James Harris III, better known as Jimmy Jam, is a songwriter, record producer, musician and entrepreneur. His accomplishments have rendered him a living legend within the music industry. Jam and Terry Lewis, his collaborator for twenty years, helped sculpt Janet Jackson into an international pop phenomenon who has sold over 40 million records and earned over 20 gold and platinum singles. Other major artists, in fields as diverse as instrumental pop, soul, rock, rap, gospel and dancehall reggae, with whom they have been closely associated are Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, Sting, Shaggy, Yolanda Adams, Herb Alpert, Human League, Jon Secada, Robert Palmer, and Sounds of Blackness. In total, they have written and/or produced over 100 albums and singles that have reached gold, platinum or multi-platinum sales, including 25 #1 R&B singles and 14 #1 pop hits. Those songs include "That's the Way Love Goes," "Diamonds," "Escapade," "On Bended Knee," "4 Seasons of Loneliness," "Miss You Much," "Just Be Good to Me," and "What Have You Done for Me Lately." The Jam & Lewis team won Grammy Awards in the "R&B Songwriters" category for their work with Janet Jackson on "That's the Way Love Goes" (1993). They have been nominated six times in the "Producer of The Year" category; an award they won in 1986. The Jam & Lewis produced song (performed by Sting) from the soundtrack of THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE earned a 2001 Golden Globe nomination. They have also been nominated for the Academy Award and have received the NAACP Image Award as well as Writer of the Year honors at ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul and Pop Awards Dinners numerous times, and among numerous other honors, Jam & Lewis have been immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jimmy Jam has also parlayed his vision into celebrated companies (beginning in 1991 with Perspective Records, and continuing with Flyte Tyme Records in 1997) that support artists of superior caliber. "We would sign people and make records based on artistic freedom rather than business pressure to sell a lot of records," Jam states. Flyte Tyme got off to an auspicious start with the soundtrack to the 1998 film, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK. As co-heads of Flyte Tyme Records, Jam & Lewis recently entered into an exclusive three-year joint venture agreement with Arista Records. The duo will continue to produce new and established artists for Flyte Tyme Records, which is based in Los Angeles, as well as produce artists on Arista and its other imprints. Since their first professional recording with The Time in 1981, Jam & Lewis have continuously re-invented themselves and have proven to be a testament to career longevity and success. They are the only contemporary producers to achieve consistent #1 hit records in three consecutive decades beginning in the 1980's. He also wrote music for Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1818" (1989). He served on the ASCAP Board of Directors.  Nominated for Achievement in Music - Original Song 1993: POETIC JUSTICE "Again" - Music & Lyric (w. Janet Jackson & Terry Lewis) 1 nomination