Solo Artist · The soldier who wrote "You're Beautiful"
Holds writing credit on 74 of 74 tracks
Yes, all of them. He is credited on every one of the 74 tracks across his seven studio albums, with no exceptions anywhere in the catalogue. Whether he writes them alone is a different question: only six are his and nobody else's, five of them on All the Lost Souls, and from 2010 onward every song carries a co-writer alongside him.
Across all 74 tracks: how many James Blunt wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 74 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
James Blunt's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where James Blunt sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
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James Blunt74 tracks
26Tom Rothrock, 26 tracks
SR21Steve Robson, 21 tracks
EW13Eg White, 13 tracks
KG12Kevin Griffin, 12 tracks
WH12Warren Huart, 12 tracks
12Greg Kurstin, 12 tracks
WH10Wayne Hector, 10 tracks
SS6Sacha Skarbek, 6 tracks
RT6Ryan Tedder, 6 tracks on OneRepublic's page
SM6Steve Mac, 6 tracks
CT5Cleo Tighe, 5 tracks
JH4Jimmy Hogarth, 4 tracks
DP4Danny Parker, 4 tracks
RP4Rick Parkhouse, 4 tracks
GT4George Tizzard, 4 tracks
RT4Red Triangle, 4 tracks
T3Terefe, 3 tracks
MM3Maureen McDonald, 3 tracks
AW3Amy Wadge, 3 tracks
MC3Mark Crew, 3 tracks
TB3Thomas Barnes, 3 tracks
PK3Peter Kelleher, 3 tracks
BK3Benjamin Kohn, 3 tracks
T3TMS, 3 tracks
AG2Amanda Ghost, 2 tracks
SM2Steve McEwan, 2 tracks
CK2Claude Kelly, 2 tracks
ZS2Zach Skelton, 2 tracks
SM2Stephan Moccio, 2 tracks
ES2Ed Sheeran, 2 tracks
MW2Mike Wise, 2 tracks
JC2Jonny Coffer, 2 tracks
MN2Mike Needle, 2 tracks
RB2Richard Boardman, 2 tracks
TS2The Six, 2 tracks
RR1Ricky Ross, 1 track
GC1Guy Chambers, 1 track
LP1Linda Perry, 1 track on 4 Non Blondes's page
MB1Mark Batson, 1 track
MM1Max Martin, 1 track
BM1Bob Marley, 1 track
R1Robopop, 1 track
DO1Daniel Omelio, 1 track
AM1Ammar Malik (co., 1 track
B(1Blunt (co., 1 track
M(1Mac (co., 1 track
AM1Ammar Malik, 1 track
TG1Teddy Geiger, 1 track
SJ1Steph Jones, 1 track
EW1Emily Warren, 1 track
JP1Jay Paul Bicknell, 1 track
JM1Johnny McDaid, 1 track on Snow Patrol's page
AD1Andrew DeRoberts, 1 track
DW1Dewain Whitmore, 1 track
MT1Martin Terefe, 1 track
M1Mozella, 1 track
DP1Daniel Priddy, 1 track
CD1Charlie Diamond, 1 track
ML1Martin Luke Brown, 1 track
SK1Samuel Klempner, 1 track
PP1Philip Plested, 1 track
MP1Matthew Prime, 1 track
MP1Matt Prime, 1 track
AJ1Andrew Jackson, 1 track
WT1Ward Thomas, 1 track
NC1Nathaniel Cyphert, 1 track
JH1Jakob Hazell, 1 track
SH1Svante Halldin, 1 track
J&1Jack & Coke, 1 track
MJ1Matt James, 1 track
JE1James Essien, 1 track
EM1Ennio Morricone, 1 track
DS1David Strääf, 1 track
NA1Nick Atkinson, 1 track
NH1Nick Hahn, 1 track
DP1Dan Priddy, 1 track
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. SR Steve Robson · EW Eg White · KG Kevin Griffin · WH Warren Huart
Data Insight
Blunt is credited on every single one of the 74 tracks across his seven studio albums, without exception. What changes is how many names sit beside his. On Back to Bedlam he writes one track alone and shares the rest with the producer Tom Rothrock's circle; by Some Kind of Trouble he is working with Steve Robson, Ryan Tedder and Wayne Hector, and no song on that album or any album after it is his alone. The songwriting never left; the co-writers arrived and stayed.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A writer on all 74 tracks he has released, who moved from writing alone to writing in professional teams and stayed there.
The Story
James Blunt was a British Army captain in Kosovo before he was a singer. Back to Bedlam came out in 2004 and became the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, carried by "You're Beautiful", which reached number one in thirteen countries. Six more albums have followed on Atlantic, all of them written by him.