page_title: James Taylor
section_title: Studio albums
hierarchical_section_title: James Taylor / Discography / Studio albums
caption_attribution_description: English: Amy Grant, James Taylor, and Vince Gill performing together at Tanglewood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
context_page_description: James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
  Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million US copies. Following his 1977 album, JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work. He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.
  He is known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James".
context_section_description: James Taylor (1968)
  Sweet Baby James (1970)
  Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
  One Man Dog (1972)
  Walking Man (1974)
  Gorilla (1975)
  In the Pocket (1976)
  JT (1977)
  Flag (1979)
  Dad Loves His Work (1981)
  That's Why I'm Here (1985)
  Never Die Young (1988)
  New Moon Shine (1991)
  Hourglass (1997)
  October Road (2002)
  A Christmas Album (2004)
  James Taylor at Christmas (2006)
  Covers (2008)
  Before This World (2015)
  American Standard (2020)
caption: Taylor performing with Vince Gill (right) and Amy Grant (left) at Tanglewood in 2011
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