Success rating Stateside: America loves him!

Former soldier James Blunt topped the US chart with love ballad 'You're beautiful'. But it's not just his music they love. His dashing Englishness romanced the likes of Paris Hilton, who was pictured kissing the Brit star.

Alex Needham, deputy editor, NME said: "Americans like Brits when they are the musical equivalent of Hugh Grant."