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American musician (born 1948)

This article is about the solo musician. For the Kool & the Gang member, see James "J.T." Taylor. For other persons with the same name, see James Taylor (disambiguation).

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.^[4]

Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year.

His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the US alone, making it one of the best-selling albums in US history. Following his 1977 album JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades.

Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance dur