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February 23: Pharrell was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Pass The Courvoisier Part II" with Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy).

April 19: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Snoop Dogg and Uncle Charlie Wilson with "Beautiful."
from the Snoop Dogg LP Paid The Cost To Be The Boss
ARC chart run: 39 - 36 - 32 - 31 - 25 - 21 - 19 - 21 - 34 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 110
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

June: Pharrell with Nas contributed a track ("The Flyest") to the soundtrack for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

August 16: Pharrell topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 6 weeks with help from Jay-Z with "Frontin'."
August 23: Pharrell topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 5 weeks with help from Jay-Z with "Frontin'."
August 28: The video for "Beautiful" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.

September 6: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Jay-Z with "Frontin'."
from The Neptunes Presents... The Clones compilation
ARC chart run: 38 - 34 - 30 - 26 - 24 - 23 - 22 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 118
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

February 8: Pharrell was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Frontin'" with Jay-Z and "Beautiful" with Snoop Dogg and Uncle Charlie Wilson) and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Beautiful" and "Excuse Me Miss").

March 2: Pharrell could be heard on the Cee Lo Green LP Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine on the tracks "The Art Of Noise" and Let's Stay Together."

November 6: Pharrell topped the Billboard Rap Tracks chart for 10 weeks helping out Snoop Dogg with "Drop It Like It's Hot."
November 13: Pharrell topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 7 weeks helping out Snoop Dogg with "Drop It Like It's Hot."
November 27: Pharrell topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 5 weeks helping out Snoop Dogg with "Drop It Like It's Hot."

December 11: Pharrell topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 3 weeks and Hot 100 Airplay chart fpr 3 weeks helping out Snoop Dogg with "Drop It Like It's Hot."

February 13: Pharrell was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Drop It Like It's Hot" with Snoop Dogg).

August 28: The video for "Drop It Like It's Hot" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, and Viewer's Choice.

August 12: Pharrell topped the Billboard Rap Albums chart for 1 week with In My Mind.

September 30: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Ludacris with "Money Maker."
from the LP Release Therapy
ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 28 - 19 - 12 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 10 - 11 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 22 - 26 - 28 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 38
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

October 14: Pharrell topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart for 7 weeks helping out Ludacris with "Money Maker."
October 28: Pharrell topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 2 weeks, Hot 100 Airplay chart for 2 weeks, and R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 1 week helping out Ludacris with "Money Maker."

November 4: Pharrell hit the Top 10 helping out Ludacris with "Money Maker."

February 11: Pharrell won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Money Maker" with Ludacris) and was nominated for Best Rap Album (In My Mind).

# 35 Singles Artist of the Year

May 4: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Daft Punk with "Get Lucky."
from the Daft Punk LP Random Access Memories
ARC chart run: 33 - 25 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 9 - 17 - 20 - 26 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 20
RIAA Certification: 8x Platinum
May 25: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
from the Robin Thicke LP Blurred Lines
ARC chart run: 35 - 26 - 22 - 15 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 9 - 13 - 19 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 1
RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum

June 1: Pharrell topped the Billboard R&B Songs chart for 18 weeks helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
June 1: Pharrell topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 13 weeks and Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart for 11 weeks helping out Daft Punk with "Get Lucky."
June 8: Pharrell hit the Top 10 helping out Daft Punk with "Get Lucky."
June 8: Pharrell topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 11 weeks and Dance Club Play Songs chart for 2 weeks helping out Daft Punk with "Get Lucky."
June 15: Pharrell topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart for 10 weeks and R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart for 13 weeks helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
June 22: Pharrell hit the Top 10 helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
June 22: Pharrell topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 12 weeks and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 16 weeks helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."

July 13: Pharrell hit #1 for 10 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
July 20: Pharrell topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 11 weeks and Pop Songs chart for 10 weeks helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."

August 3:Pharrell topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 12 weeks helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
August 24: Pharrell topped the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart for 6 weeks helping out Robin Thicke and T.I. with "Blurred Lines."
August 25: The video for "Blurred Lines" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Collaboration, and Best Song of the Summer. The video for "Get Lucky" was nominated for Best Song of the Summer.

November 2: Pharrell topped the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs chart for 1 week helping out Daft Punk with "Lose Yourself To Dance."
November 24: Pharrell was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke and T.I.).

December 31: The single "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke and T.I. topped the Billboard 2013 Year-End Chart-Toppers chart as the Top Pop Radio Song, Top Pop Song, Top R&B Song, and Top R&B Digital Song.

