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1	James William Durbin (born January 6, 1989) is a rock-and-roll singer and guitarist from Santa Cruz, California. He got his big break when he competed on the tenth season of ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ultimately finishing in fourth place. Shortly after that, he recorded and released his first album, ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster'', which has enjoyed a fairly significant amount of success. In April of 2014, he released his second album, ''Celebrate''.
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3	!!Discography:
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5	* ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster'' (2011)
6	* ''Celebrate'' (2014)
7	* ''Riot on Sunset'' (2016)
8	* ''Homeland'' (2018)
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11	!! James Durbin's works provide examples of the following tropes:
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13	* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Man and the Old Lady Out]]: In "Screaming", Durbin says his parents are "liars" for saying that his life would get better.
14	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: "May", but it doesn't end well. See DeathByChildbirth below.
15	* CoverVersion: "Everything Burns" is a cover of a song by Anastacia and Ben Moody.
16	* DeathByChildbirth: Happens to the title character in "May."
17	* GriefSong: "May" tells the story of a ChildhoodFriendRomance that ends with the girl dying while giving birth to a baby girl.
18	* LighterAndSofter: ''Celebrate'' is much poppier than ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster''.
19	* NewSoundAlbum: ''Celebrate'' is LighterAndSofter than ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster'', with more of a focus on pop elements than the hard rock of the latter. ''Riot on Sunset'' is sort of fusion between the two, returning to the rock-and-roll sensibilities of ''Memories'', but keeping the lighter tone of ''Celebrate'' (for the most part).
20	* RockstarSong: "Stand Up" is a song about how a man feels like to be in a rockstar life.
21	* ShapedLikeItself: Apparently, the title character in "May" was "just like she was." {{Subverted}} later on, when it turns out he's saying that their daughter is just like her mother.
22	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "May" is a ''huge'' departure from everything else on the hard-rock oriented ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster''.
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24	** "Fool For Love" has the line "Would she like me better if I was Music/BrunoMars?"

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