Before making their name as solo artists in the music industry, a number of singers have risen to prominence as members of popular boy bands or vocal groups.
- Apr 23, 2023
AceShowbiz - Pharrell Williams' biggest achievement is perhaps his 2013 song "Happy" which earned him a Grammy Award and Oscar nomination, but his music career started way back in the early 1990s. He briefly joined a hip-hop group named Surrounded by Idiots, which members included his cousin Timbaland, before he formed "R&B-type" group the Neptunes with Chad Hugo, Shay Haley and Mike Etheridge.
While the Neptunes mostly worked behind the scenes by producing hit songs like Jay-Z's "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (2000) and Nelly's "Hot in Herre", Pharrell, Chad and Shay later switched to performing under the moniker N.E.R.D. The trio's debut album "In Search Of...," failed to replicate the success of the Neptunes' previous productions, but their following works continued to receive critical acclaims.
