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Jimmy Jam

Acting

Born June 6, 1959 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Also known as James Samuel Harris · James Samuel Harris III · James Harris III

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Biography

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B/pop songwriting and record production team. Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with various artists, most extensively Janet Jackson. They have written 31 top ten hits in the UK and 41 in the US. In 2022, the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence category.

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Awards & recognition

  • Grammy Award — Best R&B Album · 2007
  • Grammy Award — Best Gospel Song · 2005
  • Grammy Award — Best R&B Song · 1993
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 1986
  • Grammy Award — Best R&B Album · 2007 · nominated
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  • Grammy Award — Best Gospel Song · 2005 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 2005 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 2004 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 2001 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 1995 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1994 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 1994 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Best R&B Song · 1993 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 1993 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Best R&B Song · 1990 · nominated
  • Grammy Award — Producer of the Year, Non-Classical · 1986 · nominated

Filmography11 titles

Thriller 40

2023as Self

Half & Half

2002as Himself

James Brown: Say It Loud

2024as Self

Janet Jackson.

2022as Self

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

2016as Self

Herb Alpert Is...

2020as Self

Fresh Off the Boat

2015as Jimmy Jam

Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)

2025as Self

Poetic Justice

1993Original Music Composer

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Musical Guest

The View

1997as Self