# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:37:42.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-james"
name: "Jim James"
slug: "jim-james"
description: "James Edward Olliges Jr., professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is an American vocalist, guitarist, producer, and primary songwriter of the rock band My Morning Jacket. He has also released several solo albums."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_james_langerado.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: "1978-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.06
  momentum:             0.7374711394811898
  historical:           7.751282666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jimjames"
    handle:    "jimjames"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jimjamesmusic"
    handle:    "jimjamesmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655180/"
    handle:    "nm1655180"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MhtYlJvUqfd2EgHSQTGK4"
    handle:    "1MhtYlJvUqfd2EgHSQTGK4"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.yimyames.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/286040"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_James"
    title: "Jim James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جيم جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جيم جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جیم جیمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_James"
    title: "Jim James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_James"
    title: "Jim James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b7c4125d-2867-4e29-ba44-b19a69309c68"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178845"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1413184"
    title: "Jim James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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