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N *E *R *D (a backronym of No-One Ever Really Dies) is an American rock, funk, and hip hop band. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed by Teddy Riley to Virgin Records as a duo, The Neptunes. After producing songs for several artists throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the production duo formed the band with Shay Haley as a side project of The Neptunes in 1999. N *E *R *D's debut album, ''In Search Of...'', sold 603,000 copies in the United States and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also awarded the second annual Shortlist Music Prize. The band's second album, ''Fly or Die'', sold 412,000 copies in the United States, but shipped at least 500,000 units, certifying it Gold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Recording Industry Association of America )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Recording Industry Association of America )〕 In 2005, N *E *R *D ended their contract with Virgin and disbanded. Three years later, the band reunited under Star Trak Entertainment, a subsidiary of Interscope Records established by Williams and Hugo. The band's third album, ''Seeing Sounds'', released in 2008, sold just under 80,000 copies in its first week. The album was followed by Nothing released in 2010. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「N.E.R.D」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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