Pharrell Williams
Subtitle: blurring the lines
By: Chris Roberts
Publisher: Carlton Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781780976525
Subjects: Rap musicians; Biography; African American musicians; African American singers; Sound recording executives and producers; Fashion designers; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal; MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician
Other titles: Blurring the lines
Description: In 2003, Pharrell Williams was responsible (performing or producing) for 43 per cent of all the music played on radio across the USA, and 20 per cent in the UK. His prolific and varied collaborations with scores of the best-known musicians of the twenty-first century have earned Pharrell millions of radio plays, as well as album sales, songwriter credits and dollars. In 2013-14 alone, Pharrell has enjoyed two million-selling singles (in the same month, unbelievably), for the tracks 'Get Lucky' and 'Happy' - the latter earning an Oscar nomination for Best Song. Since 2001, Pharrell has established himself as a respected, and ambitious, musician, composer, fashion designer, businessman, charity-owner and 'universalist', whose star is showing no signs of falling back down to earth. -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes discography (pages 155-159).
Table of contents: title: Rhythm and roots; title: The breakthrough; title: Twenty-first century sound; title: Their time is now; title: Producing the future; title: The Midas man; title: Fly or die; title: Seeing sounds; title: Getting lucky; title: The pursuit of happiness; title: Celebration; title: The end?