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Jon FX
Person · male · Jamaica · born 1983
Jamaican record producer
Timeline
1980s
Biography
Biography
John Alexander Crawford (born May 31, 1983), professionally known as JonFX, is a Jamaican record producer from St. Andrews, Jamaica. He has worked with dancehall and reggae artists Shabba Ranks, I Wayne, Vybz Kartel, Gyptian and Akon, as well as late rapper XXXTentacion. In June 2018, he was appointed as a governor on the board of the Florida Grammy Chapter.
In November 2018, Arms Around You, a song produced by JonFX, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28; Streaming Songs Chart at number 18; R&B Streaming Songs Chart at number one; and Digital Sales Chart at number 18. He produced Sizzla Kalonji's I'm Yours, which made to the Billboard Reggae chart and Billboard Heatseeker's chart at No. 3 and No. 4.
Career
JonFX produced Gyptian's Hold Yuh and an album of the same name in 2010. In 2017, he produced Sizzla's I'm Yours, which entered both the Billboard Reggae chart and Billboard Heatseeker's chart at No. 3 and No. 4. Crawford also mixed XXXTentacion's hit Jocelyn Flores which peaked at number No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified platinum in the United States.
Some of his credits include, Gun Session featuring Akon, Young Jeezy, Shabba Ranks and Vybz Kartel; Nah Let Go and I Can Feel Your Pain by Gyptian and Baby, a collaboration between Sean Paul, Shabba Ranks and Erup. He also has been credited as writer and engineer on three tracks, Alone, Part 3, Smash and I Don't Even Speak Spanish LOL, from XXXTentacion's platinum-selling album.
He currently serves as a governor on the board of the Florida Grammy Chapter.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jon FX head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_%22JonFX%22_Crawford.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6270688seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonFXbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonFX
Why this artist is in the database
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Wikidata: Q6270688 · MusicBrainz: 2abc5fbb-f1fc-4f6f-9150-c701233e2086
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