J-Wess
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{{Infobox musical artist
|image =
|name = J-Wess
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|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = James Wesley Essex
|alias =
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}
|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
|death_date =
|origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
|occupation = Record producer
|years_active = 2005–present
|label = Rendition entertainment
|associated_acts =
|website = {{URL|http://www.jwess.com}}
}}
James Wesley Essex, better known by his stage name J-Wess, is an American-Australian hip hop and R&B music producer. [http://www.jwess.com/ J-Wess] is currently in the studio working on new music to follow up his most recent single titled [http://www.jwess.com/ 'Get Down']. He is based out of Los Angeles, California and Melbourne, Victoria. His sole album, J-Wess Presents Tha LP, reached the top twenty in Australia in 2005,[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=J+Wess&titel=Tha+L%2EP%2E&cat=a Tha LP] at Australian-charts.com and included three hit singles.
Music career
In the middle of 2003, J-Wess's first single, "Bang This", was released. It garnered airplay on Australian radio and Australian video programs, peaked at No.18 on the ARIA singles charts,[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=222645&cat=s "Bang This"] at Australian-charts.com and reached the top ten of the Australian urban and dance charts.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}
The second single, "What Chu Want", was released in late 2003. It reached the Australian top 10 in February 2004,[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=221278&cat=s "What Chu Want"] at Australian-charts.com and went gold.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}
His album J-Wess Presents Tha LP was released on 5 April 2004 and debuted in the Australian top 20 album charts of 12 April 2004, peaking at No.19.
A third single, "Luv Ya", debuted at No.15 on 7 June, and was written about the encounters J-Wess had with an exotic waitress he met at a suburban Melbourne cafe in 2004.[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=278186&cat=s "Luv Ya] at Australian-charts.com
A fourth single "Fantasy" was planned, with a music video filmed, but due to the "Luv Ya" and "Tha LP" not selling to their expectations, Fantasy was scrapped.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
J-Wess had announced his new single 'Anything For You' from his upcoming album "The Director's Cut". The single was released on June 10.{{cite web |url=http://www.jwess.com/ |title=Home |website=jwess.com}}
Discography
=Album=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=J+Wess|title=Discography J Wess|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=30 August 2022}} |
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| scope="row"| J Wess Presents tha LP
| 2004 | 19 |
===Singles===
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|+List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Bang This" {{small|(featuring Digga and Kulaia)}} | rowspan="2"| 2003 | 18 |
| scope="row"| "What Chu Want" {{small|(featuring Lolly, Kulaia and MC Digga)}} | 10 |
| scope="row"| "Luv Ya" {{small|(featuring Kulaia and Digga)}} | rowspan="2"| 2004 | 15 |
| scope="row"| "Fantasy"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Anything for You"
| 2005 | — |
References
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External links
- [http://www.jwess.com/ Official website]
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