2024 anyone??? 😭😭

"He sings like he doesn't have a choice. There's a pain there, it's a real pain." Neyo

2023 and I still watch and listen to James. He sings from my soul and he has saved me so many times

He sings every song like it belongs to him, he feels the pain like he wrote it, tells the story like he's been through it, you just can't take your eyes off of him. It's fucking insane.

its kinda sad that when the two singers sing with james the sound bad because james is that good

"He sings like he doesn't have a choice" Neyo ❤️

Nicole understood James Arthur much better than anyone else. James is the one contestant in all these musical chows/competitions whose auditions I keep rewatching over and over again over the years. As Nicole said, James is truly one of a kind.

Usually after a run like this, artists can’t top it after the shows over. James continued the run with his own beautiful music. He’s a legend, and still is #2021

Who's watching this in quarantine. Most emotional journey. What a man

"He sings like he doesn't have a choice" -- best description of James I think I've ever heard.

Ladies and gentlemen...it is now 10 years later and James Arthur is still my favourite artist!

He deserves EVERY SINGLE SUCCESS he has today.

He sings like his life depended on it

He's the type of person to make any genre of song sound really incredible.

He literally makes every song his own. The way he sang ‘I’m sexy and I know it’. 🤩 😮 wow.

His voice is a medicine for an empty soul ❤️

Not just a video, but a movie of a young man's journey from the streets of a lost singer ho turns into a star. So successful even he can't believe it. This should be turned into a TV show.

notice how the crowd is silent for a good portion, they're actually listening to what he's saying. that's amazing.

2024 and still this makes me cry...

They are wrong for putting them 2 boys to battle James 🤣 they wasn't no where near being on James level.

2019, anyone?

Did you guys notice how they tried to give him a make over over and over but they came back to his natural style. He is unique

Imagine having to perform after him

There is something so raw and painful about he and Lewis Capaldi's voice that they get me every single time.

Him singing Impossible makes me want to burst into tears, listen to his first audition and then his last performance, the confidence just keeps building up inside of him.

it can’t be just me who thought james arthur wrote the song impossible 😂

no one will ever be as good as putting emotion into songs as James does

Nobody else had a chance that year,absolute legend then and even more now.

James Arthur, still blessing everyone’s ears and souls in 2020 💙

James is unbelievably talented, but nicole deserves an awful lot of credit for the belief she had in james, the coaching, esp when times were hard for him after he won the x factor

He doesn’t just sing, he moves your heart, body and soul ! An amazing artist.

This still makes me smile in Nov of 2021. No one more deserving than James.

I think he should drop an album with all the songs he had sung in the x factor he really sang every song better than the original version literally!!

"I can feel myself getting happier by the day." Man what a story. From complete misery and misfortune to one of the most soulful, heartfelt, genuinely emotional artist there is today. He is a gem and a gift to us all.

Just heard him live in singapore! Best show ever. Purest voice and unreal live show. Miss watching his journey here

watching a 52 min video of james arthur singing takes me to another world

He is certainly one of the best singers x factor has ever produced

James Arthur is the best singer ever on x factor. his voice is out of this world. his music is amazing

He gets into the song the way an actor does a character. He internalizes things and then leaves it all out there for everyone to see. So much so that when he did the Mary J song he had a panic attack afterwards backstage.

One of the greatest vocalists ever. This brother makes it look effortless.

How he kept a straight face with those two guys is amazing

if i could, i would transfer every song i listen to into a james arthur version. literally i feel like i can't listen to any other music besides his because no one is as good as him.

Still watching this in 2024

2021 and I’m still watching this 😂💙

I find it sad that there are so many dancers around James, big lights and loud music in the background because he truly doesn't need any of that. Just him and his guitar is all we need to be taken to another world 💗

Who still enjoying watching his journey until this year "2018"??😊

I feel like the whole show was a long concert ,his concert,his songs ...Just amazing journey,amazing voice and so happy he s creating songs for us now!we love him!

