Pharrell Williams Net Worth and Biography

Pharrell Williams is an American Rapper and record producer, with an estimated net worth of $200 Million, placing him among the richest rappers in the country. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful music producers of the 21st century due to his impact on the sound of modern popular music.

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Biography

Pharrell Williams was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on April 5, 1973. He is the eldest of the three sons of teacher Carolyn and handyman Pharoah Williams. He attended Princess Anne High School alongside his long-time music partner, Chad Hugo. They met in a seventh-grade summer band camp, where Williams played drums and Hugo played tenor saxophone. Pharrel also attended Northwestern University but dropped out after two years to focus on his burgeoning music career.

Career

Pharrell Williams began his music career in the 1990s forming a production and songwriting duo, with his long-time friend Chad Hugo. The duo with Shay Haley and Mike Etheridge entered a high school talent show, where they were discovered by producer Teddy Riley, who signed them after graduation.

As a member of The Neptunes, Pharrel Williams was responsible for producing some biggest hits songs in the late 90s and early 2000.  In 1999, the production duo formed the N.E.R.D with Shay Haley as a side project.

N.E.R.D.’s debut album, In Search Of…,  was released in the same year selling 603, 000 copies in the United States. They released their second album, Fly or Die, in 2004. In 2005, N.E.R.D. ended its contract with Virgin and disbanded to reunite later.

Prior to that, The Neptunes had released a compilation album titled, The Neptunes Present… Clones. The Album won them the “Producer of the Year” at the 2004 Grammy Awards. In 2006, Williams released his debut solo album, In My Mind. It debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200.

Williams continued working as a member of The Neptunes while pursuing his solo career as a rapper. Within that period they produced Jay-Z’s tenth studio album, American Gangster, and Madonna’s eleventh studio album, Hard Candy.

In 2008, N.E.R.D  reunited and released their third album, Seeing Sounds. The album was followed by Nothing, which was released in 2010. In 2021, William was involved in two top charting singles: Get Lucky”  by  Daft Punk and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, which was written and produced by Williams.  He also composed three new original songs for the film Despicable Me 2 (2013). One of the songs was happy, the most successful song of 2014, with 13.9 million units (sales plus equivalent streams) worldwide.

In 2014, he released his second album, Girl, and made a series of appearances on Television. He also headlined and performed at several festivals across the globe. In 2017, N.E.R.D released their fifth album, No One Ever Really Dies, The album had collaborations with many popular artists, including Kendrick Lamar,  Future, Wale, Gucci Mane, Rihanna, and Ed Sheeran.

Career Success

Pharrell Williams is a recipient of numerous awards and accolades.  He has won 13 Grammy Awards from 38 nominations, including three as Producer of the Year, and Non-Classical (one came as a part of The Neptunes in 2004). He has also won four BET Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, one Brit Award, and four NAACP Image Awards.

In 2012 Williams was honored with the ASCAP Golden Note Award for his “extraordinary career milestones records achieved as a songwriter, composer, and artist” In 2014, Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards for his song “Happy”, part of Despicable Me 2’s soundtrack. In 2017, he received a nomination for Best Picture for co-producing the film Hidden Figures.

Pharrell Williams Net Worth

Pharrell Williams is one of the richest rappers in the world, with an estimated net worth of $200 Million. Williams is able to raise his fortune from record sales, production, endorsement deals, and investments  According to an unnamed survey in 2003, The Neptunes produced almost 20% of songs played on British radio at the time; another survey in the US found they’d produced 43% of radio songs.

Aside from his music money, Williams also owns a media venture that encompasses entertainment, music, fashion, and art called I am OTHER. This venture serves as a multimedia creative collective, record label, and umbrella for all of Pharrell Williams’ endeavors, including Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream footwear, streetwear brands founded by Williams in 2005