James Arthur has been forced to deny that he sent a sexually explicit tweet to a 17 year old after the Sunday Mirror made the claim.

James was the winner of last year’s X Factor and is on the cusp of releasing his new single and debut album but it was claimed by the newspaper that James sent a tweet to the teenager which contained the hashtag “#showyourboobstojamesarthur”.

The newspaper also claims that he later sent messages to the girl using a private messaging app asking if "Are you naked yet?"

James fervently denies the claims saying: "You work hard all year doing positive things then people try to decimate your character! I am a decent person and I treat women with respect."

He also took to Twitter and said: “I have 4 sisters and its disgusting they have to read such shit... I won't be working with any publication who writes this kinda crap #LOVE”.

James’ new single You’re Nobody Til’ Somebody Loves You is due for release on October 20th and his debut album follows it on November 4th.