10:53 "He sings like he doesn't have a choice". This might be the most enlightening part of the whole vid.

I love his unique interpretations. I never know what he's singing until he reaches the chorus. By the time I recognize the song, I'm so lost in listening to his version that I forget who the original singer is. He is just incredible!

i just wanted to see the first audition and 52 minutes later i'm still here couldn't stop oh my god he is already a legend for me ! and all his old stuff are gold go check all the other songs he made it's so amazing

So many years later, and he’s still my favourite contestant ever. He had the ability to make every song his own, no matter what genre. For example, considering that he didn’t like the way he looked, it was extremely brave to chose that LMFAO song ‘Sexy and I Know It’. Not only would it be difficult to make the lyrics believable if you dislike your looks, but JA’s rendition is also incredibly different to the original. Cherry on top is, that he actually came across as rather sexy when he sang it. Through his journey on X factor, there wasn’t a single performance that I even remotely thought of as average. He’s not one of those karaoke contestants that sound exactly like the original. He’s a true musician.

Still watching in 2023! This is LEGENDARY!

I had no clue who James Arthur was until a FB friend told me about him. I'm a Metal head! I don't do pop music at all BUT...this man, to me, isn't pop at all. He's straight up soul! His voice is so far from the 'pop star' cliche. He sings from deep inside his gut! He is beyond brilliant!!

Who is here in november 2019? Still loving his songs!

This man is a huge success story. He has been though it all, lost it all and gained it back. James Arthur is still underrated but definitely a crowd favorite.

I think a lot of us identify with James because you can sense the deep sadness inside him that reminds us of ourselves.

This man is extraordinarily talented! Not a single song failed in this journey in my ears. Absolutely wonderful. 2:00 Tulisa - Young 6:00 Take That - A Million Love Songs 9:20 Adele - I Can't Make You Love Me 14:30 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger 17:11 Mary J. Blige - No More Drama 20:17 LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It 23:35 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams 26:26 No Doubt - Don't Speak 30:15 Adele - Hometown Glory 33:28 Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off of You 36:09 Alicia Keys - Fallin' 38:35 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 41:54 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power of Love 44:37 Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love 48:03 Shontelle - Impossible

He went from truly broken with no confidence, to the most confident looking man there is. So proud of how far he’s come from then.

The best part of this was his parents putting their mess aside to come together for him. Beautiful.

It’s so cute how he became friends with the judges 🥺

Do you know when someone sings a song that you don't know and you just think is boring because you don't know? This guy can sing a billion songs that I don't know and I'll love all of them because he's the one singing it

I stopped watching X factor after he won. Just because you can’t top that. He is one in a million. Just because you can feel how much he’s singing for his life. I’m so glad he sorted himself out and is still making music ❤️

Already got tickets to see him on tour in 6 months and can't wait. The amount of times I've seen him live is unreal, he's got a voice that you can never tire of hearing, just pure, raw, natural talent. Can't tell you the amount of times I've watched his story too, I'm a fan. Funnily enough Ella Henderson who he was in the bottom 2 with is another of my fave artists who I can't get enough of and have watched her journey too many times over! Back to James though, what a legend!

2022 and I needed his voice and emotions. I can feel every bit of it. He was for me the best of all winners of this show! A real Star!

Bless Nicole for believing in James’ talent. I wouldn’t have been listening to James by now if it wasn’t for Nicole.

This guy sings every single word from his SOUL. He was born to do this , and you can feel every emotion spilling through his vocals. It’s unbelievable what he can do with music.

The way his face fell when she said its not good news 😔 😕

Greatest winner they’ve ever had he’s brilliant and gorgeous and I love him still 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

My favorite thing about him is that he’s not even doing it for the fame. He does it because he loves it. He’s able to express himself through music. He doesn’t even know he’s a natural. He gets so into the music that he becomes the music. I never have to worry if he’s prepared or not for a song because I know he loves what he does so much.

his version of impossible is so outrageously good that it’s hard to comprehend

Oh my word, I've just now for the first time heard this guy sing on our local radio station KFM in Cape Town, South Africa and the song is "Say You won't Let Go" . Oh WOW, he has an amazing voice, such heart felt talent and I had to Google who he is and everything the judges say about him on X Factor is spot on. What a naturally talented artist. Well done young man.🤩

little did this man know he was going to have one of the most distinguished voices around

JAMES ARTHUR! The best of the x factor

England, thank you for James Arthur.

