James Taylor

As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone
voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 50 years, while setting a precedent to
which countless young musicians have aspired. Over the course of his celebrated songwriting
and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum
and multi-platinum awards since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1968.
In 2015 Taylor released Before This World, the first-ever Number 1 album of his illustrious
career. Taylor has won multiple GRAMMY Awards, has been inducted into both the Rock and
Roll and the prestigious Songwriters Halls of Fame and in February 2006, The National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences selected him its MUSICARES Person of the Year.