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James Morrison is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rugby. He now lives near Brighton. He was born James Morrison Catchpole, but dropped the Catchpole name for his music career. At age 13, Morrison began to learn guitar when his uncle Joe showed him how to play a blues riff. He started busking when he lived in the village of Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall. After several years of playing other musicians' songs, he eventually started to compose his own. He attributes his distinctive voice to a severe bout of whooping cough that nearly killed him when he was a baby.

Whilst visiting Derby, he came across a now-renowned Open Mic night at Ryan's Bar. Morrison spent the best part of two years developing a platform there. Polydor Productions took the chance and signed him. He became the supporting artist for Corinne Bailey Rae on her tour, supporting her debut album.

He got his worldwide success with debut single "You Give Me Something", which reached the #2 spot in Holland and the #5 spot in the UK. He released his debut album Undiscovered on July 31, 2006. He got great reviews from different papers. "There isn't a bad track on it" (The Sun), "Undiscovered may prove to be the least apposite album title for years" (The Times). It topped the UK album chart in its first week of its release. The album has sold over 1 million copies around the world.

The album's second single was "Wonderful World", which has already been a top-10 hit in the UK, reaching the #8 spot; it also reached #8 in the Netherlands.

He also performed "You Give Me Something" at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance in front of Prince Charles and The Duchess Of Cornwall.

On December 18, 2006 James Morrison's third single, "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore", was released. It peaked at #30 in the UK, which made it the lowest peak of all his singles until "Undiscovered" was released, which peaked at #63.

His album's U.S. release, which he is currently promoting, was on March 13, 2007. He made his first appearance on national TV at the Jimmy KimmelLive show. He also appeared on NBC Today show on March 16, 2007, performing "You Give Me Something" with just guitar and Wurlitzer piano. The album debuted at #24 in the US with 24,000 copies in its first week.

In 2007, Morrison was nominated for 3 BRIT Awards and won the Best British Male Solo Artist category.

His fourth single in the UK was "Undiscovered". It was released on March 12, 2007, a day before his American album debut. The song peaked at #63. On April 4, 2007, he was awarded the title of an AOL Breaker artist, a contest that was voted by fans. His fifth UK single, One Last Chance was released on July 2, 2007 as a download only. The video is being shown on The Hits, The Box and Smash Hits music channels. The video was shot in Canada in April 2007.

Morrison performed a duet with Jason Mrazcalled "Details In The Fabric" on Mraz's new studio album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, which was released on May 13, 2008.

On September 29, 2008, the new album entitled "Songs For You, Truths For Me" was released, preceded by the single "You Make It Real" on September 22, 2008. In the writing process for this album he worked with Ryan Tedder, Martin Terefe and Steve Robson. The album also features a duet with Nelly Furtadoon a track entitled 'Broken Strings'.