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中 文 名 法瑞尔·威廉姆斯
外 文 名 Pharrell Williams
别 名 菲董
国 籍 美国
星 座 白羊座
身 高 175cm
出 生 地 美国弗吉尼亚州
出生日期 1973-04-05
职 业 歌手，制作人，潮牌BBC主理人
主要成就 第57届格莱美最佳流行歌手
艺人资料
法瑞尔·威廉姆斯，1973年4月出生于美国，美国歌手、音乐制作人。
1990年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯组建了自己的第一支乐队“海王星”，1992年为饶舌团体Wreckx-N-Effect和R&B组合SWV写歌，1994年海王星乐队转为制作组合，1995年至1997年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯不断的为各类艺人制作音乐，1998年通过NORE的地下单曲“Superthug”，人们才知道熟悉海王星的制作风格。2001年他就和好友Shae Haley建立起了NERD音乐乐队。2003年发行首张专辑《The Neptunes Present：Clones》获全美流行专辑榜冠军。2014年3月3日个人第二张录音室专辑《G I R L》发行，其中收录了个人首支冠军单曲《Happy》，获得了2014年奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖提名。2015年凭借《Happy》获得第57届格莱美最佳流行艺人奖项。 歌手事业外，法瑞尔·威廉姆斯热衷于服装设计，入选2014年年度“国际最佳着装榜”前10名。
早年经历
法瑞尔·威廉姆斯1973年出生于美国弗吉尼亚州的弗吉尼亚海滩，七年级的一次乐队夏令营上，法瑞尔·威廉姆斯认识了查德·雨果（ChadHugo），两人随后又一同加入了学校的军乐队。
演艺经历
1990年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯与查德·雨果（ChadHugo）组建乐队海王星（TheNeptunes），之后和美国音乐人莱利签约。
1992年为流行R&B组合SWV的单曲“Right Here(UK Remix)”做了一小段说唱。
1994年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯与查德·雨果正式组织起海王星制作组合。
1998年推出个人单曲《Superthug》。
2001年，法瑞尔·威廉姆斯为布兰妮·斯皮尔斯制作了单曲I'm a Slave 4 U。之后法瑞尔·威廉姆斯组建了自己的偏摇滚风格的乐队N.E.R.D，同年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯的乐队N.E.R.D推出第一张专辑《In Search Of》。
2003年，法瑞尔·威廉姆斯和Chad Hugo推出了制作专辑《The Neptunes Present：Clones》。。
2004年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯的乐队N.E.R.D推出了第二张专辑《Fly orDie》。
2006年7月25日年法瑞尔·威廉姆斯推出首张个人专辑《In My Mind》。邀请Jay-Z,、Nelly、Snoop Dogg等歌手客串。
2008年，法瑞尔·威廉姆斯和他的组合N.E.R.D推出了组合第三张专辑《Seeing Sound》。
2013年，法瑞尔·威廉姆斯为电影《神偷奶爸2》演唱了主题曲《happy》。
2014年3月3日法瑞尔·威廉姆斯推出全新个人第二张录音室专辑《G I R L》，9月22日法瑞尔·威廉姆斯加入《美国之声》第七季，成为该节目四位导师之一。
2015年5月17日法瑞尔·威廉姆斯在2015年公告牌音乐大奖中收获3个奖项。10月献唱EMA欧洲音乐大奖颁奖典礼。
2016年2月出席第58届格莱美颁奖典礼和第88届奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼。
Career and life
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams(born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, a rapper, and a record producer.
Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo the Neptunes, producing soul, hip hop and R&B music. He is the lead vocalist and drummer of rock, funk, and hip hop band N*E*R*D, that he formed with Hugo and childhood friend, Shay Haley. He released his first single, "Frontin'", in 2003 and followed up with his debut solo album, In My Mind in 2006.His second album, Girl, was released on March 3, 2014. This album was preceded by the commercially successful single, "Happy". As part of the Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various recording artists.
Williams owns a media venture that encompasses entertainment, music, fashion, and art called i am OTHER, a multimedia creative collective and record label that serves as an umbrella for all of Pharrell Williams' endeavors, including Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream apparel, Billionaire Girls Club, textile company Bionic Yarn and a dedicated YouTube channel. The channel was launched on May 12, 2012 as part of YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative.
Williams has earned ten Grammy Awards including two with the Neptunes.
In March 2013, Robin Thicke's hit single "Blurred Lines" - written and produced by Williams - was released. The song was a worldwide hit, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching number one in 13 more countries including the United Kingdom and Germany. It was Williams's third Billboard Hot 100 number one single.
It was announced in December 2013 that Williams had been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year. In the same month, a press release from Columbia Records announced that Williams had signed a contract with the label and would be releasing an album in 2014, entitled Girl, featuring the single "Happy" from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.
On February 18, Williams announced via Twitter that his second album, Girl would be released on March 3, 2014.At the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, Williams's song "Happy" lost to "Let It Go" from Frozen.
On March 31, 2014, Williams was announced as a new coach for the seventh season of The Voice, replacing CeeLo Green. Williams was the executive producer of Atlanta rapper T.I.'s ninth studio album, Paperwork, which was released on October 21, 2014 by Grand Hustle and Columbia Records.
In January 2015, Williams and Al Gore announced that they are teaming up to create a 7-continent "Live Earth" concert on June 18 to raise awareness about and pressure governments to act on climate change. He is the musical director. On February 8, 2015, Williams made a cameo in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Walking Big & Tall" where he comes to Springfield to write a new anthem for the town.In October 2015, the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University named Williams as their artist-in-residence.Also in October 2015, Williams announced that he will perform with a gospel choir on Sunday, November 1, at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine black parishioners were shot and killed on June 17, allegedly by a young white man who is awaiting trial. The two-hour Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America program is scheduled to air November 20, and will also feature a concert to be filmed November 18 in Los Angeles. A goal of the program is to raise money for the victims of racial violence and for organizations around the country working to promote racial equity.
He presented the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony and the 88th Oscar Award ceremony on February 2016.
