James Arthur discography
| James Arthur discography | |
|---|---|
 Arthur at the 15th NRJ Music Awards in December 2013 | |
| Studio albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| Singles | 18 |
British singer and songwriter James Arthur has released four studio albums, twenty-six singles (including eight as a featured artist), and seventeen music videos. He won the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 and released "Impossible" as the winner's single.
Following his X Factor victory, Arthur's winner's song, a cover of Shontelle's 2010 song "Impossible", was released as a charity single for Together for Short Lives. The single topped the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release. After 11 days, it was the seventh-biggest-selling debut single from any contestant from The X Factor, with sales of 622,000. In its second week, the single dropped to number two, but reclaimed the number one spot in its third week, and stayed at the top for a further week. After three weeks, it was the fifth-best-selling single of 2012, with 897,000 copies sold. After four weeks, it had sold 971,000 copies. As of 11 January 2013, the single has sold more than one million copies. The song also peaked at number one in Ireland, number two in Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland. As of August 2013, the single has sold 1.2 million copies, 30,000 fewer than Alexandra Burke's version of "Hallelujah". To date, it has sold over 1.4 million copies in the UK, overtaking Alexandra Burke's "Hallelujah" to become the best-selling winner's single ever.[1]
On 7 August 2013, Arthur announced that his next single would be called "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You". The song was released on 20 October 2013 and debuted at number two in the UK, falling just behind Lorde's "Royals". Arthur's self-titled debut studio album, James Arthur, was released on 4 November 2013. The album charted in the UK at number two, behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2. "Recovery" was released as the album's third single on 15 December 2013 and debuted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2014, following a string of controversies in the British media, he parted ways with Syco Music, and in September 2015 he signed to Columbia Records in Germany. A year later, he released a new single, "Say You Won't Let Go"—the first from his second studio album, Back from the Edge—which gave him his second UK chart-topper, and as of November 2017 it had sold two million copies worldwide.[2] It also became his breakthrough hit in the US, reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified triple platinum.
In 2018, Arthur was featured in "The Power of Love", the UK X Factor-winning song by the season 15 winner Dalton Harris. The duet was a cover of an original by Frankie Goes to Hollywood from 1984.
Arthur's third studio album, You, was released on 18 October 2019;[3] the album debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, where it stayed for one week.[4]
Albums[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
BEL [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NZ [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] |
US [14] | ||||||
| James Arthur |
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2 | 14 | 22 | 55 | 25 | 2 | 11 | — | 6 | — | ||||
| Back from the Edge |
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1 | 8 | 38 | 19 | 38 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 39 | ||||
| You |
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2 | 23 | 31 | 87 | 35 | 7 | 33 | — | 5 | 186 |
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| It'll All Make Sense in the End |
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3 | — | 41 | 118 | 59 | 10 [20] |
37 [21] |
— | 16 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Independent studio albums[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Sins by the Sea |
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Mixtapes[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| All the World's a Stage[23] |
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Extended plays[]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Hold On[A][24] |
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| Undiscovered Acoustic[B][25] |
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| Apple Music Home Sessions[C][25] |
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Singles[]
As lead artist[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
BEL [8] |
GER [26] |
IRE [10] |
NZ [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] |
US [27] | ||||||
| "Impossible" | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 2 | — | James Arthur | |||
| "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" | 2013 | 2 | 22 | 55 | 78 | 54 | 12 | 17 | — | 38 | — |
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| "Recovery" | 19 | — | — | 59 | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Get Down" | 2014 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | ||||
| "Say You Won't Let Go" | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | Back from the Edge | |||
| "Safe Inside" | 2017 | 31 | — | — | 67 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Can I Be Him" | 69 | — | — | 46 | — | 76 | — | 72 | — | — |
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| "Naked" | 11 | — | 26 | 38 | 23 | 28 | —[D] | 36 | 8 | —[E] | You | ||||
| "You Deserve Better / At My Weakest" | 2018 | 53 | 68 | — | — | — | 48 | —[F] | — | 72 | — |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Empty Space" | 22 | — | 63 | — | 99 | 28 | —[G] | 93 | 40 | — |
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You | |||
| "Rewrite the Stars" (with Anne-Marie) |
7 | 67 | — | 7 | 100 | 12 | — | 27 | 44 | —[H] | The Greatest Showman: Reimagined | ||||
| "Nobody" (with Martin Jensen) |
2019 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 73 | 87 | — |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Falling Like the Stars" | 25 | 51 | — | — | — | 28 | —[I] | 49 | 28 | — | You | ||||
| "Treehouse" (with Ty Dolla $ign featuring Shotty Horroh) |
—[J] | — | — | — | — | — | —[K] | — | — | — | |||||
| "Finally Feel Good" | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[L] | — | — | — | |||||
| "You" (featuring Travis Barker) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | —[M] | — | — | — | |||||
| "Quite Miss Home" | 77 | — | — | — | — | 60 | —[N] | — | 56 | — |
