What is Hayley Williams?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Hayley Williams | Img = Hayleywilliamscrop.JPG | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Williams performing with [[Paramore]] on the 2007 [[:en:Vans Warped Tour|Vans Warped Tour]]. | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Hayley Nichole Williams | Alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|27}} | birth_place = [[Meridian, Mississippi]], US | Origin = | death_date = | death_place = | Instrument = Vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar, drums | Genre = [[Pop punk]], [[alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[emo]] | Occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter | Years_active = 2004–present | Label = [[Fueled by Ramen]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Atlantic Records]] | Associated_acts = [[Paramore]] | URL = | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = | Past_members = }} '''Hayley Nichole Williams'''<ref name=PProfile/><ref name=Iwasaki/> (born December 27, 1988)<ref name=ds/> is an [[Americans|American]] [[singer]] and [[songwriter]]. She is the lead singer of the American [[Rock music|rock]] [[band]] [[Paramore]].<ref name=PProfile /> She has also been on the songs of [[R&B]] [[musician]]s and [[Hip hop|rappers]]. In 2002, at the age of 13, Hayley moved from her hometown in Mississippi, to Tennessee, where she met two of her future band members Josh and Zac Farro at her new school. While still in school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called ‘The Factory’, in which she met her Jeremy Davis, who also went on to be in Paramore.She was discovered in 2003 by managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams who signed the her to a production deal at just 14 years of age. ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=PProfile>{{cite web |url=http://www.paramore.net/member/i/19150/ |title=Hayley's Profile |publisher=Paramore.net |accessdate=2010-04-26 |archive-date=2012-02-07 |archive