. >> sam morrison did one back flip every single day in 2011. >> whoa. >> that's 365 back flips. sam's dad bet him $100 that he couldn't do a back flip every single day for an entire year. >> basically his dad was challenging him to keep something up for a year. >> you can tell as the snow starts to melt and the weather gets warmer, he's getting better and better at these things. >> pay close attention to this back flip. >> oh, he is naked! >> dude! >> at least we can tell if he's cold. >> and finally, new year's eve 2011, the grand finale of one whole year of back flips. >> aw! >> i hope he gets it all back. >> he rolls in it. >> to tell us more about this adventure, we have sam morrison himself all the way from syracuse university in new york. >> the back flips weren't that difficult. it's the idea that you have to commit to something and follow through with it every day. >> how did you prove to your dad were you doing it every day? did he demand proof? >> at first he was kind of taking my word for it then i realized i should put up a blog about it so he could check ever are i d

. >> british singer's james morrison's voice is so big he earned the honor of becoming the british selling artist of the year. >> he's been compared to samstevie wonder, his idols. he's released his third album, "awakening. "here he is with "right by your side." ♪ where was i when your tears were falling ♪ ♪ and where was i when you needed a friend ♪ ♪ where was i when your heart was calling ♪ ♪ do you not remember well, i'll tell you then ♪ ♪ i remained right by your side ♪ ♪ push through the rain and into the fire ♪ ♪ because when i said i loved you that's just what i meant ♪ ♪ so when you asked me where was i when ♪ ♪ every time i was right by your side ♪ ♪ where is was my love when your heart was bleeding ♪ ♪ was it not enough just to be your man ♪ ♪ you had no feeling and if you don't remember ♪ ♪ well, i'll tell you then ♪ you know i remained well don't you know that i've given the best of me ♪ ♪ i've done it all but you still don't want to see ♪ ♪ that i remained right by your side push through the rain ♪ ♪ and into the fire because when i said i loved you ♪ ♪ that's just what i meant so when you asked me where was i when ♪ ♪ ever

. >> james morrison has become britain's top selling male solo artist at just 21 years old. he's been compared to stevie wonder and same awakening." james, grooood morning. >> good morning. >> this album is what you call my first proper album. >> yeah. >> it speaks to something that's real with you. you call it "the awakening" on purpose. >> i have had to deal with a lot of personal stuff in my life at that time. i tried to write songs that captured, yeah, something meaningful to me. i tried not to worry much about the commercial side and just write stuff i felt good about. >> the first two albums though they did well were really about making albums. >> yeah. i was new to the whole world of making music. so the first album to me was an experiment to see what i could come up with, you know. the second was me trying to fulfill the success of the first one. this was me just doing what i wanted to do really. >> and a lot of it comes out of the difficulties over losing your father. >> mm-hmm. >> so there is a real honesty in your music. so marrying the soulfulness of your sound with the honesty of what you have written. >>