James was the lead singer of UK boy band Triple 8 (888), who were originally signed to Polydor Records.
James left in 2004, to be replaced as lead singer in 2005 by a new member, Stewart Macintosh, before the group broke up by the end of 2005.
He has written for artists as diverse as Westlife, Professor Green,[1] Emeli Sandé, Craig David,[1] Taio Cruz, The Vamps, Anne-Marie, and Korean boyband TVXQ (aka Tohoshinki).
He has also written for successful acts from reality television competitions, including Little Mix,[2] One Direction,[1] Olly Murs and Leona Lewis.
He co-wrote British number one "Read All About It" by Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé, as well as Sandé's own version of the song which appears on her two million selling album Our Version of Events, which broke a record set by the Beatles for longest unimpeded spell in the UK top 10.