Charles Edward Hugo (born February 24, 1974) is an American
record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
,
multi-instrumentalist
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Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...
,
singer
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...
and
songwriter
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. With close friend
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom h ...
, he formed the production duo
the Neptunes
The Neptunes are an American songwriting and production duo composed of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1992. Williams often provides additional vocals on records and appears in the duo's music video ...
in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for
many recording artists. He is also a member of the band
N.E.R.D, alongside Williams and
Shay Haley
Sheldon "Shay" Haley (born December 18, 1975), also known as Shade, is an American drummer, rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a member of the funk rock band N*E*R*D, alongside fellow Virginia musicians Pharrell Williams and ...
.
Career
Hugo and Williams were announced to be inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work, represent, and maintain, the her ...
as a part of the 2020 class.
Discography
;With N.E.R.D.
* ''
In Search of...'' (2002)
* ''
Fly or Die'' (2004)
* ''
Seeing Sounds'' (2008)
* ''
Nothing'' (2010)
* ''
No One Ever Really Dies'' (2017)
;With the Neptunes
* ''
Clones'' (2003)
Personal life
Hugo has three children (born in 1998, 2000, and 2014).
See also
*
The Neptunes discography
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Musicians from Portsmouth, Virginia
Musicians from Virginia Beach, Virginia
Songwriters from Virginia
American musicians of Filipino descent
Grammy Award winners
Hip hop record producers
N.E.R.D. members
American rock saxophonists
American male saxophonists
The Neptunes members
21st-century saxophonists