The original plan of the label was to turn her into a pop singer, but Williams resisted, saying that she wanted to play alternative rock music with a band. Steunebrink and Richard Williams had originally discovered and signed her to a production deal that was later bought out by Atlantic. She had been introduced to Atlantic A&R Tom Storms by Kent Marcus and Jim Zumwalt, lawyers of managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams, and then eventually signed to Atlantic by Jason Flom. Williams was originally signed to Atlantic Records as a solo artist in 2003.
Williams said of the members when she first met them, "They were the first people I met who were as passionate about music as I was." The other members of what was soon to be Paramore had been "edgy about the whole female thing" of having Williams as vocalist, but, because they were good friends, she started writing for them. Prior to forming Paramore, Williams and bassist Jeremy Davis, along with friend Kimee Read, took part in a funk cover band called the Factory, while Josh and Zac Farro had practiced together after school. Shortly after arriving, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning. In 2002, at age 13, vocalist Hayley Williams moved from her hometown Meridian, Mississippi, to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met brothers Josh Farro and Zac Farro at a weekly supplemental program for home-schooled students. History 2002–2004: Formation and early years Their fifth and sixth studio albums, After Laughter and This Is Why, were released in May 2017 and February 2023 respectively, to critical acclaim. The band's lineup changed once again after this album cycle, with bassist Jeremy Davis leaving the band near the end of 2015 and former drummer Zac Farro rejoining the band in 2017. It included the singles " Still Into You" and " Ain't It Fun", with the latter winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for Williams and York as songwriters, making it Paramore's first Grammy Award win. It gave the band their first number one on the US Billboard 200 and was also the number one album in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. įollowing the departure of Josh and Zac Farro in 2010, the band released their self-titled fourth album in 2013. It produced the top-forty single " The Only Exception" and went platinum in Ireland and the UK, as well as gold in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Their 2009 follow-up, Brand New Eyes, is the band's second-highest-charting album to date, landing at number two on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 first-week sales. Paramore then received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Thanks to the success of the singles " Misery Business", " Crushcrushcrush", and " That's What You Get", Riot! was a mainstream success and was certified Platinum in the United States. The band's second album, Riot!, was released in 2007. The group released its debut album, All We Know Is Falling, in 2005, with the album reaching number four on the UK Rock Chart in 2009 and number thirty on Billboard 's Heatseekers Chart in 2006. She is also the only member to appear on all six of Paramore's studio albums. Williams was separately signed to Atlantic as she was scouted when she was a teenager, and they were the only label to let her stay in the band instead of going solo, but Atlantic said the rest of the band had to sign to Fueled by Ramen. The band is signed to Fueled by Ramen, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, both owned by Warner Music Group.
Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, while York, a high school friend of the original lineup, joined in 2007. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004.
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