Jimmy Napes


James Napier, 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. Napes is best known for his work with Sam Smith, Disclosure, Clean Bandit ‚ Stormzy and Taylor Swift. Napes also has songwriting and producer credits with artists including Alicia Keys, Khalid, Kano, Dave, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Mary J Blige, Madonna, James Bay and more.

Life

The son of John Napier, a British theatre designer, and Donna King, an American dancer and actress, Napes grew up in England.
In 2010, he worked with Eliza Doolittle on her album of the same name. Since then, he has written for several other artists, including Disclosure, Sam Smith, Clean Bandit and Mary J. Blige. In 2015, he earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his work on Smith's "Stay with Me", co-written with Smith and Tourist. In the same year, Napes also won the Ivor Novello Award for for co-writing Clean Bandit's "Rather Be".
Napes released his debut EP as a singer, The Making of Me, on Method Records in March 2015. For co-writing "Writing's on the Wall" with Sam Smith, Napes won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Discography

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