In September 2015 he confirmed on Twitter that he had signed a new deal with Columbia Records Germany to release his second studio album. The song entered the iTunes Top 150 on pre-orders alone.īack From the Edge, comeback success and US breakthrough (2015 - present) He performed at V Festival in August and in October he released a collaboration with British record producer Rymez entitled "Kryptonite". Around the same time he revealed that he had begun writing songs for his second studio album. He also appeared as a guest judge on X Factor Bulgaria and later duetted with finalist Mihaela Marinova, who eventually finished in third place. He then toured around Europe and won two European music awards for "Impossible" and for International Breakthrough Act respectively. He independently released his rap mixtape "All the World's a Stage" on May 16, 2014. Finally, on June 11, he admitted that he had indeed parted ways with them. The following month, several media outlets reported that he had been dropped by Syco Music but he denied this, stating that he was still signed to the label until the end of May. In March 2014, he released the album's final single "Get Down" but due to the negative press he had received it peaked at #96 on the UK charts.
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There were also calls for his appearance on Series 10 of The X Factor to be cancelled but despite this the performance of his third single "Recovery" went ahead with James apologising live on-air for his behaviour. Following this he handed control of his Twitter account over to his management and refunds were offered for his album on iTunes. Due to the track, tabloid reports painted James as homophobic, leading to a series of Twitter spats with comedians Frankie Boyle and Matt Lucas and even fellow Series 9 finalist Lucy Spraggan. The same month he was the subject of British tabloid reports following the release of a rap track “Hey Mickey”, which was aimed at an unknown rapper called Mickey Worthless, who had criticised James for presenting himself as a battle rapper on UK radio. His eponymous debut album was released in November 2013, also peaking at #2 behind Eminem’s “Marshall Mathers EP 2”. Later that year he announced plans for his follow-up single “You’re Nobody til Somebody Loves You”, which would stall at #2 behind New Zealander Lorde’s debut single “Royals”. However, it reclaimed the top spot for two weeks in January 2013 – a first for any winner’s single. Post The X Factor Initial chart success and controversy (2013 - 2014)įollowing his win, ‘Impossible’ went on to top the UK Charts spent two weeks at the summit before being denied the Christmas #1 by the Military Wives.
" Make You Feel My Love" (with Nicole Scherzinger) 2.3 Back From the Edge, comeback success and US breakthrough (2015 - present).2.1 Initial chart success and controversy (2013 - 2014).
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