American musician, songwriter and producer (born 1989)
Musical artist
James Michael Robbins (born September 3, 1989, in Raleigh, North Carolina ) is an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his work in contemporary country music .
Career
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 Thomas Rhett 's It Goes Like This . His songs "We Were Us ", performed by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert , won the Musical Event of the Year award at the 2014 CMA Awards , the CMA song of the year in 2020 for "The Bones" by Maren Morris and CMA Musical Event of The Year award for his cowritten and coproduced "Half Of My Hometown" by Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney
Robbins has produced songs for artists Keith Urban , Kelsea Ballerini , Brett Young , Canaan Smith , Carly Pearce , Cole Swindell , Colbie Caillat , Gnash , Chrissy Metz , Eli Young Band , Maddie and Tae , Mickey Guyton , Maren Morris , RaeLynn , Sabrina Carpenter , and Trent Harmon .
Since 2016 Robbins and his wife, Sarah Robbins, own and operate Mailbox Money Music, a boutique publishing company based out of Nashville with a roster of writers working in multiple genres. Current writers include Robbins, Eric Arjes, Steven Lee Olsen, Dawson Anderson, and On The Outside.
Personal life
On April 16, 2016, Robbins married Sarah Boddie in Gulfport, Mississippi .[ 1] Their daughter Lily was born in January 2018.[ 2] Their son Ridge was born in December 2020.[ 3]
Select songwriting discography
Songs written or co-written by Robbins.
Select production discography
Year
Artist
Song(s)/Album
Details
2012
Alexz Johnson
Skipping Stone
Producer
2015
RaeLynn
"Me EP"
Producer
2015
Canaan Smith
Canaan Smith (EP)
Co-producer with Brett Beavers
2015
Canaan Smith
Bronco
Co-producer with Brett Beavers
2015
John King
"Baseball Cap"
Producer
2016
Levi Hummon
Levi Hummon EP
Producer
2016
Matt Simons (2016)
"Lose Control (Acoustic Version)"
Producer
"Take Me Home"
Producer
2016
RaeLynn
Wild Horse (album)
Co-producer with Nicolle Galyon
2016
Sabrina Carpenter
Run and Hide
Producer
2016
Trent Harmon
There's A Girl
Producer
2016
Waterloo Revival (2016)
"I Could Get Used To This"
Producer
"Meet Up In The Middle"
Producer
2017
Maggie Rose
"Dreams > Dollars - EP"
Producer
2017
Kelsea Ballerini
"Music" - "Unapologetically "
Co-producer with Jason Massey and Forest Glen Whitehead
2018
Trent Harmon
"You Got 'Em All"
Producer
2018
Keith Urban
"Drop Top (feat. Kassi Ashton)"
Co-producer with Jesse Shatkin and Keith Urban
2018
Catherine McGrath
"Cinderella", "Good At Love", "Just In Case", "The Edges"
Producer
2018
Maddie and Tae
Friends Don't , "Die From A Broken Heart", "Tourist In This Town"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2018
Clare Dunn
Put You Into Words
Co-producer with Clare Dunn
2018
Gnash (musician)
The Broken Hearts Club
Co-producer with Gnash
2018
Sam Fischer
"This City"
Producer
2019
Leaving Austin
Single (2019)
"She Can"
2019
Maddie and Tae
"People Need People"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2019
Kelsea Ballerini
"Homecoming Queen"
Producer
2019
Maddie and Tae
"Bathroom Floor"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2020
Kelsea Ballerini
"Club", "LA", "Bragger", "Needy", "Country Song", "The Way I Used To", "Half Of My Hometown"
Producer
2020
Chrissy Metz
"Talking To God"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2020
Chrissy Metz
"Actress"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2020
Chrissy Metz
"Feel Good"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2020
Kelsea Ballerini
"Ballerini" album
Producer
2020
Maddie and Tae
"We Need Christmas" EP
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2020
Clare Wright
"I Could Use A Beach"
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2020
Derek Austin
"Her Daddy Don't Like Me"
Co-producer with Jonathan Singleton
2021
Carly Pearce
"Messy"
Producer
2021
Ashley Cooke
"Sunday Morning Kinda Saturday Night"
Producer
2021
Maddie and Tae
"Woman You Got"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2021
Maddie and Tae
