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Will I Am
also recorded as Will Adams
real name William James Adams Jr.
Will I Am is credited on 1,783 releases across 334 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1998–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,783
Credits
334
Albums
4
Decades active
945
In collections
Biography
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American rapper, songwriter, musician, producer, DJ, entrepreneur, actor, and TV personality.
Born: 15 March 1975 in The Eastside, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Adams is professionally known by his stage name Will I Am (often written "will.i.am", pronounced "Will I am"), coming to prominence in the late 1990s as a member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
Will.i.am has also released four solo albums, the first being "Lost Change" (2001) on Atlantic Records, an original soundtrack to the movie of the same name. A music video was made for the song, "I Am", however, no singles were released from the album. The second solo album "Must B 21" (2003) followed, with track seventeen on the release, "Go!", being regularly used as the theme for the NBA Live 2005 and Madden NFL 2005 seasons. A video for the track was also recorded for use within the sports, however, no singles were released from the album.
Third album, "Songs About Girls" (2007) appeared with the first single released from the album being a club track titled "I Got It From My Mama" (2007) which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #31 on the 17 August 2007. The album also featured singles "Heartbreaker" (2007) and "One More Chance" (2007).
Will.i.am is also a music producer, and has produced with other major label artists including Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, Eazy-E, Britney Spears, U2, Rihanna, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Earth, Wind & Fire, Nicki Minaj, Cheryl Cole, 2NE1, SMAP, The Game, Nas, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Daddy Yankee, Wolfgang Gartner, and Juanes, et al. He has also been a coach on British TV talent contest show "The Voice" UK.
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Credited work
1,783 releases · 334 albums · active 1998–2026
- Performance · 2,967
- Production · 1,459
- Engineering · 509
- Other credits · 86
Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · The Stewchia · House Of Blues, Chicago · Metropolis Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Thriller
1982

Black On Both Sides
1999

Futuresex/Lovesounds
2006

Bangerz
2013

No Line On The Horizon
2009

Artpop
2013

Don't Be Dumb
2026

Pink Friday
2010

Beat It
1983

Femme Fatale
2011

Monkey Business
2005

The E.N.D
2009

The Dutchess
2006

Hip Hop Is Dead
2006

Elephunk
2003

Glory
2016

PCD
2005

Get Lifted
2004

Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby
2013

Rated R
2009

Finding Forever
2007

Britney Jean
2013

Sorry For Party Rocking
2011

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
2007
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