James Blake

James Blake Litherland born 26 September 1988 is an English musician singer songwriter and record producer He first received recognition for a series of 2010 EPs including CMYK and Klavierwerke and he released his selftitled debut album in 2011 to critical praise His second album Overgrown was released in 2013 bringing him to international attention and later was awarded the Mercury Prize In 2016 he released his third album The Colour in Anything and his fourth album Assume Form in 2019 both receiving positive reviews and the latter becoming his highestpeaking album on the US Billboard 200 at number 21 During his career he has collaborated with artists including Mount Kimbie and Bon Iver and has contributed production work to artists such as Kendrick Lamar Beyoncé Vince Staples Frank Ocean Rosalía and Travis Scott He has won a Mercury Prize from two nominations a Grammy Award from six nominations including for Best New Artist in 2014 a Latin Grammy Award and three Brit Award nominations