James DeBarge

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American musician R&B singer human singer

James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician → R&B singer → human → singer →
activeIn	1980s music scene →
associatedAct	Chico DeBarge → DeBarge → El DeBarge →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
familyName	DeBarge →
fieldOfWork	music industry →
genre	R&B → soul →
givenName	James →
hasEthnicity	African-American →
hasPartIn	Motown-era DeBarge recordings →
instrument	vocals →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
marriageEnd	1985 (to Janet Jackson) →
marriageStart	1984 (to Janet Jackson) →
memberOf	DeBarge →
name	James DeBarge →
notableEvent	annulment of marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s →
notableFor	being a member of the family group DeBarge → brief high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson → contributions to 1980s R&B and pop crossover hits with DeBarge →
notableWork	All This Love (as member of DeBarge) → Rhythm of the Night (as member of DeBarge) → Time Will Reveal (as member of DeBarge) →
occupation	singer → songwriter →
partOf	DeBarge family →
performerIn	DeBarge (family music group) →
recordLabel	Gordy Records (as member of DeBarge) → Motown Records (as member of DeBarge) →
sibling	Bunny DeBarge → Chico DeBarge → El DeBarge → Mark DeBarge → Randy DeBarge → Tommy DeBarge →
spouse	Janet Jackson →
vocalType	tenor (approximate) →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James DeBarge →	name
Janet Jackson →	spouse