Hayley Williams Net Worth, Age, Family & Biography

About Hayley Williams

Hayley Nichole Williams is an American artist, most popular as the lead vocalist and prime supporter of the rock band Paramore, where she also plays the keyboards. Williams has collaborated with The Chariot, October Fall, New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, and Zedd on music that is not associated with Paramore. One example of this is the song “Teenagers” that was included on the soundtrack of the 2009 film Jennifer’s Body. She appeared on B.o.B single “Airplanes” in 2010. It topped at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Hayley Williams Family

Cristi and Joey Williams’ daughter Hayley Nichole Williams was born on December 27, 1988, in Meridian, Mississippi. She has two half-sister. Rodney Hood, a future NBA player, was her childhood neighbor. After her parents divorce in 2002, when she was 13 year old, she moved with her mom to Franklin, Tennessee.

Hayley Williams Career

Managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams discovered Williams in 2003 and signed him 14-year-old to a two-year production deal. At the time she was composing pop songs with musicians in Nashville. Williams was introduced with Atlantic Records A&R Tom Storms through Richard Williams’ lawyers Jim Zumwalt and Kent Marcus, and afterward endorsed to the name by Jason Flom.

Atlantic chose to oblige her desires, and she then framed Paramore with Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis. The music of Paramore was mostly expected to emerge on Atlantic Records, but the name’s promoting division concluded it would be better for the picture of the band to not have them connected to a tremendous mark.

In 2006, Paramore visited beyond the US interestingly, which incorporated a title visit through the UK and supporting post-hardcore musical crew The Blackout on the Give It A Name Celebration in Europe. The next year, she and the remainder of Paramore showed up in the music video for “Kiss Me” by New Found Glory.

Hayley Williams Relation

In late 2007, Williams started dating New Found Glory lead guitarist Chad Gilbert. They became engaged on Christmas Day in 2014, and were hitched on 20 February 2016. They made their separation official on 1 July 2017, with Gilbert’s infidelity later revealed as the reason. By the end of the year, their divorce was finalized. In September 2022, Williams affirmed she was dating her Paramore bandmate Taylor York.