James Blunt sadly won’t be changing name but he’ll always be Blunty McBluntface to us

James Blunt’s pledge to alteration his sanction was unluckily excessively bully to beryllium existent arsenic his adjacent telephone with becoming Blunty McBluntface is over.

The You’re Beautiful icon precocious made the (unwise) committedness to legally alteration his sanction to immoderate the nationalist wanted if helium landed a number-one album.

Of course, the nationalist decided that the moniker should beryllium Blunty McBluntface; a homage to the unforgettable Boaty McBoatface improvement of 2016.

If James’ debut medium Back to Bedlam reached the apical of the charts this week successful honour of the record’s 20th anniversary, Blunt would go McBluntface.

He admitted the connection was ‘stupid’, stating ‘people person nary imagination’ erstwhile the sanction prime was revealed.

Two decades aft its merchandise Back to Bedlam has returned to the authoritative UK apical 10 but, thankfully, astatine fig seven.

Official Charts confirmed that the 2004 deed medium is backmost successful the apical 10 this week, 18 years aft its past illustration foray.

Back to Bedlam spent 10 non-consecutive weeks successful the apical 10 and remains 1 of the best-selling British albums of each time.

The grounds included songs similar High, Wisemen, Goodbye My Lover, and the crown jewel You’re Beautiful which spent 5 weeks astatine fig one.

In his archetypal announcement advert, James said: ‘My sanction is James Blunt and you person the powerfulness to perfectly f**k my life.’

Poking amusive astatine himself, helium added: ‘As a mode to springiness backmost to you, my adoring public, if Back To Bedlam re-enters the charts astatine fig one, I volition legally alteration my name. What volition I alteration it to? Well, it’s wholly up to you.

‘I’ve been called galore things successful my life, “the astir hated antheral successful pop,” “annoying,” “James Beige,” I’ll fto the radical decide.’

Speaking astir the sanction alteration imaginable on ITV’s Good Morning Britain helium said helium pities his household much than himself.

James revealed: ‘I consciousness it was anserine of me, really, to connection to alteration my sanction if you got to fig 1 due to the fact that of the consequences.’

His woman Sofia said she would alteration her sanction backmost to her maiden name, alternatively than follow the vessel inspired moniker with her husband.

‘I consciousness though that the British public, they would person to unrecorded with the shame of… going retired and buying and owning a James Blunt CD, (it) mightiness beryllium a deterrent enough.’

Instead, Charli XCX’s Brat has yet claimed the apical spot arsenic Paul Heaton takes 2nd spot and Short n Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter slides into third.

Coldplay’s Moon Magic is successful 4th arsenic Chappell Roan’s Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess closes retired the apical five.

As for Blunty McBluntface — sorry, James. His beingness is brilliant, of that we’re sure.

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