- Born
- Birth nameHayley Nichole Williams
- Nicknames
- Spongebob
- Hbomb
- Hayleyball
- Hayles
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Hayley Williams was born on December 27, 1988 in Meridian, Mississippi, USA as Hayley Nichole Williams. She moved to Franklin, Tennessee, USA as a teenager. At the age of 15, she joined / created the band Paramore. They have released six studio albums to date - landing multiple global #1 chart placings - and were awarded the GRAMMY for "Best Rock Song" in 2015 for "Ain't It Fun", making Williams the first women to be awarded in the category since Alanis Morissette's 1999 win.
In 2014 she was awarded the inaugural "Trailblazer of The Year" title at Billboard's Women In Music Awards.
Williams released two critically lauded solo albums during the Covid-19 pandemic: "Petals For Armor" and "Flowers for Vases / Descansos".
Her Paramore bandmates are Taylor York (guitar) and Zac Farro (drums). The band's most recent album, "This Is Why" landed multiple #1 placings on the Billboard Charts with thee title track also giving them their first #1 at Alternative Radio in the US. The album topped the charts in both the UK and Australia.
- IMDb mini biography by: CW
- SpouseChad Gilbert(February 20, 2016 - 2018) (divorced)
- Unique and different clothing.
- Forever changing bright hair colors.
- Sings and plays piano for the rock band Paramore.
- Her favourite movies are: Wayne's World (1992), Son in Law (1993), Pet Sematary (1989), True Romance (1993).
- Recorded her first song at the age of 15.
- Has two younger sisters: Erica and Mckayla.
- In 2014, Hayley had noted that she was working on releasing her own brand of hair dye.
- Headbanging is crucial.
- The thing is, our generation, we fight every day to get through life.
- What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape.
- Paramore will be the neighbor that comes over for tea and never leaves.
- Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.
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