# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-j-t-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:20.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-j-t-taylor"
name: "James \"J.T.\" Taylor"
slug: "james-j-t-taylor"
description: "James \"JT\" Warren Taylor is an American singer who achieved fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988."
tagline: "American singer and actor; member of Kool & the Gang"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kool_%26_the_Gang_-_Leverkusener_Jazztage_2017-1712.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.75
  momentum:             1.286159323542501
  historical:           8.031850666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1120
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ImJTTaylor"
    handle:    "ImJTTaylor"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jttaylor_official/"
    handle:    "jttaylor_official"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ImJTTaylor"
    handle:    "ImJTTaylor"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852486/"
    handle:    "nm0852486"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/14pjUO6F9z8faaF3CnQuTW"
    handle:    "14pjUO6F9z8faaF3CnQuTW"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLzB_XmFCycjO14U3AR3eQ"
    handle:    "@jttaylorthevoice"
    followers: 1120
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/111555"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "چيمس تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%E2%80%9EJT%E2%80%9C_Taylor"
    title: "James „JT“ Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22J.T.%22_Taylor"
    title: "James \"J.T.\" Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22J.T.%22_Taylor"
    title: "James \"J.T.\" Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Warren_Taylor"
    title: "James Warren Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22JT%22_Taylor"
    title: "James \"JT\" Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/621fed91-db8d-4cc7-b358-4493b045462c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1168698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1581288"
    title: "James JT Taylor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump