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American musician
Nile Rodgers is a legendary musician, songwriter, and producer who has created hits for himself and many other artists. As the co-founder of the band Chic, he’s sold over 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide, and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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About the Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr.is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. The co-founder of Chic, he has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide.
Rodgers is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee. He has received six Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement/Special Merit Award. Known for his chucking guitar style, in 2014 Rolling Stone wrote that “the full scope of Nile Rodgers’ career is still hard to fathom”. In 2023, Rolling Stone placed Rodgers 7th on a list of the 250 greatest guitarists of all time, writing: “There’s ‘influential,’ then there’s ‘massively influential’, then there’s Nile Rodgers… a true innovator who never slows down, still making history with his guitar.”
Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977; it featured the hit singles “Dance, Dance, Danceand “I’m Coming Out” and “Upside Down” (for Diana Ross). After Chic’s breakup in 1983, Rodgers produced albums and singles for other artists, including David Bowie’s Let’s Dance; “Original Sin” by INXS; Duran Duran’s “The Reflex” and “Notorious”; and Madonna’s Like a Virgin. He worked with artists including The B-52s, Jeff Beck, Daft Punk, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Grace Jones, The Vaughan Brothers, Bryan Ferry, Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga. He won three Grammy Awards in 2014 for his work on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, and two in 2023 for his work with Beyonce on her album Renaissance. In 2018, Rodgers co-founded Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a publicly traded music intellectual property investment company.
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Nile Rodgers is known for his influential guitar style, his work as a co-founder of the band Chic, and his prolific songwriting and production credits for himself and other artists.
Nile Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide.
Nile Rodgers is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, and has received six Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement/Special Merit Award.
Nile Rodgers is the co-founder of the band Chic, which released hit songs like ,Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah),, ,I Want Your Love,, and ,Le Freak,.
Nile Rodgers has produced albums and singles for a wide range of artists, including David Bowie, INXS, Duran Duran, Madonna, The B-52s, Daft Punk, Beyoncé, and many more.
In 2023, Nile Rodgers won two Grammy Awards for his work with Beyoncé on her album ,Renaissance,, further cementing his status as one of the most influential and successful musicians of all time.
Nile Rodgers got his start in the music industry in 1972 when he co-founded the band Chic, originally called the Big Apple Band, with bassist Bernard Edwards.
9 Quotes by Nile Rodgers
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Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can’t fool anybody into buying a record.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that’s what I like to think I’m doing.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer
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With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.
Nile RodgersAmerican record producer, musician and composer