James Blunt

Job Candidates' Challenge: Justify James Blunt

Swedish marketing company challenges applicants

(Newser) - How do you sell people on the world's "most pointless artist"? That's a problem to be worked out by Borg & Owilli's next account manager. The Swedish marketing agency is looking to fill the post and has come up with a test for applicants: "... More »

James Blunt Finally Apologizes for 'Annoying' Song

'You're Beautiful' was 'force-fed down people's throats,' singer admits

(Newser) - "I'm sorry now/I'm sorry now/I'm sorry now, it's true." These are the lyrics to James Blunt's newest hit: his 2014 apology to everyone in the universe for his way-overplayed love song "You're Beautiful," which saturated the airwaves in 2005-2006 and... More »

Winehouse Album UK's Bestseller of the Century

Winehouse Album Is UK's Bestseller of the Century

Tony Bennett to lead MTV Winehouse tribute

(Newser) - A surge in sales following her death has made Amy Winehouse's Back to Black Britain's biggest-selling record of the 21st century, knocking crooner James Blunt into second place. The 2006 album, which shot back to the top of her charts after the singer's death last month, has... More »

Strangest eBay Auctions Ever

Used handkerchiefs, sisters... the possibilities are endless!

(Newser) - Hard up for cash? Perhaps the Daily Mirror’s list of the 10 most bizarre eBay auctions will inspire you to sell off some of your own belongings:

Scorned by your ex-wife? Consider selling her wedding dress. If you model it yourself, as one man did in 2004, you could

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Top 10 Most Irritating Songs of All Time

Remember the Macarena? British listeners found nine tunes even more jarring

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James Blunt, You're Beautiful: The smarmy, cloying falsetto that made 2005 suck
Axel F, Crazy Frog: A German pastiche of club remixes that was less than the sum of its parts
Hanson, Mmm Bop: The least annoying #1 hit by androgynous blonde teenagers
Mr Blobby, Mr Blobby: Do you