James Morrison is an English singer-songwriter. He has sold about 4 million records worldwide. His musical style was influenced at a young age by listening to artists such as Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Van Morrison and Al Green. James Morrison had a troubled adolescence (a broken family, the burden of debt, few prospects) that proved to be a source of inspiration for his music. However, there was also a lot of love, romance, warmth and laughter - factors that spurred him on in the darkest moments. "Everyone had difficult times growing up," he declares, "Most of the emotions in my singing stem from my upbringing. And the lyrics are abundant testimony to that".. The British singer-songwriter burst onto the music scene more than a decade ago when he made his name in 2006 with one of his strongest hits ever, You Give Me Something from his debut album Undiscoveredwhich earned him a victory in the category Best Male at Brit Award 2007 at only 21 years of age. Since then, his winning format - full, raspy, scratchy soul voice accompanied by acoustic guitar - has become a winning model for musicians who have been inspired by his music, such as James Bay, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and George Ezra. James Bay himself recently stated that he was freely inspired by James Morrison's delicate voice and simultaneously light and deep music.