Título: Pharrell Williams
Seção: 2010-12: Despicable Me and collaborations
Background: Williams was born on April 5, 1973, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the oldest of three sons of Pharaoh Williams, a handyman, and his wife Carolyn, a teacher. His roots extend for generations in Virginia and North Carolina, and one of his ancestors journeyed to West Africa in 1831, prompting other relatives to emigrate from America to Liberia in 1832. He met Chad Hugo in a seventh-grade summer band camp where Williams played the keyboards and drums and Hugo played tenor saxophone. They were also both members of a marching band; Williams played the snare drum while Hugo was drum major.

Conteúdo: In July 2010, Williams composed the soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me, produced by Hans Zimmer and recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony. In October 2010, Williams and his group N*E*R*D supported Gorillaz on their Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour. On the tour, Damon Albarn recorded a song with Williams but this was not featured on Gorillaz's album, The Fall. The following month, N*E*R*D released their fourth studio album Nothing through Williams's label Star Trak. In late 2011, Williams worked on three tracks for Mike Posner's second album Sky High.  In 2011, Williams collaborated with singer Adam Lambert, co-writing two tracks for Lambert's album Trespassing, which was released in May 2012, including the title track and "Kickin' In".  He has also collaborated with Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller on the Pink Slime EP. The first track, "Onaroll" was followed by "Glow". It was produced by Williams, with vocals from Mac Miller.  Williams composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards alongside composer Hans Zimmer. He also collaborated with Miley Cyrus on her album Bangerz and composed the new intro music for Chelsea Lately in 2012. He later contributed four tracks to The Game's California Republic mixtape called "When My Niggas Come Home" and "It Must be Tough"; produced two tracks on Usher's 2012 seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself, titled "Twisted" and "Hot Thing"; collaborated with Mika on his new track "Celebrate"; co-produced the tracks "Sweet Life

user: What did Williams do with Despicable Me?

assistant: In July 2010, Williams composed the soundtrack to the movie Despicable Me,

user: What songs were on the soundtrack?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Who else did he work with?

assistant: In October 2010, Williams and his group N*E*R*D supported Gorillaz on their Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour.

user: What happened on this tour?

assistant: On the tour, Damon Albarn recorded a song with Williams but this was not featured on Gorillaz's album,

user: Did he have any other significant collaborations?

assistant: In 2011, Williams collaborated with singer Adam Lambert, co-writing two tracks for Lambert's album Trespassing, which was released in May 2012,

user: What other musicians did he work with?

assistant: collaborated with Mika on his new track "Celebrate"; co-produced the tracks "Sweet Life" and "Golden Girl"

user: Is there anything else significant about his collaborative work?

assistant: He also collaborated with Miley Cyrus on her album Bangerz and composed the new intro music for Chelsea Lately in 2012.

user: Are there any other songs he worked on?

assistant: He later contributed four tracks to The Game's California Republic mixtape

user: Did he win any awards or recognition?

assistant: Williams composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards alongside composer Hans Zimmer.