Hayley Williams
American singer (born 1988)
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Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) 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.
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December 27, 1988
- Singer
- musician
- songwriter
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| Born | Hayley Nichole Williams December 27, 1988 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Origin | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | hayleywilliams |
Williams was born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi. Her parents divorced when she was 13. She then moved with her mother to Franklin, Tennessee, where she later formed Paramore alongside Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis. Paramore has released six studio albums: All We Know Is Falling (2005), Riot! (2007), Brand New Eyes (2009), Paramore (2013), After Laughter (2017), and This Is Why (2023). It has featured a continuously changing line-up (currently consisting of Williams, Zac Farro, and Taylor York) 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 the song "Ain't It Fun".
Williams' non-Paramore musical work includes the song "Teenagers" for the soundtrack of the film Jennifer's Body (2009) and collaborations with The Chariot, October Fall, New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, Zedd, Moses Sumney, and Turnstile. In 2010, she was featured on the single "Airplanes" by B.o.B, which peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The sequel to the song, "Airplanes, Part II", featured new verses from B.o.B. and a guest verse from Eminem with Williams' vocals remaining. This gained a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. In 2023, she was featured on Taylor Swift's re-recording of her 2010 album Speak Now on the track "Castles Crumbling". She has also released the solo EPs Petals for Armor I (2020) and Petals for Armor II (2020), the subsequent full-length solo album Petals for Armor (2020), and her second solo album Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021). In 2025, she released her third album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party under her own independent label named Post Atlantic.
Williams' other ventures include the music series Kiss-Off and the hair dye company Good Dye Young.
Readers of Alternative Press voted Williams second in a poll of the "5 greatest pop-punk vocalists of all time".[1]
Early life
Hayley Nichole Williams[2][3] was born on December 27, 1988 in Meridian, Mississippi, the daughter of Cristi and Joey Williams.[4] She has two younger half-sisters.[5][6] Her childhood neighbor was NBA player Rodney Hood.[7] After her parents' divorce in 2002, when she was 13, she moved with her mother to Franklin, Tennessee.[8][9][10] At her new school, she met future Paramore bandmates Josh and Zac Farro.[11][12] Shortly after settling in Franklin, she began taking lessons with vocal coach Brett Manning.[13][14][15] While still at school, Williams tried out for a local funk cover band called The Factory, where she met future Paramore bandmate Jeremy Davis.[12][15][16]
Music career
2004–present: Paramore
Williams was discovered in 2003 by managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams, who signed the 14-year-old to a two-year production deal.[17][18] At the time she was writing pop songs with songwriters in Nashville.[18] Williams was introduced to Atlantic Records A&R Tom Storms through Richard Williams' attorneys Jim Zumwalt and Kent Marcus, and then signed to the label by Jason Flom.[15] The label's original plan for their new artist was to make her a solo pop artist, but Williams objected to this, saying that she wanted to be part of a band and play pop punk music.[19][15][20]
Atlantic decided to go along with her wishes, and she then formed Paramore with Josh Farro, Zac Farro, and Jeremy Davis.[18] The music of Paramore was originally supposed to come out on Atlantic Records, but the label's marketing department decided it would be better for the image of the band to not have them attached to a huge label. They instead released their music through a "cooler" niche label, Fueled by Ramen.[18] According to Williams, the name "Paramore" came from the maiden name of the mother of one of their first bass players.[21] Once the group learned the meaning of the homophone "paramour" ("secret lover"), they decided to adopt the name, using the Paramore spelling.[15][22] The band's debut album, All We Know Is Falling, was released in 2005 when Hayley was only 16 years old. Paramore has since released five more studio albums, Riot! (2007), Brand New Eyes (2009), the self-titled Paramore (2013), After Laughter (2017) and This Is Why (2023). In June 2009, the band welcomed Taylor York (rhythm guitar) as an official member, although he had already been playing as a touring member with the band since 2007. In December 2010, Josh and Zac Farro left the band. The news was posted by Williams on Paramore's website, with Josh later posting a blog post confirming their departure, calling the group "a manufactured product of a major label, riding on the coattails of 'Hayley's dream'".[23][24]
In 2006, Paramore toured outside of the US for the first time, which included a headline tour of the UK and supporting post-hardcore rock band The Blackout on the Give It A Name Festival in Europe.[25] The following year, she and the rest of Paramore made an appearance in the music video for "Kiss Me" by New Found Glory.[26] In the 2007 Kerrang! Readers' Poll, she finished second to Evanescence's Amy Lee in the "Sexiest Female" category,[27] going on to win the first place spot for "Sexiest Female" a year later in the 2008 poll,[28] and again in the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 poll. She also appears as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour after completing "Misery Business" in the vocalist campaign.[29][30][31]
Williams was honored with the "Trailblazer Award" in the 2014 Billboard's Women in Music Awards for making a unique mark in music and paving the way for other artists.[32] In 2015, Williams starred as the 'Crimson Curse' in Taylor Swift's music video for her single, "Bad Blood", alongside sixteen other celebrities.[33] Along with band member and co-writer Taylor York, Williams was nominated for and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song at the 2015 ceremony for the song "Ain't It Fun".[34][35][36] In July 2015, Williams won the APMA for Best Vocalist.[37][38]
In a 2019 interview with l'Odet, Williams was asked if she would "stay in Paramore for a long time" and answered, "In moving forward, if the three of us are happy, then we will just do whatever we want to do. If that means collaborating with each other, bringing other friends in to collaborate—there are seven band members when we tour. We're all friends and we all make music in different parts, together. So I feel like, yes, I want to be in Paramore... I've been in a band with them since I was 12. I don't think the band is going anywhere. As long as we're friends, the band just is. It's just in us."[39]
2009–2019: Early collaborations
Williams wrote and recorded the song "Teenagers", which was featured in the soundtrack for the feature film Jennifer's Body. After the release of "Teenagers", Williams stated that she had no plans to establish herself as a solo artist.[40] In 2010, she appeared on the tracks "Airplanes" and "Airplanes, Part II" from alternative rapper B.o.B's debut album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray.[41][42][43] When it was released as a single, "Airplanes" peaked within the top ten in nineteen countries, including the number one position in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.[44][45] EDM producer Zedd and Williams collaborated on the track "Stay the Night", from his debut studio album, Clarity,[37][46] which was released in 2013. In 2019, she collaborated with American Football on the song "Uncomfortably Numb", which appeared on the band's third self-titled studio album.[47]
2020–2021: Petals for Armor and Flowers for Vases
In December 2019, on her 31st birthday, Williams announced she would be releasing solo music in 2020, with a "taste" of it to come in January. Flyers consisting of a picture of Williams under the title Petals for Armor began appearing in several US cities and abroad. Her debut solo single "Simmer" was released on January 22, 2020, with its accompanying music video.[48][49][50] That same day Williams announced that her debut studio album, Petals for Armor, would be released on May 8, 2020.[51] It was later revealed that she would release an EP, Petals for Armor I, on February 6, 2020, in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music. On March 19, she announced that she was postponing the release of the second half of the EP, and instead released the song "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris" featuring Boygenius.[52] A solo tour in promotion of the album was postponed from May 2020 then canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[53] In December 2024, on her 36th birthday, Williams announced plans to play the cancelled shows in 2025.[54]
In January 2021, Williams started teasing a project titled Flowers for Vases / Descansos.[55][56] She unofficially released the single "My Limb" by giving a CD with the track on it to a dedicated fan.[57] Williams released the album on February 5, 2021.[58]
2023–present: Further collaborations and Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
On June 5, 2023, it was announced that Williams would be featured on Taylor Swift's re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version), on the song "Castles Crumbling".[59][60] In February 2025, she helped her 78-year-old grandfather, Rusty Williams, release his long-lost debut album, Grand Man, on her Paramore bandmate Zac Farro's Congrats Records, telling Garden & Gun magazine writer Jim Beaugez that his songs were an early inspiration for her own musical ambitions.[61] Along with Blood Orange, Williams provided vocals on the Turnstile track "Seein' Stars", which released on April 30, 2025, ahead of their new album Never Enough.[62] On June 5, 2025, in a Brooklyn show celebrating said album's release, she joined Turnstile onstage for a live performance of the song.[63] Williams collaborated with Moses Sumney on his song "I Like It I Like It", which released on May 8, 2025.[64] She was featured on David Byrne's album Who Is the Sky? and Jay Som's album Belong, released on September 5 and October 10, 2025, respectively.[65][66]
On July 23, 2025, Williams shared a single entitled "Mirtazapine" exclusively on Nashville radio station WNXP,[67] two days later performing the song at the Newport Folk Festival with Bleachers.[68] On July 28, she made the song and 16 additional new tracks available to stream on her website. Access to the website was restricted, requiring a passcode distributed through her hair product company, Good Dye Young.[69] On August 1, Williams released all 17 songs on streaming services as stand-alone singles via her own label, Post Atlantic,[70][71][72] with their digital distribution being handled by Secretly Distribution.[73] The album was released as Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party on August 28, containing an additional eighteenth song.[74] Also in August, it was reported that she and David Byrne would collaborate on the song "Open the Door" for Netflix's animated film The Twits, based on Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. The song was released on October 12, and the film was released on October 17, 2025.[75][76]
On November 10, 2025, Williams officially announced a tour in support of Ego Death, entitled Hayley Williams at a Bachelorette Party, and set it for the following year.[77]
2026–present: Power Snatch
On January 30, 2026, Williams and Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party producer Daniel James appeared on Apple Music 1 to launch their band Power Snatch, also premiering their debut track "Assignment". The pair had quietly published another song entitled "DMs" on their Bandcamp page the month prior.[78] On February 2, they officially released "Assignment" onto streaming platforms alongside a three-song extended play entitled EP1.[79] On March 9, they put out a cover of the song "Perfect Hand" from This is Lorelei's album Box for Buddy, Box for Star ahead of its super deluxe release the following month. In a press statement, James credited the cover with the formation of the band.[80]
Business ventures
In March 2013, Williams announced she was partnering with MAC Cosmetics for the release of a new makeup collection on April 9, 2013.[81][82] The four-piece collection included a bright orange lipstick, an orange nail polish, a shimmery coral eye shadow and a beauty powder.[83] Hayley appeared on the April 2013 cover of Nylon magazine to promote Paramore's self-titled album.[84][85] In October, she partnered with the Hard Rock Café's PINKTOBER charity campaign to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer and its research.[86][87]
In 2015, she launched the online beauty and music series Kiss-Off on Popular TV.[88][89]
In November 2020, Williams released a candle in collaboration with home fragrance brand Apothekeco.[90]
In March 2021, Williams announced her collaboration with Tea Huntress, a tea manufacturer in Nashville. Two new blends were available as part of the collaboration, called Bloom and Alibi. A portion of each sale was donated to Thistle Farms, an organisation that helps women survivors of trafficking, abuse, and addiction.[91]
2016–present: Good Dye Young
In 2016, after over four years of planning, Williams launched the hair dye company Good Dye Young alongside her hair and makeup artist Brian O'Connor.[92][93][94][95] The colors offered by the company included an orange called Riot, a pink called Ex-Girl, a blue called Blue Ruin, a yellow called Steal My Sunshine, a red called Rock Lobster, a purple called PPL Eater, a green called Kowabunga, a teal called Narwhal, and a black called None More Black.[96][97] The dyes are vegan and cruelty-free.[98] In 2017, Good Dye Young launched a temporary hair dye line that disappears after one wash called Poser Paste,[93][99][100] and in May 2020, they released Lighter Daze, a range of five semi-permanent pastel colors.[101]
