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Chad Hugo

American record producer and songwriter (born 1974)
Person Human Q706641

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
February 24, 1974
Place of birth
Portsmouth
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
Educated at
Princess Anne High School, Kempsville High School[7][8]
Award received
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music[9][10]
Genre
pop music, hip-hop, contemporary R&B[14][15][16]
Birth name
Charles Edward Hugo[37]
Discography
Chad Hugo production discography[22]
Family name
Hugo[23]
Given name
Charles, Edward[24][25]
Instrument
saxophone, piano, keyboard instrument, guitar, bass guitar[32][33][34][35][36]
Member of
The Neptunes, N.E.R.D.[11][12]
Number of children
+3[38]
Pseudonym
Chase Chad, Neo-Thrift-Musica, Shimmy Hoffa, Yardnoise, Chad the Creator, St. Charles[26][27][28][29][30][31]
Record label
I Am Other, Star Trak Entertainment, Interscope Records, Fool's Gold Records, Columbia Records[17][18][19][20][21]
Social media followers
35k (32k–35k, n=4)[40][41][42][43]
Start of work period
1994[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en Neo-Thrift-Musica en Yardnoise en Shimmy Hoffa en Chad Hugo en Chad the Creator en Charles Edward Hugo en Chase Chad ar تشاد هوغو da Charles Edward Hugo de Charles „Chad“ Hugo es Charles Hugo es Chase Chad fa چاد هوگو he צ'ד הוגו ja チャド・ヒューゴ ko 채드 휴고 pl Chase Chad ru Хьюго, Чад ru Чад Хьюго sv Hugo
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000114428137
VIAF cluster ID
43733538
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2006084979
GND ID
135357349
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chadhugo (300dpi).jpg ↗
Album of the Year artist ID
156574
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000157160
Apple Music artist ID
14979
Awards & Winners artist ID
04vrxh
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1028648
DR music artist ID
5010260
Deezer artist ID
8279260
Show all 39 identifiers +27
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135357349
Discogs artist ID
182289
Europeana entity
agent/base/69988
Freebase ID
/m/04vrxh
GTAA ID
261045
Grammy Awards artist ID
chad-hugo, chad-hugo/16859
HAND ID
C6F2-17D8-4ADE-C77F-5E4A
IMDb ID
nm1213145
Instagram username
chadhugo
J9U entity ID
987007314937405171
JRC Names ID
1212550
Kinobox person ID
931878
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
4629
MusicBrainz artist ID
7c33a306-87ad-4cb6-9f69-bfdb8586b302
NNDB people ID
750/000080510
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID
4803
Plex person key
5d776d2d594b2b001e703137
Quora topic ID
Chad-Hugo-1
Rate Your Music artist ID
chad_hugo
Shazam artist ID
14979
Songkick artist ID
1156730
Songwriters Hall of Fame ID
chad_hugo
Spotify artist ID
6HObKCGcJkXr84jyo0ZzPp
TMDB person ID
1318841
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwCWF8yVHgCx8fTGwXTpP
X (Twitter) username
ChadHugo
ČSFD person ID
770653

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 70
I'm a Slave 4 U, I'm a Slave 4 U, Hollaback Girl, Hollaback Girl, Boys, Boys, Work It Out, Work It Out +62 more
Mb:composer 6
Hot in Herre, Hot in Herre, Say Somethin', Say Somethin', Happiness, Happiness
Occupation 5
record producer, pianist, songwriter, guitarist, saxophonist
Compositions 4
Hollaback Girl, Rock Your Body, Signs, Milkshake
Genre 3
rock music, rhythm and blues, contemporary R&B
← Lyricist 3
Rock Your Body, Señorita, Like I Love You
Award received 2
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music
Belongs to 2
N.E.R.D., The Neptunes
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Philippines
Mb:artists and repertoire 2
Clones, Clones
Mb:member of band 2
N.E.R.D., The Neptunes
Member of 2
N.E.R.D., The Neptunes
← Producer 2
Justified, Man of the Woods
Founded entities 1
Star Trak Entertainment
Given name 1
Charles
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
saxophone
Partner in business or sport 1
Pharrell Williams
Place of birth 1
Portsmouth
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Braters'ke
← Partner in business or sport 1
Pharrell Williams
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Summary

Chad Hugo was born on February 24, 1974[1], in Portsmouth[2]. He has worked as a record producer[3], songwriter[4], and multi-instrumentalist[5].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[44]

  • Country: US[45]

  • Began / founded: 1974-02-24[46]

  • Genre(s): rock[47]

  • Community tags: rock[48]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7c33a306-87ad-4cb6-9f69-bfdb8586b302[49]

FAQs

Where was Chad Hugo born?

Chad Hugo was born in Portsmouth[2].

What did Chad Hugo do for work?

Chad Hugo worked as a record producer[3], songwriter[4], and multi-instrumentalist[5].

Where did Chad Hugo go to school?

Chad Hugo was educated at Princess Anne High School[7] and Kempsville High School[8].

What awards did Chad Hugo receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album[9] and honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music[10].

🛰️ Living Edge · news-derived, source-cited

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served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold

Member of The Neptunes emerging0.803 independent sources

evidence “First released by Downtown Records and featuring production from fellow legends Madlib, J Dilla, Chad Hugo (of The Neptunes), Georgia Anne Muldrow, and many more, the album went on to be nominated for Best Rap Album at the Grammys and still stands as one of the standout works of the era.” uproxx.com · read source

Related Entities

Pharrell Williams Philippines United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [10] ↑ . college.berklee.edu. college.berklee.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Occupation: songwriter"
  2. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → pop music, hip-hop, contemporary R&B
    "Changed claim: Genre: pop music"
  3. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → saxophone, piano, keyboard instrument +2
    "Changed claim: Instrument: piano"
  4. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partner in business or sport → —
    Start of work period → +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "Changed claim: Start of work period: 1994"
  5. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
    "Changed claim: Occupation: multi-instrumentalist"
  6. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pseudonym → Chase Chad, Neo-Thrift-Musica, Shimmy Hoffa +3
    "Created claim: Pseudonym: St. Charles"
  7. 22h ago · AndrewTheWikiEditor · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Wikidata description → American record producer and songwriter (born 1974)
    "Changed [en] description: American record producer and songwriter (born 1974)"
  8. 15w ago · Anticeri · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
    Genre → pop music, hip-hop, contemporary R&B
    "Changed [mul] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Cleanup: remove wikimedia+community refs; remove redundant occupations; add mul label (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
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