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{{Short description|American record producer and songwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2009}}
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| birth_name          = Patrick Smith
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| genre               = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| occupation          = Producer, songwriter
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'''Patrick Smith''', known professionally  as '''J.Que''', is an American record producer and songwriter. He has contributed to songs from [[Usher (singer)|Usher]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Fantasia Barrino]], [[Ciara]], [[Avant (singer)|Avant]], [[Chris Brown]], [[Ariana Grande]], [[The Gospellers]], and [[Omarion]].
Born in North Carolina he was raised in [[Anniston, Alabama]]. Smith has a son (Channing) and a daughter (Riley) with his wife Vivian.<ref>[http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/j_que.asp Windswept – The Writers<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116040225/http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/j_que.asp |date=November 16, 2006 }}</ref>
==Songs produced, written, or vocal-arranged==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Song title
! Artist
! Album
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| "[[:ja:永遠に (ゴスペラーズの曲)|永遠(とわ)に]]"
|rowspan="6"| [[Gospellers|The Gospellers]]
|rowspan="2"| ''[[:ja:Soul Serenade|Soul Serenade]]''
|-
|"夢の外"
|-
|2001
|"[[:ja:約束の季節|約束の季節]]"
|rowspan="4"|''[[:ja:FRENZY (ゴスペラーズのアルバム)|FRENZY]]''
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2002
| "[[:ja:誓い (ゴスペラーズの曲)|誓い]]"
|-
| "Body Calling"
|-
| "DAWN〜夜明け〜"
|-
| "Hush Lil' Lady"
| Lil' Corey featuring [[Lil' Romeo]]
| ''I'm Just Corey''
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2003
| "[[That Girl (Marques Houston song)|That Girl]]"
|rowspan="1"| [[Marques Houston]]
|rowspan="1"| ''[[MH (album)|MH]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2004
| "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]"
|rowspan="2"|  [[Usher (singer)|Usher]]
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]''
|-
| "Throwback"
|-
| "[[Truth Is (Fantasia Barrino song)|Truth Is]]"
| [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]]
| ''[[Free Yourself (Fantasia song)|Free Yourself]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| "Sposed to Be"
| [[Toni Braxton]]
| ''[[Libra (Toni Braxton album)|Libra]]''
|-
| "[[:ja:Free Style|Free Style]]"
| [[Daichi Miura]]
| ''[[:ja:D-ROCK with U|D-ROCK with U]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| "[[4 Minutes (Avant song)|4 Minutes]]"
| [[Avant (singer)|Avant]]
| ''[[Director (Avant album)|Director]]''
|-
| "[[Like a Boy]]"
| [[Ciara]]
| ''[[Ciara: The Evolution]]''
|-
| "[[Ice Box (song)|Ice Box]]"
| [[Omarion]]
| ''[[21 (Omarion album)|21]]''
|-
|rowspan="9"| 2007
| "[[Promise Ring (song)|Promise Ring]]"
|rowspan="2"| [[Tiffany Evans]]
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Tiffany Evans (album)|Tiffany Evans]]''
|-
| "Girl Gone Wild"
|-
| "Hate2LoveU"
| [[Amerie]]
| ''[[Because I Love It]]''
|-
| "Forever"
|rowspan="3"| [[Jennifer Lopez]]
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)|Brave]]''
|-
| "Wrong When You're Gone"
|-
| "Brave"
|-
| "[[Radar (song)|Radar]]"
|rowspan="2"| [[Britney Spears]]
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]''
|-
| "Freakshow"
|-
| "No Definition"
|rowspan="1"| [[Mario (American singer)|Mario]]
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Go (Mario album)|Go]]''
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2009
| "[[Long Gone (Chris Cornell song)|Long Gone]]"
|rowspan="1"| [[Chris Cornell]]
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| "[[Best Thing I Never Had]]"
|rowspan="2"| [[Beyoncé]]
|rowspan="2"| ''[[4 (Beyoncé Knowles album)|4]]''
|-
| "Dreaming" (Japan only)
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2013
| "[[Baby I]]"
|rowspan="1"| [[Ariana Grande]]
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Yours Truly (Ariana Grande album)|Yours Truly]]''
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2016
| "Testify"
|rowspan="1"| [[Nick Jonas]]
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Last Year Was Complicated]]''
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2017
| "Limitless"
|rowspan="1"| [[NCT (band)|NCT 127]]
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Limitless (NCT 127 EP)|Limitless]]''
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2018
| "[[:ja: ヒカリ (ゴスペラーズの曲)|ヒカリ]]"
|rowspan="6"| The Gospellers
|rowspan="6"|''[[:ja: What The World Needs Now|What The World Needs Now]]''
|-
|"[[:ja: In This Room|In This Room]]"
|-
|"Right by you"
|-
|"Goodbye"
|-
|"for U"
|-
|"DON'T LEAVE ME NOW"
|-
|"Cherry Bomb" (English Version)
|NCT 127
|''[[Cherry Bomb (EP)]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| "Make Up"
| [[SixTONES]]
| ''[[:ja:マスカラ (SixTONESの曲)|マスカラ]]''
|-
| "War With Heaven"
| [[Keshi (singer)|keshi]]
| ''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (soundtrack)|Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| "Die For You"
| [[Joji (musician)|Joji]]
| ''[[Smithereens (album)|Smithereens]] ''
|-
|"Back Down"
|[[P1Harmony]]
|''Harmony: Set In''
|-
|2024
|"Killin' It" (때깔)
|P1Harmony
|[[Killin' It]]
|}
==Awards==
Smith has had 3 Grammy Nominations, 4 BET Award Noms, & 6 BMI Award
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061116040225/http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/j_que.asp Info Site]
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[[Category:African-American songwriters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from North Carolina]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
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[[Category:People from Anniston, Alabama]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American people]]