Artistry
Musical style and influences
Throughout her career, her musical style has been described as pop-punk,[102][4][103] emo,[4][19][104] pop rock,[105][106] alternative rock,[103][107] power pop,[108] art pop,[106] new wave,[104] synth-pop,[103] and indie pop.[109] Williams cites a wide range of musical acts as her influences including Björk, Debbie Harry, the Shangri-Las, Siouxsie Sioux, Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé, and Brody Dalle of the Distillers.[110][111]
Voice
Williams is a soprano with a four-octave range.[112] Emilee Lindner of MTV News has noted her ability to sing in the whistle register,[113] and Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone her "acrobatic" singing style.[114] Alternative Press wrote in 2007 that Williams "has more charisma than singers twice her age, and her band aren't far behind in their chops, either."[115] Singer-songwriter John Mayer praised Williams's voice in an October 2007 blog post, calling her "The great orange hope" (her hair being orange at the time).[116][117]
Personal life
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Williams has identified as Christian and regularly discusses her faith in relation to her music, but has often criticized the judgmental nature of some Christians.[118] The Farro brothers cited differing attitudes to faith as contributing to their exit from Paramore, with Josh Farro citing the lyrics of some songs in Brand New Eyes in particular, saying that they "contradict[] [their] faith".[119][120][121]
In late 2007, Williams began dating New Found Glory lead guitarist Chad Gilbert,[122] though he was already married to Sherri DuPree, the lead singer of the rock band Eisley.[123][124] They became engaged on Christmas Day in 2014,[125][126] and were married on February 20, 2016.[127] They formally announced that they had separated on July 1, 2017, with Gilbert's infidelity later being revealed as the reason,[128] and their divorce was finalized by the end of the year.[129][130] Williams's song, "Dead Horse", was inspired by their relationship and what she did to DuPree.[123][124][131] In September 2022, Williams confirmed she was in a relationship with her Paramore bandmate Taylor York.[132]
Williams previously publicized her decisions not to smoke, drink alcohol, or use recreational drugs, though she now drinks alcohol.[133][134] She has been vocal about her experiences with depression, which caused her to briefly leave Paramore in mid-2015.[135] In a 2019 interview, she discussed depression, mental health, and her divorce.[136] In a 2020 interview, she revealed she had suicidal thoughts but did not act on them.[137] In a 2021 interview, she discussed how she had been impacted by generational trauma and revealed that she has been seeing a therapist since 2018.[138] In a 2023 interview, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with PTSD in 2018.[139]
In 2015, Williams responded to feminist criticism of Paramore's breakout song "Misery Business", citing her youth and inexperience as a contributing factor to the song's allegedly misogynistic lyrics. In a blog post, she described herself as "a proud feminist [...] just maybe not a perfect one".[140]
In 2021, Williams announced that she would be abandoning her personal social media accounts due to her need for boundaries between her public and private life and her desire to "spend more time looking up and out, rather than down". She directed her fans to instead follow Paramore's official accounts, which remain highly active.[141] She later returned to using Instagram, but disabled the ability to leave comments on her posts.[142]
Political views
In 2020, following the George Floyd protests, Williams temporarily handed control of her Instagram account to Nashville-based activist group Teens4Equality to highlight their work in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement.[143] In 2022, Williams endorsed Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke in the Texas gubernatorial election.[144] During a 2023 concert, Williams criticized supporters of Florida governor Ron DeSantis near the start of his presidential bid saying, "If you vote for Ron DeSantis, you're fucking dead to me."[145] At the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival, during the lead-up to that year's US presidential election, Williams made a statement slamming candidate Donald Trump and Project 2025, urging listeners to vote against the "Trump agenda," which the singer described as a dictatorship.[146] Williams joined the No Music for Genocide campaign in September 2025, geo-blocking her and Paramore's music in Israel.[147] In November 2025, Williams said that transphobes were not welcome at her shows.[148]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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| US [149] |
