# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chad-hugo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:19:14.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chad-hugo"
name: "Chad Hugo"
slug: "chad-hugo"
description: "Charles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He was one half of the production duo the Neptunes, which he formed alongside Pharrell Williams in 1992. His production work with the duo has been credited on three decades of hip-hop, R&B, and pop releases. He was also a member of the band N.E.R.D., alongside Williams and Shay Haley, and co-founded the record label Star Trak Entertainment with Williams in 2001. In contrast to Williams, Hugo does not perform vocals on records."
tagline: "American record producer (born 1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chadhugo_(300dpi).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.09
  momentum:             0.6653225806451613
  historical:           17.99763066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ChadHugo"
    handle:    "ChadHugo"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chadhugo/"
    handle:    "chadhugo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1213145/"
    handle:    "nm1213145"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6HObKCGcJkXr84jyo0ZzPp"
    handle:    "6HObKCGcJkXr84jyo0ZzPp"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تشاد هوغو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "تشاد هوجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چاد هوقو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B4"
    title: "チャド・ヒューゴ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Хьюго, Чад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hugo"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%93'%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%BE"
    title: "Чад Г'юго"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c33a306-87ad-4cb6-9f69-bfdb8586b302"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318841"
    title: "Chad Hugo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump