(1984-09-18) 18 September 1984 (age 39) London, England
Genres
R&B
pop
house
Occupation(s)
Record producer
songwriter
singer
Years active
2012–present
Labels
Method
Musical artist
James Napier (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Jimmy Napes, is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 3 Grammy Awards, and 2 Ivor Novello Awards. Napier is best known for his work with Sam Smith ("Stay with Me", "Writing's on the Wall", "Lay Me Down", "Too Good at Goodbyes", "Dancing with a Stranger"), Disclosure ("Latch", "You & Me", "White Noise", "Magnets"), Clean Bandit ("Rather Be")‚ Stormzy ("Crown") and Taylor Swift ("Christmas Tree Farm"). Napier also has songwriting and producer credits with artists including Alicia Keys, Jess Glynne, Khalid, Normani, Kano, Dave, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, James Bay and more.[1]
^Cliff, Aimee (29 October 2014). "Meet The Singer Who's Secretly Behind The UK's American Pop Takeover". The Fader. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
James Napier (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as JimmyNapes, is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards...
"I've Told You Now". Smith released the Disclosure, Nile Rodgers, and JimmyNapes collaboration "Together" on 25 November 2013 as the only single from...
Sam Smith Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins and JimmyNapes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, JimmyNapes and Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering...
singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was produced by Swift and English musician JimmyNapes. Swift wrote the song on December 1, 2019, inspired by her Christmas...
for Original Song in Skyfall (at the 85th Awards), to Sam Smith and JimmyNapes for Original Song in Spectre (at the 88th Awards), and to Billie Eilish...
samples of "Latch", written by Guy Lawrence, Howard Lawrence, JimmyNapes, Sam Smith and JimmyNapes, as performed by Disclosure. "FWU" contains a sample of...
served for much of the inspiration behind the album. Kelly worked with JimmyNapes on much of the album, as well as with Bruno Major, Justin Tranter, and...
James Napier, Tor Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen and Smith, and produced by Napes, Steve Fitzmaurice and StarGate. It was released on 8 September 2017 through...
powerful and defenseless." Noting Smith's work with familiar collaborators (JimmyNapes, Guy Lawrence and Stargate, amongst others), Pareles said "they built...
December 2013. "Make It to Me", co-written by Howard of Disclosure and JimmyNapes, was made available for free download as part of an iTunes Store promotion...
Sam Smith Steve Fitzmaurice, Komi, Howard Lawrence, Zane Lowe, Mojam, JimmyNapes, Naughty Boy, Fraser T. Smith, Two Inch Punch & Eg White, producers;...
costumes for Cats, and they had two children, James (now the musician JimmyNapes) and Jessica. They were divorced in 1994. In 1991, Donna King appeared...
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