AUS [150] |
AUT [151] |
BEL (FL) [152] |
GER [153] |
IRE [154] |
NZ [155] |
POR [156] |
SCO [157] |
UK [158] | |||
| Petals for Armor | 18 | 6 | 51 | 117 | 24 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Flowers for Vases / Descansos |
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189 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 92 | |
| Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party |
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12 | 17 [160] | — | 146 | 62 | 28 [161] | 12 | 14 [162] | 1 | 10 | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Current Sales [163] |
US Heat. [164] |
UK DL [158] | ||
| Petals for Armor I |
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79 | 19 | — |
| Petals for Armor II |
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— | — | 91 |
| Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades |
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— | — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| US Alt. [168] |
US Rock & Alt. [169] |
CAN Rock [170] |
NZ Hot [171] |
SCO [172] |
UK Sales [173] | ||||
| "Simmer" | 2020 | —[a] | 7 | — | — | 54 | 1 | Petals for Armor | |
| "Leave It Alone" | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris"[175] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Over Yet"[175] | —[b] | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "My Friend"[175] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Why We Ever"[175] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dead Horse"[175][177] | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Teardrop"[178] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Colour Me In"[179] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Like It I Like It" (with Moses Sumney) |
2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Glum" | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party | ||
| "Parachute" | 24 | 28 | 39 | 15 | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [180] |
AUS [150] |
AUT [151] |
CAN [181] |
GER [153] |
IRE [154] |
ITA [182] |
NZ [155] |
SWI [183] |
UK [158] | ||||
| "Airplanes" (B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams) |
2010 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray | |
| "Stay the Night" (Zedd featuring Hayley Williams) |
2013 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 56 | 2 | Clarity | |
| "Vicious Love" (New Found Glory featuring Hayley Williams) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Resurrection: Ascension | |
| "Bury It" (Chvrches featuring Hayley Williams) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Open Eye | |
| "Uncomfortably Numb"[194] (American Football featuring Hayley Williams) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | American Football | |
| "What Is the Reason for It?" (David Byrne with Ghost Train Orchestra featuring Hayley Williams) |
2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Who Is the Sky? | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [180] |
US Dig. [195] |
US Alt. Dig. [176] |
US Rock & Alt. [169] |
AUS [196] |
CAN [181] |
GRE [197] |
NZ [198] |
UK Stream [199] |
WW [200] | |||
| "Rainbow Connection"[201] (with Weezer) |
2011 | — | — | 13 | —[c] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Muppets: The Green Album |
| "My Limb" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[d] | — | — | Flowers for Vases / Descansos |
| "Castles Crumbling" (Taylor Swift featuring Hayley Williams) |
2023 | 31 | 36 | — | — | 33 | 42 | 87 | 30 | 54 | 30 | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |
| "True Believer" | 2025 | — | 25 | 1 | —[e] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party |
| "Good Ol' Days" | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | —[f] | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Keep Dreaming Upside Down"[205] | 2006 | October Fall | A Season in Hell |
| "Then Came to Kill"[206] | 2007 | The Chariot | The Fiancée |
| "The Church Channel"[207] | Say Anything | In Defense of the Genre | |
| "Plea"[208] | Say Anything, Kenny Vasoli | ||
| "Fallen"[209] | 2008 | Death in the Park | Death in the Park EP |
| "Tangled Up"[210] |
2009 | New Found Glory | Not Without a Fight |