# 12 Singles Artist of the Year

January: Pharrell topped the UK singles chart with "Happy."
January 25: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Happy."
from the LP G I R L and the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack
ARC chart run: 40 - 24 - 17 - 12 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 13 - 16 - 23 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 8
RIAA Certification: 11x Platinum
Grammy Winner: Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Music Video
MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Pop Video
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
January 26: Pharrell won 3 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year ("Get Lucky" with Daft Punk), Producer of the Year (non-classical), and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("Get Lucky" with Daft Punk), and was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke and T.I.).

February 22: Pharrell hit the Top 10 with "Happy."
February 22: Pharrell topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with "Happy."

March 1: Pharrell topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart with "Happy."
March 2: Pharrell was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Happy" from Despicable Me 2).
March 3: Pharrell released G I R L.
Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2
Grammy Winner: Best Urban Contemporary Album
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
Tracks: "Marilyn Monroe" - "Brand New" (with Justin Timberlake) - "Hunter" - "Gush" - "Happy" - "Come Get It Bae" - "Gust Of Wind" - "Lose Queen" - "Know Who You Are" (with Alicia Keys) - "It Girl"
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
March 8: Pharrell topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Happy."
March 15: Pharrell topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart with "Happy."
March 15: Pharrell topped the UK LP chart with G I R L.
March 22: Pharrell hit #1 for 5 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Happy."
March 29: Pharrell topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart with "Happy."

April 5: Pharrell performed "Happy" and "Marilyn Monroe" on Saturday Night Live.

May 3: Pharrell topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with "Happy."

June 7: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Come Get It Bae."
from the LP G I R L
ARC chart run: 34 - 25 - 19 - 18 - 16 - 16 - 15 - 15 - 15 - 17 - 22 - 26 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 73
RIAA Certification: Gold
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

August 24: The video for "Happy" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Pop Video.

September 22: Pharrell joined the NBC singing competition show, The Voice.

October 21: Pharrell could be heard on the T.I. LP Paperwork on the tracks "Oh Yeah," "Paperwork," and "Light 'Em Up (RIP Doe B)."

November 23: Pharrell was nominated for 5 American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Single of the Year ("Happy"), Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (G I R L).

December 31: Pharrell topped the Billboard 2014 Year-End Chart Toppers chart as the Top Pop Hot 100 Artist - Male, Top Pop Digital Songs Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Male,Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Artist, Top R&B Songs Artist, and Top R&B Digital Songs Artist, and with the Top Pop Hot 100 Song, Top Pop Digital Song, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Song, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song, Top R&B Song, Top R&B Digital Song, and Top Adult R&B Song ("Happy").

February 8: Pharrell won 3 Grammy Awards including Best Urban Contemporary Album (G I R L), Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Music Video ("Happy"), and was also nominated for Album of the Year (G I R L).

March 10: Pharrell and Robin Thicke (and to a lesser extent, T.I.) lost a lawsuit to the tune of $7.3 million filed by the estate of Marvin Gaye which claimed the hit "Blurred Lines" was a rip off of Gaye's hit "Got To Give It Up." They said in a joint statement: "While we respect the judicial process, we are extremely disappointed in the ruling made today which sets a horrible precedent for music and creativity going forward."

February 15: Pharrell won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Alright"), and was nominated for Song of the Year ("Alright") and Best Music Video ("Freedom").

The video for "WTF (Where They From)" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.

June 24: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, and Big Sean with "Feels."
from the Calvin Harris LP Funk Wav Bounes Vol. 1
ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 23 - 21 - 14 - 13 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 11 - 17 - 22 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 48
RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Collaboration
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

August 12: Pharrell hit the Top 10 helping out Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, and Big Sean with "Feels."
August 17: Pharrell topped the UK singles chart helping out Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, and Big Sean with "Feels."
August 27: The video for "Feels" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration.

January 28: Pharrell was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (songwriting "Supermodel").

August 17: Pharrell could be heard on the Ariana Grande LP Sweetener on the track "Blazed."

February 10: Pharrell won a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (non-classical).
July 19: Pharrell could be heard on The Lion King: The Gift compilation on the track "Water."

September 12: The video for "Entrepeneur" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Video For Good.

April 23: Pharrell hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Just A Cloud Away."
from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack
ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - 36 - 35 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 136

May 6: Pharrell could be heard on the Jack Harlow LP Come Home The Kids Miss You on the track "Movie Star."

April 20: Pharrell topped the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay with Mumford & Sons with "Good People."

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