Pharrell Williams tells the story of the global megastar, including
details of his prolific and varied collaborations with the best-known
musicians of the 21st century. It charts his extraordinary life, from
his pre-fame days to becoming pop's most sought-after and inventive
pioneer,
In 2003, Pharrell Williams was responsible for, by performing or
producing, 43% of all the music played on radio across the USA, and 20%
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 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.