James Arthur

James Arthur fascinates me because his voice carries something talent-show winners rarely have: real grit. That hoarse, frayed quality turns a cover like Impossible into something raw and personal, and you can hear a man who has weathered genuine storms. Rising from Middlesbrough through The X Factor could have made him a disposable pop product, but he kept writing and clawing his way back into relevance. I respect artists who survive their own early fame and come out more honest.

Name (English)

James Arthur

Name (Japanese)

ジェイムズ・アーサー

Reading

じぇいむず・あーさー

Born

March 2, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / songwriter / guitarist / singer-songwriter / composer

Awards & achievements

• 2013 NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year

• Official sitehttps://www.jamesarthurofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jamesarthurinsta23/
• Xhttps://x.com/JamesArthur23
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Arthur
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717626

Tags

• singer
• songwriter
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.