Hayley Nichole Williams is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band Paramore and has released several solo albums. In 2023, Billboard ranked her as the 13th greatest rock lead singer of all time; that same year, Alternative Press readers voted her as the second greatest pop-punk vocalist of all time. Born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi, Williams and her mother moved to Franklin, Tennessee, following her parents' divorce, there forming Paramore with Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis. Since, the band has released six studio albums: All We Know Is Falling, Riot!, Brand New Eyes, Paramore, After Laughter, and This Is Why. The group has continuously changed its lineup, with Williams being the only member to appear on all six albums. Along with York, Williams won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for Paramore's song "Ain't It Fun". Williams' work outside Paramore includes the song "Teenagers" for the soundtrack of the film Jennifer's Body and collaborations with New Found Glory, Zedd, American Football, Moses Sumney, Turnstile, and David Byrne. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
