Duncan Matthew James Inglis (born 7 April 1978) is an English singer, of the popular UK boy band Blue. He is also an actor and television presenter.
James currently lives in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.James has a daughter named Tianie-Finn with former girlfriend Claire Granger. She became pregnant after a brief rekindle of their romance and gave birth to their daughter in early 2005. James stated in an interview that while he has ruled out the possibility of getting back together with the mother of his child, he's going to give her all the help he can to raise their daughter and has remained on good terms with her. James was raised a "strict Catholic", and is still Catholic.[13] He came out as bisexual in an interview with the News of the World on 12 July 2009.[13] According to an interview he gave to Gabby Logan on BBC Radio 5 Live on the morning of 28 July 2007, he is a great-grandson of Herbert Chapman, the manager of the Arsenal football team of the 1930s.
James grew up an only child in Devon and was raised primarily by his mother and grandparents after his father abandoned his mother before he was born.[1] He was educated at Dumpton School (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), the Milldown School in Blandford Forum and Corfe Hills School in Corfe Mullen and Sidmouth College. At 15, he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also played Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes for Sidmouth Youth Theatre. James also worked for Haven Holidays as a Havenmate on the Isle Of Wight and at West Bay in Dorset.
In early 2000, James, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe to form the group Blue.[2] Blue's R&B-influenced popallowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Portugal, Belgium, Italy,France, Australia and New Zealand. From May 2001, when the group released its first single, "All Rise", until 2004, when the band released its final chart-qualifying single, "Curtain Falls", Blue had achieved 11 Top 10 singles in the UK, three of which went to Number 1.
In October 2004, James collaborated with Keedie to release the single "I Believe My Heart", which entered the UK singles chart at Number 2.[3] He returned to the solo music scene in May 2006 with his single "Sooner or Later", releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on 5 June 2006. The video reached Number 2 on The Box and Number 5 on The Hits. However, the single was no commercial success and entered the UK charts at Number 35, before slipping down to Number 72 in its second week. "Can't Stop a River" was James's next single. Released on 21 August 2006, the track could only reach Number 59 in the UK, and Number 97 in Ireland. In continental Europe, where "Can't Stop a River" was released the day prior to the UK, it similarly proved unpopular, dropping out of the singles charts in many countries such as France, Germany, and Belgium. James' album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week (and failing to reach the Top 50). The album sold a total of 412,350 copies around the world. Although his debut album didn't do as well as hoped (with the exception of Italy, where the album reached Number 2 on the chart and has been certified platinum for shipments of 80,000 copies), on 2 February 2007, music channel B4 premiered the video for "Amazed", his new single which was scheduled to be released 12 March 2007. However, there was once again a lack of interest. The release was cancelled and James was dropped from his recording contract. He has since announced he has quit least his solo career.[4]
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