# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-arthur
# Generated: 2026-09-02T22:14:11.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-arthur"
name: "James Arthur"
slug: "james-arthur"
description: "James Andrew Arthur is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's \"Impossible\", was released by Syco Music after the final, and debuted at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Since then, it has gone on to sell over 2.5 million copies worldwide, making it the most successful winner's single in the show's history."
tagline: "British singer (born 1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Arthur-6633.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1988-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           79.97
  momentum:             8.608996539792386
  historical:           24.05239733333334
  currentAttention:     39.13180245360176
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  115
  category: null
totalFollowers: 7830000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/JamesArthur23"
    handle:    "JamesArthur23"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jamesarthurinsta23/"
    handle:    "jamesarthurinsta23"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
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    handle:    "jamesarthur23"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JamesArthur"
    handle:    "JamesArthur"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4744335/"
    handle:    "nm4744335"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4IWBUUAFIplrNtaOHcJPRM"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamesarthurofficial.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5Gw7GGOMxe6SSF6llp_3Q"
    handle:    "@jamesarthur"
    followers: 7830000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمس أرثر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز ارتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز آرتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur"
    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur"
    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'יימס ארתור (זמר)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%A8%D6%80"
    title: "Ջեյմս Արթըր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://iba.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur"
    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur"
    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur"
    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ジェイムス・アーサー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제임스 아서"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Arthur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Džeimss Arturs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/56f62fe8-d3a0-46e0-b5df-a64a8b4b4274"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3170945"
    title: "Arthur James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump