Paramore lead singer biography
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Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams | |
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Williams performing with Paramore on the Vans Warped Tour. | |
| Birth name | Hayley Nichole Williams |
| Born | () December 27, (age&#;36) Meridian, Mississippi, US |
| Genres | Pop punk, alternative rock, punk rock, emo |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar, drums |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Fueled by Ramen, Warner Bros., Atlantic Records |
Hayley Nichole Williams[1][2] (born December 27, )[3] is an Americansinger and songwriter. She is the lead singer of the American rockbandParamore.[1] She has also been on the songs of R&Bmusicians and rappers. In , at the age of 13, Hayley moved from her hometown in Mississippi, to Tennessee, where she met two of her future band members Josh and Zac Farro at her new school. While still in school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called ‘The Factory’, in which she met her Jeremy Davis,
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Hayley Williams
Full Name
Hayley Nichole Williams
Role in the band
Lead singer; primary songwriter; front-woman
Trademark
Vibrantly Colored Hair
Important Fact
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Hayley Nichole Williams, born månad 27, (age 36) in Meridian, Mississippi , is the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and front-woman of Paramore.
Biography[]
In , at age 13, Williams moved from her hometown Meridian, Mississippi, to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met fellow band members Josh Farro and Zac Farro in school. Shortly after arriving, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning.
While still in school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called The Factory, where she met bassist Jeremy Davis. Williams introduced the boys together, and Paramore began. In , John Janick, founder of record label Fueled By Ramen, signed a contract with them.
Before joining Paramore, Hayley was part of a Christian musical group in called the
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This month, Paramore—a buoyant and nimble pop-rock band fronted by the thirty-four-year-old singer and songwriter Hayley Williams—released “This Is Why,” its sixth album, and the first since ’s “After Laughter.” Though Paramore is still considered a pillar of the early-two-thousands pop-punk scene—a now mostly bygone era of neon-streaked hair, exuberant riffs, white belts, urgent and plaintive lyrics, and Vans in varying stages of purposeful disintegration—the band has spent much of the past decade making dynamic, tender rock music that’s rooted in rhythm and blues and feels at odds with the wounded grousing of its former colleagues.
Paramore officially formed in , in Franklin, Tennessee, but the major labels started scouting Williams—hungrily—when she was just fourteen. (It was Williams who insisted that she wanted to be in a band, rather than embarking on a solo career.) Since then, Paramore has undergone several lineup changes, some tumultuous, and went on an indefinite hiatus i