| "The Few That Remain"[211] | Set Your Goals | This Will Be the Death of Us | |
| "Teenagers"[212] | N/a | Jennifer's Body: Music from the Motion Picture | |
| "Airplanes, Part II"[41] | 2010 | B.o.B, Eminem | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray |
| "Fallen"[213] | Death in the Park | Death in the Park | |
| "Rainbow Connection"[201] | 2011 | Weezer | Muppets: The Green Album |
| "Fox's Dream of the Log Flume"[214] | 2012 | MewithoutYou | Ten Stories |
| "All Circles"[214] | MewithoutYou, Daniel Smith | ||
| "Babe"[215] | What's Eating Gilbert | Nashville Session | |
| "What's His Name"[216] | Domestikated | Five Minutes in Timeout! | |
| "Wearing Your Ring"[217] | 2015 | What's Eating Gilbert | That New Sound You're Looking For |
| "As U Wave"[218] | 2017 | HalfNoise | The Velvet Face EP |
| "Nineteen"[219] | Tegan and Sara | Tegan and Sara Present The Con X: Covers | |
| "Castles Crumbling (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)"[59][60] | 2023 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |
| "Seein' Stars" | 2025 | Turnstile | Never Enough |
| "What Is the Reason for It?"[65] | David Byrne | Who Is the Sky? | |
| "Past Lives"[66] | Jay Som | Belong | |
| "The Rising Skyline" | 2026 | Failure | Location Lost |
Filmography
Podcast host
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2022 | Everything Is Emo | Host[220] |
Awards and nominations
| Association | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| Alternative Press Music Awards | 2014 | Best Singer | Herself | Nominated | [221] |
| 2015 | Best Vocalist | Won | [222] | ||
| BET Awards | 2011 | Video of the Year | "Airplanes" (with B.o.B) |
Nominated | [223] |
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | [223] | |||
| Billboard Women in Music | 2014 | Trailblazer Award | Herself | Won | [32] |
| Grammy Awards | 2008 | Best New Artist | Herself (with Paramore) |
Nominated | |
| 2010 | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | "Decode" (with Paramore) |
Nominated | [224] | |
| 2011 | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | "Airplanes, Part II" (with B.o.B and Eminem) |
Nominated | [45] | |
| Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | "The Only Exception" (with Paramore) |
Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Best Rock Song | "Ain't It Fun" (with Paramore) |
Won | [225] | |
| 2024 | Best Rock Album | This Is Why (with Paramore) |
Won | [226] | |
| Best Alternative Music Performance | "This Is Why" (with Paramore) |
Won | |||
| 2026 | Best Alternative Music Album | Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party | Nominated | ||
| Best Alternative Music Performance | "Parachute" | Nominated | |||
| Best Rock Performance | "Mirtazapine" | Nominated | |||
| Best Rock Song | "Glum" | Nominated | |||
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2014 | EDM Song of the Year | "Stay the Night" (with Zedd) |
Nominated | [227] |
| Kerrang Readers' Poll | 2007 | Sexiest Female | Herself | Nominated | [27] |
| 2008 | Won | ||||
| 2009 | Won | ||||
| 2010 | Won | ||||
| 2011 | Won | [17] | |||
| 2012 | Won | [228] | |||
| 2012 | Hottest Female | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Tweeter of the Year | Won | [228] | ||
| 2013 | Hottest Female | Nominated | [229] | ||
| 2015 | Best Tweeter | Won | [230] | ||
| Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica | 2008 | Premio Fashionista | Won | [231] | |
| 2009 | Won | [232] | |||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2020 | Best Alternative | Won | [233] | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2010 | Video of the Year | "Airplanes" (with B.o.B) |
Nominated | [234] |
| Best Hip-Hop Video | Nominated | [234] | |||
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| 2014 | Best Editing | "Stay the Night" (with Zedd) |
Nominated | [235] | |
| MTV Clubland Award | Won | [236] | |||
| MTV Video Music Brazil | 2008 | Best International Act | Herself with Paramore |
Won | [237][238] |
| NME Awards | 2009 | Sexiest Female | Herself | Won | [17] |
| 2012 | Hottest Female | Nominated | [228] | ||
| People's Choice Awards | 2011 | Favorite Song | "Airplanes" (with B.o.B) |
Nominated | [239] |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2010 | Hook Up Song | Won | [240] |
Notes
- "Simmer" did not enter the Hot Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 21 on the Alternative Airplay chart.[174]
- "Over Yet" did not enter the Hot Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 25 on the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.[176]
- "Rainbow Connection" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 23 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart.[202]
