James Abrahart

James John "JHart" Abrahart Jr. (born 12 June 1988) is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger, based in Los Angeles.

Signed by Mike Caren to Artist Publishing Group in 2013,[1] he has been nominated for several Grammy Awards and worked with popular artists including Usher, Justin Bieber, Troye Sivan, Kygo, Cher, Chris Brown, Little Mix, Kylie Minogue, OneRepublic, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Jon Bellion, Kelsea Ballerini and Kevin Gates.

His first introduction to music came when his parents bought him a drum kit, after he suffered a serious skiing accident during a school trip to the Alps.

He attended Brentwood Preparatory School until the age of 12, when his parents decided to move to Atlanta, Georgia to establish the family business overseas.

[2] Abrahart's passion for writing music intensified after joining his school gospel choir in Atlanta, with whom he sang regularly.

[9] In 2014, Abrahart achieved greater commercial success, with releases from Timeflies,[10] Inna and Pitbull,[11] Fifth Harmony,[12] and most notably Songz' single "Change Your Mind", from his sixth studio album Trigga,[13] which reached No.

[14] In January 2015, Abrahart collaborated with Derulo and Hardwell on the track "Follow Me Home", which was released on the DJ's debut studio album United We Are.

[16] The same day, Atlantic Records released the soundtrack album for the film Furious 7, which features Abrahart's collaboration with Sevyn Streeter and Chloe Angelides, "How Bad Do You Want It (Oh Yeah)".

In the summer of 2012, Abrahart made his debut as a recording artist under his alias "JHart", his vocals featuring on Paul Oakenfold's dance hit "Surrender".