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Pharrell Williams
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Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. He has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one as a member of The Neptunes). He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for "Happy" (from Despicable Me 2); and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures.
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Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. He has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one as a member of The Neptunes). He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for "Happy" (from Despicable Me 2); and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
MTV Video Music Awards
The Graham Norton Show
MTV Europe Music Awards
The Early Show
Finding Your Roots
SNL Digital Shorts
90210
The Defiant Ones
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
The Shop
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
From Cradle to Stage
Hip Hop Evolution
Voices of Fire
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Pitch Perfect 2
Get Him to the Greek
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Black Is King
The Voice
Sing 2
A Man Named Scott
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
The Grinch
The Apollo
Production Credits
True: Magical Friends
Brainchild
Hidden Figures
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
Mufasa: The Lion King
Saturday Night Live
Harlem
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Voices of Fire
Despicable Me 3
North Hollywood
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Despicable Me 4
SNL Digital Shorts
Sing 2
True and the Rainbow Kingdom
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