Pharrell Williams didn’t take home an Academy Award last night, but he’s still winning. Last night’s ( March 2) Oscars ceremony added to what has become one of the best runs in Williams’ career to date.
For more than a decade Skateboard P and N.E.R.D. partner Chad Huge have crafted heaters for everybody from The Clipse to Britney Spears. In between all of that, Williams launched a solo career, and dropped his first studio album, in 2006. Earlier this month, the “Happy” singer admitted to GQ that the aforementioned album was basically trash because he was busy trying to be like Diddy and Jay Z (gotta love the honesty).
Somewhere along the way he got more in tune with his true self, and effectively took over music in 2013. The reign didn’t let up after the New Year either. It’s safe to say that 2014 is going to be another 12 months of successful music moves for Pharrell on the solo tip (he’s also producing music for T.I. and Pusha T’s new albums, respectively).
From March 2013 – March 2014, he’s clocked one victory after another. To commemorate the release of his G I R L album –and more good things to come — hit the galley for a look back at Pharrell’s victory timeline.
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March 2013
Robin Thicke released “Blurred Lines” on March 26, 2013. The track is produced and co-written by Pharrell, and eventually peaked at No. 1 in the U.S. and 14 other countries around the globe. It stayed atop Billboard charts for a dozen weeks.
April 2013
Pharrell’s lends his vocals to “Get Lucky” by French music duo, Daft Punk. The single pushed over 30,000 copies in three days making it the fastest-selling digital single in a weeklong period. (Pharrell and DP landed on Vibe in August).
July 2013
The Despicable Me 2 Soundtrack was released in July 2013, featuring Pharrell’s “Happy” single. Despicable Me 2 has grossed nearly $1 billion ($368,061,265 in North America and $602,700,620 internationally) since last year.
September 2013
“Blurred Lines” broke Mary J. Blige’s record with 16 weeks atop the Hot R&B Songs Charts. Blige’s “Be Without You” single stayed on the charts for 15 weeks back in 2005.
October 2013
Pharrell marked a personal triumph in October when he married longtime girlfriend Helen Lasichanh (pictured on the far right). The couple have a 4-year-old son, Rocket.
November 2013
“Happy” was official released as a single on Nov. 21. The visual was introduced with the first ever 24-hour music video, and the single was reissued under Columbia Records in Dec 2013.
December 2013
Pharrell signs to Columbia Records and announces work on his second studio album. Speaking to Complex about the album, the Virginia Beach native said he wouldn’t be rapping on the release, or anywhere else (because he’s 40).
January 2014
The Grammy ended up being a pretty good night for Pharrell and his Vivienne Westwood ranger hat. He won four awards and the hat became a trending topic on Twitter.
Everybody wins.
February 2014
“Happy” tops Billboard, become highest-charting Oscar nominated song in over 10 years.
March 2014
The Oscar stage will never be the same after Pharrell jumped down into the crowd and did a few dances with the famous audience members.
Who else could make Meryl Streep do a shoulder shimmy?