O que sei é,o que sento quando James Arthur Canta,o musculo incontrolável chega a doer! sério!? fã 🇧🇷'_'♥️

Like watching James Arthur's concert❤

James Arthur had a big ass glow up

JAMES ARTHUR “LETS GET IT ON” is pure freaking GOLD I’m melting!

4 years ago I decided to overcome all of my fears and go start sing in the streets just because I always wanted to be a singer and I never had the confidence to do so. Before that decision I was searching for inspiration and I always loved James but I never learned his story. I searched about him and the xfactor here on KZfaq and I found this video. Throughout the whole video I found myself in him, and surprisingly even the story of mine is close to him and I was crying for an hour til this video ended. After watching this video I started to listen to more of his songs and then I decided to grab my guitar, go sing in the streets and started to write songs. After 4 years of me getting sore, getting tired, tears, blood and dealing with life and sacrificing myself just so I can be a singer, last monday I got a call from The Voice of Greece and they wanted me to audition for them. I went to audition for them a couple of days later and they loved it. I'm about to go for the blind auditions that they air on tv and I'm feeling so much anxious and I watched this video again to remind me of how I started and how far have I become. James has always been my inspiration and right now this video made me cry because dreams can happen and in the moment that you think that there is no more hope, that's when the surprises happen! And that what exactly happened to me to! The call last monday from the casting of Voice gave me hope and made me realise that I have value!I really hope that I'll make it after the blind auditions! I watched this video for inspiration again and I'm just gonna go there, put my soul out and just give every word a meaning and not think about anything! Thank you the uploader for this video and thank you James Arthur for existing! You're my fucking hero! 🙏🏻

I so in love with James Arthur. His voice is like liquid gold to my ears. I feel his pain while he sings. Little by little hopefully he let''s go of his hurt. Fanatstic singing.

I LOVE that this brought his parents together!!

his ending of the power of love was so fucking powerful

8 years later I'm back just for the music

Still watching...march 2021😊😊i will never get tired listening and watching all his performances in xfactor

Still enjoying this after 4 years! Time flies

I had NO IDEA he could rap until I watched this! Wow!

Still watching this in 2021 , Can't get over with his voice . ❤️

The amount of pride you can see on his father's face as he just takes it in at the beginning is incredibly heart warming. You can see emotion on what is obviously a very stoic man's face and I love it.

Don't ever remove James arthers journey, He's Magic,

James Arthur is unequivocally the most talented artist to date from x factor. I am transfixed by his voice and presence. I will never be as transfixed by any other act from the show. truly unique..I love him!

10:54 “he sings like he doesn’t have a choice.” And I know that’s right.

I knew he’d win on his ordination. Saw him live in Newcastle it was awesome 👏🏻 Read his book and it’s a real story of a broken family just like I had. Top guy 👍🏻

The unlucky guys against him at 6:40 haha.

Is it just me or if Sam smith and Ed had a cross over of talents this is what the product would be I freaking love James like you can feel his pain yow like.

Тогда уже было видно,что это великий музыкант и певец❤

17:15 if there was ANY doubt.. you watch this performance from start to finish.. He's a lyrical artist, nothing less than a legend

When I want to get goosepumps, I listen to James Arthur.

You can hear the pain in his voice. He sung like he needed it. He really deserve it man. I’m proud of him it makes me cry.

We have to thank and give all the credit to Nicole, she made an incredible bet! James is one of the most talented artists of our generation!

I honestly watch these memories every few weeks, I am 62yrs old and I've never heard anyone better, as he gets better....