James Michael Robbins (born September 3, 1989, in

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) is a country music Award-winning American songwriter and producer.

Biography

In addition to having penned ten number-one singles, he won a CMA Triple Play Award in 2014 for having three #1 songs in a twelve-month period as well as winning the ASCAP country song of the year for

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's '' It Goes Like This''. His songs "

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", performed by

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and

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, won the Musical Event of the Year award at the 2014

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, the CMA song of the year in 2020 for "The Bones" by

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and CMA Musical Event of The Year award for his cowritten and coproduced "Half Of My Hometown" by

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featuring

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Robbins has produced songs for artists

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, Carly Pearce Gnash,

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, and

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. Since 2016 Robbins and his wife, Sarah Robbins, own and operate JRM Publishing, a boutique publishing company based out of

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with a roster of writers working in multiple genres. Current writers include Robbins, Eric Arjes, Derek Austin, Temecula Road, On The Outside and kyd the band.

Personal life

On April 16, 2016, Robbins married Sarah Boddie in

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. Their daughter Lily was born in January 2018. Their son Ridge was born in December 2020.

Select songwriting discography

Songs written or co-written by Robbins.

Select production discography

Albums Released as an Artist

* ''Sleep The Pain Away'' (2005) LP * ''Too Sorry For Apologies'' (May 9, 2006) EP * ''See Through Secrets'' igital Release(September 8, 2009) LP * ''Step One EP'' (November 29, 2009) EP * "Borrowed Time" (December 13, 2011) EP

References

*http://theshotgunseat.com/songwriter-spotlight-jimmy-robbins/ *http://radio.com/2014/03/18/keith-urban-miranda-lambert-we-were-us-behind-the-song/ *http://www.ascap.com/playback/2014/10/action/10-breakout-artists.aspx {{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Jimmy 1989 births 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers American male singer-songwriters American country songwriters American pop rock singers American rock songwriters Living people Musicians from Raleigh, North Carolina Singer-songwriters from North Carolina