✦Involved in a car accident February 24, 2007 while attempting to leave a pre-Oscar party at CAA agent Bryan Lourd's house in Los Angeles, but luckily escaped criminal charges for the alleged hit and run.
✦His hit 'You're Beautiful' has topped OnePoll tally for Most Irritating Song of All Time in June 2007 and RollingStones.com's Used to be Enjoyed But Now Makes People Want to Hurt Others in Aug 2007.
✦Has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the Most Albums Sold in A Year in the UK with 2,368,000 copies in 2005 (Sept 2006).
✦His album "Back to Bedlam" passed Dido's "No Angel" to be the best selling U.K. album in the 21st Century by selling 3,020,490 copies in July 2007.
✦Essex FM, a U.K. radio station, banned his hit singles "Goodbye My Lover" and "You're Beautiful", from its play list after listeners complained they were tired of hearing them.