"Mood Ring"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2021
Joy Oladokun and Maren Morris
"Bigger Man"
Producer
2021
Chase Rice
"If I Didn't Have You"
Co-producer with Jonathan Singleton
2021
Kelsea Ballerini and LANY
"I Quit Drinking"
Co-producer with Noah Conrad
2021
Mickey Guyton
Indigo
Producer
2021
Ashley Cooke
"Already Drank That Beer: Side A"
Producer
2021
Morgan Evans
The Country and The Coast side A
Producer
2021
Eli Young Band
Lucky For Me
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2022
Brett Young
Long Way Home
Producer
2022
Ashley Cooke ft. Brett Young
Never Til Now
Producer
2022
Eli Young Band
Love Talking
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2022
Levi Hummon
For Me
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2022
Noah Thompson
"One Day Tonight"
Producer
2022
HunterGirl
"Red Bird"
Producer
2022
Nicolle Galyon
"First Born"
Co-producer with King Henry
2022
Maddie and Tae
"Through The Madness Vol. 1"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2022
Maddie and Tae
"Through The Madness Vol. 2"
Co-producer with Derek Wells
2022
Noah Thompson
"Stay"
Producer
2022
Ashley Cooke
Getting Into
Producer
2022
Charles Kelley
"As Far As You Could"
Co-producer with Dave Haywood
2023
Erin Kinsey
Boys In Boots
Producer
2023
Kimberly Perry
Bloom
Producer
2023
Ashley Cooke
"Shot In The Dark"
Producer
2023
Kimberly Perry
Super Bloom
Producer
2024
Nicolle Galyon
"Second Wife"
Co-producer with King Henry
2024
Carson Wallace
"Light Of Day"
Producer
2024
Demps
"Bitch On Wine", "If You Were A Country Girl"
Producer
2024
Brett Young
"Goodnight Into Good Morning"
Producer
2024
Sacha
"Hey Mom, I Made It"
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2024
Ben Platt
"Treehouse" ft. Brandy Clark , "Shoe To Drop", "Boy Who Hung The Mon"
Co-producer with Dave Cobb
2024
Eli Young Band
"Home In Hometown"
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2024
Adrien Nunez
"Minnesota"
Producer
2024
Dolly Parton , Maddie and Tae , Jessie James Decker , and Callie Twisselman
"Gonna Be You"
Producer
2025
Brett Young
"Drink With You", "Kiss To Forget", "Who I Do It For", "Goodnight Into Good Morning", "That Ain't Yours", "Full House", "You Still Got It"
Producer
2025
Cole Swindell
"Happy Hour Sad", "We Can Always Move On"
Producer
2025
Maren Morris
"Dreamsicle"
Producer
2025
Bailey Zimmerman and Diplo
"Ashes"
Co-Producer
2025
Maren Morris
"Dreamsicle: Deluxe"
Producer
2025
Eli Young Band
"Strange Hours"
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
2025
Colbie Caillat
"This Time Around"
Co-producer with Eric Arjes
Albums released as an artist
Sleep The Pain Away (2005) LP
Too Sorry For Apologies (May 9, 2006) EP
See Through Secrets [Digital Release] (September 8, 2009) LP
Step One EP (November 29, 2009) EP
"Borrowed Time" (December 13, 2011) EP
References
1967−1970 1971−1980 1981−1990 1991−2000 2001−2010
"Murder on Music Row " - Larry Cordle , Larry Shell (2001)
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) " - Alan Jackson (2002)
"Three Wooden Crosses " - Doug Johnson , Kim Williams (2003)
"Live Like You Were Dying " - Tim Nichols , Craig Wiseman (2004)
"Whiskey Lullaby " - Bill Anderson , Jon Randall (2005)
"Believe " - Ronnie Dunn , Craig Wiseman (2006)
"Give It Away " - Bill Anderson , Buddy Cannon , Jamey Johnson (2007)
"Stay " - Jennifer Nettles (2008)
"In Color " - Jamey Johnson , Lee Thomas Miller , James Otto (2009)
"The House That Built Me " - Tom Douglas , Allen Shamblin (2010)
2011−2020
"If I Die Young " - Kimberly Perry (2011)
"Over You " - Miranda Lambert , Blake Shelton (2012)
"I Drive Your Truck " - Jessi Alexander , Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013)
"Follow Your Arrow " - Brandy Clark , Shane McAnally , Kacey Musgraves (2014)
"Girl Crush " - Hillary Lindsey , Lori McKenna , Liz Rose (2015)
"Humble and Kind " - Lori McKenna (2016)
"Better Man " - Taylor Swift (2017)
"Broken Halos " - Mike Henderson , Chris Stapleton (2018)
"Beautiful Crazy " - Luke Combs , Wyatt Durrette , Robert Williford (2019)
2021−2030
International National Artists