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" This young Brit&amp;#039;s got a model&amp;#039;s smile, a convincing voice, and a killer back story: He didn&amp;#039;t turn pro until a stint in the army taught him about getting shot at more times than 50 Cent. Yet none of it would matter if he didn&amp;#039;t write like Bernie Taupin and sing like David Gray. Top to bottom, his rookie card, Back to Bedlam, features warm, ridiculously commercial ballads that stick in your head. And therein lies the beauty of his meteoric success: Hipper rookies be damned, every so often the guy with the best songs wins. James Blunt accepts the Esky: &amp;quot;Best rookie! Thank you to all. This came as a complete surprise. I was hoping to get the award for best female, but best rookie will do. Thank you very much. James Blunt, Esq.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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