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Pharrell Williams

Musician, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams is a visionary recording artist, producer, songwriter, philanthropist, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. He has been a creative force in the music industry and beyond for more than two decades. Over the years, Pharrell has been honored with 13 Grammy Awards, including 2004's, 2014's and 2019's Producer of the Year, and ASCAP's prestigious Golden Note Award in 2012. In 2014, his original song 'Happy,' featured in Despicable Me 2, also received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Award nomination for co-producing Best Picture-nominated Hidden Figures (2016), as well as a Golden Globe nomination for co-scoring the film. In 2008, Pharrell founded From One Hand To AnOTHER (FOHTA), a foundation that provides over 1,700 children across the US with summer camps focused on S.T.E.A.M.M. - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Motivation. In 2020, Pharrell launched YELLOW, an organization that will focus on ‘evening the odds’ for every student to have access to a first rate education. Most recently, Williams released ‘Letter to My Godfather,’ an original song for Netflix's Black Godfather about the legendary music executive, Clarence Avant.

Visit Barnes & Noble to learn more about Pharrell's latest book Pharrell: A Fish Doesn't Know It's Wet.