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Paramore's Hayley Williams Talks Josh Farro's Wedding Plans

MTV - Found Mar. 5, 2010
... to deal with it when he's never had an experience with that sort of thing," Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams told MTV Radio earlier this...

Posted on March 5, 2010, 3:22 am

Weezer featuring Hayley Williams (Paramore): "Say It Ain't So" ...

Punknews.org - Found Jan. 22, 2010
The show was at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL and Hayley Williams of Paramore joined the band onstage for the classic "Say It...

Posted on January 22, 2010, 10:00 am

Paramore's Hayley Williams Takes Vocal 'Precautions' Before Tour

MTV - Found Feb. 2, 2010
And the day after, I was straight to a doctor," frontwoman Hayley Williams told MTV News on Sunday on the Grammy red carpet.

Posted on February 2, 2010, 7:48 am

College Students Rock Out To Free Weezer Concert With Special Guests ...

Access Hollywood - Found Jan. 22, 2010
Florida State University students won the T- Motorola CLIQ Challenge with a free concert by with special guest Hayley Williams from . Plus, and

Posted on January 22, 2010, 2:34 am

Paramore's Hayley Williams Sings With Weezer At Florida Gig - Video

Gigwise - Found Jan. 21, 2010
Rivers Cuomo's near fatal bus crash in Florida last night (January 20) and were joined by a very special guest on stage - Hayley Williams.

Posted on January 21, 2010, 7:17 am

WATCH: Hayley Williams Joins Weezer Live!

Spin.com - Found Jan. 21, 2010
... the occasion: Paramore singer Hayley Williams! Cuomo, who was recently issued a clean bill of health from his doctors, invited Williams onstage...

Posted on January 21, 2010, 11:49 am

Watch: Hayley Williams perform 'Say It Ain't So' onstage with Weezer ...

Drowned In Sound - Found Jan. 21, 2010
Even the Green Album was pretty smart. Hayley Williams of Paramore seems to be a pretty big fan of the band, too, and why shouldn't she be.

Posted on January 21, 2010, 11:49 am

Watch: Hayley Williams perform 'Say It Ain't So' onstage with Weezer

Drowned In Sound - Found Jan. 21, 2010
Even the Green Album was pretty smart. Hayley Williams of Paramore seems to be a pretty big fan of the band, too, and why shouldn't she be.

Posted on January 21, 2010, 11:48 am

Hayley Williams at the People?s Choice Awards

GirlsTalkinSmack.com Feed - Found Jan. 8, 2010
  Paramore singer Hayley Williams embraced her punk side at the People?s Choice Awards, wearing a vintage-inspired black dress covered in white ...

Posted on January 8, 2010, 9:50 am

People's Choice Awards Fug Carpet: Hayley Williams

Go Fug Yourself - Found Jan. 7, 2010
I'm going to guess that Hayley Williams got this dress as a gift.Not only is she wearing the wrapping, but I suspect she misunderstood and wore the

Posted on January 7, 2010, 12:00 pm

Hayley Williams Biography

Hayley Williams
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Hayley Williams

Background information
Birth name Hayley Nichole Williams
Born December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) (age 21) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres Alternative rock, emo, pop punk
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, drums
Years active 2004–present
Associated acts Paramore
New Found Glory
The Chariot
Website Paramore.net

Hayley Nichole Williams1 (born December 27, 1988) is an American rock singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore.

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Biography

In 2002, at the age of 13, Williams moved from her hometown Meridian, Mississippi, to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met fellow band members Josh Farro and Zac Farro in school.23 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 Jeremy Davis. In 2005, John Janick, founder of record label Fueled by Ramen, signed a contract with them.

Williams is a guest singer on "Fallen" by Death In the Park (which she has occasionally performed live with the band), "Then Came to Kill" by The Chariot, "Keep Dreaming Upside Down" by October Fall, "Tangled Up" by New Found Glory, and "The Church Channel" and "Plea" by Say Anything, and "The Few That Remain" by Set Your Goals, and appeared in the music video for "Kiss Me" by New Found Glory.4 In the 2007, Kerrang! Readers' Poll she finished second to Evanescence's Amy Lee in the "Sexiest Female" category,5 going on to win the first place spot for "Sexiest Female" a year later in the 2008 poll6, and again in the 2009 poll. She also appears as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour. On October 2, brand new eyes tour, it was announced that a few tour dates were postponed due to Hayley Williams becoming infected with laryngitis.

Williams also stated that her favorite bands include Saves the Day, mewithoutYou, Slick Shoes, The Chariot, Now Now Every Children, No Doubt, Fireworks, Set Your Goals, Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory, H2O, Lemuria, The Swellers.7

Solo work

Williams' only release as a solo artist is the song "Teenagers," which was featured in the soundtrack for the film Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox. She has stated on many occasions that she has no plans to establish herself as a solo artist.8

Personal life

As stated in the October 2009 issue of Alternative Press, Williams and Paramore guitarist Josh Farro confirmed they had been dating for nearly three years before splitting in the fall of 2007. "We didn't know if it would look bad" says Williams. "We were so young, and it seemed like it would look like a big joke" Josh adds. "We didn't want the band to be about me and Hayley being in a relationship together because then [the band] would be about our relationship, not our music. It distracts people from the whole point in being in a band."

Williams is now openly dating New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert.9

Paramore

Paramore was created in Franklin, Tennessee in 2004, with Hayley Williams (lead vocals/keyboards) alongside Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar) and Zac Farro (drums). Prior to forming Paramore,10 the other members of what was soon to be Paramore had been "edgy about the whole female thing" of having Williams as singer, but as they were good friends she began writing with them and eventually became a member.11 The band has released three studio albums, All We Know Is Falling, Riot!, and Brand New Eyes as well as two live albums and one EP. In June 2009, the band welcomed Taylor York (rhythm guitar) as an official member, although he had already been playing as a touring member with the band since 2007.

Awards

Title Award Result
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica Premio Fashionista 2009 Won
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica Premio Fashionista 2008 Nominated
Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 Sexiest Female Won
Kerrang Readers' Poll 2009 Sexiest Female Won
Kerrang Readers' Poll 2008 Sexiest Female Won
Kerrang Readers' Poll 2007 Sexiest Female Nominated

References

  1. ^ http://www.paramore.net/member/i/19150/
  2. ^ Bayer, Jonah (February 2008), "Born for This", Alternative Press (235) 
  3. ^ "Biography". All Music. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0pfrxq8sldae~T1. Retrieved 2007-08-16. 
  4. ^ "Kiss Me by New Found Glory". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGRWxoJtQP0. Retrieved 2009-04-11. 
  5. ^ (December 12, 2007)"Kerrang! 2007 Readers' Poll", Kerrang!, December 12, 2007 
  6. ^ (December 10, 2008)"Kerrang! 2008 Readers' Poll", Kerrang!, December 10, 2008 
  7. ^ http://www.paramore.net/member/i/19150/
  8. ^ Hayley addresses the solo song "Teenagers"
  9. ^ http://www.theedge.co.nz/Music/MusicNews/tabid/75/articleID/5749/cat/92/Default.aspx
  10. ^ Hayley Williams & Josh Farro. Interview with Joshua Martin. ASL's Exclusive Interview With Paramore. 2007-06-26. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
  11. ^ Josh Farro, Bob Krenchaw & Jeremy Davis. Interview with cathyreay. Interview With Paramore. 2007-07-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.

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