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| "Lasting Lover" (with Sigala) |
2020 | 10 | 17 | — | — | — | 15 | 31 | 94 | 41 | — | TBA | |||
| "Medicine" | 2021 | 41 | — | — | — | — | 55 | —[O] | —[P] | 98 | — | It'll All Make Sense in the End | |||
| "September" | 55 | — | — | — | — | 54 [53] |
—[Q] | —[R] | — | — | |||||
| "Christmas Bells" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
As featured artist[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUS [56] |
AUT [7] |
GER [57] |
IRE [10] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] | |||||||||
| "Wrecking Ball" (Alonzo Holt featuring James Arthur) |
2013 | 97 | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | The Second Chapter | ||||||
| "Kryptonite"[58] (Rymez featuring James Arthur) |
2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Otherwise"[59] (MOKS featuring James Arthur) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Go for Broke"[60] (Machine Gun Kelly featuring James Arthur) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | bloom | ||||||
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" (as part of Artists for Grenfell) |
1 | 53 | 32 | — | 25 | — | 28 | Non-album single | |||||||
| "Sun Comes Up" (Rudimental featuring James Arthur) |
6 | 57 | 50 | 76 | 15 | 80 | 48 | Toast to Our Differences | |||||||
| "You Can Cry" (Marshmello and Juicy J featuring James Arthur) |
2018 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "The Power of Love" (Dalton Harris featuring James Arthur) |
4 | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Promotional singles[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
IRE [10] |
NZ [11] |
SWE [12] | ||||||||||||
| "The Truth"[63] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | Back from the Edge | |||||||||
| "Let Me Love the Lonely"[S][64] (featuring MaRina) |
— | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Avalanche" | 2021 | — | — | —[T] | —[U] | It'll All Make Sense in the End | |||||||||
| "Emily" | 82 | 98 [68] |
—[V] | — | |||||||||||
| "SOS" | — | — | —[W] | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Other charted songs[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUS [6] |
BEL [8] |
GER | NZ Hot [71] |
SCO [72] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] | ||||
| "Certain Things" | 2013 | 162 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | James Arthur | |
| "Is This Love" | 164 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sermon" (featuring Shotty Horroh) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | Back from the Edge | |
| "Train Wreck" | 2020 | 16 | 45 [73] |
45 | 98 | — | 83 | 23 | 69 | ||
| "Deja Vu" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | It'll All Make Sense in the End | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Other appearances[]
| Title | Year | Album(s) | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Flowers" | 2018 | Other People's Heartache (Pt. 4) | Bastille featuring Rationale |
| "Burn Me Alive" | 2019 | Things I've Seen | Alex Hepburn |
| "You Go First" | 2021 | The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1 | Dianne Warren |
Music videos[]
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Impossible" | 2012 | Claudia Wass[77] |
| "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" | 2013 | Emil Nava[78][79] |
| "Recovery" | ||
| "Get Down" | 2014 | Matt Fleming[80] |
| "Kryptonite" (Rymez x James Arthur) |
IMA Productions[81] | |
| "Otherwise" (MOKS featuring James Arthur) |
2015 | Cimo Fränkel and Rik Annema[82] |
| "Say You Won't Let Go" | 2016 | Felix Urbauer[83] |
| "Safe Inside" | Frank Hoffman[84] | |
| "Can I Be Him" | 2017 | Felix Urbauer[85] |
| "Sun Comes Up" (Rudimental featuring James Arthur) |
Amos LeBlanc[86] | |
| "Naked" | Mario Clement[87] | |
| "You Can Cry" (Marshmello x Juicy J featuring James Arthur) |
2018 | Daniel Malikyar[88] |
| "You Deserve Better" | Phillip R. Lopez[89] | |
| "Empty Space" | Andzej Gavriss[90] | |
| "Falling like the Stars" | 2019 | Patrick Mason[91] |
| "Treehouse" | Anthony Schepperd[92] | |
| "You" | Timon Birkhofer[93] |
Songwriting credits[]
| Song | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Let's Go Home Together" (with Tom Grennan) |
2021 | Ella Henderson | Evering Road (Deluxe Edition) |
Notes[]
- ^ Released as The James Arthur Project
- ^ Released as The James Arthur Project
- ^ Apple Exclusive
- ^ "Naked" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[38]
- ^ "Naked" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[39]
- ^ "You Deserve Better" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number five on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[41]
- ^ "Empty Space" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 23 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[42]
- ^ "Rewrite the Stars" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[39]
- ^ "Falling Like the Stars" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[43]
- ^ "Treehouse" did not enter the Official Singles Chart, but peaked at number 54 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart.[44]
- ^ "Treehouse" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[45]
- ^ "Finally Feel Good" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 21 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[46]
- ^ "You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 30 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[47]
- ^ "Quite Miss Home" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[48]
- ^ "Medicine" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[51]
- ^ "Medicine" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[52]
- ^ "September" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[54]
- ^ "September" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[55]
- ^ The duet version of the song was only released in Poland.
- ^ "Avalanche" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[66]
- ^ "Avalanche" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[67]
- ^ "Emily" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[69]
- ^ "SOS" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[70]
References[]
- ^ Smiles, Mieka (22 June 2015). "James Arthur makes top-selling singles list of the DECADE - beating Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry". Gazette Live. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Sunday Brunch on Twitter: "Congratulations to @JamesArthur23 for 2 million sales worldwide for 'Say You Won't Let Go'