Music Award in the 'New Artist of the Year' category.

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

On 1 June 2018, James Arthur released the singles, "You Deserve Better" and "At My Weakest".

In November 2018, James Arthur was featured on The Greatest Showman: Reimagined, alongside Anne-Marie, for the song "Rewrite the Stars".

In October 2018, James Arthur appeared on the Brazilian soap opera O Tempo nao Para, singing the song "Naked".

In December 2018, James Arthur was featured in "The Power of Love", the UK The X Factor winning song by the season 15 winner Dalton Harris, which gave James Arthur his sixth UK top 10 hit.

On 10 May 2019, James Arthur released a single called "Falling Like the Stars".

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

James 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".

James Arthur announced the birth of his daughter in November 2022.